Project Leader Contracts in Central London

Project Lead
London > Central London

The median Project Lead daily rate in Central London is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 167 194
Rank change year-on-year +37 +27 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 3 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% 0.18% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £489 - -
25th Percentile £509 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £663 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% - -
75th Percentile £604 £778 -
90th Percentile £620 £851 -
London median daily rate £620 £600 £563
% change year-on-year +3.33% +6.67% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,304 3,649 4,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.20% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,643 2,501 3,269
10th Percentile £350 £325 £360
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +5.36% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 52
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.43
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in Central London

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in Central London

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in Central London

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
City of London +43 3 £560 -15.47% 2
Project Leader
London

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Project Leader 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 Central London region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP