Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Project Planning
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 58 69
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 +31
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.54% 0.83% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.95% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £419 £613 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +38.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £569 £638 £469
90th Percentile £588 - £473
West Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -18.00% +38.89% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Project Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 650 526 792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.84% 86.80% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 331 535
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £403 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £573 £573 £614
90th Percentile £648 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 6
10th Percentile - £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile - £17.43 £18.74
Median hourly rate £14.25 £35.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -59.29% +66.61% -9.65%
75th Percentile £25.00 £41.50 £21.80
90th Percentile £26.95 £98.25 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -34.46% +71.05% -11.63%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Leeds

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Leeds over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Leeds

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Project Planning

Project Planning
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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) EDI
1 1 (25.00%) EDIFACT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (25.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CIMA
1 1 (25.00%) CISA
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle