Project Delivery Contracts in the City of London

Project Delivery
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 50 44
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 76 81 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 4.33% 3.71% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 4.10% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 48 106
10th Percentile £433 £390 £469
25th Percentile £485 £459 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £606 £623
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -2.61% +13.18%
75th Percentile £715 £738 £775
90th Percentile £738 £885 £825
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Project Delivery 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,975 3,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.51% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,036 1,399 2,240
10th Percentile £363 £361 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the City of London

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the City of London

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the City of London

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the City of London

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.89%) Confluence
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (6.58%) Trello
5 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.32%) Revit
6 1 (1.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.32%) Endur
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Retail
2 1 (1.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.11%) Azure
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.26%) AWS
3 4 (5.26%) SaaS
4 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.95%) IaaS
4 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.63%) Asana
5 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.63%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.32%) Figma
6 1 (1.32%) Miro
6 1 (1.32%) Veeva
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) Firewall
2 3 (3.95%) DNS
2 3 (3.95%) MPLS
3 1 (1.32%) HTTP
3 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Data Lake
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 2 (2.63%) Big Data
2 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.32%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.32%) Pentaho
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (11.84%) JIRA
2 2 (2.63%) Git
General
1 36 (47.37%) Finance
2 32 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.21%) Banking
5 5 (6.58%) Back Office
5 5 (6.58%) Front Office
5 5 (6.58%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.58%) Retail
6 3 (3.95%) Legal
6 3 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Law
7 2 (2.63%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.32%) Automotive
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Local Government
8 1 (1.32%) Marketing
8 1 (1.32%) Military
8 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (42.11%) Project Manager
2 9 (11.84%) Analyst
2 9 (11.84%) Delivery Manager
3 8 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 8 (10.53%) Lead
4 5 (6.58%) Consultant
5 4 (5.26%) Lead Business Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Senior
5 4 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 4 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Developer
6 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (3.95%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.95%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Lead Consultant
6 3 (3.95%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Technical Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Technical Services Manager
7 2 (2.63%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) Hibernate
1 2 (2.63%) REST
1 2 (2.63%) Spring
1 2 (2.63%) Web Services
1 2 (2.63%) ZK
2 1 (1.32%) .NET
2 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.32%) ADO
2 1 (1.32%) MDX
2 1 (1.32%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.58%) Reference Data
2 4 (5.26%) PMI
3 3 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.63%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.63%) Equities
4 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Market Risk
4 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.32%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.32%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.89%) Windows
2 4 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.32%) Android
4 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (46.05%) Project Management
2 32 (42.11%) Agile
3 18 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (18.42%) PRINCE2
5 13 (17.11%) Scrum
6 10 (13.16%) Decision-Making
6 10 (13.16%) Project Governance
7 9 (11.84%) Business Case
8 8 (10.53%) Change Control
8 8 (10.53%) Change Management
8 8 (10.53%) Data Analysis
8 8 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (9.21%) Budget Management
9 7 (9.21%) Time Management
9 7 (9.21%) Waterfall
10 6 (7.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 6 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (7.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.47%) SQL
2 4 (5.26%) Python
3 2 (2.63%) Java
3 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) PMI Certification
2 12 (15.79%) Degree
3 11 (14.47%) PMP
4 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.32%) CBAP
7 1 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) PMO
2 4 (5.26%) QA
3 3 (3.95%) EMIR
3 3 (3.95%) MiFID
3 3 (3.95%) SLA
4 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.32%) GDPR
5 1 (1.32%) GxP
5 1 (1.32%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.32%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.32%) XenApp
3 1 (1.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.63%) Ansible
2 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.63%) SCCM
2 2 (2.63%) Terraform
2 2 (2.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.58%) Planview
3 3 (3.95%) Oracle
3 3 (3.95%) SAP
4 2 (2.63%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.63%) Splunk
4 2 (2.63%) VMware
5 1 (1.32%) Aruba
5 1 (1.32%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.32%) Charles River
5 1 (1.32%) Citrix
5 1 (1.32%) Databricks
5 1 (1.32%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.32%) Reuters
5 1 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.32%) SimCorp