Project Manager Contracts in Leeds

Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Project Manager daily rate in Leeds is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 25 47 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 4.81% 5.82% 6.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.90% 6.35% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 29 61
10th Percentile £425 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £438 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £538 £545 £588
90th Percentile £569 £725 £638
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -60.71% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 510 740 1,178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 91.58% 98.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 478 836
10th Percentile £291 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £630
90th Percentile £600 £643 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -0.51% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 16
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.25 £16.31
Median hourly rate £33.11 £18.20 £20.66
Median % change year-on-year +81.92% -11.89% -2.80%
75th Percentile £66.51 £48.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.74 - £59.88
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £18.27 £19.00
% change year-on-year +21.18% -3.84% +1.60%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Leeds

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 14 (56.00%) Project Management
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (40.00%) Finance
4 8 (32.00%) Agile
5 6 (24.00%) Change Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (16.00%) Retail
6 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
6 4 (16.00%) Software Asset Management
7 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (12.00%) Project Governance
7 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (12.00%) Smartsheet
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.00%) Migration
7 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.00%) Degree
8 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (8.00%) PMP
8 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
8 2 (8.00%) ERP
8 2 (8.00%) Project Planning
8 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.00%) Supplier Management
8 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (8.00%) Data Migration
8 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership

Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (4.00%) Asana
2 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Retail
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.00%) EPoS
3 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
3 1 (4.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Project Management
2 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
4 6 (24.00%) Change Management
4 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (16.00%) Software Asset Management
6 3 (12.00%) Migration
6 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Project Governance
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (8.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (8.00%) ERP
7 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (8.00%) Project Planning
7 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (8.00%) Supplier Management
7 2 (8.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.00%) PMP
2 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.00%) DICOM
1 1 (4.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.00%) Wrike