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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 54 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 72 78 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 4.15% 3.60% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 3.99% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 45 100
10th Percentile £428 £384 £436
25th Percentile £483 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £560 £606
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -7.63% +10.23%
75th Percentile £713 £694 £766
90th Percentile £731 £902 £826
Central London median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +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 1,624 1,957 3,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.55% 90.39% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,377 2,186
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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 19 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 (8.33%) Confluence
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (5.56%) Trello
6 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.39%) Revit
7 1 (1.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.39%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.39%) SAP Retail
2 1 (1.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.56%) AWS
3 4 (5.56%) IaaS
3 4 (5.56%) SaaS
4 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.78%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.39%) Asana
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.39%) Miro
6 1 (1.39%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Veeva
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.94%) Firewall
2 3 (4.17%) DNS
2 3 (4.17%) MPLS
3 1 (1.39%) HTTP
3 1 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) Big Data
2 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.39%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (13.89%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Git
General
1 37 (51.39%) Finance
2 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.11%) Banking
4 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.94%) Back Office
5 5 (6.94%) Front Office
5 5 (6.94%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.94%) Retail
6 3 (4.17%) Legal
6 3 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.78%) Law
7 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.39%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.39%) International Banking
8 1 (1.39%) Local Government
8 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (40.28%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Analyst
3 8 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 7 (9.72%) Lead
5 5 (6.94%) Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Lead Business Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.17%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Technical Services Manager
8 2 (2.78%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) Hibernate
1 2 (2.78%) REST
1 2 (2.78%) Spring
1 2 (2.78%) Web Services
1 2 (2.78%) ZK
2 1 (1.39%) .NET
2 1 (1.39%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.39%) ADO
2 1 (1.39%) Middleware
2 1 (1.39%) MIDP
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Reference Data
2 4 (5.56%) PMI
3 3 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.78%) Equities
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.39%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.39%) Android
4 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.83%) Project Management
2 30 (41.67%) Agile
3 19 (26.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (19.44%) PRINCE2
6 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (18.06%) Scrum
7 11 (15.28%) Decision-Making
8 10 (13.89%) Business Case
9 9 (12.50%) Project Governance
10 8 (11.11%) Change Management
10 8 (11.11%) Data Analysis
10 8 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (11.11%) Time Management
11 7 (9.72%) Budget Management
11 7 (9.72%) Change Control
11 7 (9.72%) Waterfall
12 6 (8.33%) Migration
12 6 (8.33%) Risk Management
12 6 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.28%) SQL
2 4 (5.56%) Python
3 2 (2.78%) Java
3 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (18.06%) PMI Certification
2 12 (16.67%) Degree
3 10 (13.89%) PMP
4 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.94%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.39%) CBAP
7 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.39%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) PMO
2 5 (6.94%) QA
3 3 (4.17%) EMIR
3 3 (4.17%) MiFID
3 3 (4.17%) SLA
4 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.39%) GAAP
5 1 (1.39%) GDPR
5 1 (1.39%) GxP
5 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.39%) IFRS
5 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.39%) XenApp
3 1 (1.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.78%) Ansible
2 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.78%) SCCM
2 2 (2.78%) Terraform
2 2 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.94%) Planview
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle
4 3 (4.17%) SAP
5 2 (2.78%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.78%) Splunk
5 2 (2.78%) VMware
6 1 (1.39%) Aruba
6 1 (1.39%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.39%) Charles River
6 1 (1.39%) Citrix
6 1 (1.39%) Databricks
6 1 (1.39%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.39%) SimCorp