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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 132 198 223
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.21% 9.56% 8.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.98% 10.39% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 101 135
10th Percentile £386 £400 £363
25th Percentile £460 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £740 £788 £783
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £23.99 - -
25th Percentile £29.71 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% +69.86% -59.99%
75th Percentile £47.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile £51.35 - -
London median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £30.16
% change year-on-year -1.35% +22.68% -27.33%

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 1,892 1,906 2,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.99% 92.03% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,199 1,647
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 26
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.97
25th Percentile £22.46 £31.00 £20.79
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £40.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.30 £48.75 £57.63
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%

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 23 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Central London over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

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 23 February 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 -9 124 £550 -4.35% 58
City of Westminster -4 2 £350 -45.10% 3
West End of London +2 1 - - 1
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 6 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.55%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.76%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.76%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.76%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.33%) AWS
1 11 (8.33%) Azure
2 7 (5.30%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.52%) SaaS
5 2 (1.52%) Slack
6 1 (0.76%) Asana
6 1 (0.76%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.76%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.79%) WAN
2 4 (3.03%) Firewall
2 4 (3.03%) LAN
3 3 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.52%) Broadband
4 2 (1.52%) Internet
4 2 (1.52%) VPN
4 2 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.76%) BGP
5 1 (0.76%) Intranet
5 1 (0.76%) MPLS
5 1 (0.76%) Network Security
5 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.30%) Power BI
2 6 (4.55%) Tableau
3 2 (1.52%) Metadata
4 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (15.91%) JIRA
General
1 70 (53.03%) Finance
2 54 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 22 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.15%) Banking
5 10 (7.58%) Financial Institution
6 8 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.79%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.03%) Front Office
9 4 (3.03%) Marketing
9 4 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Back Office
10 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.27%) Legal
10 3 (2.27%) Retail
10 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (50.76%) Project Manager
2 19 (14.39%) Senior
3 18 (13.64%) Analyst
4 14 (10.61%) Senior Manager
5 11 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 11 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 10 (7.58%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (6.82%) IT Project Manager
8 8 (6.06%) Migration Manager
8 8 (6.06%) Migration Project Manager
9 6 (4.55%) Consultant
9 6 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
9 6 (4.55%) Workday Manager
9 6 (4.55%) Workday Project Manager
10 5 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (3.03%) Administrator
11 4 (3.03%) Business Manager
11 4 (3.03%) Developer
11 4 (3.03%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) Middleware
2 1 (0.76%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) Kafka
2 1 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.79%) PMI
3 5 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.52%) NHS
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.76%) IoT
7 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (41.67%) Agile
2 52 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 29 (21.97%) PRINCE2
5 28 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 24 (18.18%) Migration
7 23 (17.42%) Change Management
8 19 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.12%) Roadmaps
10 16 (12.12%) Waterfall
11 14 (10.61%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (9.85%) Scrum
13 12 (9.09%) Decision-Making
14 11 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
14 11 (8.33%) Validation
15 10 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
15 10 (7.58%) Process Improvement
15 10 (7.58%) Project Governance
16 9 (6.82%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.52%) SQL
2 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.76%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 23 (17.42%) PMP
2 22 (16.67%) PMI Certification
3 13 (9.85%) Degree
4 5 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.79%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.52%) APMP
7 2 (1.52%) CBAP
7 2 (1.52%) CFA
7 2 (1.52%) CISSP
7 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.76%) APMG
8 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.76%) CISM
8 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.76%) IIBA
8 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.36%) PMO
2 12 (9.09%) QA
3 10 (7.58%) GDPR
3 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (6.82%) NIST
5 4 (3.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.52%) GRC
6 2 (1.52%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.52%) PSD2
7 1 (0.76%) Basel III
7 1 (0.76%) COBIT
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
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 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) CASB
1 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.76%) logstash
1 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.61%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.06%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.06%) SAP
4 6 (4.55%) Google
5 5 (3.79%) Oracle
5 5 (3.79%) Workday
6 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.27%) Arista
7 3 (2.27%) Cisco
8 2 (1.52%) Adobe
9 1 (0.76%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.76%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.76%) BT
9 1 (0.76%) Calypso
9 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.76%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.76%) Kronos
9 1 (0.76%) Murex
9 1 (0.76%) Reuters