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 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 50 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 -23 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 26 23 35
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.50% 3.41% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 3.52% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 23
10th Percentile £420 £445 £339
25th Percentile £469 £481 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £541 £568
90th Percentile £769 £604 £718
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £70.00

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 983 653 647
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 96.74% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 426 408
10th Percentile £363 £303 £325
25th Percentile £423 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £648
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 30
10th Percentile £15.70 £21.63 £17.89
25th Percentile £19.34 £23.80 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.25 £25.50 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +3.70% +15.39%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.06 £46.25
90th Percentile - £28.08 £48.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £27.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -6.29% +4.76% +27.09%

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 October 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 October 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 16 (61.54%) Agile
1 16 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (53.85%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 7 (26.92%) Technology Transformation
5 6 (23.08%) Budget Management
5 6 (23.08%) Scrum
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) AI
7 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 4 (15.38%) Programme Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Project Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Project Planning
7 4 (15.38%) SFIA
7 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.54%) AWS
8 3 (11.54%) Azure
8 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (11.54%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 3 (11.54%) Change Control
8 3 (11.54%) Commercial Awareness
8 3 (11.54%) Content Management
8 3 (11.54%) Dependency Management
8 3 (11.54%) Digital Engineering
8 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (11.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (11.54%) GCP
8 3 (11.54%) Generative AI
8 3 (11.54%) Intelligent Automation
8 3 (11.54%) Intranet

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 2 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) AWS
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
1 3 (11.54%) GCP
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Intranet
2 2 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) Internet
3 1 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Marketing
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Agile
1 16 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (53.85%) Project Management
3 12 (46.15%) Project Delivery
4 7 (26.92%) Technology Transformation
5 6 (23.08%) Budget Management
5 6 (23.08%) Scrum
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) AI
7 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 4 (15.38%) Programme Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Project Governance
7 4 (15.38%) Project Planning
7 4 (15.38%) SFIA
7 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.54%) Content Management
8 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (11.54%) Migration
8 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) PMO
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) Cognizant
2 1 (3.85%) Workday