Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Project Manager daily rate in Leeds is £534, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 30 23
Rank change year-on-year -44 -7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 12 24 50
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.41% 5.49% 6.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 5.67% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 32
10th Percentile £385 £380 £413
25th Percentile £425 £447 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £528
90th Percentile £680 £570 £567
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 808 423 734
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 96.80% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 286 456
10th Percentile £313 £263 £288
25th Percentile £413 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £589
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £486
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.46% -7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 14
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.30
25th Percentile - £31.47 £11.88
Median hourly rate £14.25 £41.00 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -65.24% +227.21% -71.86%
75th Percentile £46.75 £98.56 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £18.27
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.63 £24.82 £15.20
% change year-on-year -28.99% +63.29% -43.70%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in Leeds

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in Leeds

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 13 April 2026, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) Analytics
6 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
6 1 (8.33%) B2B
6 1 (8.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (8.33%) OCI
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (8.33%) PMI
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle