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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 24 11
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 27 41 84
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.68% 7.65% 9.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 8.61% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 54
10th Percentile £283 £263 £275
25th Percentile £385 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £580 £538 £563
90th Percentile £724 £638 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £590 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +38.82% -15.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 - £21.50
% change year-on-year - - -33.85%

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 641 476 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.45% 88.81% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 297 540
10th Percentile £300 £300 £307
25th Percentile £413 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £705 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 7
10th Percentile £14.10 £16.15 £11.11
25th Percentile - £19.37 £11.82
Median hourly rate £14.25 £37.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +199.28% -76.80%
75th Percentile £16.33 £41.50 £17.25
90th Percentile £39.00 £100.39 £37.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £32.81 £15.81
% change year-on-year -42.49% +107.59% -36.78%

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 24 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 4 (14.81%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.70%) Apache
3 1 (3.70%) Apache Spark
3 1 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) IPsec
1 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
1 1 (3.70%) SSL
1 1 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Metadata
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Billing
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 3 (11.11%) Delivery Director
2 3 (11.11%) IT Director
2 3 (11.11%) Lead
2 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery Director
2 3 (11.11%) Services Director
3 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 1 (3.70%) Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Development Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Kafka
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.70%) OpenID
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
1 1 (3.70%) Web Services
1 1 (3.70%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) CMDB
1 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
1 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (3.70%) NHS
1 1 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.70%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Agile
2 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (37.04%) Project Delivery
3 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (29.63%) ITIL
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 5 (18.52%) DevOps
7 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
7 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 5 (18.52%) Service Management
7 5 (18.52%) Supplier Management
8 4 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (14.81%) ITSM
8 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
9 3 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (11.11%) Escalation Management
9 3 (11.11%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.41%) PMP
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) CIMA
3 1 (3.70%) CISA
3 1 (3.70%) CISM
3 1 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ISEB
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
1 1 (3.70%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) BMC
3 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.70%) Teradata