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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 19 22
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 111 166 156
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.59% 9.61% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.36% 10.25% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 104 112
10th Percentile £385 £408 £340
25th Percentile £425 £467 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £551
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.40% -7.82%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £665
90th Percentile £800 £755 £787
Central London median daily rate £560 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.92
Median hourly rate - - £20.61
75th Percentile - - £21.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £55.25 £43.08 £26.80
% change year-on-year +28.26% +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 2,072 1,620 1,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.66% 93.75% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,398 1,032 1,358
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 14
10th Percentile £17.56 £19.25 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.29
Median hourly rate £24.47 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.91 £52.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £76.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.44% +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 23 June 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
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 7 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.50%) Confluence
3 2 (1.80%) CMS
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.80%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.90%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.81%) Azure
2 11 (9.91%) AWS
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.70%) SaaS
5 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.80%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.80%) Slack
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.70%) Network Security
2 2 (1.80%) Broadband
2 2 (1.80%) Multicast
3 1 (0.90%) Firewall
3 1 (0.90%) Internet
3 1 (0.90%) Intranet
3 1 (0.90%) VPN
3 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) Power BI
1 3 (2.70%) Tableau
2 1 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.90%) Metadata
2 1 (0.90%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (12.61%) JIRA
2 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.90%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) GitLab
3 1 (0.90%) Zephyr
General
1 48 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 46 (41.44%) Finance
3 13 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.71%) Banking
4 11 (9.91%) Financial Institution
5 10 (9.01%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.50%) Marketing
7 5 (4.50%) Retail
8 4 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.60%) Legal
9 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Law
9 3 (2.70%) Police
9 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.80%) German Language
11 1 (0.90%) Automotive
11 1 (0.90%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (54.95%) Project Manager
2 14 (12.61%) Senior
3 10 (9.01%) Programme Manager
4 9 (8.11%) Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) Migration Manager
4 9 (8.11%) Migration Project Manager
5 8 (7.21%) Senior Manager
6 7 (6.31%) Bid Manager
6 7 (6.31%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.31%) Delivery Manager
6 7 (6.31%) Lead
7 6 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Business Manager
8 5 (4.50%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Workday Manager
8 5 (4.50%) Workday Project Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Business Change Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (3.60%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.70%) Middleware
2 1 (0.90%) .NET
2 1 (0.90%) ADO
2 1 (0.90%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.41%) PMI
3 4 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.80%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.80%) FMCG
4 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.80%) Social Media
4 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.90%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.90%) CMDB
5 1 (0.90%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.90%) Derivative
5 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.90%) Life Science
5 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.90%) PKI
5 1 (0.90%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.70%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.90%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.90%) Unix
3 1 (0.90%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.90%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (54.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (46.85%) Agile
3 36 (32.43%) PRINCE2
4 33 (29.73%) Project Delivery
5 22 (19.82%) Migration
6 18 (16.22%) Change Management
6 18 (16.22%) Waterfall
7 17 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (11.71%) Decision-Making
9 13 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (11.71%) Project Governance
9 13 (11.71%) Validation
10 10 (9.01%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (9.01%) Security Architecture
11 9 (8.11%) ITIL
12 8 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (7.21%) Service Delivery
13 7 (6.31%) Business Analysis
13 7 (6.31%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.70%) Python
2 2 (1.80%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.80%) SQL
3 1 (0.90%) C++
3 1 (0.90%) Java
3 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.90%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 31 (27.93%) PMP
2 29 (26.13%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.31%) Degree
4 5 (4.50%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.70%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.70%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.80%) CBAP
6 2 (1.80%) CISSP
6 2 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.90%) APMP
7 1 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.90%) CISM
7 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.51%) PMO
2 11 (9.91%) GDPR
2 11 (9.91%) NIST
3 10 (9.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.60%) QA
5 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.90%) Basel III
7 1 (0.90%) COBIT
7 1 (0.90%) GRC
7 1 (0.90%) MiFID
7 1 (0.90%) P3O
7 1 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.90%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (0.90%) Ansible
2 1 (0.90%) logstash
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.90%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.90%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) CyberArk
3 8 (7.21%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.31%) SAP
5 5 (4.50%) Oracle
5 5 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.70%) Workday
7 2 (1.80%) Google
7 2 (1.80%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.90%) Adobe
8 1 (0.90%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.90%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.90%) BT
8 1 (0.90%) Charles River
8 1 (0.90%) Cisco
8 1 (0.90%) Databricks
8 1 (0.90%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.90%) Kronos
8 1 (0.90%) Reuters
8 1 (0.90%) Splunk