Project Management Contracts in Yorkshire

Project Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 29 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 105 86 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.94% 5.71% 6.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 6.84% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 50 105
10th Percentile £327 £413 £354
25th Percentile £400 £474 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +4.81% +6.12%
75th Percentile £575 £611 £575
90th Percentile £638 £654 £625
England median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £35.13 £30.00
25th Percentile - £40.94 £30.01
Median hourly rate - £51.25 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year - +70.69% -
75th Percentile - £60.94 £30.06
90th Percentile - £66.38 £30.07
England median hourly rate £41.06 £38.12 £39.78
% change year-on-year +7.71% -4.16% +47.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Project Management 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 1,386 1,257 1,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 91.55% 83.41% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 768 1,191
10th Percentile £263 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £625
90th Percentile £621 £655 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 51 31
10th Percentile £16.73 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.47 £12.35 £16.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £13.87 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.63% -30.65% +5.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £22.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £72.63 £38.75 £44.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Yorkshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Yorkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Yorkshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Yorkshire

Project Management
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 Management within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 2025. 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
South Yorkshire 0 49 £420 -27.21% 57
West Yorkshire -5 44 £525 -1.87% 101
North Yorkshire +8 6 £575 - 26
East Yorkshire - 3 - - 11
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (9.52%) Confluence
2 5 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.86%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.95%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.71%) AWS
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.86%) Azure
4 2 (1.90%) Amazon Bedrock
4 2 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.90%) GCP
5 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.95%) GitHub
5 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.95%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) Network Security
2 1 (0.95%) Firewall
2 1 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.95%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) GIS
1 3 (2.86%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.86%) MySQL
1 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.95%) Power BI
3 1 (0.95%) Power Query
3 1 (0.95%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.95%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.95%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (12.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.95%) Selenium
General
1 48 (45.71%) Finance
2 36 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 22 (20.95%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (16.19%) Banking
5 11 (10.48%) Retail
6 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.71%) Local Government
7 6 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.81%) Games
9 3 (2.86%) Legal
9 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.90%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.90%) Marketing
11 1 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (36.19%) Project Manager
2 12 (11.43%) Analyst
2 12 (11.43%) Senior
3 11 (10.48%) Business Analyst
4 7 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 7 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
5 6 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (5.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 6 (5.71%) Senior Manager
6 5 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (4.76%) Lead
6 5 (4.76%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 4 (3.81%) Business Manager
7 4 (3.81%) Compliance Executive
7 4 (3.81%) Implementation Manager
7 4 (3.81%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.81%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (3.81%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (3.81%) Software Project Manager
8 3 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) .NET
2 3 (2.86%) .NET Framework
2 3 (2.86%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.86%) MSMQ
2 3 (2.86%) React
3 2 (1.90%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.90%) CSS
3 2 (1.90%) HTML
4 1 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.62%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.81%) PMI
3 4 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.86%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.90%) IVR
5 2 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) EPoS
6 1 (0.95%) Equities
6 1 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.95%) NHS
6 1 (0.95%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (39.05%) Agile
2 39 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (23.81%) Project Delivery
5 23 (21.90%) Risk Management
6 17 (16.19%) Change Management
7 16 (15.24%) PRINCE2
8 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 12 (11.43%) Resource Management
9 12 (11.43%) Waterfall
10 11 (10.48%) Project Planning
10 11 (10.48%) Roadmaps
11 10 (9.52%) Budget Management
11 10 (9.52%) DevOps
11 10 (9.52%) Project Governance
12 9 (8.57%) Budgeting
12 9 (8.57%) Data Protection
12 9 (8.57%) Scrum
13 8 (7.62%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.81%) Python
2 3 (2.86%) Java
2 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.86%) VB.NET
3 2 (1.90%) PHP
3 2 (1.90%) Ruby
3 2 (1.90%) SQL
4 1 (0.95%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.95%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.95%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (9.52%) PMP
2 9 (8.57%) Degree
2 9 (8.57%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.90%) CBAP
5 1 (0.95%) CIMA
5 1 (0.95%) CISA
5 1 (0.95%) CISM
5 1 (0.95%) CISSP
5 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.71%) QA
2 5 (4.76%) PMO
3 3 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.95%) Ansible
2 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.95%) SCCM
2 1 (0.95%) SCOM
2 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.81%) Citrix
2 4 (3.81%) SAP
3 3 (2.86%) Oracle
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco
4 2 (1.90%) Genesys
4 2 (1.90%) Google
4 2 (1.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.95%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.95%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.95%) Dell
5 1 (0.95%) ESRI
5 1 (0.95%) HP
5 1 (0.95%) IBM
5 1 (0.95%) McAfee
5 1 (0.95%) Veeam