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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 19 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 128 184 181
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 4.90% 9.56% 7.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 10.23% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 119 122
10th Percentile £362 £405 £340
25th Percentile £425 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £658
90th Percentile £825 £765 £786
London median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £51.98 - £21.23
25th Percentile £52.69 £41.54 £23.19
Median hourly rate £55.25 £43.08 £26.80
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% +60.71% -47.96%
75th Percentile £57.69 £44.61 £30.07
90th Percentile £58.33 - £31.83
London median hourly rate £40.23 £43.08 £32.40
% change year-on-year -6.60% +32.97% -23.33%

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 2,259 1,798 2,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.42% 93.45% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,527 1,161 1,515
10th Percentile £357 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £449 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 23
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.78 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.04 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% +8.00% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £49.25 £31.19
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £41.47
London median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
% change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -18 111 £550 -4.35% 25
City of Westminster -5 4 £725 +23.40% 4
West End of London -8 4 £725 +34.88% 4
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 9 (7.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.69%) Confluence
3 2 (1.56%) CMS
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.56%) WordPress
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.56%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.16%) Azure
2 11 (8.59%) AWS
3 5 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.13%) SaaS
5 3 (2.34%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.56%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.56%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.56%) Slack
6 2 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.78%) Asana
7 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.78%) GitHub
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.78%) OCI
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.34%) Network Security
2 2 (1.56%) Broadband
2 2 (1.56%) Multicast
3 1 (0.78%) Firewall
3 1 (0.78%) Internet
3 1 (0.78%) Intranet
3 1 (0.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.34%) Power BI
1 3 (2.34%) Tableau
2 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.78%) Metadata
2 1 (0.78%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.78%) Git
3 1 (0.78%) GitLab
3 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 52 (40.63%) Finance
3 14 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.16%) Banking
5 12 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.59%) Financial Institution
7 7 (5.47%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.69%) Legal
8 6 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.69%) Retail
9 5 (3.91%) Marketing
10 4 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Electronics
11 3 (2.34%) Law
11 3 (2.34%) Police
12 2 (1.56%) German Language
12 2 (1.56%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (56.25%) Project Manager
2 17 (13.28%) Senior
3 12 (9.38%) Programme Manager
4 11 (8.59%) Senior Manager
5 10 (7.81%) Migration Manager
5 10 (7.81%) Migration Project Manager
6 9 (7.03%) Analyst
7 8 (6.25%) Lead
7 8 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (5.47%) Bid Manager
8 7 (5.47%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.47%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (4.69%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Business Manager
10 5 (3.91%) IT Project Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Transformation Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Workday Manager
10 5 (3.91%) Workday Project Manager
11 4 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 4 (3.13%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) Middleware
2 1 (0.78%) .NET
2 1 (0.78%) ADO
2 1 (0.78%) CSS
2 1 (0.78%) HTML
2 1 (0.78%) Kafka
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.47%) PMI
3 4 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.34%) FMCG
4 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.56%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.56%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.56%) Social Media
6 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.78%) IoT
6 1 (0.78%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.78%) Replication
6 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.78%) Unix
3 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (53.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (45.31%) Agile
3 39 (30.47%) PRINCE2
4 38 (29.69%) Project Delivery
5 27 (21.09%) Migration
6 25 (19.53%) Change Management
7 24 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (15.63%) Waterfall
9 17 (13.28%) Decision-Making
10 15 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (10.16%) Programme Management
11 13 (10.16%) Project Governance
11 13 (10.16%) Validation
12 10 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
12 10 (7.81%) Security Architecture
13 9 (7.03%) ITIL
13 9 (7.03%) Service Delivery
14 8 (6.25%) Data Migration
14 8 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.34%) Python
2 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.56%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) C++
3 1 (0.78%) Java
3 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.78%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 36 (28.13%) PMP
2 34 (26.56%) PMI Certification
3 10 (7.81%) Degree
4 5 (3.91%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.34%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.56%) CBAP
6 2 (1.56%) CISSP
6 2 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.78%) APMP
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.78%) CISM
7 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.84%) PMO
2 12 (9.38%) GDPR
3 11 (8.59%) NIST
4 10 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.13%) QA
6 3 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.34%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.56%) P3O
8 1 (0.78%) Basel III
8 1 (0.78%) COBIT
8 1 (0.78%) GRC
8 1 (0.78%) MiFID
8 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.78%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (2.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) logstash
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (8.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.81%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.03%) CyberArk
4 8 (6.25%) SAP
5 6 (4.69%) Oracle
6 5 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.91%) Workday
7 2 (1.56%) Google
7 2 (1.56%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.56%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.78%) Adobe
8 1 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.78%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.78%) BT
8 1 (0.78%) Charles River
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco
8 1 (0.78%) Databricks
8 1 (0.78%) Kronos
8 1 (0.78%) Reuters
8 1 (0.78%) Splunk