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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 20 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 150 176 278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 8.51% 8.39% 9.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.03% 9.11% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 115 188
10th Percentile £352 £402 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -3.77% +3.91%
75th Percentile £702 £700 £700
90th Percentile £738 £787 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £38.00
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.79 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% -7.89% +7.04%

All Process and 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 1,932 2,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.21% 92.09% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,224 1,857
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management 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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 2025. 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 +2 1 £625 +212.50%
Project Management
Central London

Project Management
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 8 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.00%) Trello
5 1 (0.67%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.67%) Aladdin
2 3 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.33%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.33%) SAP PLM
3 2 (1.33%) SAP VC
3 2 (1.33%) Workfront
4 1 (0.67%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.67%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.67%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.67%) Azure
2 11 (7.33%) AWS
3 5 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (3.33%) GCP
4 4 (2.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.00%) OCI
5 3 (2.00%) SaaS
5 3 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Asana
7 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.67%) Collibra
7 1 (0.67%) Figma
7 1 (0.67%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.67%) Miro
7 1 (0.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.33%) Firewall
2 3 (2.00%) DNS
2 3 (2.00%) VPN
2 3 (2.00%) WAN
2 3 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.33%) BGP
3 2 (1.33%) LAN
3 2 (1.33%) MPLS
3 2 (1.33%) OSPF
3 2 (1.33%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.67%) ATM
4 1 (0.67%) Multicast
4 1 (0.67%) Network Security
4 1 (0.67%) SSH
4 1 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.67%) Power BI
3 3 (2.00%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.33%) Tableau
5 1 (0.67%) DB2
5 1 (0.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (11.33%) JIRA
2 8 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.67%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.67%) MSI
General
1 81 (54.00%) Finance
2 68 (45.33%) Social Skills
3 28 (18.67%) Banking
4 22 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.67%) Front Office
6 11 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.67%) Legal
8 9 (6.00%) Investment Banking
9 7 (4.67%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.00%) Marketing
11 5 (3.33%) Back Office
11 5 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.67%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.67%) Law
12 4 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (2.00%) Retail
13 3 (2.00%) Spanish Language
14 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.33%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (36.00%) Project Manager
2 27 (18.00%) Analyst
3 18 (12.00%) Business Analyst
4 16 (10.67%) Consultant
5 11 (7.33%) Lead
6 10 (6.67%) IT Manager
7 9 (6.00%) Lead Consultant
8 8 (5.33%) Senior
9 7 (4.67%) Business Consultant
9 7 (4.67%) Lead Business Analyst
9 7 (4.67%) Senior Manager
9 7 (4.67%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (4.00%) Programme Manager
11 5 (3.33%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (3.33%) Transformation Manager
12 4 (2.67%) Charles River Consultant
12 4 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.00%) ADO
2 3 (2.00%) CSS
2 3 (2.00%) HTML
2 3 (2.00%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.67%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.67%) OAuth
3 1 (0.67%) OpenID
3 1 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.67%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.00%) Fixed Income
3 6 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.33%) PMI
4 5 (3.33%) Reference Data
5 4 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.67%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.67%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.67%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.33%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.33%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.33%) Replication
7 2 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.33%) Linux
2 7 (4.67%) Windows
3 3 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.00%) Unix
4 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (37.33%) Agile
2 46 (30.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 33 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (17.33%) Change Management
6 23 (15.33%) PRINCE2
6 23 (15.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (14.00%) Risk Management
7 21 (14.00%) Scrum
8 18 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.00%) Roadmaps
9 17 (11.33%) DevOps
10 16 (10.67%) Data Analysis
11 14 (9.33%) ITIL
11 14 (9.33%) Validation
12 13 (8.67%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (8.67%) Waterfall
13 12 (8.00%) Time Management
14 11 (7.33%) Asset Management
14 11 (7.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.67%) SQL
2 9 (6.00%) Python
3 5 (3.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.00%) Apex Code
4 3 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.33%) ABAP
5 2 (1.33%) Java
5 2 (1.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.67%) RPG
6 1 (0.67%) RPG IV
6 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (18.67%) Degree
2 25 (16.67%) PMP
3 24 (16.00%) PMI Certification
4 11 (7.33%) Security Cleared
5 9 (6.00%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.33%) APMG
8 2 (1.33%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.33%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (1.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.33%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 2 (1.33%) CCNP
8 2 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.33%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.67%) CBAP
9 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.67%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.00%) PMO
2 8 (5.33%) EMIR
2 8 (5.33%) MiFID
3 4 (2.67%) QA
4 2 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.33%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.33%) PSD2
4 2 (1.33%) SEPA
5 1 (0.67%) COBIT
5 1 (0.67%) GDPR
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.67%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.00%) ITRS Geneos
3 5 (3.33%) Kibana
3 5 (3.33%) logstash
4 2 (1.33%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.33%) Puppet
4 2 (1.33%) Terraform
5 1 (0.67%) Ansible
5 1 (0.67%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.67%) SCCM
5 1 (0.67%) WSUS
5 1 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (24.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.33%) SAP
3 5 (3.33%) Solace
4 4 (2.67%) Charles River
4 4 (2.67%) Cisco
4 4 (2.67%) Oracle
4 4 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.00%) Databricks
5 3 (2.00%) Google
5 3 (2.00%) HP
5 3 (2.00%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.33%) Adobe
6 2 (1.33%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.33%) Citrix
6 2 (1.33%) Dell
6 2 (1.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.33%) IBM
6 2 (1.33%) ION Trading
6 2 (1.33%) Pure Storage
6 2 (1.33%) SolarWinds