Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 45 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -24 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 101 39 117
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 5.13% 4.07% 6.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 4.42% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 23 84
10th Percentile £385 £320 £319
25th Percentile £425 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £553
90th Percentile £633 £575 £588
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile - - £21.13
Median hourly rate - - £24.50
75th Percentile - - £29.13
90th Percentile - - £30.40
England median hourly rate £65.00 £32.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +98.47% -10.27% -43.85%

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 1,794 882 1,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 92.07% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 527 1,085
10th Percentile £280 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £587
90th Percentile £650 £650 £669
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 33 54
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.64 £11.13
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £29.68 £22.50 £15.37
Median % change year-on-year +31.91% +46.44% -30.94%
75th Percentile £57.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £72.43 £42.30 £53.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +4.29%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -6 54 £468 +4.00% 11
West Yorkshire 0 40 £538 +16.22% 16
North Yorkshire -8 5 £488 -17.02% 4
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 January 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 48 (47.52%) Project Management
2 32 (31.68%) Project Delivery
3 31 (30.69%) Agile
3 31 (30.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (21.78%) Migration
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (18.81%) ERP
6 19 (18.81%) PRINCE2
7 18 (17.82%) PMP
8 15 (14.85%) OpenShift
9 14 (13.86%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (13.86%) Microsoft
10 13 (12.87%) Business Case
10 13 (12.87%) Waterfall
11 12 (11.88%) JIRA
11 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Project
12 11 (10.89%) Budget Management
12 11 (10.89%) QA
12 11 (10.89%) Risk Management
12 11 (10.89%) Roadmaps
13 10 (9.90%) Azure
13 10 (9.90%) Change Management
13 10 (9.90%) Confluence
13 10 (9.90%) PMI Certification
13 10 (9.90%) Scrum
14 9 (8.91%) DevOps
15 8 (7.92%) CI/CD
15 8 (7.92%) Degree
15 8 (7.92%) Middleware

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 10 (9.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (3.96%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (1.98%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.99%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.85%) OpenShift
2 10 (9.90%) Azure
3 7 (6.93%) SaaS
4 6 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.95%) GCP
6 4 (3.96%) AWS
6 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.98%) OCI
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.97%) Firewall
2 2 (1.98%) NAS
2 2 (1.98%) SAN
2 2 (1.98%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.99%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) GIS
2 1 (0.99%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.99%) Looker
2 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (56.44%) Finance
2 33 (32.67%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.87%) Banking
4 11 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.94%) Retail
6 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Legal
7 3 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.97%) Law
8 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Billing
9 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.92%) Middleware
2 4 (3.96%) Node.js
2 4 (3.96%) YAML
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.92%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.97%) SCADA
5 2 (1.98%) IoT
5 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.99%) CCTV
6 1 (0.99%) CMDB
6 1 (0.99%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.99%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.99%) NHS
6 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) Windows
2 2 (1.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (47.52%) Project Management
2 32 (31.68%) Project Delivery
3 31 (30.69%) Agile
3 31 (30.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (21.78%) Migration
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (20.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (18.81%) ERP
6 19 (18.81%) PRINCE2
7 14 (13.86%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (12.87%) Business Case
8 13 (12.87%) Waterfall
9 11 (10.89%) Budget Management
9 11 (10.89%) Risk Management
9 11 (10.89%) Roadmaps
10 10 (9.90%) Change Management
10 10 (9.90%) Scrum
11 9 (8.91%) DevOps
12 8 (7.92%) CI/CD
13 7 (6.93%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (17.82%) PMP
2 10 (9.90%) PMI Certification
3 8 (7.92%) Degree
4 5 (4.95%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) CIMA
6 1 (0.99%) CISA
6 1 (0.99%) CISM
6 1 (0.99%) CISSP
6 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.89%) QA
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
2 2 (1.98%) PMO
3 1 (0.99%) COBIT
3 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.99%) GRC
3 1 (0.99%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Ansible
2 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.93%) SAP
3 4 (3.96%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.97%) MuleSoft
4 3 (2.97%) Oracle
4 3 (2.97%) Workday
5 2 (1.98%) Google
5 2 (1.98%) Planview
6 1 (0.99%) BMC
6 1 (0.99%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco
6 1 (0.99%) Dell
6 1 (0.99%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.99%) F5
6 1 (0.99%) Genesys
6 1 (0.99%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.99%) HP
6 1 (0.99%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) Veritas