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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +18
Contract jobs citing Project Management 138 202 286
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 7.05% 8.57% 9.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.57% 9.35% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 116 184
10th Percentile £350 £419 £375
25th Percentile £420 £464 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £708 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £789
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
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 £34.00 £33.79 £38.00
% change year-on-year +0.64% -11.09% +7.80%

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 1,824 2,161 2,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.16% 91.65% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,274 1,353 1,818
10th Percentile £338 £372 £363
25th Percentile £424 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £669 £676 £690
90th Percentile £750 £775 £822
London median daily rate £537 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 19
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.82 £31.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -41.33%
75th Percentile £38.97 £78.75 £59.00
90th Percentile £59.55 £127.30 £69.75
London median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -5 127 £525 -12.50% 224
City of Westminster -1 5 £388 -51.56% 11
West End of London +7 3 £713 +36.36% 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 11 (7.97%) Confluence
1 11 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) CMS
2 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (4.35%) MS Visio
6 3 (2.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.45%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.45%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.45%) SAP PLM
2 2 (1.45%) SAP VC
2 2 (1.45%) Workfront
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.72%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.72%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.72%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.72%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.80%) AWS
2 7 (5.07%) Azure
2 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.90%) OCI
5 3 (2.17%) GCP
5 3 (2.17%) SaaS
6 2 (1.45%) Asana
6 2 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.72%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.72%) Figma
7 1 (0.72%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.80%) Firewall
2 7 (5.07%) WAN
3 5 (3.62%) LAN
4 4 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.45%) BGP
6 2 (1.45%) MPLS
6 2 (1.45%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.45%) VPN
7 1 (0.72%) ATM
7 1 (0.72%) DNS
7 1 (0.72%) Internet
7 1 (0.72%) Multicast
7 1 (0.72%) Network Security
7 1 (0.72%) OSPF
7 1 (0.72%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) Power BI
2 4 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (15.22%) JIRA
2 5 (3.62%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
General
1 73 (52.90%) Finance
2 60 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 26 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (6.52%) Front Office
5 8 (5.80%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.07%) Legal
7 6 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.62%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.62%) Marketing
8 5 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.17%) Back Office
10 3 (2.17%) Law
10 3 (2.17%) Spanish Language
10 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (40.58%) Project Manager
2 22 (15.94%) Analyst
3 17 (12.32%) Business Analyst
4 15 (10.87%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
6 11 (7.97%) Consultant
7 9 (6.52%) Senior
7 9 (6.52%) Technical Manager
8 8 (5.80%) Senior Manager
9 7 (5.07%) Lead
9 7 (5.07%) Technical Project Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Coordinator
10 5 (3.62%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (3.62%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.90%) Business Consultant
11 4 (2.90%) Lead Business Analyst
11 4 (2.90%) PMO Analyst
11 4 (2.90%) Project Coordinator
11 4 (2.90%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.90%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.45%) ADO
3 1 (0.72%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.72%) CSS
3 1 (0.72%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) OAuth
3 1 (0.72%) OpenID
3 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.72%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.72%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.90%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.17%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.17%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.17%) Reinsurance
5 3 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.45%) NHS
6 2 (1.45%) PMI
6 2 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.72%) Derivative
7 1 (0.72%) Replication
7 1 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.35%) Linux
2 5 (3.62%) Windows
3 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (39.13%) Agile
2 41 (29.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (26.81%) Project Delivery
4 33 (23.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (16.67%) Change Management
7 20 (14.49%) PRINCE2
8 19 (13.77%) Scrum
9 17 (12.32%) Migration
9 17 (12.32%) Roadmaps
10 15 (10.87%) Risk Management
11 14 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (9.42%) Data Analysis
12 13 (9.42%) Requirements Gathering
13 12 (8.70%) Time Management
13 12 (8.70%) Waterfall
14 11 (7.97%) Asset Management
14 11 (7.97%) Decision-Making
14 11 (7.97%) DevOps
14 11 (7.97%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.25%) SQL
2 6 (4.35%) Python
3 4 (2.90%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.45%) ABAP
4 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.72%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.72%) C#
5 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (18.84%) Degree
2 17 (12.32%) PMP
3 16 (11.59%) PMI Certification
4 7 (5.07%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.45%) APMG
8 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.45%) CISM
8 2 (1.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.72%) CCNP
9 1 (0.72%) CISA
9 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.72%) GIAC
9 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.72%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.77%) PMO
2 5 (3.62%) QA
3 4 (2.90%) EMIR
3 4 (2.90%) MiFID
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
4 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.45%) GRC
5 2 (1.45%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.45%) NIST
5 2 (1.45%) PSD2
6 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) COBIT
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.72%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (2.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.62%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (2.90%) Kibana
2 4 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.90%) logstash
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) CASB
3 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.72%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.72%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (23.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.25%) SAP
3 9 (6.52%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.62%) Cisco
4 5 (3.62%) Oracle
5 4 (2.90%) Google
5 4 (2.90%) Solace
6 3 (2.17%) Arista
6 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.45%) Adobe
7 2 (1.45%) Calypso
7 2 (1.45%) Charles River
7 2 (1.45%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.72%) Genesys
8 1 (0.72%) HP
8 1 (0.72%) IBM
8 1 (0.72%) Murex
8 1 (0.72%) Progress