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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 25 11
Rank change year-on-year -26 -14 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 26 39 77
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.56% 7.20% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 8.18% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 54
10th Percentile £273 £300 £275
25th Percentile £370 £313 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £573
90th Percentile £576 £638 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £555 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +21.64% -8.75% -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 636 477 781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.00% 88.01% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 301 530
10th Percentile £290 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.39% -1.24%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £600
90th Percentile £642 £700 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 4
10th Percentile - £15.38 £11.54
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £12.18
Median hourly rate £15.25 £37.50 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year -59.33% +125.67% -60.93%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £31.98
90th Percentile £33.88 £100.39 £49.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £27.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year -22.55% +55.90% -21.60%

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 13 January 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 3 (11.54%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Apache
2 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (7.69%) SaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) IaaS
5 1 (3.85%) PaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) IPsec
2 1 (3.85%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.85%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.85%) SSL
2 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
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%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Coordinator
2 3 (11.54%) Delivery Director
2 3 (11.54%) IT Director
2 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (11.54%) Services Director
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.85%) OpenID
1 1 (3.85%) SAML
1 1 (3.85%) Web Services
1 1 (3.85%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) CMDB
1 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.85%) NHS
1 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.85%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Agile
2 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (34.62%) ITIL
3 9 (34.62%) Project Delivery
4 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) DevOps
5 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
6 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 5 (19.23%) Service Management
6 5 (19.23%) Supplier Management
7 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (15.38%) ITSM
7 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.54%) Tech Ops
8 3 (11.54%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) P3O
2 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
1 1 (3.85%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Google
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