Project Leader Contracts

Project Lead
UK

The median Project Lead daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 604 739
Rank change year-on-year +81 +135 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 71 112 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 61 78
10th Percentile £263 £300 £262
25th Percentile £353 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £494
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.39% +3.95%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £592
90th Percentile £721 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £415 £422
% change year-on-year +14.46% -1.66% +4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 9
10th Percentile - £61.00 £30.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £65.00 £31.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.75% +55.95% -14.29%
75th Percentile £41.75 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £53.25 - £45.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -42.75% +55.95% +28.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Leader.

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Leader.

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Leader over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Leader in the UK

Project Leader
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
England +78 56 £538 -8.51% 34
UK excluding London +57 55 £475 +14.46% 32
South West +22 22 - - 6
South East +23 15 £295 -53.54% 9
Work from Home +81 13 £475 -6.17% 16
London +79 13 £620 +3.33% 5
Scotland +33 10 £475 +23.38% 3
West Midlands +32 3 £525 - 4
Midlands +27 3 £525 - 5
East of England -1 2 £590 +34.86% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North of England +23 1 - - 6
North West +20 1 - - 6

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Project Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 44 (61.97%) Project Management
2 43 (60.56%) Project Delivery
3 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
4 34 (47.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (46.48%) Agile
6 31 (43.66%) Security Cleared
6 31 (43.66%) Finance
7 30 (42.25%) JIRA
8 28 (39.44%) DV Cleared
8 28 (39.44%) PMO
9 27 (38.03%) Microsoft
10 26 (36.62%) Project Planning
10 26 (36.62%) Analytical Skills
11 25 (35.21%) PRINCE2
12 24 (33.80%) Microsoft Office
13 23 (32.39%) Microsoft Project
13 23 (32.39%) Microsoft Excel
13 23 (32.39%) Data Management
13 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (32.39%) Workshop Facilitation
14 22 (30.99%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (30.99%) Commercial Awareness
14 22 (30.99%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 22 (30.99%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 22 (30.99%) Spreadsheet
14 22 (30.99%) APMP
15 16 (22.54%) Public Sector
16 13 (18.31%) Degree
17 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 8 (11.27%) Confluence

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (11.27%) Confluence
2 2 (2.82%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (33.80%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (32.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (32.39%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (30.99%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.82%) Acrobat
4 2 (2.82%) Revit
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.82%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Azure
1 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (2.82%) Google Docs
2 1 (1.41%) AWS
2 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 30 (42.25%) JIRA
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (43.66%) Finance
3 26 (36.62%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (30.99%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (22.54%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Local Government
8 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.41%) Automotive
8 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
1 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (61.97%) Project Management
2 43 (60.56%) Project Delivery
3 34 (47.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (46.48%) Agile
5 26 (36.62%) Project Planning
6 25 (35.21%) PRINCE2
7 23 (32.39%) Data Management
7 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (32.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 22 (30.99%) Commercial Awareness
8 22 (30.99%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 22 (30.99%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (9.86%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (9.86%) Service Delivery
11 6 (8.45%) Community of Practice
11 6 (8.45%) Information Governance
11 6 (8.45%) Portfolio Management
11 6 (8.45%) Programme Governance
11 6 (8.45%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 31 (43.66%) Security Cleared
2 28 (39.44%) DV Cleared
3 22 (30.99%) APMP
4 13 (18.31%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (39.44%) PMO
2 5 (7.04%) QA
3 3 (4.23%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (38.03%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.04%) SAP
3 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Adobe
4 2 (2.82%) Autodesk
4 2 (2.82%) Google
5 1 (1.41%) Ariba