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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 129 191 205
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 5.38% 9.50% 8.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.24% 10.24% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 111 132
10th Percentile £387 £350 £326
25th Percentile £473 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -1.35% -5.71%
75th Percentile £747 £650 £696
90th Percentile £799 £775 £787
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £40.45 - £21.23
25th Percentile £42.25 £41.54 £23.19
Median hourly rate £46.50 £43.08 £26.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +60.71% -47.96%
75th Percentile £50.75 £44.61 £30.07
90th Percentile £52.55 - £31.83
London median hourly rate £37.50 £38.11 £31.71
% change year-on-year -1.60% +20.18% -26.26%

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 2,067 1,865 2,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.20% 92.74% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,410 1,212 1,565
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £765 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 27
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.66 £22.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +8.00% -20.54%
75th Percentile £45.08 £44.40 £36.50
90th Percentile £59.40 £50.75 £56.15
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.90% +15.00% -23.08%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -17 116 £613 +16.67% 92
City of Westminster -3 3 £350 -40.43% 7
West End of London -2 2 £725 +13.73% 4
Kensington and Chelsea -3 1 £350 - 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 8 (6.20%) Confluence
2 6 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.55%) CMS
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.10%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.63%) Azure
2 13 (10.08%) AWS
3 6 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.10%) Google Workspace
4 4 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.55%) SaaS
5 2 (1.55%) Slack
5 2 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.78%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.78%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.78%) OCI
6 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.55%) Broadband
1 2 (1.55%) LAN
1 2 (1.55%) Network Security
1 2 (1.55%) WAN
2 1 (0.78%) Firewall
2 1 (0.78%) Internet
2 1 (0.78%) Intranet
2 1 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.65%) Power BI
2 5 (3.88%) Tableau
3 2 (1.55%) Metadata
4 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (12.40%) JIRA
General
1 64 (49.61%) Finance
2 52 (40.31%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.40%) Banking
5 14 (10.85%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (10.08%) Financial Institution
7 6 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.65%) Retail
8 5 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.10%) Marketing
10 3 (2.33%) Front Office
10 3 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.33%) Legal
11 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.55%) German Language
11 2 (1.55%) Law
11 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.78%) French Language
Job Titles
1 69 (53.49%) Project Manager
2 19 (14.73%) Senior
3 14 (10.85%) Analyst
3 14 (10.85%) Senior Manager
4 12 (9.30%) Migration Manager
4 12 (9.30%) Migration Project Manager
5 10 (7.75%) Business Analyst
5 10 (7.75%) IT Manager
5 10 (7.75%) Programme Manager
5 10 (7.75%) Senior Project Manager
6 9 (6.98%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (6.20%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (4.65%) Consultant
8 6 (4.65%) Lead
8 6 (4.65%) Workday Manager
8 6 (4.65%) Workday Project Manager
9 5 (3.88%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.88%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (3.10%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.55%) HTML
1 2 (1.55%) Middleware
2 1 (0.78%) CSS
2 1 (0.78%) Kafka
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.53%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.20%) PMI
3 6 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.88%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.55%) FMCG
7 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.55%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.55%) NHS
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.78%) Life Science
8 1 (0.78%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.78%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.78%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (49.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 58 (44.96%) Agile
3 36 (27.91%) PRINCE2
4 32 (24.81%) Project Delivery
5 29 (22.48%) Migration
6 22 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (16.28%) Waterfall
8 20 (15.50%) Change Management
8 20 (15.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (11.63%) Decision-Making
9 15 (11.63%) Project Governance
9 15 (11.63%) Validation
10 14 (10.85%) Programme Management
11 13 (10.08%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (9.30%) Security Architecture
13 10 (7.75%) Process Improvement
14 9 (6.98%) Business Case
14 9 (6.98%) Matrix Organization
14 9 (6.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.55%) SQL
2 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.78%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 28 (21.71%) PMP
2 27 (20.93%) PMI Certification
3 9 (6.98%) Degree
4 5 (3.88%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (3.10%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.55%) APMP
7 2 (1.55%) CBAP
7 2 (1.55%) CFA
7 2 (1.55%) CISSP
7 2 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.78%) CISM
8 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.78%) IIBA
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.95%) PMO
2 14 (10.85%) GDPR
3 13 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (10.08%) NIST
4 9 (6.98%) QA
5 4 (3.10%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.55%) Basel III
8 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.78%) COBIT
8 1 (0.78%) MiFID
8 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.78%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) logstash
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (10.08%) ServiceNow
2 11 (8.53%) CyberArk
2 11 (8.53%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.43%) Oracle
3 7 (5.43%) SAP
3 7 (5.43%) Workday
4 5 (3.88%) Google
5 4 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.55%) Adobe
6 2 (1.55%) Cisco
7 1 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.78%) Arista
7 1 (0.78%) Avature
7 1 (0.78%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.78%) BT
7 1 (0.78%) Charles River
7 1 (0.78%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.78%) Kronos
7 1 (0.78%) Reuters