Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
2 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 36 22
Rank change year-on-year -18 -14 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 77 59 119
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.28% 4.63% 6.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.63% 5.08% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 34 87
10th Percentile £400 £320 £400
25th Percentile £460 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £600
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £31.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £63.37 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +81.06% -36.36% -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 1,664 1,161 1,739
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 91.06% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 677 1,124
10th Percentile £220 £222 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 48 28
10th Percentile £15.86 £15.22 £14.79
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.41 £18.18
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.34 £21.66
Median % change year-on-year +9.58% +7.78% +3.12%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £24.51
90th Percentile - £48.75 £35.60
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +38.46%

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 December 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 December 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
West Yorkshire -2 39 £525 +5.00% 22
South Yorkshire -24 32 £465 -13.49% 19
North Yorkshire -2 6 £488 -17.02% 5
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 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 34 (44.16%) Project Management
2 33 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 29 (37.66%) Agile
4 23 (29.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (25.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Project
8 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 12 (15.58%) PRINCE2
9 12 (15.58%) Waterfall
10 11 (14.29%) Budget Management
10 11 (14.29%) PMP
11 10 (12.99%) ERP
11 10 (12.99%) JIRA
12 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (10.39%) Migration
12 8 (10.39%) Project Governance
12 8 (10.39%) Time Management
13 7 (9.09%) Business Case
13 7 (9.09%) Change Management
13 7 (9.09%) Conflict Management
13 7 (9.09%) Confluence
13 7 (9.09%) Degree
13 7 (9.09%) PMI Certification
14 6 (7.79%) Business Strategy
14 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (7.79%) DevOps
14 6 (7.79%) Project Planning
14 6 (7.79%) Supplier 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 7 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.90%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) SAP ERP
1 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.49%) Azure
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (5.19%) Smartsheet
3 3 (3.90%) GCP
3 3 (3.90%) SaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Asana
4 2 (2.60%) AWS
4 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.30%) OCI
5 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) Firewall
1 2 (2.60%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) GIS
2 1 (1.30%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.30%) Looker
2 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) JIRA
General
1 41 (53.25%) Finance
2 33 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Banking
4 9 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.79%) Retail
7 5 (6.49%) Legal
8 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Billing
10 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.30%) Law
10 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.60%) SCADA
5 2 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.30%) CCTV
6 1 (1.30%) CMDB
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.30%) IoT
6 1 (1.30%) IVR
6 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Project Management
2 33 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 29 (37.66%) Agile
4 23 (29.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (25.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (15.58%) PRINCE2
7 12 (15.58%) Waterfall
8 11 (14.29%) Budget Management
9 10 (12.99%) ERP
10 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (10.39%) Migration
10 8 (10.39%) Project Governance
10 8 (10.39%) Time Management
11 7 (9.09%) Business Case
11 7 (9.09%) Change Management
11 7 (9.09%) Conflict Management
12 6 (7.79%) Business Strategy
12 6 (7.79%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) PMP
2 7 (9.09%) Degree
2 7 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 4 (5.19%) RIBA
4 3 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) CIMA
6 1 (1.30%) CISA
6 1 (1.30%) CISM
6 1 (1.30%) CISSP
6 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) COBIT
3 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) MiFID
3 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Ansible
1 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) SAP
3 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle
3 2 (2.60%) Planview
3 2 (2.60%) Wrike
4 1 (1.30%) BMC
4 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Dell
4 1 (1.30%) Duck Creek
4 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.30%) F5
4 1 (1.30%) Genesys
4 1 (1.30%) Google
4 1 (1.30%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.30%) HP
4 1 (1.30%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
54 Project Manager jobs in Yorkshire