Project Leader Contract Job Trends in the North West

Project Lead
England > North West

The median Project Lead daily rate in the North West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 118 130
Rank change year-on-year -20 +12 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 1 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.043% 0.043% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.046% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile £425 - £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £395
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.06%
75th Percentile £475 - £413
90th Percentile - - £559
England median daily rate £530 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -15.20% +13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -31.25% -
England median hourly rate £18.50 £27.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year -32.73% -48.84% +53.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,114 2,189 2,616
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 93.43% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,404 1,155 1,820
10th Percentile £243 £267 £273
25th Percentile £363 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £678 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 153 174
10th Percentile £13.78 £15.52 £16.06
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £34.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +1.33% +51.82%
75th Percentile £51.02 £55.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.66 £71.38 £64.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.37% +58.64%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Project Leader job vacancy trend in the North West

Project Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in the North West

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies in the North West

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Manchester - 1 £450 -
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 October 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 North West region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Cognito
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Cognito
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python