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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 21 22
Rank change year-on-year -23 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 116 182 183
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.54% 8.83% 7.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.15% 9.41% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 133 123
10th Percentile £354 £359 £389
25th Percentile £428 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £695
90th Percentile £819 £742 £787
London median daily rate £550 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £51.98 £27.33 -
25th Percentile £52.69 £29.70 -
Median hourly rate £55.25 £34.79 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% +5.42% -13.16%
75th Percentile £57.69 £40.27 -
90th Percentile £58.33 £42.88 -
London median hourly rate £41.44 £36.00 £37.15
% change year-on-year +15.11% -3.10% -4.74%

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 2,253 1,935 2,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.25% 93.84% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,280 1,433
10th Percentile £364 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £423 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 34 20
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.14 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.43
Median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%
75th Percentile £45.37 £49.22 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.88 £63.75 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -29 98 £613 +8.89% 115
City of Westminster -8 5 £725 +16.00% 3
West End of London -10 4 £725 +16.00% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £350 - 1
Southwark - 1 £600 -
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 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.59%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.86%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.86%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.72%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.86%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.86%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.07%) Azure
2 9 (7.76%) AWS
3 6 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.59%) SaaS
6 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.86%) ClickUp
7 1 (0.86%) GCP
7 1 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.86%) OCI
7 1 (0.86%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.45%) Multicast
1 4 (3.45%) Network Security
2 3 (2.59%) VPN
3 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.86%) Firewall
4 1 (0.86%) LAN
4 1 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.86%) WAN
4 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.86%) QlikView
2 1 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (9.48%) JIRA
2 2 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.86%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.86%) Git
3 1 (0.86%) GitLab
3 1 (0.86%) Zephyr
General
1 56 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 44 (37.93%) Finance
3 15 (12.93%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.48%) Banking
6 9 (7.76%) Financial Institution
6 9 (7.76%) Retail
7 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 6 (5.17%) Legal
9 5 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.45%) Law
10 4 (3.45%) Marketing
10 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.59%) Electronics
11 3 (2.59%) Police
12 2 (1.72%) German Language
12 2 (1.72%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (52.59%) Project Manager
2 15 (12.93%) Programme Manager
2 15 (12.93%) Senior
3 13 (11.21%) Senior Manager
4 10 (8.62%) Bid Manager
5 9 (7.76%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (5.17%) IT Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Lead
6 6 (5.17%) Migration Manager
6 6 (5.17%) Migration Project Manager
7 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Business Change Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Business Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Change Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Consultant
8 4 (3.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) ADO
1 3 (2.59%) Middleware
2 1 (0.86%) .NET
2 1 (0.86%) CSS
2 1 (0.86%) HTML
2 1 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.31%) PMI
4 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.59%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.59%) FMCG
5 3 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.59%) Replication
5 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.72%) CCTV
6 2 (1.72%) IoT
6 2 (1.72%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.86%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.86%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Linux
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.86%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.86%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (55.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (45.69%) Agile
3 42 (36.21%) PRINCE2
4 29 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 26 (22.41%) Migration
6 23 (19.83%) Change Management
7 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.52%) Waterfall
9 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (13.79%) Programme Management
10 16 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (12.93%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.48%) Project Governance
13 9 (7.76%) AI
13 9 (7.76%) Scrum
14 8 (6.90%) Business Case
15 7 (6.03%) ITIL
15 7 (6.03%) Matrix Organization
15 7 (6.03%) Service Management
16 6 (5.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.31%) Python
2 4 (3.45%) SQL
3 3 (2.59%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.86%) C++
5 1 (0.86%) Java
5 1 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (32.76%) PMP
2 37 (31.90%) PMI Certification
3 11 (9.48%) Degree
4 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.86%) CISM
6 1 (0.86%) CISSP
6 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) PMO
2 7 (6.03%) GDPR
2 7 (6.03%) NIST
3 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.59%) QA
5 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.72%) P3O
6 1 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.86%) Basel III
6 1 (0.86%) COBIT
6 1 (0.86%) GRC
6 1 (0.86%) MiFID
6 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.86%) UCITS
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.86%) Ansible
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.86%) Terraform
2 1 (0.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) SAP
2 9 (7.76%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.31%) CyberArk
4 4 (3.45%) Oracle
5 3 (2.59%) Solace
6 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.72%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.72%) Workday
6 2 (1.72%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.86%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.86%) Charles River
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco
7 1 (0.86%) Google
7 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.86%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.86%) Juniper
7 1 (0.86%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.86%) Splunk
7 1 (0.86%) Wrike