IT Project Leader Contracts

IT Project Lead
UK

As of 26 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IT Project Lead daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 698 849
Rank change year-on-year +121 +151 -182
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Leader 2 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.003% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £285
25th Percentile - £775 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £800 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £825 £541
90th Percentile - - £589
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500
% change year-on-year - - +37.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

IT Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Project Leader in the UK

IT Project Leader
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
UK excluding London +70 2 - - 1
Work from Home +121 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform

IT Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO