Project Delivery Contracts in Central London

Project Delivery
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 57 45
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 79 86 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.19% 3.59% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 3.94% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 100
10th Percentile £450 £358 £425
25th Percentile £490 £440 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £555 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £706 £688 £743
90th Percentile £725 £855 £825
London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £47.50 £26.68 £22.49
% change year-on-year +78.04% +18.66% -49.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Project Delivery 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,761 2,182 3,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.32% 90.99% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,138 1,545 2,281
10th Percentile £355 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £815
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 27
10th Percentile £19.36 £20.22 £14.85
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.63 £17.56
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.98 £53.25
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Central London

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Central London

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Central London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Central London

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Central London

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 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
City of London +9 72 £600 -1.64% 42
City of Westminster +1 1 £550 +22.22% 1
West End of London -2 1 - - 5
Project Delivery
London

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 6 (7.59%) Confluence
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (10.13%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.80%) Trello
5 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.27%) Revit
6 1 (1.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Aladdin
2 2 (2.53%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.27%) SAP MDG
3 1 (1.27%) SAP PLM
3 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.27%) SAP VC
3 1 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.25%) Azure
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.33%) AWS
4 4 (5.06%) IaaS
4 4 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.06%) SaaS
5 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.53%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.27%) Figma
7 1 (1.27%) Miro
7 1 (1.27%) PaaS
7 1 (1.27%) Veeva
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.59%) Firewall
2 5 (6.33%) MPLS
3 4 (5.06%) DNS
4 3 (3.80%) VPN
5 2 (2.53%) BGP
5 2 (2.53%) Broadband
5 2 (2.53%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (2.53%) IPv6
5 2 (2.53%) OSPF
5 2 (2.53%) WAN
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.27%) HTTP
6 1 (1.27%) LAN
6 1 (1.27%) Multicast
6 1 (1.27%) Network Security
6 1 (1.27%) NGFW
6 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.27%) VXLAN
6 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Power BI
2 3 (3.80%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.53%) Big Data
3 2 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.27%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.27%) DB2
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.27%) Power Query
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (12.66%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (53.16%) Finance
2 36 (45.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Banking
4 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Front Office
5 5 (6.33%) Back Office
5 5 (6.33%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.33%) Retail
6 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.53%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.27%) Automotive
8 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.27%) International Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Local Government
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (40.51%) Project Manager
2 10 (12.66%) Analyst
2 10 (12.66%) Consultant
3 9 (11.39%) Business Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (8.86%) Lead
5 7 (8.86%) Senior
6 6 (7.59%) Lead Business Analyst
6 6 (7.59%) Lead Consultant
6 6 (7.59%) Senior Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (5.06%) Business Consultant
8 4 (5.06%) Network Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Developer
9 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.80%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.80%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Technical Manager
9 3 (3.80%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) .NET
1 2 (2.53%) Hibernate
1 2 (2.53%) REST
1 2 (2.53%) Spring
1 2 (2.53%) Web Services
1 2 (2.53%) ZK
2 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.27%) ADO
2 1 (1.27%) JSON
2 1 (1.27%) Middleware
2 1 (1.27%) MIDP
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) PMI
2 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.80%) Reference Data
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.27%) AS400
4 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.27%) iSeries
4 1 (1.27%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.27%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.27%) Android
4 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.84%) Project Management
2 35 (44.30%) Agile
3 22 (27.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (22.78%) Scrum
5 15 (18.99%) PRINCE2
6 13 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (16.46%) Decision-Making
7 12 (15.19%) Change Management
8 11 (13.92%) Business Case
9 10 (12.66%) Data Analysis
9 10 (12.66%) Project Governance
9 10 (12.66%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (11.39%) Risk Management
10 9 (11.39%) Time Management
10 9 (11.39%) Validation
11 8 (10.13%) Asset Management
11 8 (10.13%) Business Analysis
11 8 (10.13%) DevOps
11 8 (10.13%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) Python
3 2 (2.53%) Java
3 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.27%) ABAP
4 1 (1.27%) COBOL
4 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.27%) RPG
4 1 (1.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) Degree
2 12 (15.19%) PMI Certification
3 9 (11.39%) PMP
4 5 (6.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.53%) CCIE
6 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.27%) ACCA
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) CBAP
7 1 (1.27%) CFA
7 1 (1.27%) CIMA
7 1 (1.27%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) PMO
2 6 (7.59%) EMIR
2 6 (7.59%) MiFID
3 5 (6.33%) QA
3 5 (6.33%) SLA
4 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.27%) GAAP
5 1 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (1.27%) GxP
5 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.27%) IFRS
5 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.27%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.27%) XenApp
3 1 (1.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.53%) Ansible
2 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.53%) SCCM
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
2 2 (2.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (24.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) Planview
3 4 (5.06%) Cisco
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle
4 3 (3.80%) Charles River
4 3 (3.80%) SAP
5 2 (2.53%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.53%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.53%) Splunk
5 2 (2.53%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) Aruba
6 1 (1.27%) Avaloq
6 1 (1.27%) Databricks
6 1 (1.27%) F5
6 1 (1.27%) FNZ
6 1 (1.27%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.27%) Juniper
6 1 (1.27%) Meraki
6 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.27%) SimCorp