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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 25 11
Rank change year-on-year -22 -14 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 30 45 81
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 4.16% 6.97% 8.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 8.06% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 63
10th Percentile £313 £309 £265
25th Percentile £385 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £569 £538 £572
90th Percentile £600 £649 £620
West Yorkshire median daily rate £536 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +12.89% -5.00% -4.76%

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 641 558 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.90% 86.38% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 349 579
10th Percentile £302 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £573 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £515
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 6
10th Percentile - £15.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £18.14 £18.74
Median hourly rate £19.63 £32.50 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +54.71% -2.29%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.63 £97.18 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £30.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -26.20% +57.89% -11.63%

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 8 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 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Apache
2 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.67%) GCP
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) Network Security
2 1 (3.33%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (3.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Finance
2 3 (10.00%) Local Government
2 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.00%) Retail
3 2 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Billing
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.00%) Delivery Director
2 3 (10.00%) IT Director
2 3 (10.00%) Lead
2 3 (10.00%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (10.00%) Services Director
3 2 (6.67%) Architect
3 2 (6.67%) Coordinator
3 2 (6.67%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (6.67%) Senior
3 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Service Manager
4 1 (3.33%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Kafka
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) CMDB
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 10 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (30.00%) ITIL
3 9 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (23.33%) DevOps
6 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 6 (20.00%) Supplier Management
7 5 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 5 (16.67%) Service Management
8 4 (13.33%) ITSM
8 4 (13.33%) Migration
8 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.33%) Project Planning
8 4 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 3 (10.00%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Java
1 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (10.00%) PMP
3 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) CIMA
4 1 (3.33%) CISA
4 1 (3.33%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) ISEB
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) P3O
2 1 (3.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.00%) Google
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) BMC
5 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.33%) Citrix
5 1 (3.33%) McAfee
5 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft