Project Management Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Project Management
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 6 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 23 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 13.22% 11.90% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.04% 12.99% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £369 - £213
25th Percentile £434 £275 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £300 £267
Median % change year-on-year +57.17% +12.36% -40.67%
75th Percentile £525 £436 £440
90th Percentile £575 £633 £543
East Midlands median daily rate £468 £400 £489
% change year-on-year +17.00% -18.20% +2.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Project Management 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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 77 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 77.59% 91.67% 83.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 57 111
10th Percentile £132 £203 £160
25th Percentile £360 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -4.44% +11.11%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £715 £705
East Midlands median daily rate £421 £433 £468
% change year-on-year -2.72% -7.53% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 7
10th Percentile £19.61 - £12.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +7.14% -65.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £23.75 £39.88
90th Percentile £30.52 - £59.60
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £21.90
% change year-on-year -14.40% +0.69% +30.10%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Leicestershire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Project Management

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester -9 3 £468 +56.00% 9
Loughborough - 2 £525 - 1
Lutterworth - 1 - -
Project Management
East Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (4.35%) CMS
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (4.35%) InDesign
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (8.70%) PRMS
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.35%) Vyond
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 11 (47.83%) Public Sector
3 10 (43.48%) Fire and Rescue
3 10 (43.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (43.48%) Local Government
4 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
5 5 (21.74%) Finance
6 2 (8.70%) General Ledger
6 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.35%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Project Officer
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) IT Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) IT Support
2 5 (21.74%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Change Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Data Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) EDI
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (65.22%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.70%) AS400
3 2 (8.70%) Life Science
4 1 (4.35%) e-Learning
4 1 (4.35%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) PRINCE2
1 12 (52.17%) Project Governance
2 10 (43.48%) Business Analysis
3 7 (30.43%) Change Management
4 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
5 5 (21.74%) Information Security
5 5 (21.74%) ITIL
5 5 (21.74%) ITSM
5 5 (21.74%) Problem Management
5 5 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (21.74%) Service Management
6 4 (17.39%) Migration
7 3 (13.04%) ERP
8 2 (8.70%) Business Case
8 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
8 2 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
9 1 (4.35%) Risk Register
9 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.35%) PMP
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.35%) PMO
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Rockwell
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Planview