Project Leader Contract Job Trends in Telford

Project Lead
Shropshire > Telford

The median Project Lead daily rate in Telford is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.15% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median daily rate £525 £502 -
% change year-on-year +4.58% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 630 133 95
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 93.66% 79.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 100 68
10th Percentile £358 £324 £154
25th Percentile £413 £402 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £460 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -5.15% -5.37%
75th Percentile £525 £537 £531
90th Percentile £625 £549 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £469 £457 £485
% change year-on-year +2.55% -5.81% -1.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 5
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% +67.67% -72.73%
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 £15.00
% change year-on-year +67.70% +108.70% -72.73%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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 Telford.

Project Leader job vacancy trend in Telford

Project Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 13 July 2026, 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 Telford region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes