Project Leader Contracts in the City of London

Project Lead
Central London > City of London

The median Project Lead daily rate in the City of London is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 165 190
Rank change year-on-year +39 +25 -47
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 3 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.19% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £489 - -
25th Percentile £509 £600 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £663 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% +55.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile £604 £778 £438
90th Percentile £620 £851 -
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -6.67% +41.18% -22.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the City of London

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in the City of London

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in the City of London

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 City of London region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP