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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 29 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 59 87 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.80% 5.15% 7.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.15% 5.63% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 63 129
10th Percentile £393 £359 £400
25th Percentile £450 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £608 £619
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
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 £47.00 £35.96 £64.25
% change year-on-year +30.70% -44.03% +32.43%

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 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -10 31 £500 - 21
South Yorkshire +14 17 £450 - 12
North Yorkshire +16 7 £575 +4.55% 7
East Yorkshire +2 1 - - 2
Project Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 (66.10%) Project Management
2 28 (47.46%) Finance
3 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
4 16 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (23.73%) Change Management
6 13 (22.03%) Agile
7 9 (15.25%) Banking
8 8 (13.56%) PRINCE2
8 8 (13.56%) Degree
8 8 (13.56%) Project Governance
8 8 (13.56%) Waterfall
8 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
8 8 (13.56%) Project Delivery
9 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (11.86%) SAP
10 6 (10.17%) ERP
10 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
10 6 (10.17%) Budget Management
10 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (10.17%) Resource Allocation
10 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (10.17%) Decision-Making
11 5 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
11 5 (8.47%) Product Ownership
11 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
11 5 (8.47%) PMI Certification
11 5 (8.47%) Risk Management
11 5 (8.47%) Retail

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 1 (1.69%) Confluence
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.69%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.69%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.69%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) LAN
1 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.69%) WAN
1 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
General
1 28 (47.46%) Finance
2 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Banking
4 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.47%) Retail
7 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.78%) Local Government
8 3 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.39%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.39%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) FHIR
1 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.78%) NHS
3 3 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.08%) PMI
3 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) EPoS
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.69%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (66.10%) Project Management
2 16 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (23.73%) Change Management
4 13 (22.03%) Agile
5 8 (13.56%) PRINCE2
5 8 (13.56%) Project Delivery
5 8 (13.56%) Project Governance
5 8 (13.56%) Waterfall
6 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (10.17%) Budget Management
7 6 (10.17%) Decision-Making
7 6 (10.17%) ERP
7 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
7 6 (10.17%) Resource Allocation
8 5 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.47%) Risk Management
8 5 (8.47%) Scrum
9 4 (6.78%) Asset Management
9 4 (6.78%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.08%) PMP
3 3 (5.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.69%) DICOM
2 1 (1.69%) HL7
2 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) SAP
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.39%) Citrix
3 2 (3.39%) Liquidlogic
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle
3 2 (3.39%) Workday
4 1 (1.69%) Adobe
4 1 (1.69%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.69%) Google
4 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.69%) Veeam