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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -28 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 35 44 76
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 4.53% 9.78% 8.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.10% 10.84% 10.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 41
10th Percentile £206 £263 £380
25th Percentile £313 £303 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £550
90th Percentile £780 £638 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £574 £394 £500
% change year-on-year +45.71% -21.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.91% +27.91% -33.85%

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 686 406 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.75% 90.22% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 255 474
10th Percentile £306 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 13
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £27.56 £11.75
Median hourly rate £15.25 £39.25 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -61.15% +213.25% -79.95%
75th Percentile £40.06 £82.86 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £20.62
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -31.38% +83.33% -66.31%

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 27 February 2026.

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 4 (11.43%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.86%) Apache
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.86%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
3 6 (17.14%) SaaS
4 5 (14.29%) IaaS
4 5 (14.29%) PaaS
4 5 (14.29%) Serverless
5 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) IPsec
1 5 (14.29%) Kerberos
1 5 (14.29%) SSL
2 1 (2.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
1 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Banking
4 2 (5.71%) Military
4 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Retail
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Legal
5 1 (2.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Senior
3 5 (14.29%) Architect
3 5 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 5 (14.29%) Senior Technical Architect
3 5 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Coordinator
4 3 (8.57%) Delivery Director
4 3 (8.57%) IT Director
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery Director
4 3 (8.57%) Services Director
5 2 (5.71%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.86%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (2.86%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) OAuth
1 5 (14.29%) OAuth2
1 5 (14.29%) OpenID
1 5 (14.29%) SAML
1 5 (14.29%) Web Services
1 5 (14.29%) XACML
2 1 (2.86%) Kafka
2 1 (2.86%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (8.57%) NHS
3 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.71%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) CMDB
4 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Agile
2 12 (34.29%) Project Delivery
3 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (28.57%) DevOps
4 10 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (22.86%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (22.86%) ITIL
5 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
6 6 (17.14%) Service Management
7 5 (14.29%) ArchiMate
7 5 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
7 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 5 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (14.29%) Design Patterns
7 5 (14.29%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.71%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB
3 1 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) RACF
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.86%) BMC
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.86%) Teradata
4 1 (2.86%) TOWER Software