Project Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Project Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 136 192 207
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.73% 9.71% 8.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 10.50% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 111 133
10th Percentile £402 £363 £325
25th Percentile £470 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.65% -4.84%
75th Percentile £737 £651 £715
90th Percentile £788 £775 £787
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £40.45 - £21.23
25th Percentile £42.25 £41.54 £23.19
Median hourly rate £46.50 £43.08 £26.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +60.71% -47.96%
75th Percentile £50.75 £44.61 £30.07
90th Percentile £52.55 - £31.83
London median hourly rate £37.50 £37.56 £32.36
% change year-on-year -0.15% +16.07% -19.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,072 1,829 2,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.24% 92.47% 90.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,420 1,199 1,592
10th Percentile £362 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.85 £19.33
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.56 £31.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +11.47% -20.54%
75th Percentile £46.29 £46.68 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.48 £53.35 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
% change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Project Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Central London over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Central London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Project Management

Project Management
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 Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 8 April 2026. 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 -14 125 £588 +11.90% 104
City of Westminster -3 3 £350 -40.43% 5
West End of London +3 2 £725 +13.73% 4
Project Management
London

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 10 (7.35%) Confluence
2 7 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.47%) CMS
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.74%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.74%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.03%) Azure
2 13 (9.56%) AWS
3 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.94%) Google Workspace
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.47%) SaaS
5 2 (1.47%) Slack
6 1 (0.74%) Asana
6 1 (0.74%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.74%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.74%) OCI
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) WAN
2 2 (1.47%) Broadband
2 2 (1.47%) Firewall
2 2 (1.47%) Internet
2 2 (1.47%) LAN
2 2 (1.47%) Network Security
3 1 (0.74%) BGP
3 1 (0.74%) Intranet
3 1 (0.74%) MPLS
3 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.74%) VPN
3 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.15%) Power BI
2 6 (4.41%) Tableau
3 2 (1.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (13.24%) JIRA
General
1 68 (50.00%) Finance
2 56 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (12.50%) Banking
5 15 (11.03%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (10.29%) Financial Institution
7 6 (4.41%) Retail
8 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Marketing
10 3 (2.21%) Front Office
10 3 (2.21%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.21%) Legal
11 2 (1.47%) Back Office
11 2 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.47%) German Language
11 2 (1.47%) Law
11 2 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 72 (52.94%) Project Manager
2 20 (14.71%) Senior
3 15 (11.03%) Analyst
3 15 (11.03%) Senior Manager
4 13 (9.56%) Migration Manager
4 13 (9.56%) Migration Project Manager
5 11 (8.09%) IT Manager
6 10 (7.35%) Business Analyst
6 10 (7.35%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (6.62%) IT Project Manager
8 8 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (5.88%) Programme Manager
9 7 (5.15%) Consultant
10 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (4.41%) Lead
10 6 (4.41%) Workday Manager
10 6 (4.41%) Workday Project Manager
11 5 (3.68%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 5 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.68%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.47%) HTML
1 2 (1.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.74%) CSS
2 1 (0.74%) Kafka
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.88%) PMI
3 6 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.68%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.68%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.47%) FMCG
6 2 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.47%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.47%) NHS
7 1 (0.74%) CMDB
7 1 (0.74%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.74%) Life Science
7 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.74%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.21%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.74%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (47.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 62 (45.59%) Agile
3 37 (27.21%) PRINCE2
4 35 (25.74%) Project Delivery
5 30 (22.06%) Migration
6 25 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (16.18%) Waterfall
8 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (13.97%) Change Management
11 16 (11.76%) Decision-Making
11 16 (11.76%) Project Governance
12 15 (11.03%) Validation
13 14 (10.29%) Programme Management
14 13 (9.56%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (8.82%) Security Architecture
16 11 (8.09%) Scrum
17 10 (7.35%) Business Analysis
18 9 (6.62%) Data Migration
18 9 (6.62%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.47%) SQL
2 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.74%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 28 (20.59%) PMI Certification
1 28 (20.59%) PMP
2 9 (6.62%) Degree
3 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.47%) APMP
6 2 (1.47%) CBAP
6 2 (1.47%) CFA
6 2 (1.47%) CISSP
6 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.74%) CISM
7 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.74%) IIBA
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) PMO
2 13 (9.56%) GDPR
2 13 (9.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (9.56%) NIST
3 10 (7.35%) QA
4 4 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.47%) Basel III
6 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.74%) COBIT
6 1 (0.74%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) MiFID
6 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.74%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.47%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.74%) CASB
2 1 (0.74%) logstash
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) ServiceNow
2 13 (9.56%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.09%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.88%) SAP
5 7 (5.15%) Oracle
6 6 (4.41%) Workday
7 5 (3.68%) Google
8 4 (2.94%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.47%) Adobe
9 2 (1.47%) Cisco
10 1 (0.74%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.74%) Arista
10 1 (0.74%) Avature
10 1 (0.74%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.74%) BT
10 1 (0.74%) Charles River
10 1 (0.74%) Databricks
10 1 (0.74%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.74%) Kronos
10 1 (0.74%) Reuters