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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 29 13
Rank change year-on-year -23 -16 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 26 42 84
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.67% 6.34% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 7.38% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 66
10th Percentile £309 £420 £269
25th Percentile £463 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £638 £572
90th Percentile £611 £740 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £530 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £51.25 £30.03
% change year-on-year - +70.69% -

All Process and 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 632 569 890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.14% 85.95% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 359 616
10th Percentile £300 £323 £319
25th Percentile £400 £403 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £516
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.95% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 7
10th Percentile £25.10 £15.54 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.00 £18.97
Median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +52.51% +0.28%
75th Percentile £27.63 £41.50 £22.86
90th Percentile £28.30 £61.75 £39.05
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year -31.88% +56.97% -1.80%

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 17 November 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 2 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Apache
2 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Local Government
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Billing
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Delivery Director
2 3 (11.54%) IT Director
2 3 (11.54%) Lead
2 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (11.54%) Services Director
3 2 (7.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Data Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) CMDB
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Agile
2 10 (38.46%) Project Delivery
3 9 (34.62%) PRINCE2
4 8 (30.77%) ITIL
4 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (26.92%) DevOps
5 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
6 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
7 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (15.38%) ITSM
8 4 (15.38%) Migration
8 4 (15.38%) Service Management
8 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (15.38%) Supplier Management
9 3 (11.54%) Tech Ops
9 3 (11.54%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) CIMA
3 1 (3.85%) CISA
3 1 (3.85%) CISM
3 1 (3.85%) CISSP
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ISEB
3 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Google
2 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) BMC
4 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.85%) Citrix
4 1 (3.85%) McAfee
4 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft