Project Leader Contracts in England

Project Lead
UK > England

The median Project Lead daily rate in England is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 562 686
Rank change year-on-year +69 +124 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 52 97 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 49 52
10th Percentile £258 £298 £289
25th Percentile £302 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £531
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +8.24% +9.25%
75th Percentile £659 £680 £619
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £481
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.29% +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 9
10th Percentile - £61.00 £30.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £65.00 £31.50
Median hourly rate £27.93 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +55.95% +50.00%
75th Percentile £41.00 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £56.12 - £45.85
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -42.75% +55.95% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Leader in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region 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
South West +26 18 - - 7
South East +28 15 £295 -53.54% 9
London +81 13 £620 +3.33% 5
West Midlands +32 3 £525 - 3
Midlands +28 3 £525 - 4
East of England +3 2 £590 +34.86% 6
North of England +18 1 - - 6
North West +17 1 - - 6
Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 England region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 37 (71.15%) Project Management
2 29 (55.77%) Project Delivery
2 29 (55.77%) Social Skills
3 27 (51.92%) Security Cleared
4 26 (50.00%) Finance
5 24 (46.15%) Agile
5 24 (46.15%) DV Cleared
6 23 (44.23%) Microsoft
7 22 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (40.38%) PRINCE2
8 21 (40.38%) Project Planning
8 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (38.46%) PMO
9 20 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
10 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Project
10 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Excel
10 19 (36.54%) JIRA
10 19 (36.54%) Data Management
10 19 (36.54%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (34.62%) Commercial Awareness
11 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (34.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 18 (34.62%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 18 (34.62%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (34.62%) Spreadsheet
11 18 (34.62%) APMP
12 12 (23.08%) Degree
12 12 (23.08%) Public Sector
13 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.85%) CMS
2 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (34.62%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (3.85%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.92%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.92%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) Google Docs
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 19 (36.54%) JIRA
General
1 29 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 26 (50.00%) Finance
3 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (34.62%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (23.08%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.77%) Local Government
8 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.92%) Automotive
8 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Marketing
8 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (71.15%) Project Management
2 29 (55.77%) Project Delivery
3 24 (46.15%) Agile
4 22 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (40.38%) PRINCE2
5 21 (40.38%) Project Planning
6 19 (36.54%) Data Management
6 19 (36.54%) Workshop Facilitation
7 18 (34.62%) Commercial Awareness
7 18 (34.62%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (34.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (13.46%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery
10 6 (11.54%) Community of Practice
10 6 (11.54%) Line Management
10 6 (11.54%) Portfolio Management
10 6 (11.54%) Programme Management
11 5 (9.62%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 27 (51.92%) Security Cleared
2 24 (46.15%) DV Cleared
3 18 (34.62%) APMP
4 12 (23.08%) Degree
5 3 (5.77%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (38.46%) PMO
2 5 (9.62%) QA
3 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (44.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.85%) Adobe
3 2 (3.85%) Google
3 2 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (1.92%) Ariba
4 1 (1.92%) Autodesk