Project Management Contracts in London

Project Management
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 28 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,255 1,746 2,836
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.18% 6.76% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.10% 7.44% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 1,243 1,896
10th Percentile £313 £364 £373
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £767 £775 £743
England median daily rate £525 £533 £510
% change year-on-year -1.41% +4.41% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 37 92
10th Percentile £19.92 £22.00 £21.47
25th Percentile £23.05 £26.25 £25.68
Median hourly rate £31.71 £40.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.70% -8.99% +66.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £61.25 £79.80 £62.50
England median hourly rate £38.12 £46.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -17.13% +39.39% +23.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Central London +8 189 £550 -6.38% 113
West London +4 50 £500 -16.67% 67
East London +8 29 £620 +24.00% 34
South London -3 14 £625 +13.64% 14
North London - 3 £425 - 12
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 79 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.31%) CMS
3 27 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (2.07%) Confluence
5 10 (0.80%) Drupal
6 5 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.16%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.080%) Apache
9 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.080%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.080%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.080%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.080%) Kentico
Applications
1 88 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (3.90%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (2.07%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.56%) InDesign
7 7 (0.56%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.24%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.24%) Trello
10 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.16%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.16%) Sketch
11 1 (0.080%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.080%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.080%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 35 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.75%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.64%) Workfront
4 7 (0.56%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.48%) SAP SD
6 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.32%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.32%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.32%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.32%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.24%) Endur
8 3 (0.24%) Primavera
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
8 3 (0.24%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 104 (8.29%) Azure
2 56 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.67%) Power Platform
4 37 (2.95%) AWS
5 34 (2.71%) SaaS
6 17 (1.35%) GCP
7 16 (1.27%) Slack
8 15 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.20%) Google Workspace
8 15 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
9 13 (1.04%) GitHub
9 13 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 12 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.88%) OCI
11 11 (0.88%) WhatsApp
12 9 (0.72%) Entra ID
12 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.56%) Asana
13 7 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.51%) WAN
2 13 (1.04%) LAN
3 11 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
4 10 (0.80%) Firewall
5 9 (0.72%) VoIP
6 8 (0.64%) Internet
6 8 (0.64%) SD-WAN
6 8 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.48%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (0.40%) Broadband
8 5 (0.40%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.40%) VPN
8 5 (0.40%) Wireless
9 4 (0.32%) 5G
9 4 (0.32%) Network Security
10 3 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.24%) DNS
10 3 (0.24%) OSPF
10 3 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.19%) Power BI
2 24 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.88%) Tableau
5 10 (0.80%) Big Data
5 10 (0.80%) Data Mining
5 10 (0.80%) GIS
6 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.64%) Metadata
6 8 (0.64%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 7 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.48%) MySQL
9 5 (0.40%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.24%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.24%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.16%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 101 (8.05%) JIRA
2 7 (0.56%) Git
3 6 (0.48%) GitLab
4 5 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.40%) LoadRunner
4 5 (0.40%) NeoLoad
5 4 (0.32%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (0.24%) Maven
7 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.16%) Postman
7 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.16%) Subversion
7 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 489 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 417 (33.23%) Finance
3 213 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (8.61%) Banking
5 99 (7.89%) Marketing
6 84 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 75 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
8 72 (5.74%) Legal
9 53 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
10 52 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
11 43 (3.43%) Retail
12 40 (3.19%) Telecoms
13 39 (3.11%) Front Office
14 34 (2.71%) Local Government
15 33 (2.63%) Investment Banking
16 30 (2.39%) Financial Institution
17 27 (2.15%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 22 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
20 20 (1.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 467 (37.21%) Project Manager
2 124 (9.88%) Analyst
3 100 (7.97%) Lead
4 89 (7.09%) Senior
5 81 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 72 (5.74%) Consultant
7 59 (4.70%) Senior Manager
8 57 (4.54%) IT Manager
9 49 (3.90%) Delivery Manager
10 44 (3.51%) IT Project Manager
11 43 (3.43%) Programme Manager
12 42 (3.35%) Security Manager
12 42 (3.35%) Technical Manager
13 37 (2.95%) Architect
14 36 (2.87%) Senior Project Manager
15 32 (2.55%) Security Project Manager
16 30 (2.39%) Developer
17 27 (2.15%) Technical Project Manager
18 26 (2.07%) Infrastructure Manager
19 23 (1.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.27%) XML
2 11 (0.88%) EDI
3 9 (0.72%) .NET
3 9 (0.72%) ADO
4 7 (0.56%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (0.48%) Web Services
6 5 (0.40%) CSS
7 4 (0.32%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.32%) Jest
7 4 (0.32%) Node.js
7 4 (0.32%) Vue
8 3 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.24%) jQuery
8 3 (0.24%) Laravel
8 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.24%) React
8 3 (0.24%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.24%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.90%) Management Information System
2 36 (2.87%) Product Ownership
3 28 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
4 24 (1.91%) Onboarding
4 24 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (1.83%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.75%) PMI
7 20 (1.59%) Social Media
8 18 (1.43%) Derivative
9 15 (1.20%) FMCG
10 14 (1.12%) Virtual Team
11 12 (0.96%) Fixed Income
11 12 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (0.96%) NHS
12 11 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.72%) Taxonomies
15 8 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.31%) Windows
2 22 (1.75%) Linux
3 8 (0.64%) Android
4 7 (0.56%) Unix
5 5 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.16%) zOS
9 1 (0.080%) AIX
9 1 (0.080%) VMS
9 1 (0.080%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (33.55%) Agile
2 261 (20.80%) Project Delivery
3 241 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
4 232 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 187 (14.90%) PRINCE2
6 165 (13.15%) Change Management
7 152 (12.11%) Migration
7 152 (12.11%) Risk Management
8 129 (10.28%) Scrum
9 119 (9.48%) Decision-Making
10 102 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 100 (7.97%) Programme Management
12 97 (7.73%) Waterfall
13 84 (6.69%) Budget Management
14 81 (6.45%) Business Case
15 75 (5.98%) Analytics
16 74 (5.90%) Business Intelligence
16 74 (5.90%) ITIL
17 73 (5.82%) Business Analysis
18 70 (5.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 57 (4.54%) SQL
2 32 (2.55%) Python
3 22 (1.75%) PowerShell
4 19 (1.51%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.04%) C#
5 13 (1.04%) Java
6 12 (0.96%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.64%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.56%) XPath
8 7 (0.56%) XQuery
9 6 (0.48%) Bash
9 6 (0.48%) Scala
10 5 (0.40%) R
11 4 (0.32%) Go
11 4 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.24%) PHP
12 3 (0.24%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.24%) VBA
13 2 (0.16%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 213 (16.97%) Degree
2 106 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 88 (7.01%) PMI Certification
4 83 (6.61%) PMP
5 75 (5.98%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 34 (2.71%) DV Cleared
9 29 (2.31%) CISSP
10 23 (1.83%) CISM
11 18 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
11 18 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 15 (1.20%) CISA
13 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 6 (0.48%) CCNA
16 6 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (0.48%) MBA
16 6 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (10.12%) PMO
2 77 (6.14%) QA
3 31 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.12%) SLA
7 11 (0.88%) GDPR
8 8 (0.64%) NIST
9 6 (0.48%) Basel III
9 6 (0.48%) EMIR
9 6 (0.48%) P3O
9 6 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.40%) IFRS
11 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.32%) GRC
11 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.24%) COREP
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 18 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.48%) Docker
3 5 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.080%) ACF2
6 1 (0.080%) Firmware
6 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.080%) NFS
6 1 (0.080%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.080%) RACF
6 1 (0.080%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.080%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.64%) PingFederate
3 5 (0.40%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.40%) SCCM
3 5 (0.40%) Terraform
4 4 (0.32%) Ansible
5 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.16%) CASB
6 2 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.16%) Graylog
6 2 (0.16%) Nagios
6 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.16%) Puppet
6 2 (0.16%) TrustSec
6 2 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.080%) SCOM
Vendors
1 211 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 118 (9.40%) SAP
3 58 (4.62%) Oracle
4 30 (2.39%) Adobe
4 30 (2.39%) Google
4 30 (2.39%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.67%) Cisco
7 12 (0.96%) Bloomberg
8 10 (0.80%) Databricks
8 10 (0.80%) Workday
9 9 (0.72%) VMware
10 8 (0.64%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.64%) CA Agile Central
11 7 (0.56%) Apple
11 7 (0.56%) Foundry
11 7 (0.56%) IBM
11 7 (0.56%) Okta
11 7 (0.56%) Palantir
11 7 (0.56%) Splunk