Lead Project Manager Contracts in Yorkshire

Lead Project Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £543 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -19.63% +12.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,014 1,528 2,127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 90.79% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 954 1,438
10th Percentile £238 £250 £235
25th Percentile £369 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 71 32
10th Percentile £14.39 £11.30 £12.12
25th Percentile £17.79 £12.39 £17.25
Median hourly rate £21.24 £15.23 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +39.46% -29.98% +22.05%
75th Percentile £22.14 £25.83 £50.08
90th Percentile £29.37 £53.75 £69.38
England median hourly rate £29.30 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.87% -16.67% +91.49%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in Yorkshire

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Project Manager in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in Yorkshire

Lead Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Project Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
South Yorkshire - 3 £413 -
West Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Lead Project Manager
England

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Lead Project Manager 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 Yorkshire region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Confluence
1 3 (75.00%) Resource Management
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft