Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 57 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 86 57 41
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.97% 3.65% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 4.04% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 44 22
10th Percentile £402 £279 £413
25th Percentile £433 £400 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £566 £618 £601
90th Percentile £606 £686 £638
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.10% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.88
25th Percentile £22.20 - £54.06
Median hourly rate £23.35 - £61.25
75th Percentile £25.32 - £66.56
90th Percentile £25.45 - £68.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +71.43% -42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,409 1,410 1,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.18% 90.38% 84.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,426 910 743
10th Percentile £336 £240 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £562 £580
90th Percentile £669 £650 £655
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 54 42
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.68 -
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.68 £22.36 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +22.51% -9.88%
75th Percentile £26.72 £25.15 £32.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £72.63 £47.75
England median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Yorkshire

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -9 39 £550 - 89
South Yorkshire -16 39 £447 +10.37% 65
North Yorkshire -6 6 £513 -18.00% 16
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (11.63%) Confluence
2 7 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.33%) CICS
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.16%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.65%) AutoCAD
3 4 (4.65%) Navisworks
3 4 (4.65%) ProjectWise
3 4 (4.65%) Revit
4 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.49%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 3 (3.49%) Maximo
3 2 (2.33%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.16%) CA PPM
4 1 (1.16%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.16%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.95%) Azure
2 10 (11.63%) Power Platform
3 6 (6.98%) AWS
4 4 (4.65%) GCP
5 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.49%) SaaS
6 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.16%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.16%) PaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) DHCP
1 4 (4.65%) DNS
1 4 (4.65%) Firewall
1 4 (4.65%) Network Security
1 4 (4.65%) VPN
2 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.33%) VLAN
3 2 (2.33%) WAN
4 1 (1.16%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.16%) DMZ
4 1 (1.16%) Internet
4 1 (1.16%) LAN
4 1 (1.16%) SAN
4 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.47%) Power BI
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.16%) Db2
3 1 (1.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Hudson
General
1 49 (56.98%) Finance
2 36 (41.86%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.63%) Banking
5 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.81%) Publishing
7 5 (5.81%) Retail
8 4 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.49%) Legal
9 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.16%) Automotive
11 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.16%) Local Government
11 1 (1.16%) Marketing
11 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (27.91%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.30%) Delivery Manager
2 8 (9.30%) Lead
3 7 (8.14%) Analyst
4 6 (6.98%) IT Manager
4 6 (6.98%) Senior
4 6 (6.98%) Senior Manager
4 6 (6.98%) Technical Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Portfolio Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Senior Project Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 5 (5.81%) Transformation Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Systems Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Transformation Project Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Architect
7 3 (3.49%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.49%) Implementation Manager
7 3 (3.49%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.49%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (2.33%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.16%) DAO
2 1 (1.16%) JSON
2 1 (1.16%) Play Framework
2 1 (1.16%) RESTful
2 1 (1.16%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.16%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Management Information System
2 10 (11.63%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.49%) Mainframe
5 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.16%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (1.16%) Life Science
7 1 (1.16%) NHS
7 1 (1.16%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Windows
2 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.49%) Linux
4 2 (2.33%) zOS
5 1 (1.16%) Unix
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (45.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (43.02%) Project Management
3 29 (33.72%) Agile
4 21 (24.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (22.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (20.93%) Change Management
7 16 (18.60%) Risk Management
8 14 (16.28%) Migration
9 13 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (15.12%) Project Governance
10 12 (13.95%) Decision-Making
11 11 (12.79%) Information Management
11 11 (12.79%) PRINCE2
11 11 (12.79%) Waterfall
12 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (11.63%) Process Improvement
13 9 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (10.47%) Data Protection
13 9 (10.47%) Portfolio Management
13 9 (10.47%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.49%) VBA
2 2 (2.33%) ABAP
2 2 (2.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.16%) COBOL
3 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.16%) JCL
3 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.16%) Python
3 1 (1.16%) Scala
3 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) PMP
2 11 (12.79%) Degree
3 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.14%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.98%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.16%) APMP
6 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.16%) PgMP
6 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) PMO
2 5 (5.81%) QA
3 4 (4.65%) ISO 19650
4 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.33%) GRC
5 1 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.16%) GxP
5 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.33%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) ACF2
4 1 (1.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Ansible
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.16%) OMEGAMON
2 1 (1.16%) SCCM
2 1 (1.16%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) SAP
3 5 (5.81%) VMware
4 4 (4.65%) Autodesk
4 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.49%) IBM
6 2 (2.33%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.33%) Dell
6 2 (2.33%) NEC
6 2 (2.33%) Workday
6 2 (2.33%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.16%) Adobe
7 1 (1.16%) BT
7 1 (1.16%) F5
7 1 (1.16%) HP
7 1 (1.16%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.16%) Oracle
7 1 (1.16%) Planview
7 1 (1.16%) SYSPRO