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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 -4 +18
Contract jobs citing Project Management 132 213 254
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.54% 9.23% 9.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.24% 10.00% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 115 160
10th Percentile £356 £349 £375
25th Percentile £428 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £721 £795 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £21.85 - -
25th Percentile £24.36 - -
Median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £44.75 - -
90th Percentile £50.15 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £39.00
% change year-on-year -1.45% -11.54% +7.59%

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 1,823 2,129 2,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.34% 92.28% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,332 1,706
10th Percentile £343 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £671 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 17
10th Percentile £20.18 £18.38 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £24.55 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +27.27% -34.13%
75th Percentile £40.19 £48.13 £46.75
90th Percentile £47.02 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%

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 28 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Central London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Central London

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 28 December 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 -9 122 £538 -10.42% 200
City of Westminster -5 4 £488 -25.00%
West End of London +6 3 £713 +18.75% 2
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 (7.58%) Confluence
2 8 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.52%) Workfront
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.76%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.76%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.76%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.58%) AWS
2 9 (6.82%) Azure
3 8 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.03%) OCI
5 3 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.27%) GCP
5 3 (2.27%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.52%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.52%) Slack
6 2 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.76%) Asana
7 1 (0.76%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.06%) Firewall
2 6 (4.55%) WAN
3 5 (3.79%) LAN
4 3 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.52%) VPN
6 1 (0.76%) ATM
6 1 (0.76%) BGP
6 1 (0.76%) Internet
6 1 (0.76%) MPLS
6 1 (0.76%) Multicast
6 1 (0.76%) Network Security
6 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.76%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.06%) Power BI
2 5 (3.79%) Tableau
3 2 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 21 (15.91%) JIRA
2 3 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.76%) Artifactory
General
1 66 (50.00%) Finance
2 49 (37.12%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (17.42%) Banking
5 8 (6.06%) Financial Institution
6 7 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.55%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.55%) Marketing
7 6 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.79%) Legal
9 4 (3.03%) Front Office
10 3 (2.27%) Back Office
10 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Retail
10 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.52%) International Banking
11 2 (1.52%) Law
11 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 20 (15.15%) Analyst
3 14 (10.61%) Senior
4 13 (9.85%) Business Analyst
4 13 (9.85%) IT Manager
5 12 (9.09%) Senior Manager
6 11 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
7 7 (5.30%) Senior Project Manager
7 7 (5.30%) Technical Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Consultant
8 6 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
9 5 (3.79%) Coordinator
9 5 (3.79%) Developer
9 5 (3.79%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.79%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 5 (3.79%) Programme Manager
10 4 (3.03%) Lead
10 4 (3.03%) Project Coordinator
10 4 (3.03%) ServiceNow Developer
11 3 (2.27%) Payments Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (1.52%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) ADO
2 1 (0.76%) CSS
2 1 (0.76%) OAuth
2 1 (0.76%) OpenID
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.76%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.03%) PMI
4 4 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.27%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.52%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.52%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.52%) NHS
6 2 (1.52%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.52%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.03%) Linux
2 3 (2.27%) Windows
3 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (36.36%) Agile
2 43 (32.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (25.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 25 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.42%) PRINCE2
7 21 (15.91%) Migration
8 20 (15.15%) Change Management
9 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (13.64%) Roadmaps
11 14 (10.61%) Waterfall
12 13 (9.85%) Decision-Making
12 13 (9.85%) Scrum
13 12 (9.09%) Risk Management
14 10 (7.58%) Analytics
14 10 (7.58%) Budget Management
14 10 (7.58%) User Acceptance Testing
14 10 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
15 9 (6.82%) Data Analysis
15 9 (6.82%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.79%) SQL
2 3 (2.27%) Python
3 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.52%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (13.64%) PMI Certification
2 17 (12.88%) Degree
3 15 (11.36%) PMP
4 5 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.79%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.52%) CBAP
6 2 (1.52%) CFA
6 2 (1.52%) CISM
6 2 (1.52%) CISSP
6 2 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.76%) APMP
7 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.76%) IIBA
7 1 (0.76%) ISACA
7 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.76%) SANS
7 1 (0.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.36%) PMO
2 9 (6.82%) QA
3 5 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.03%) GDPR
5 3 (2.27%) NIST
6 2 (1.52%) GRC
6 2 (1.52%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.52%) PSD2
7 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.76%) Basel III
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.76%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.76%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.27%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (1.52%) Kibana
2 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.52%) logstash
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) CASB
3 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 20 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.30%) Google
3 7 (5.30%) SAP
4 6 (4.55%) Oracle
5 5 (3.79%) Cisco
6 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.27%) Adobe
7 3 (2.27%) Arista
7 3 (2.27%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.27%) Workday
8 2 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.52%) Solace
9 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.76%) Calypso
9 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) Murex
9 1 (0.76%) Palantir
9 1 (0.76%) Progress