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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -21 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 26 53 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 4.33% 7.35% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 8.63% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 27 65
10th Percentile £273 £444 £275
25th Percentile £403 £471 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £530 £509
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +4.23% -3.14%
75th Percentile £594 £616 £575
90th Percentile £638 £703 £615
West Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £524 £500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +4.70% -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 536 614 986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.33% 85.16% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 404 683
10th Percentile £299 £357 £356
25th Percentile £400 £419 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 13
10th Percentile £25.05 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.13 £13.44 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.66% -6.58% -10.59%
75th Percentile £26.13 £35.00 £21.31
90th Percentile £26.35 £40.50 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £20.75 £18.00
% change year-on-year +6.70% +15.28% -12.20%

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
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 18 September 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 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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
1 1 (3.85%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.85%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Games
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Local Government
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Billing
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Project Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Compliance Executive
3 3 (11.54%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Performance Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Planning Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (7.69%) Project Implementation Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) EPoS
3 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
2 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (19.23%) Change Management
3 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Migration
4 4 (15.38%) Proactive Management
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Project Governance
4 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.54%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 3 (11.54%) DevOps
5 3 (11.54%) KYC
5 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
5 3 (11.54%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
5 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
5 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) CIMA
2 1 (3.85%) CISA
2 1 (3.85%) CISM
2 1 (3.85%) CISSP
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Citrix
3 1 (3.85%) McAfee
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow