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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 132 194 216
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 6.02% 9.47% 8.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 10.31% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 106 139
10th Percentile £407 £367 £325
25th Percentile £473 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £686 £690
90th Percentile £771 £788 £775
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 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 £37.54 £37.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year +1.46% +16.68% -22.18%

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 1,951 1,882 2,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.96% 91.85% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,341 1,210 1,643
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.93 £17.77
25th Percentile £21.37 £27.97 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £40.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £55.08 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +0.71% +16.67% -17.81%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -11 124 £550 - 40
City of Westminster -2 3 £350 -44.00% 12
West End of London +4 2 £725 +13.73% 2
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 (6.82%) 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 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.76%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.76%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.76%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.09%) Azure
2 11 (8.33%) AWS
3 7 (5.30%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.52%) SaaS
6 2 (1.52%) Slack
7 1 (0.76%) Asana
7 1 (0.76%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.76%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.76%) OCI
7 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 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%) Network Security
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%) 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 17 (12.88%) JIRA
General
1 70 (53.03%) Finance
2 53 (40.15%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (15.15%) Banking
5 11 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 11 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.03%) Front Office
8 4 (3.03%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.03%) Retail
9 3 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.27%) Marketing
9 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.52%) Back Office
10 2 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.52%) Legal
10 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 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
6 10 (7.58%) IT Manager
6 10 (7.58%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (6.82%) Migration Manager
7 9 (6.82%) Migration Project Manager
8 8 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (5.30%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (4.55%) Programme Manager
10 6 (4.55%) Workday Manager
10 6 (4.55%) Workday Project Manager
11 5 (3.79%) Consultant
11 5 (3.79%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.79%) Lead
11 5 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.79%) Senior Business Analyst
12 4 (3.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) Middleware
2 1 (0.76%) HTML
2 1 (0.76%) Kafka
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.79%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.79%) PMI
3 5 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.52%) NHS
6 2 (1.52%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.76%) CMDB
7 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.76%) Equities
7 1 (0.76%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.76%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.76%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.18%) Agile
1 57 (43.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (25.76%) Project Delivery
3 32 (24.24%) PRINCE2
4 25 (18.94%) Migration
5 24 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (16.67%) Change Management
6 22 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (14.39%) Waterfall
8 14 (10.61%) Requirements Gathering
8 14 (10.61%) Scrum
9 12 (9.09%) Decision-Making
9 12 (9.09%) Project Governance
9 12 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 12 (9.09%) Validation
10 10 (7.58%) Process Improvement
10 10 (7.58%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (6.82%) Security Architecture
11 9 (6.82%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.52%) SQL
2 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.76%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (19.70%) PMP
2 24 (18.18%) PMI Certification
3 13 (9.85%) Degree
4 4 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.03%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.52%) APMP
6 2 (1.52%) CBAP
6 2 (1.52%) CFA
6 2 (1.52%) CISSP
6 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.76%) CISM
7 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.76%) IIBA
7 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.88%) PMO
2 12 (9.09%) GDPR
3 11 (8.33%) QA
4 10 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (7.58%) NIST
5 5 (3.79%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.52%) GRC
6 2 (1.52%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.52%) PSD2
6 2 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.76%) Basel III
7 1 (0.76%) COBIT
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
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 16 (12.12%) ServiceNow
2 12 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.82%) CyberArk
4 8 (6.06%) SAP
5 7 (5.30%) Oracle
6 5 (3.79%) Google
6 5 (3.79%) Workday
7 4 (3.03%) Cisco
7 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.27%) Arista
9 2 (1.52%) Adobe
10 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.76%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.76%) BT
10 1 (0.76%) Calypso
10 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.76%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.76%) Kronos
10 1 (0.76%) Murex
10 1 (0.76%) Reuters