Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Project Manager
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Project Manager daily rate in Leeds is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 42 12
Rank change year-on-year -15 -30 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 20 21 73
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.74% 3.87% 8.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 4.13% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 52
10th Percentile £385 £320 £317
25th Percentile £481 £391 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £506
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.94% -3.57%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £570
90th Percentile £645 £631 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £544 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +8.75% -3.19% -1.62%

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 701 508 831
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 93.73% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 318 560
10th Percentile £300 £300 £293
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £567 £600
90th Percentile £649 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 4
10th Percentile - £16.02 £11.54
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £12.18
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.18 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +45.51% -60.93%
75th Percentile £25.75 £38.75 £31.98
90th Percentile £28.75 £85.61 £49.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.15 £24.18 £21.10
% change year-on-year -4.26% +14.58% -6.21%

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 January 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 January 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 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) Confluence
4 4 (20.00%) DevOps
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) JIRA
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.00%) Azure
5 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.00%) Service Management
6 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation
6 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.00%) Data Governance
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Dependency Management
6 2 (10.00%) Firewall

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 4 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (15.00%) Azure
4 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) OCI
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) CMDB
2 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) NHS
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) DevOps
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
5 3 (15.00%) Service Management
6 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (10.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (5.00%) CIMA
2 1 (5.00%) CISA
2 1 (5.00%) CISM
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) COBIT
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) BMC
3 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Dell
3 1 (5.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.00%) F5
3 1 (5.00%) HP
3 1 (5.00%) MuleSoft