Project Leader Contract Job Trends in London

Project Lead
England > London

The median Project Lead daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 344 386
Rank change year-on-year -1 +42 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 32 23 19
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.22% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 10
10th Percentile £429 £459 £314
25th Percentile £500 £575 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £694 £680 £675
90th Percentile £769 £711 £778
England median daily rate £563 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.25 - -
Median hourly rate £18.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £27.50 £68.67
% change year-on-year -32.73% -59.95% +4.83%

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 13,341 13,880 17,385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 93.47% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,833 8,965 12,562
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% -3.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £796 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -3.81% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 152 220
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.28 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.86% -22.22% +38.46%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Project Leader job vacancy trend in London

Project Leader
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in London

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in London over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.

1 14 (43.75%) Accessibility
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (34.38%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (34.38%) Data Analysis
3 11 (34.38%) Data Cleansing
3 11 (34.38%) Data Quality
3 11 (34.38%) Power BI
3 11 (34.38%) Power Platform
3 11 (34.38%) SQL
3 11 (34.38%) Visualisation
4 10 (31.25%) Collaborative Culture
5 9 (28.13%) Project Management
6 7 (21.88%) Project Delivery
7 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 5 (15.63%) Data Governance
8 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
8 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (12.50%) Agile
9 4 (12.50%) Analytics
9 4 (12.50%) CMS
9 4 (12.50%) Copywriting
9 4 (12.50%) CRM
9 4 (12.50%) GDPR
9 4 (12.50%) HTML
9 4 (12.50%) Journey Map
9 4 (12.50%) Recruitment Marketing
9 4 (12.50%) SEO

Project Leader 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 4 (12.50%) CMS
2 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.13%) Documentum
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Workday HCM
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (3.13%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (34.38%) Power BI
General
1 14 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Publishing
3 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
4 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) NumPy
2 1 (3.13%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 11 (34.38%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (34.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (34.38%) Data Analysis
3 11 (34.38%) Data Cleansing
3 11 (34.38%) Visualisation
4 10 (31.25%) Collaborative Culture
5 9 (28.13%) Project Management
6 7 (21.88%) Project Delivery
7 5 (15.63%) Data Governance
7 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
7 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (12.50%) Agile
8 4 (12.50%) Analytics
8 4 (12.50%) Copywriting
8 4 (12.50%) CRM
8 4 (12.50%) SEO
8 4 (12.50%) User Experience
8 4 (12.50%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.13%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (43.75%) Accessibility
2 11 (34.38%) Data Quality
3 4 (12.50%) GDPR
4 2 (6.25%) NCSC
4 2 (6.25%) PMO
5 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) SAP
2 2 (6.25%) Workday
3 1 (3.13%) Concur
3 1 (3.13%) LabVantage
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow