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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Management 137 210 275
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.02% 8.77% 9.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 9.58% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 119 174
10th Percentile £348 £363 £375
25th Percentile £413 £464 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £711 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £789
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £21.29 - -
25th Percentile £22.96 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £34.50 - -
90th Percentile £38.85 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -1.45% -9.21% +8.57%

All Process and 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 1,797 2,192 2,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.11% 91.52% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,369 1,823
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £668 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £776 £825
London median daily rate £525 £550 £567
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.96% -3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 18
10th Percentile £19.94 £20.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +37.25% -50.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £61.25 £51.44
90th Percentile £60.95 £117.10 £67.63
London median hourly rate £29.25 £37.00 £35.63
% change year-on-year -20.95% +3.85% -9.80%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -8 126 £525 -12.50% 40
City of Westminster -4 5 £388 -45.61% 9
West End of London +7 3 £713 +29.55% 3
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 11 (8.03%) Confluence
2 10 (7.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (4.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.46%) Workfront
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.73%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.73%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.73%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.73%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.73%) SAP PLM
2 1 (0.73%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.73%) SAP VC
2 1 (0.73%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.57%) AWS
2 7 (5.11%) Azure
2 7 (5.11%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.92%) OCI
4 3 (2.19%) GCP
5 2 (1.46%) Asana
5 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.46%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.46%) SaaS
5 2 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.73%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.73%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.73%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.84%) Firewall
2 7 (5.11%) WAN
3 5 (3.65%) LAN
4 4 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.19%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.46%) BGP
6 2 (1.46%) MPLS
6 2 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.46%) VPN
7 1 (0.73%) ATM
7 1 (0.73%) Internet
7 1 (0.73%) Multicast
7 1 (0.73%) Network Security
7 1 (0.73%) OSPF
7 1 (0.73%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.11%) Power BI
2 4 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) JIRA
2 5 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
General
1 71 (51.82%) Finance
2 56 (40.88%) Social Skills
3 26 (18.98%) Banking
4 25 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.84%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.38%) Financial Institution
7 6 (4.38%) Front Office
7 6 (4.38%) Legal
7 6 (4.38%) Marketing
8 4 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.92%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.19%) Back Office
9 3 (2.19%) Retail
9 3 (2.19%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.46%) International Banking
10 2 (1.46%) Law
10 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (40.88%) Project Manager
2 20 (14.60%) Analyst
3 16 (11.68%) IT Manager
4 14 (10.22%) Business Analyst
5 13 (9.49%) IT Project Manager
6 11 (8.03%) Senior
7 10 (7.30%) Senior Manager
8 9 (6.57%) Technical Manager
9 8 (5.84%) Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (5.11%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Coordinator
11 5 (3.65%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 4 (2.92%) Applications Engineer
12 4 (2.92%) Developer
12 4 (2.92%) Lead
12 4 (2.92%) PMO Analyst
12 4 (2.92%) Programme Manager
12 4 (2.92%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.92%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.92%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.46%) HTML
3 1 (0.73%) ADO
3 1 (0.73%) CSS
3 1 (0.73%) OAuth
3 1 (0.73%) OpenID
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.73%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.30%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.92%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.92%) Fixed Income
4 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.92%) Reinsurance
4 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.19%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.46%) NHS
6 2 (1.46%) PMI
6 2 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.73%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Agile
2 37 (27.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (24.82%) Project Delivery
4 32 (23.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (13.87%) PRINCE2
7 18 (13.14%) Change Management
7 18 (13.14%) Roadmaps
8 17 (12.41%) Migration
9 15 (10.95%) Scrum
10 14 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (9.49%) Decision-Making
11 13 (9.49%) Risk Management
12 11 (8.03%) ITIL
12 11 (8.03%) Time Management
12 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
13 10 (7.30%) Analytics
13 10 (7.30%) Data Analysis
13 10 (7.30%) DevOps
13 10 (7.30%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.11%) SQL
2 6 (4.38%) Python
3 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.73%) ABAP
5 1 (0.73%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.73%) C#
5 1 (0.73%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (17.52%) Degree
2 17 (12.41%) PMP
3 16 (11.68%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (2.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.92%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.46%) CISM
6 2 (1.46%) CISSP
7 1 (0.73%) CCNP
7 1 (0.73%) CFA
7 1 (0.73%) CISA
7 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.73%) GIAC
7 1 (0.73%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.73%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.73%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.73%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.14%) PMO
2 5 (3.65%) QA
3 4 (2.92%) GDPR
3 4 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.19%) NIST
5 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.46%) GRC
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.46%) PSD2
6 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.73%) COBIT
6 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.73%) EMIR
6 1 (0.73%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.73%) MiFID
6 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.73%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (2.92%) Docker
2 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.65%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (2.92%) Kibana
2 4 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.92%) logstash
3 1 (0.73%) Ansible
3 1 (0.73%) CASB
3 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.73%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.73%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.84%) SAP
4 6 (4.38%) Google
5 5 (3.65%) Cisco
5 5 (3.65%) Oracle
6 4 (2.92%) Solace
7 3 (2.19%) Adobe
7 3 (2.19%) Arista
7 3 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.46%) Calypso
8 2 (1.46%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.73%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.73%) Aruba
9 1 (0.73%) Avature
9 1 (0.73%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.73%) Palantir
9 1 (0.73%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.73%) Workday