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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 34 40
Rank change year-on-year -33 +6 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 88 82 73
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.09% 5.82% 4.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 6.23% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 71 49
10th Percentile £411 £400 £413
25th Percentile £424 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £543 £575 £580
90th Percentile £599 £618 £663
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -60.71% -
England median hourly rate £63.50 £57.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +11.40% +52.00% -40.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,631 1,317 1,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 93.40% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,596 841 929
10th Percentile £318 £263 £273
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £669 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 52 57
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.58 £12.20
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.29 £13.96
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +10.70% -
75th Percentile £34.94 £25.49 £33.75
90th Percentile £45.63 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £45.56 £26.50 £42.91
% change year-on-year +71.91% -38.24% -2.72%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title 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 jobs citing Project Manager in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 July 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 IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
South Yorkshire -30 45 £458 -0.54% 14
West Yorkshire -36 29 £500 -4.76% 26
North Yorkshire -4 11 £550 -2.22% 4
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, Project Manager contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 46 (52.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (34.09%) Agile
3 29 (32.95%) Project Management
4 17 (19.32%) Project Delivery
5 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 16 (18.18%) Migration
6 15 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (15.91%) Roadmaps
7 14 (15.91%) Waterfall
8 13 (14.77%) Project Governance
9 12 (13.64%) Budget Management
9 12 (13.64%) PRINCE2
10 11 (12.50%) Azure
10 11 (12.50%) ERP
11 10 (11.36%) DevOps
12 9 (10.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 9 (10.23%) JIRA
12 9 (10.23%) SAP
13 8 (9.09%) AI
13 8 (9.09%) Change Management
13 8 (9.09%) Degree
13 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
13 8 (9.09%) Risk Management
13 8 (9.09%) Scrum
13 8 (9.09%) Service Management
13 8 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (7.95%) Change Control
14 7 (7.95%) Commercial Awareness
14 7 (7.95%) Dependency Management

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.50%) Azure
2 5 (5.68%) AWS
2 5 (5.68%) GCP
3 4 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (4.55%) OpenShift
3 4 (4.55%) SaaS
4 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.14%) Asana
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.14%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.14%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.41%) Intranet
2 2 (2.27%) NAS
2 2 (2.27%) SAN
3 1 (1.14%) Internet
3 1 (1.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (10.23%) JIRA
General
1 31 (35.23%) Finance
2 26 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 10 (11.36%) Banking
4 10 (11.36%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.95%) Retail
6 5 (5.68%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.55%) Legal
8 3 (3.41%) Electronics
8 3 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.14%) Law
10 1 (1.14%) Local Government
10 1 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) Middleware
2 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.23%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.68%) Operational Technology
2 5 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.27%) PMI
6 1 (1.14%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.14%) EPoS
6 1 (1.14%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (52.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (34.09%) Agile
3 29 (32.95%) Project Management
4 17 (19.32%) Project Delivery
5 16 (18.18%) Migration
6 15 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (15.91%) Roadmaps
7 14 (15.91%) Waterfall
8 13 (14.77%) Project Governance
9 12 (13.64%) Budget Management
9 12 (13.64%) PRINCE2
10 11 (12.50%) ERP
11 10 (11.36%) DevOps
12 9 (10.23%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 8 (9.09%) AI
13 8 (9.09%) Change Management
13 8 (9.09%) Scrum
13 8 (9.09%) Service Management
13 8 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 8 (9.09%) Degree
2 7 (7.95%) PMI Certification
2 7 (7.95%) PMP
3 4 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) APMG
5 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.14%) MBA
5 1 (1.14%) PgMP
5 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.55%) QA
2 3 (3.41%) PMO
3 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.14%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) GRC
3 1 (1.14%) GxP
3 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.23%) SAP
3 2 (2.27%) Oracle
3 2 (2.27%) Workday
4 1 (1.14%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow