Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 59 42
Rank change year-on-year -24 -17 -23
Contract Project Manager jobs 78 67 61
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.73% 3.98% 4.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 4.33% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 57 34
10th Percentile £411 £403 £347
25th Percentile £421 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £582 £584 £579
90th Percentile £683 £638 £673
England median daily rate £550 £540 £533
% change year-on-year +1.85% +1.41% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £55.25 £56.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -2.21% +41.25% -27.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Yorkshire matching a recognised job title 2,607 1,549 1,285
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.41% 91.93% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 1,026 744
10th Percentile £350 £258 £233
25th Percentile £420 £378 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.52% -3.41%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £648
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 40 54
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.48 £15.22
25th Percentile £16.62 £19.85 £16.72
Median hourly rate £24.86 £25.04 £23.34
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +7.27% +9.53%
75th Percentile £34.77 £81.25 £38.75
90th Percentile £41.61 - £48.75
England median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.54% -40.82% -7.37%

Project Manager Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Project Manager Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire

Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for Project Manager jobs in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Yorkshire

Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Yorkshire

Project Manager Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Project Manager jobs within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South Yorkshire -22 34 £475 +2.15% 22
West Yorkshire -26 30 £513 -2.38% 23
North Yorkshire -2 13 £600 +12.94% 3
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, Project Manager contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Project Manager job ads across the Yorkshire region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management44.9%35
2Project Management41.0%32
3Agile38.5%30
4Project Delivery33.3%26
5Migration24.4%19
6Budget Management16.7%13
6Continuous Improvement16.7%13
8Project Governance14.1%11
8Technology Transformation14.1%11
10Stakeholder Engagement12.8%10
10Waterfall12.8%10
12AI11.5%9
12Change Management11.5%9
12Data Protection11.5%9
12Microsoft11.5%9
12PRINCE211.5%9
12Problem-Solving11.5%9
12Risk Management11.5%9
12Scrum11.5%9
20Azure10.3%8
20Dependency Management10.3%8
20Project Planning10.3%8
20SaaS10.3%8
24Cybersecurity9.0%7
24Data Migration9.0%7
24ERP9.0%7
27Budgeting and Forecasting7.7%6
27Change Control7.7%6
27Decision-Making7.7%6
27Generative AI7.7%6

Project Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Digital Project Manager11.5%9
1Senior Project Manager11.5%9
3IT Project Manager10.3%8
4Transformation Project Manager9.0%7
5Infrastructure Project Manager7.7%6
6Banking Project Manager6.4%5
6Security Project Manager6.4%5
6Technical Project Manager6.4%5
9Data Manager3.8%3
9Migration Project Manager3.8%3
9Project Manager - Cybersecurity3.8%3
9Senior Transformation Manager3.8%3
13Digital Agile Project Manager2.6%2
13Engineering Manager2.6%2
13ERP Project Manager2.6%2
13Mainframe Project Manager2.6%2
13Risk Project Manager2.6%2
13SAP Project Manager2.6%2
13SC Cleared Project Manager2.6%2
13Senior Finance Project Manager2.6%2
48 Project Manager jobs in Yorkshire