IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Leeds

IT Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Leeds is £457, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 64 75
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.67% 0.14% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.15% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £371 - £523
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £514 - £569
90th Percentile £547 - £603
West Yorkshire median daily rate £563 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +7.32%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 587 675 1,068
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.67% 92.09% 97.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 435 749
10th Percentile £311 £350 £325
25th Percentile £400 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £625
90th Percentile £645 £650 £702
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 29 13
10th Percentile £25.15 £17.65 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% +27.26% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £48.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 - £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £50.00 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +100.00% +31.58% -5.00%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Leeds

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Leeds

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 2 September 2025, IT Project Manager 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 Leeds region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (25.00%) Asana
4 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
4 1 (25.00%) Wrike
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Asana
1 1 (25.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Billing
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Business Case
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Process Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Wrike