Project Management Contracts in Leeds

Project Management
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 34 64 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 6.50% 7.96% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.00% 9.45% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 31 49
10th Percentile £274 £450 £333
25th Percentile £380 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £575
90th Percentile £573 £688 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £509 £520
% change year-on-year -1.67% -2.21% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £70.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -60.71% +133.33% -

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 486 677 1,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.93% 84.20% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 433 766
10th Percentile £300 £300 £385
25th Percentile £394 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £638
90th Percentile £609 £638 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £483 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -3.45% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 28 16
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.15 £16.31
Median hourly rate £33.11 £12.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +169.19% -36.92% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.51 £15.24 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.74 £26.13 £59.88
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £13.02 £19.00
% change year-on-year +70.11% -31.50% +1.60%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Leeds

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Leeds

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Leeds over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Leeds

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Leeds

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) Asana
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.94%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) Cypress.io
2 2 (5.88%) Postman
2 2 (5.88%) Selenium
2 2 (5.88%) SoapUI
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Retail
4 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Games
4 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Compliance Executive
3 3 (8.82%) Asset Management Project Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Software Asset Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Software Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (5.88%) Project Implementation Manager
4 2 (5.88%) QA Tester
4 2 (5.88%) Senior
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Tester
5 1 (2.94%) Data Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) HR Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Lead
5 1 (2.94%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.94%) EPoS
2 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Unix
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Agile
2 7 (20.59%) Change Management
2 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.71%) Asset Management
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
4 5 (14.71%) Project Delivery
5 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.76%) Proactive Management
5 4 (11.76%) Project Governance
5 4 (11.76%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (11.76%) Software Asset Management
6 3 (8.82%) Agile Coaching
6 3 (8.82%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 3 (8.82%) KYC
6 3 (8.82%) Migration
6 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
6 3 (8.82%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) PMI Certification
1 3 (8.82%) PMP
1 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
2 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
2 1 (2.94%) Google
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle
2 1 (2.94%) SAP