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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 21 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Management 146 191 291
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.87% 8.24% 9.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 8.96% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 113 194
10th Percentile £369 £408 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £699
90th Percentile £738 £788 £789
London median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £20.73 - -
25th Percentile £21.57 - -
Median hourly rate £23.43 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.06% -7.89% +7.04%
75th Percentile £25.57 - -
90th Percentile £26.58 - -
London median hourly rate £34.25 £33.07 £41.00
% change year-on-year +3.57% -19.34% +16.31%

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 1,745 2,132 2,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.07% 91.94% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,337 1,916
10th Percentile £328 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +0.43%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £765 £775 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 18
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.96 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -37.06%
75th Percentile £41.75 £74.38 £45.64
90th Percentile £62.35 £124.75 £57.73
London median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £38.38
% change year-on-year -17.75% -0.23% -1.44%

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 26 October 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
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 26 October 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 -2 137 £550 -8.33% 239
West End of London +6 4 £750 +43.54% 2
City of Westminster -3 4 £688 -11.29% 4
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 (6.85%) Confluence
1 10 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) CMS
2 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.42%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.05%) Trello
6 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Aladdin
2 3 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.37%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.37%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.37%) SAP VC
3 2 (1.37%) Workfront
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.48%) AWS
2 7 (4.79%) Azure
3 5 (3.42%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.74%) OCI
5 3 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.05%) GCP
5 3 (2.05%) SaaS
6 2 (1.37%) Asana
6 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.68%) Collibra
7 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.68%) Figma
7 1 (0.68%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.68%) Slack
7 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) Firewall
2 7 (4.79%) WAN
3 4 (2.74%) LAN
4 3 (2.05%) BGP
4 3 (2.05%) MPLS
4 3 (2.05%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.05%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.05%) VPN
4 3 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.37%) DNS
5 2 (1.37%) OSPF
6 1 (0.68%) ATM
6 1 (0.68%) Internet
6 1 (0.68%) Multicast
6 1 (0.68%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.42%) Power BI
2 3 (2.05%) Tableau
3 1 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (13.70%) JIRA
2 7 (4.79%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 76 (52.05%) Finance
2 65 (44.52%) Social Skills
3 28 (19.18%) Banking
4 20 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.59%) Front Office
6 10 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (6.16%) Investment Banking
7 9 (6.16%) Legal
8 7 (4.79%) Public Sector
9 6 (4.11%) Marketing
10 4 (2.74%) Back Office
10 4 (2.74%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.74%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.05%) Law
11 3 (2.05%) Spanish Language
11 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (34.93%) Project Manager
2 25 (17.12%) Analyst
3 19 (13.01%) Business Analyst
4 15 (10.27%) Consultant
5 13 (8.90%) IT Manager
6 11 (7.53%) Lead
7 10 (6.85%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (6.16%) Technical Manager
9 8 (5.48%) Lead Consultant
10 7 (4.79%) Lead Business Analyst
10 7 (4.79%) Senior
10 7 (4.79%) Technical Project Manager
11 6 (4.11%) Business Consultant
11 6 (4.11%) Programme Manager
12 5 (3.42%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) Senior Manager
13 4 (2.74%) Charles River Consultant
13 4 (2.74%) Coordinator
13 4 (2.74%) Developer
13 4 (2.74%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (3.42%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.05%) CSS
2 3 (2.05%) HTML
2 3 (2.05%) Visualforce
3 2 (1.37%) ADO
4 1 (0.68%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.68%) OAuth
4 1 (0.68%) OpenID
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (4.79%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.11%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.42%) Fixed Income
4 4 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.74%) Reinsurance
5 3 (2.05%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.05%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.68%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.16%) Linux
2 6 (4.11%) Windows
3 3 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (39.04%) Agile
2 43 (29.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (28.08%) Project Delivery
4 33 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (19.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (18.49%) Change Management
7 24 (16.44%) Scrum
8 19 (13.01%) Data Analysis
8 19 (13.01%) Risk Management
9 16 (10.96%) Migration
9 16 (10.96%) Roadmaps
10 15 (10.27%) DevOps
10 15 (10.27%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (9.59%) Asset Management
11 14 (9.59%) Time Management
11 14 (9.59%) Validation
12 13 (8.90%) PRINCE2
12 13 (8.90%) Waterfall
13 12 (8.22%) Business Analysis
13 12 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.59%) SQL
2 9 (6.16%) Python
3 5 (3.42%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.74%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.05%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.37%) ABAP
7 1 (0.68%) C#
7 1 (0.68%) Java
7 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (17.81%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) PMP
3 12 (8.22%) PMI Certification
4 11 (7.53%) Security Cleared
5 10 (6.85%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.37%) APMG
7 2 (1.37%) CCNP
7 2 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.37%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.68%) CFA
8 1 (0.68%) CISA
8 1 (0.68%) CISSP
8 1 (0.68%) GIAC
8 1 (0.68%) GSEC
8 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.68%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) PMO
2 8 (5.48%) EMIR
2 8 (5.48%) MiFID
3 4 (2.74%) QA
4 3 (2.05%) GDPR
5 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.37%) GRC
5 2 (1.37%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.37%) PSD2
5 2 (1.37%) SEPA
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) COBIT
6 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.11%) ITRS Geneos
1 6 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.42%) Kibana
2 5 (3.42%) logstash
3 1 (0.68%) Ansible
3 1 (0.68%) CASB
3 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.68%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.68%) Puppet
3 1 (0.68%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) WSUS
3 1 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (26.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.16%) SAP
3 8 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.42%) Cisco
4 5 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.42%) Solace
5 4 (2.74%) Charles River
5 4 (2.74%) Oracle
6 3 (2.05%) Arista
6 3 (2.05%) Google
6 3 (2.05%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.37%) Adobe
7 2 (1.37%) Calypso
7 2 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.37%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.37%) Tenable
8 1 (0.68%) Citrix
8 1 (0.68%) HP
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) Murex