Lead Project Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Lead Project Manager
England > London

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 358 394
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 8 11 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.055% 0.073% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.079% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 6
10th Percentile £401 £523 £556
25th Percentile £417 £563 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £622 £700 £722
90th Percentile £706 £715 £775
England median daily rate £573 £601 £600
% change year-on-year -4.58% +0.08% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,345 13,995 17,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.49% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,835 9,037 12,468
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.03%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £752 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -3.33% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.87 £23.80 £21.63
Median hourly rate £28.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -25.92% -22.62% +41.17%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Lead Project Manager job vacancy trend in London

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Project Manager job vacancies in London

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in London over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Project Manager in London

Lead Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Project Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Project Manager job vacancies in London

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Lead 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 London region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (50.00%) PMP
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Runbook
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
5 2 (25.00%) Cost Control
5 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (12.50%) API Design
6 1 (12.50%) API Management
6 1 (12.50%) APMP
6 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (12.50%) Azure
6 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
6 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (12.50%) Documentum
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Runbook
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
5 2 (25.00%) Cost Control
5 2 (25.00%) Project Governance
5 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Fintech
6 1 (12.50%) People Management
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
6 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
6 1 (12.50%) Release Management
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) APMP
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) LabVantage
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP