Project Leader Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Lead
England > West Midlands

The median Project Lead daily rate in the West Midlands is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 107 120
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.21% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £575 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £838 £625 £538
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £530 £625 £519
% change year-on-year -15.20% +20.48% +3.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,635 1,746 1,959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.00% 93.22% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,063 1,100 1,344
10th Percentile £235 £213 £225
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £710
England median daily rate £512 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.52% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 62 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £14.71
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.44 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -0.68% +23.31%
75th Percentile £39.39 £33.23 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +73.48%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Leader job vacancies 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 30 September 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
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, 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 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Intacct
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Sage
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Intacct
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Sage