Project Manager Contracts 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 4 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 37 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -21 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 78 83 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.01% 4.81% 7.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.41% 5.36% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 58 120
10th Percentile £400 £413 £397
25th Percentile £450 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £567 £555 £588
90th Percentile £609 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -60.71% - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +57.14% -44.00% +23.15%

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 1,217 1,549 2,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 89.85% 96.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 977 1,404
10th Percentile £263 £263 £223
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £618
90th Percentile £618 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 68 33
10th Percentile £16.33 £11.62 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.29 £12.53 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% -14.63% +9.63%
75th Percentile £24.18 £30.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £67.21 £53.75 £51.58
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% +74.76%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Yorkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager 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 4 July 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 +14 37 £463 -3.90% 41
West Yorkshire -6 33 £525 +5.00% 63
North Yorkshire +16 7 £550 - 14
Project Manager
England

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 39 (50.00%) Finance
2 38 (48.72%) Social Skills
3 36 (46.15%) Project Management
4 26 (33.33%) Agile
5 23 (29.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (26.92%) Project Delivery
7 19 (24.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (20.51%) Microsoft Project
9 15 (19.23%) Banking
10 14 (17.95%) Waterfall
11 13 (16.67%) Project Governance
12 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (15.38%) Change Management
12 12 (15.38%) PRINCE2
12 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
13 10 (12.82%) JIRA
13 10 (12.82%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
15 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
15 8 (10.26%) Degree
15 8 (10.26%) Confluence
15 8 (10.26%) Resource Management
15 8 (10.26%) PMI Certification
16 7 (8.97%) PMP
16 7 (8.97%) Time Management
16 7 (8.97%) Project Planning
16 7 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
16 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
16 7 (8.97%) Self-Motivation

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) Confluence
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.28%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.13%) Smartsheet
3 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.56%) Asana
4 2 (2.56%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure
5 1 (1.28%) GCP
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub
5 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) LAN
1 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.28%) WAN
1 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) GIS
2 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (50.00%) Finance
2 38 (48.72%) Social Skills
3 15 (19.23%) Banking
4 10 (12.82%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Retail
7 5 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.56%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.56%) Legal
10 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.28%) Local Government
10 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.85%) PMI
6 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.56%) NHS
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.28%) EPoS
7 1 (1.28%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.28%) PACS
7 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Project Management
2 26 (33.33%) Agile
3 23 (29.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (26.92%) Project Delivery
5 19 (24.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (17.95%) Waterfall
7 13 (16.67%) Project Governance
8 12 (15.38%) Change Management
8 12 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.26%) Resource Management
11 7 (8.97%) Budget Management
11 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (8.97%) Project Planning
11 7 (8.97%) Time Management
12 6 (7.69%) Business Case
12 6 (7.69%) Conflict Management
12 6 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (6.41%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) Degree
1 8 (10.26%) PMI Certification
2 7 (8.97%) PMP
3 4 (5.13%) RIBA
4 3 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) PMO
1 2 (2.56%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) DICOM
2 1 (1.28%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.28%) XenApp
2 1 (1.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.28%) Ansible
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.28%) SCCM
2 1 (1.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.13%) Citrix
3 3 (3.85%) SAP
4 2 (2.56%) Wrike
5 1 (1.28%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.28%) Cisco
5 1 (1.28%) Dell
5 1 (1.28%) ESRI
5 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.28%) Google
5 1 (1.28%) HP
5 1 (1.28%) IBM
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.28%) Veeam