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 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 29 30
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 107 54 95
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.80% 5.89% 5.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.22% 6.29% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 44 71
10th Percentile £385 £365 £356
25th Percentile £425 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £584 £588
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -0.90%
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 £32.50 £35.96
% change year-on-year +95.38% -9.62% -44.68%

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 2,051 859 1,602
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.68% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 563 985
10th Percentile £308 £223 £203
25th Percentile £400 £351 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £564
90th Percentile £648 £625 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 31 60
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.30 £11.17
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.79 £12.46
Median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.20
Median % change year-on-year +100.09% +49.55% -42.03%
75th Percentile £57.25 £28.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £96.64 £53.75
England median hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.57% +7.69% -23.53%

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 March 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 March 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 -23 55 £468 +4.00% 8
West Yorkshire -12 42 £534 +6.75% 14
North Yorkshire -10 7 £488 -15.22% 3
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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 51 (47.66%) Project Management
2 35 (32.71%) Project Delivery
3 32 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (28.97%) Agile
5 25 (23.36%) PRINCE2
6 24 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (18.69%) ERP
7 20 (18.69%) Migration
7 20 (18.69%) PMP
7 20 (18.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (15.89%) Microsoft
9 16 (14.95%) OpenShift
10 15 (14.02%) Roadmaps
11 14 (13.08%) Budget Management
11 14 (13.08%) Business Case
11 14 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (12.15%) PMI Certification
12 13 (12.15%) Risk Management
13 12 (11.21%) QA
13 12 (11.21%) Scrum
13 12 (11.21%) Waterfall
14 11 (10.28%) Azure
14 11 (10.28%) DevOps
14 11 (10.28%) JIRA
14 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Project
15 10 (9.35%) SAP
16 9 (8.41%) Confluence
17 8 (7.48%) Change Management
17 8 (7.48%) CI/CD
17 8 (7.48%) Degree

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 9 (8.41%) Confluence
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.74%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (1.87%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.93%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.93%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.95%) OpenShift
2 11 (10.28%) Azure
3 8 (7.48%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.54%) SaaS
5 4 (3.74%) GCP
5 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.80%) AWS
7 2 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) Firewall
1 2 (1.87%) NAS
1 2 (1.87%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) GIS
2 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.93%) Looker
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.28%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
General
1 58 (54.21%) Finance
2 37 (34.58%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.21%) Banking
3 12 (11.21%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.41%) Retail
5 5 (4.67%) Legal
6 3 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Law
6 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.48%) Middleware
2 4 (3.74%) Node.js
2 4 (3.74%) YAML
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.61%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.80%) SCADA
6 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.87%) IoT
6 2 (1.87%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.87%) PMI
7 1 (0.93%) CCTV
7 1 (0.93%) CMDB
7 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) EPoS
7 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.93%) NHS
7 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.80%) Windows
2 2 (1.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (47.66%) Project Management
2 35 (32.71%) Project Delivery
3 32 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (28.97%) Agile
5 25 (23.36%) PRINCE2
6 24 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (18.69%) ERP
7 20 (18.69%) Migration
7 20 (18.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (14.02%) Roadmaps
9 14 (13.08%) Budget Management
9 14 (13.08%) Business Case
9 14 (13.08%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (12.15%) Risk Management
11 12 (11.21%) Scrum
11 12 (11.21%) Waterfall
12 11 (10.28%) DevOps
13 8 (7.48%) Change Management
13 8 (7.48%) CI/CD
13 8 (7.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (18.69%) PMP
2 13 (12.15%) PMI Certification
3 8 (7.48%) Degree
4 6 (5.61%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) APMG
6 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.21%) QA
2 5 (4.67%) PMO
3 2 (1.87%) GDPR
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.93%) GRC
4 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.93%) MiFID
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) Ansible
2 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.35%) SAP
3 4 (3.74%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.80%) MuleSoft
4 3 (2.80%) Workday
5 2 (1.87%) Google
5 2 (1.87%) Planview
6 1 (0.93%) BMC
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco
6 1 (0.93%) Duck Creek
6 1 (0.93%) Genesys
6 1 (0.93%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle
6 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.93%) Veritas