Project Leader Jobs in Yorkshire

Project Lead
England > Yorkshire

The median Project Lead salary in Yorkshire is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.

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

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 211 288
Rank change year-on-year +57 +77 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 4 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.14% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile - £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile - £47,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £54,250 £67,070
90th Percentile - £59,020 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,641 5,583 7,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 95.40% 91.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 4,313 3,448
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £49,274 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -7.90% +7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in Yorkshire

Project Leader
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Project Leader in Yorkshire

Project Leader
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North Yorkshire - 1 £54,793 -
Project Leader
England

Project Leader Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Project Leader 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 permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Earned Value Management
1 4 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (75.00%) Tableau
2 3 (75.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft

Project Leader 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Earned Value Management
1 4 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft