PMP Contract Job Trends in Leeds

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 62 73
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +31
Contract jobs citing PMP 2 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.30% 0.29% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 1.20% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £523 £473 £425
25th Percentile £538 £498 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £556 £519
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +7.23% -5.68%
75th Percentile £613 £623 £566
90th Percentile £628 £654 £575
West Yorkshire median daily rate £610 £556 £525
% change year-on-year +9.66% +5.95% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 203 167 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 30.43% 24.56% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 129 145
10th Percentile £363 £288 £344
25th Percentile £416 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £650
90th Percentile £650 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £530
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.09% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

PMP job vacancy trend in Leeds

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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PMP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Application Development Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Application Development Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Development Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Development Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree