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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -32 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 28 40 61
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.06% 8.62% 7.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 9.37% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 29
10th Percentile £174 £263 £450
25th Percentile £288 £300 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £456 £517
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% -11.75% -1.52%
75th Percentile £760 £538 £594
90th Percentile £827 - £610
West Yorkshire median daily rate £595 £463 £524
% change year-on-year +28.65% -11.65% -0.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -50.91% +27.91% -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 777 427 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 84.92% 92.03% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 279 416
10th Percentile £340 £263 £300
25th Percentile £419 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £669
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 24
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.27 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £33.11 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -56.21% +169.19% -45.33%
75th Percentile £24.29 £100.28 £12.53
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £14.82
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.50 £22.14 £12.53
% change year-on-year -7.41% +76.70% -37.35%

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 19 May 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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) SaaS
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) IaaS
2 5 (17.86%) PaaS
2 5 (17.86%) Serverless
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) IPsec
1 5 (17.86%) Kerberos
1 5 (17.86%) SSL
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Metadata
1 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Military
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Senior
3 5 (17.86%) Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Technical Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Help Desk Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.57%) Programme Director
6 1 (3.57%) Project Officer
6 1 (3.57%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Portfolio Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) OAuth
1 5 (17.86%) OAuth2
1 5 (17.86%) OpenID
1 5 (17.86%) SAML
1 5 (17.86%) Web Services
1 5 (17.86%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (10.71%) NHS
3 2 (7.14%) Life Science
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Mac OS X
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
1 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Agile
2 9 (32.14%) Roadmaps
3 8 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
5 6 (21.43%) DevOps
5 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) ArchiMate
6 5 (17.86%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (17.86%) CI/CD
6 5 (17.86%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (17.86%) Data Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Design Patterns
6 5 (17.86%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Microservices
6 5 (17.86%) Security Architecture
6 5 (17.86%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) PMO
2 1 (3.57%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) RACF
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.57%) Teradata
2 1 (3.57%) TOWER Software