Project Leader Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Project Lead
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Project Lead daily rate in Farnborough is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.52% - 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £625
75th Percentile £563 - £663
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £450 - £438
% change year-on-year - - +28.63%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 182 76 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 90.48% 62.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 51 63
10th Percentile £321 £425 £378
25th Percentile £454 £439 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £591
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -11.17% +18.20%
75th Percentile £606 £629 £667
90th Percentile £675 £725 £684
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £24.95 £77.63 £20.60
25th Percentile £34.63 £77.81 £24.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +170.83% -22.58%
75th Percentile £45.56 £85.31 £47.50
90th Percentile £55.58 £85.88 £57.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -28.57% -37.16% +31.32%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Project Leader job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Project Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in Farnborough

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Project Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Farnborough region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP