Project Leader Contracts in London

Project Lead
England > London

The median Project Lead daily rate in London is £620 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 451 569
Rank change year-on-year +76 +118 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 15 40 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.15% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.16% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 23
10th Percentile £213 £548 £415
25th Percentile £400 £550 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £722 £750 £663
90th Percentile £725 £833 £800
England median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.15
Median hourly rate - - £47.30
75th Percentile - - £48.45
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.35 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -71.98% +55.95% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,498 25,529 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,487 27,116
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 291 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.80 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London +35 3 £560 -15.47% 2
West London - 1 £213 -
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 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 London region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
3 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) QA
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Service Design
6 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Google Docs
6 2 (13.33%) SAP
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (13.33%) Adobe
6 2 (13.33%) ERP
6 2 (13.33%) Acrobat
6 2 (13.33%) CMS
6 2 (13.33%) Migration
6 2 (13.33%) Content Management
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (13.33%) Google
7 1 (6.67%) Marketing
7 1 (6.67%) Project Planning
7 1 (6.67%) Degree

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Acrobat
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.67%) SAP CO
2 1 (6.67%) SAP FI
2 1 (6.67%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (6.67%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Google Docs
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Content Management
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) Service Design
5 1 (6.67%) Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (6.67%) Information Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Servant Leadership
5 1 (6.67%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) Google
2 2 (13.33%) SAP