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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -27 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 25 43 80
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.68% 6.47% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 7.56% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 65
10th Percentile £295 £425 £275
25th Percentile £456 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £638 £725 £615
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 606 569 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.12% 85.56% 89.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 362 641
10th Percentile £300 £331 £338
25th Percentile £400 £407 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -5.24% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £25.10 £15.38 £16.05
25th Percentile £25.25 £20.13 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £20.66
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +45.24% -2.80%
75th Percentile £27.63 £38.75 £23.14
90th Percentile £28.30 £51.00 £27.58
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -19.49% +41.03% -7.14%

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 October 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 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.00%) GCP
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) Network Security
2 1 (4.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (4.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Local Government
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.00%) Retail
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Billing
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Delivery Director
2 3 (12.00%) IT Director
2 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (12.00%) Services Director
3 2 (8.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) Performance Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Planning Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (4.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) CMDB
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Agile
2 10 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (32.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
5 6 (24.00%) DevOps
5 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (16.00%) ITSM
7 4 (16.00%) Migration
7 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (16.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (16.00%) Supplier Management
8 3 (12.00%) Escalation Management
8 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery Management
8 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (12.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.00%) PMP
3 1 (4.00%) CIMA
3 1 (4.00%) CISA
3 1 (4.00%) CISM
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) ISEB
3 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (12.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) BMC
4 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) McAfee
4 1 (4.00%) MuleSoft