Project Leader Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Lead
England > West Midlands

The median Project Lead daily rate in the West Midlands is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 139 169
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.081% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.086% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -
75th Percentile - £538 £556
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £575 £531
% change year-on-year -6.52% +8.24% +9.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £36.55 - -
25th Percentile £37.00 - -
Median hourly rate £39.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.00 - -
90th Percentile £41.45 - -
England median hourly rate £27.93 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% +55.95% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,762 2,334 3,530
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 94.38% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 1,613 2,595
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £672
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 70 85
10th Percentile £12.08 £12.50 £12.10
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.34 £13.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +9.95% +4.73%
75th Percentile £40.81 £26.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £53.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in the West Midlands

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in the West Midlands

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in the West Midlands

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
Birmingham - 2 £525 -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Data Design
1 1 (33.33%) Decarbonisation
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Autodesk
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Facilities Management
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (33.33%) Revit
1 1 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (33.33%) Data Development
1 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (33.33%) Data Design
1 1 (33.33%) Data Development
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Decarbonisation
1 1 (33.33%) Facilities Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Autodesk
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft