Project Leader Contracts in England

Project Lead
UK > England

The median Project Lead daily rate in England is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 558 697
Rank change year-on-year +83 +139 -101
Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader 55 73 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 39 51
10th Percentile £238 £304 £260
25th Percentile £263 £391 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £667 £600 £613
90th Percentile £725 £685 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £506 £475
% change year-on-year -1.23% +6.58% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 8
10th Percentile - £52.00 £31.50
25th Percentile - £55.00 £39.38
Median hourly rate £18.35 £65.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.77% +54.76% +28.74%
75th Percentile £38.75 £65.75 £42.80
90th Percentile £40.55 - £46.18
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £65.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -42.31% +54.76% -15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,784 44,460 66,969
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.50% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,779 31,618 47,954
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,657 1,317 1,750
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.32 £12.79
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.37 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Leader in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Leader in England

Project Leader
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
South West +17 24 - - 5
London +65 14 £610 +1.67% 4
South East +23 12 £275 -41.11% 8
Midlands +16 3 £525 - 10
West Midlands +13 3 £525 - 5
North of England +21 1 - - 13
North West +9 1 - - 11
East of England -4 1 £600 +37.14% 3
Project Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 England region featuring Project Leader in the job title.

1 42 (76.36%) Project Management
2 37 (67.27%) Project Delivery
3 34 (61.82%) Social Skills
4 31 (56.36%) Finance
5 30 (54.55%) Microsoft
5 30 (54.55%) Agile
5 30 (54.55%) Security Cleared
6 29 (52.73%) DV Cleared
7 28 (50.91%) PRINCE2
7 28 (50.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (49.09%) Microsoft Office
8 27 (49.09%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (47.27%) Microsoft Excel
9 26 (47.27%) Project Planning
10 25 (45.45%) JIRA
10 25 (45.45%) Data Management
10 25 (45.45%) Microsoft Project
10 25 (45.45%) PMO
10 25 (45.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 24 (43.64%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (43.64%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (43.64%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 24 (43.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 24 (43.64%) Commercial Awareness
11 24 (43.64%) APMP
11 24 (43.64%) Spreadsheet
12 11 (20.00%) Degree
12 11 (20.00%) Public Sector
13 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (14.55%) Collaborative Working

Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (3.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
2 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (49.09%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (47.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (45.45%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (43.64%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (3.64%) Acrobat
5 2 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.82%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.82%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.82%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.82%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.64%) Google Docs
2 1 (1.82%) Datadog
2 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 25 (45.45%) JIRA
General
1 34 (61.82%) Social Skills
2 31 (56.36%) Finance
3 27 (49.09%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (43.64%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.82%) Automotive
8 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) CMDB
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
1 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (76.36%) Project Management
2 37 (67.27%) Project Delivery
3 30 (54.55%) Agile
4 28 (50.91%) PRINCE2
4 28 (50.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (47.27%) Project Planning
6 25 (45.45%) Data Management
6 25 (45.45%) Workshop Facilitation
7 24 (43.64%) Commercial Awareness
7 24 (43.64%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 24 (43.64%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (43.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 9 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (14.55%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (12.73%) Service Delivery
11 6 (10.91%) Line Management
11 6 (10.91%) Programme Management
12 5 (9.09%) Community of Practice
12 5 (9.09%) Configuration Management
12 5 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 29 (52.73%) DV Cleared
3 24 (43.64%) APMP
4 11 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (5.45%) NVQ Level 4
6 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (45.45%) PMO
2 5 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Ansible
1 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.64%) Adobe
3 2 (3.64%) Google
3 2 (3.64%) SAP
4 1 (1.82%) Autodesk