Project Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Project Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 126 167 184
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.96% 9.57% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.78% 10.37% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 92 120
10th Percentile £408 £359 £313
25th Percentile £474 £461 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -11.25% -
75th Percentile £704 £658 £725
90th Percentile £770 £787 £787
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £23.99 - -
25th Percentile £29.71 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £20.61
75th Percentile £47.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile £51.35 - -
Central London median hourly rate £40.50 £43.08 £26.80
% change year-on-year -5.98% +60.71% -47.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,859 1,610 2,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.98% 92.26% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,283 1,027 1,491
10th Percentile £363 £364 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £688
90th Percentile £775 £764 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £27.75 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £46.29 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.13 £51.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -13.07% +8.00% -20.54%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Project Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 7 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.59%) CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.79%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.79%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.79%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.32%) Azure
2 11 (8.73%) AWS
3 7 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.17%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.59%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) Slack
7 1 (0.79%) Asana
7 1 (0.79%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.79%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) WAN
2 4 (3.17%) LAN
3 3 (2.38%) Firewall
3 3 (2.38%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.59%) Broadband
4 2 (1.59%) Internet
4 2 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.79%) BGP
5 1 (0.79%) Intranet
5 1 (0.79%) MPLS
5 1 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) Power BI
2 6 (4.76%) Tableau
3 2 (1.59%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 68 (53.97%) Finance
2 51 (40.48%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.29%) Banking
5 13 (10.32%) Financial Institution
6 11 (8.73%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Marketing
8 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.17%) Retail
9 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.38%) Front Office
9 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.59%) Back Office
10 2 (1.59%) Legal
10 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 64 (50.79%) Project Manager
2 18 (14.29%) Senior
3 17 (13.49%) Analyst
4 13 (10.32%) Senior Manager
5 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
5 10 (7.94%) Migration Manager
5 10 (7.94%) Migration Project Manager
6 9 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 9 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (6.35%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Consultant
9 6 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Programme Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Workday Manager
9 6 (4.76%) Workday Project Manager
10 5 (3.97%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.97%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (3.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.59%) Middleware
2 1 (0.79%) HTML
2 1 (0.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.97%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.97%) PMI
3 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.17%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.79%) Equities
7 1 (0.79%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.79%) FMCG
7 1 (0.79%) IPTV
7 1 (0.79%) PKI
7 1 (0.79%) Social Media
7 1 (0.79%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.79%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (42.86%) Agile
3 35 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 30 (23.81%) PRINCE2
5 26 (20.63%) Migration
6 23 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (17.46%) Change Management
7 22 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (15.87%) Waterfall
9 17 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (11.90%) Project Governance
11 14 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 14 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
11 14 (11.11%) Scrum
11 14 (11.11%) Validation
12 11 (8.73%) Security Architecture
13 10 (7.94%) Business Analysis
13 10 (7.94%) Process Improvement
13 10 (7.94%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (7.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.59%) SQL
2 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.79%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 27 (21.43%) PMP
2 24 (19.05%) PMI Certification
3 10 (7.94%) Degree
4 5 (3.97%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.59%) APMP
6 2 (1.59%) CBAP
6 2 (1.59%) CFA
6 2 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.79%) CISSP
7 1 (0.79%) IIBA
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.08%) PMO
2 13 (10.32%) GDPR
3 11 (8.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (8.73%) NIST
4 10 (7.94%) QA
5 4 (3.17%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.59%) GRC
6 2 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.79%) Basel III
7 1 (0.79%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.79%) CASB
2 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.79%) logstash
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) ServiceNow
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.94%) CyberArk
4 8 (6.35%) SAP
5 6 (4.76%) Oracle
6 5 (3.97%) Google
6 5 (3.97%) Workday
7 4 (3.17%) Cisco
7 4 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.38%) Arista
9 2 (1.59%) Adobe
10 1 (0.79%) Aruba
10 1 (0.79%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.79%) Avature
10 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.79%) BT
10 1 (0.79%) Databricks
10 1 (0.79%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.79%) Kronos
10 1 (0.79%) Reuters