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 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 41 22
Rank change year-on-year -17 -19 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 69 60 121
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.92% 4.33% 6.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.26% 4.79% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 34 86
10th Percentile £403 £347 £400
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £584 £579 £575
90th Percentile £638 £673 £625
England median daily rate £550 £530 £540
% change year-on-year +3.77% -1.85% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +154.55% -
75th Percentile - - £31.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £40.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +39.51% -26.36% -15.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,621 1,252 1,826
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.33% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,090 720 1,195
10th Percentile £260 £230 £225
25th Percentile £380 £387 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £648 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 51 34
10th Percentile £17.48 £15.22 £14.09
25th Percentile £20.18 £17.19 £17.47
Median hourly rate £25.08 £22.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +11.44% +5.58% +6.55%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £40.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £46.03
% change year-on-year -39.05% -10.35% +53.43%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 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 -16 32 £465 -13.49% 7
West Yorkshire -16 31 £525 +5.00% 14
North Yorkshire +2 6 £531 -3.41% 1
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, 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 30 (43.48%) Agile
2 28 (40.58%) Project Delivery
2 28 (40.58%) Project Management
3 23 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (26.09%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (21.74%) Waterfall
6 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
8 11 (15.94%) Confluence
8 11 (15.94%) JIRA
9 10 (14.49%) Project Governance
10 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (11.59%) PRINCE2
11 7 (10.14%) Budget Management
11 7 (10.14%) Business Strategy
11 7 (10.14%) Change Management
11 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (10.14%) Migration
11 7 (10.14%) Time Management
12 6 (8.70%) Conflict Management
12 6 (8.70%) Degree
12 6 (8.70%) ERP
12 6 (8.70%) MS Visio
12 6 (8.70%) PMP
12 6 (8.70%) Project Planning
13 5 (7.25%) Azure
13 5 (7.25%) Business Case
13 5 (7.25%) Decision-Making
13 5 (7.25%) DevOps

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 11 (15.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (8.70%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.45%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.80%) Smartsheet
3 3 (4.35%) GCP
3 3 (4.35%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Asana
4 2 (2.90%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) OCI
5 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) Firewall
1 2 (2.90%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) GIS
2 1 (1.45%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.45%) Looker
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (15.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (50.72%) Finance
2 32 (46.38%) Social Skills
3 13 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.25%) Retail
7 4 (5.80%) Legal
8 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.45%) Law
10 1 (1.45%) Publishing
10 1 (1.45%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) CCTV
5 1 (1.45%) CMDB
5 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.45%) IVR
5 1 (1.45%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Agile
2 28 (40.58%) Project Delivery
2 28 (40.58%) Project Management
3 23 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (21.74%) Waterfall
6 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.49%) Project Governance
8 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (11.59%) PRINCE2
9 7 (10.14%) Budget Management
9 7 (10.14%) Business Strategy
9 7 (10.14%) Change Management
9 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.14%) Migration
9 7 (10.14%) Time Management
10 6 (8.70%) Conflict Management
10 6 (8.70%) ERP
10 6 (8.70%) Project Planning
11 5 (7.25%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Degree
1 6 (8.70%) PMP
2 4 (5.80%) PMI Certification
2 4 (5.80%) RIBA
3 3 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (2.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) CIMA
5 1 (1.45%) CISA
5 1 (1.45%) CISM
5 1 (1.45%) CISSP
5 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) COBIT
2 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.45%) XenApp
1 1 (1.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) SCOM
2 1 (1.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) SAP
3 2 (2.90%) Cisco
3 2 (2.90%) Citrix
3 2 (2.90%) Dell
3 2 (2.90%) HP
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.90%) Planview
3 2 (2.90%) Wrike
4 1 (1.45%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.45%) BMC
4 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.45%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.45%) ESRI
4 1 (1.45%) F5
4 1 (1.45%) Genesys
4 1 (1.45%) IBM
4 1 (1.45%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow