Project Manager Contracts in Leeds

Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Project Manager daily rate in Leeds is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 21 17
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 46 99 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 5.78% 7.62% 8.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% 7.76% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 72 98
10th Percentile £413 £425 £359
25th Percentile £425 £481 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £539 £578 £550
90th Percentile £567 £619 £588
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 736 1,275 1,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 98.08% 97.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 929 1,108
10th Percentile £300 £356 £274
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £654
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 22
10th Percentile £11.24 £12.00 £17.77
25th Percentile £11.75 £15.94 £19.25
Median hourly rate £12.53 £38.25 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -67.24% +70.76% +4.82%
75th Percentile £15.25 £68.44 £26.50
90th Percentile £17.67 £70.00 £28.60
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.34 £21.25 £17.64
% change year-on-year -32.54% +20.46% -18.86%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 Leeds region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Agile
3 13 (28.26%) Project Management
4 12 (26.09%) Finance
5 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (19.57%) Migration
7 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
7 8 (17.39%) Azure
8 7 (15.22%) DevOps
8 7 (15.22%) SAP
9 6 (13.04%) Retail
9 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (13.04%) Degree
9 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
10 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
10 5 (10.87%) Waterfall
10 5 (10.87%) Akamai
10 5 (10.87%) F5
10 5 (10.87%) Network Security
10 5 (10.87%) Cloudflare
10 5 (10.87%) JIRA
10 5 (10.87%) RAD
11 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (8.70%) ERP
11 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
11 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
12 3 (6.52%) Confluence
12 3 (6.52%) Data Governance
12 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (6.52%) Confluence
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.87%) Akamai
3 5 (10.87%) Cloudflare
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.17%) GitHub
6 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.17%) SaaS
6 1 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.17%) Git
3 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Retail
4 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.52%) Advertising
6 2 (4.35%) Back Office
6 2 (4.35%) Games
6 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.17%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Agile
2 13 (28.26%) Project Management
3 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) Migration
5 7 (15.22%) DevOps
6 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.87%) RAD
7 5 (10.87%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
8 4 (8.70%) ERP
8 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
9 3 (6.52%) Budget Management
9 3 (6.52%) Cost Management
9 3 (6.52%) Data Governance
9 3 (6.52%) Data Management
9 3 (6.52%) PRINCE2
9 3 (6.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (6.52%) Scrum
9 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) SAP
3 5 (10.87%) F5
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle