Project Manager Contract Job Trends 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 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 36 20
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 21 29 71
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 3.05% 4.35% 6.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% 4.68% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 53
10th Percentile £435 £320 £420
25th Percentile £481 £433 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £547 £574 £575
90th Percentile £611 £744 £625
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 660 620 993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.79% 93.09% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 386 676
10th Percentile £306 £320 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £575 £572 £625
90th Percentile £654 £646 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £520
% change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £21.63 £17.89 £16.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.59 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +15.39% -0.88%
75th Percentile £27.06 £46.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.08 £48.75 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.88%

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025, 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 11 (52.38%) Agile
2 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 5 (23.81%) Degree
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (19.05%) DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 3 (14.29%) Azure
6 3 (14.29%) Confluence
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) JIRA
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Smartsheet
6 3 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (9.52%) Business Case
7 2 (9.52%) Business Strategy
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Data Migration
7 2 (9.52%) Dependency Management
7 2 (9.52%) Firewall
7 2 (9.52%) Incident Management

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 3 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
1 3 (14.29%) Smartsheet
2 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Asana
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Retail
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) CMDB
3 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.76%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Agile
2 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (19.05%) DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Project Governance
6 3 (14.29%) Project Planning
6 3 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (9.52%) Data Migration
7 2 (9.52%) Dependency Management
7 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.52%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.52%) PMP
2 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (9.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.76%) CIMA
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) BMC
2 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) Dell
2 1 (4.76%) Dynatrace
2 1 (4.76%) F5
2 1 (4.76%) HP
2 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) Wrike