Project Leader Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Lead daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475 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 337 391 449
Rank change year-on-year +54 +58 -44
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 56 60 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.25% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.27% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 44
10th Percentile £263 £279 £243
25th Percentile £363 £304 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £417 £428
Median % change year-on-year +14.05% -2.57% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £599 £534
90th Percentile £588 £678 £623
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £494
% change year-on-year -9.09% +11.39% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 7
10th Percentile - £59.00 £31.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £65.00 £36.75
Median hourly rate £27.93 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +55.95% +28.74%
75th Percentile £41.00 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £41.75 - £43.28
UK median hourly rate £27.93 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% +55.95% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Leader in the UK excluding London

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South West +33 24 - - 4
South East +24 14 £295 -53.54% 11
Scotland +40 10 £475 +23.38% 3
Midlands +29 3 £525 - 3
West Midlands +24 3 £525 - 3
East of England +8 2 £590 +34.86% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North of England +24 1 - - 9
North West +24 1 - - 8
Project Leader
UK

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 38 (67.86%) Project Management
2 37 (66.07%) Project Delivery
3 33 (58.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (57.14%) Social Skills
5 31 (55.36%) Finance
5 31 (55.36%) JIRA
6 30 (53.57%) Agile
7 29 (51.79%) DV Cleared
7 29 (51.79%) Security Cleared
8 28 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (48.21%) Project Planning
9 27 (48.21%) PRINCE2
10 26 (46.43%) Microsoft
10 26 (46.43%) PMO
11 25 (44.64%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (44.64%) Workshop Facilitation
11 25 (44.64%) Microsoft Project
11 25 (44.64%) Data Management
12 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
12 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
12 24 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
12 24 (42.86%) APMP
12 24 (42.86%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 24 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 24 (42.86%) Commercial Awareness
12 24 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (21.43%) Degree
14 10 (17.86%) Public Sector
15 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (12.50%) Confluence

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.57%) Azure
1 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.79%) AWS
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (55.36%) JIRA
General
1 32 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 31 (55.36%) Finance
3 28 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (17.86%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Local Government
7 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.79%) Automotive
8 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) Project Management
2 37 (66.07%) Project Delivery
3 33 (58.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (53.57%) Agile
5 27 (48.21%) PRINCE2
5 27 (48.21%) Project Planning
6 25 (44.64%) Data Management
6 25 (44.64%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (44.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 24 (42.86%) Commercial Awareness
7 24 (42.86%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 24 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (12.50%) Service Delivery
10 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (10.71%) Line Management
11 5 (8.93%) Business Analysis
11 5 (8.93%) Community of Practice
11 5 (8.93%) Portfolio Management
11 5 (8.93%) Programme Governance
Qualifications
1 29 (51.79%) DV Cleared
1 29 (51.79%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.86%) APMP
3 12 (21.43%) Degree
4 3 (5.36%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (46.43%) PMO
2 3 (5.36%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.79%) Ariba
4 1 (1.79%) SAP