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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Management 122 181 233
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.61% 9.26% 9.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.34% 10.07% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 97 145
10th Percentile £379 £359 £376
25th Percentile £429 £463 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £715 £700
90th Percentile £709 £800 £789
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £23.99 - -
25th Percentile £29.71 - -
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £38.00
75th Percentile £47.75 - -
90th Percentile £51.35 - -
Central London median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +15.71% -7.89% -

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 1,661 1,797 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.93% 91.97% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 1,092 1,553
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £766 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.18 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.47 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £46.05 £132.40 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
% change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%

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 7 January 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 7 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Moorgate +3 1 £625 +212.50%
Project Management
Central 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 11 (9.02%) Confluence
2 7 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (4.10%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.64%) Workfront
2 1 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.82%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.82%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.82%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.82%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.20%) AWS
1 10 (8.20%) Azure
2 8 (6.56%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.28%) Google Workspace
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.46%) GCP
4 3 (2.46%) OCI
4 3 (2.46%) Slack
5 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.64%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.64%) SaaS
5 2 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.82%) Asana
6 1 (0.82%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) Firewall
2 6 (4.92%) WAN
3 5 (4.10%) LAN
4 3 (2.46%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.64%) VPN
6 1 (0.82%) ATM
6 1 (0.82%) BGP
6 1 (0.82%) Internet
6 1 (0.82%) MPLS
6 1 (0.82%) Multicast
6 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.82%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.56%) Power BI
2 6 (4.92%) Tableau
3 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.82%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 23 (18.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.82%) Artifactory
General
1 64 (52.46%) Finance
2 46 (37.70%) Social Skills
3 25 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.85%) Banking
5 10 (8.20%) Financial Institution
6 7 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Marketing
8 5 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.10%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.28%) Front Office
9 4 (3.28%) Legal
9 4 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.46%) Back Office
10 3 (2.46%) Retail
10 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.64%) International Banking
11 2 (1.64%) Law
11 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 51 (41.80%) Project Manager
2 22 (18.03%) Analyst
3 14 (11.48%) Business Analyst
3 14 (11.48%) Senior
4 11 (9.02%) IT Manager
4 11 (9.02%) Senior Manager
5 9 (7.38%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (4.92%) Consultant
6 6 (4.92%) Senior Project Manager
6 6 (4.92%) Technical Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.10%) Developer
7 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Banking Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Migration Project Manager
8 4 (3.28%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.28%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) HTML
2 1 (0.82%) ADO
2 1 (0.82%) CSS
2 1 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.82%) OAuth
2 1 (0.82%) OpenID
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.82%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.10%) PMI
4 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.28%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.64%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.82%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.82%) New Media
7 1 (0.82%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.46%) Linux
1 3 (2.46%) Windows
2 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.70%) Agile
2 43 (35.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (29.51%) Project Delivery
4 32 (26.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 25 (20.49%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (18.03%) Change Management
7 21 (17.21%) PRINCE2
8 20 (16.39%) Migration
9 17 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.11%) Roadmaps
11 14 (11.48%) Decision-Making
11 14 (11.48%) Waterfall
12 13 (10.66%) Scrum
13 12 (9.84%) Risk Management
14 10 (8.20%) Analytics
14 10 (8.20%) Budget Management
14 10 (8.20%) Requirements Gathering
14 10 (8.20%) Workshop Facilitation
15 9 (7.38%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (7.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.28%) SQL
2 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.64%) Python
3 1 (0.82%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.57%) PMI Certification
2 15 (12.30%) Degree
2 15 (12.30%) PMP
3 3 (2.46%) CBAP
3 3 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (2.46%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.46%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.64%) CFA
4 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.64%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.82%) CISA
5 1 (0.82%) CISM
5 1 (0.82%) CISSP
5 1 (0.82%) GIAC
5 1 (0.82%) GSEC
5 1 (0.82%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.82%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.82%) SANS
5 1 (0.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.30%) PMO
2 9 (7.38%) QA
3 6 (4.92%) GDPR
3 6 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.28%) NIST
5 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.64%) GRC
6 2 (1.64%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.64%) PSD2
7 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.82%) Basel III
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.82%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.82%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.82%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.82%) Ansible
2 1 (0.82%) CASB
2 1 (0.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.82%) Kibana
2 1 (0.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.82%) logstash
2 1 (0.82%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.56%) Google
4 7 (5.74%) SAP
5 6 (4.92%) Oracle
6 5 (4.10%) CyberArk
7 4 (3.28%) Cisco
7 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.28%) Workday
8 3 (2.46%) Adobe
8 3 (2.46%) Arista
9 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.82%) Avature
10 1 (0.82%) Calypso
10 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.82%) IBM
10 1 (0.82%) Murex
10 1 (0.82%) Progress
10 1 (0.82%) Solace