Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £477, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 35 29
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 117 59 87
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.80% 5.80% 5.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.24% 6.15% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 47 63
10th Percentile £375 £393 £359
25th Percentile £417 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £563 £544 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £608
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - +27.91% -
75th Percentile - £28.75 £22.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.50 £47.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +35.11% +30.70% -44.03%

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 2,233 959 1,546
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 94.30% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,433 618 962
10th Percentile £313 £224 £233
25th Percentile £402 £358 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -1.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £554 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £629 £650
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 65
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.00 £11.23
25th Percentile £19.13 £17.12 £12.25
Median hourly rate £27.75 £21.24 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.65% +51.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £57.25 £22.14 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £80.10 £51.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.78 £36.31
% change year-on-year +52.70% -15.22% -19.32%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -7 71 £467 +3.67% 6
West Yorkshire -18 36 £550 +10.00% 13
North Yorkshire -8 5 £500 -13.04% 5
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 50 (42.74%) Project Management
2 45 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (28.21%) Agile
4 30 (25.64%) Project Delivery
5 25 (21.37%) PRINCE2
6 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (18.80%) ERP
7 22 (18.80%) Roadmaps
8 21 (17.95%) Migration
9 20 (17.09%) Microsoft
9 20 (17.09%) PMP
10 19 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (13.68%) OpenShift
12 15 (12.82%) Business Case
12 15 (12.82%) Waterfall
13 14 (11.97%) JIRA
13 14 (11.97%) Risk Management
14 13 (11.11%) Budget Management
14 13 (11.11%) DevOps
14 13 (11.11%) PMI Certification
14 13 (11.11%) QA
15 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Project
15 11 (9.40%) SAP
15 11 (9.40%) Service Management
16 10 (8.55%) CI/CD
16 10 (8.55%) Scrum
17 9 (7.69%) Change Management
17 9 (7.69%) Degree
17 9 (7.69%) Project Governance

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 7 (5.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.42%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) OpenShift
2 8 (6.84%) Azure
2 8 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.13%) SaaS
5 3 (2.56%) AWS
5 3 (2.56%) GCP
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.85%) Asana
7 1 (0.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.71%) NAS
1 2 (1.71%) SAN
2 1 (0.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) JIRA
2 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (52.14%) Finance
2 38 (32.48%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.11%) Banking
4 11 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.55%) Retail
6 7 (5.98%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.42%) Legal
8 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Law
9 2 (1.71%) Electronics
9 2 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.98%) Middleware
2 4 (3.42%) Node.js
2 4 (3.42%) YAML
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.27%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.27%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.56%) SCADA
4 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.71%) IoT
5 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.71%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) EPoS
6 1 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.42%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Project Management
2 45 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (28.21%) Agile
4 30 (25.64%) Project Delivery
5 25 (21.37%) PRINCE2
6 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (18.80%) ERP
7 22 (18.80%) Roadmaps
8 21 (17.95%) Migration
9 19 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (12.82%) Business Case
10 15 (12.82%) Waterfall
11 14 (11.97%) Risk Management
12 13 (11.11%) Budget Management
12 13 (11.11%) DevOps
13 11 (9.40%) Service Management
14 10 (8.55%) CI/CD
14 10 (8.55%) Scrum
15 9 (7.69%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) PMP
2 13 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 9 (7.69%) Degree
4 5 (4.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.85%) APMG
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) MBA
7 1 (0.85%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) QA
2 5 (4.27%) PMO
3 3 (2.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.85%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.85%) GRC
4 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.85%) MiFID
4 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) Ansible
2 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.40%) SAP
3 4 (3.42%) Red Hat
3 4 (3.42%) Workday
4 2 (1.71%) Google
4 2 (1.71%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.85%) Cognizant
5 1 (0.85%) Duck Creek
5 1 (0.85%) Genesys
5 1 (0.85%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.85%) Veritas