Project Leader Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Project Lead
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Project Lead daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £530 £275 £513
% change year-on-year +92.73% -46.34% +34.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 301 358 776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 91.79% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 241 606
10th Percentile £210 £250 £231
25th Percentile £359 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £543 £540 £588
90th Percentile £628 £630 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 21 10
10th Percentile - £14.85 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.20 £16.32 £13.27
Median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £14.99
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +66.83% +15.27%
75th Percentile £24.50 £28.75 £18.16
90th Percentile £66.50 £36.00 £19.93
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.37
% change year-on-year -56.15% +16.18% +119.40%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in Buckinghamshire

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in Buckinghamshire

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in Buckinghamshire

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 August 2025. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £450 - 1
Project Leader
South East

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 16 August 2025, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation