Project Management Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Project Management
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 26 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 29 40 79
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.91% 6.77% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 7.78% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 24 59
10th Percentile £283 £300 £275
25th Percentile £374 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £552 £538 £575
90th Percentile £591 £638 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +16.22% -7.50% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 647 514 784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.20% 86.97% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 321 531
10th Percentile £301 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £613
90th Percentile £649 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 4
10th Percentile - £15.54 £14.32
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £17.01
Median hourly rate £15.25 £32.50 £19.85
Median % change year-on-year -53.08% +63.71% -14.61%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £31.98
90th Percentile £33.88 £98.79 £49.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £32.50 £18.32
% change year-on-year -34.46% +77.40% -14.79%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Leeds

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Leeds

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Management

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) IaaS
5 1 (3.45%) PaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) IPsec
2 1 (3.45%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.45%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.45%) SSL
2 1 (3.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Local Government
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Billing
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Military
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Coordinator
2 3 (10.34%) Delivery Director
2 3 (10.34%) IT Director
2 3 (10.34%) Lead
2 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (10.34%) Services Director
3 2 (6.90%) Architect
3 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 2 (6.90%) Technical Architect
4 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Kafka
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
1 1 (3.45%) OAuth
1 1 (3.45%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.45%) OpenID
1 1 (3.45%) SAML
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
1 1 (3.45%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) CMDB
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (3.45%) NHS
2 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.45%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (31.03%) ITIL
3 9 (31.03%) Project Delivery
4 8 (27.59%) PRINCE2
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) Roadmaps
6 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
7 5 (17.24%) Service Management
7 5 (17.24%) Supplier Management
8 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (13.79%) ITSM
8 4 (13.79%) Migration
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.90%) PMP
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CIMA
3 1 (3.45%) CISA
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) ISEB
3 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
1 1 (3.45%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco
3 2 (6.90%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) BMC
4 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.45%) McAfee
4 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft