Project Management Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Project Management
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Canary Wharf requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 2 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 4.17% 7.14% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 8.57% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 13
10th Percentile £497 - £547
25th Percentile £499 - £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £495 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -23.85% +10.64%
75th Percentile £527 £498 -
90th Percentile £533 £499 -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £510 £495 £650
% change year-on-year +3.03% -23.85% +23.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Canary Wharf

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46 35 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 95.83% 83.33% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 35 129
10th Percentile £413 £468 £450
25th Percentile £450 £498 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% - +8.49%
75th Percentile £678 £638 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £665 £725
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £510 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -9.33% -2.17% +8.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £28.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.61 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £16.85
75th Percentile £47.54 - £18.93
90th Percentile £52.02 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.08 - £16.85

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Project Management

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Procurement Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Planner
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Ariba
2 1 (50.00%) SAP