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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 21 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Management 129 187 256
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.12% 8.65% 9.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.74% 9.44% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 106 160
10th Percentile £341 £363 £369
25th Percentile £420 £463 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +3.67%
75th Percentile £675 £723 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £790
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £21.85 - -
25th Percentile £24.36 - -
Median hourly rate £33.50 - £38.00
75th Percentile £44.75 - -
90th Percentile £50.15 - -
Central London median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -4.29% -7.89% -

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 1,666 1,980 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.99% 91.62% 89.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 1,224 1,655
10th Percentile £331 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 11
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.70 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +54.00% -51.46%
75th Percentile £52.19 £92.50 £42.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £122.20 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -49.50%

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 5 December 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
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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 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 +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 (8.53%) Confluence
2 10 (7.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.55%) CMS
4 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (6.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (4.65%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.55%) Workfront
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.78%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.78%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.78%) SAP PLM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.78%) SAP VC
2 1 (0.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.20%) AWS
1 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.43%) Azure
3 4 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.33%) GCP
4 3 (2.33%) OCI
5 2 (1.55%) Asana
5 2 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.55%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.55%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.55%) SaaS
5 2 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.78%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.78%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.20%) Firewall
2 7 (5.43%) WAN
3 5 (3.88%) LAN
4 4 (3.10%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.55%) BGP
6 2 (1.55%) MPLS
6 2 (1.55%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.55%) VPN
7 1 (0.78%) ATM
7 1 (0.78%) Internet
7 1 (0.78%) Multicast
7 1 (0.78%) OSPF
7 1 (0.78%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.20%) Power BI
2 4 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.78%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (15.50%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
General
1 70 (54.26%) Finance
2 53 (41.09%) Social Skills
3 26 (20.16%) Banking
4 23 (17.83%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.20%) Investment Banking
6 7 (5.43%) Financial Institution
7 6 (4.65%) Legal
7 6 (4.65%) Marketing
7 6 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.88%) Front Office
9 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.33%) Back Office
10 3 (2.33%) Retail
10 3 (2.33%) Spanish Language
10 3 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.55%) International Banking
11 2 (1.55%) Law
11 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (37.21%) Project Manager
2 19 (14.73%) Analyst
3 14 (10.85%) IT Manager
4 12 (9.30%) Business Analyst
5 11 (8.53%) IT Project Manager
5 11 (8.53%) Senior
6 10 (7.75%) Senior Manager
7 9 (6.98%) Technical Manager
8 8 (6.20%) Consultant
9 7 (5.43%) Technical Project Manager
10 6 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
11 5 (3.88%) Coordinator
11 5 (3.88%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 5 (3.88%) Programme Manager
12 4 (3.10%) Applications Engineer
12 4 (3.10%) Developer
12 4 (3.10%) PMO Analyst
12 4 (3.10%) Project Coordinator
13 3 (2.33%) Payments Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (3.10%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.55%) HTML
3 1 (0.78%) ADO
3 1 (0.78%) CSS
3 1 (0.78%) OAuth
3 1 (0.78%) OpenID
3 1 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.78%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.53%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.43%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.10%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.10%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.10%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.10%) Reinsurance
4 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.33%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.55%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.55%) PMI
6 2 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.78%) IoT
7 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.65%) Linux
2 5 (3.88%) Windows
3 2 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (35.66%) Agile
2 36 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (25.58%) Project Delivery
4 32 (24.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 31 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (13.18%) Change Management
6 17 (13.18%) Roadmaps
7 16 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (12.40%) PRINCE2
8 15 (11.63%) Migration
8 15 (11.63%) Scrum
9 13 (10.08%) Decision-Making
9 13 (10.08%) Risk Management
10 12 (9.30%) Waterfall
11 11 (8.53%) Analytics
11 11 (8.53%) Time Management
12 10 (7.75%) Budget Management
12 10 (7.75%) DevOps
12 10 (7.75%) Process Improvement
13 9 (6.98%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.88%) Python
1 5 (3.88%) SQL
2 4 (3.10%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.78%) ABAP
4 1 (0.78%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (17.05%) Degree
2 16 (12.40%) PMP
3 15 (11.63%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.55%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.55%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) APMG
6 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.78%) CBAP
6 1 (0.78%) CISA
6 1 (0.78%) CISM
6 1 (0.78%) GIAC
6 1 (0.78%) GSEC
6 1 (0.78%) IIBA
6 1 (0.78%) ISACA
6 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.78%) JNCIS
6 1 (0.78%) SANS
6 1 (0.78%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.95%) PMO
2 6 (4.65%) QA
3 4 (3.10%) GDPR
4 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.55%) GRC
5 2 (1.55%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.55%) NIST
5 2 (1.55%) PSD2
6 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) COBIT
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.78%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (3.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.88%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (3.10%) Kibana
2 4 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.10%) logstash
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) CASB
3 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.78%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.53%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.20%) SAP
4 6 (4.65%) Google
5 5 (3.88%) Cisco
6 4 (3.10%) Oracle
6 4 (3.10%) Solace
7 3 (2.33%) Adobe
7 3 (2.33%) Arista
8 2 (1.55%) Calypso
8 2 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.55%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.78%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.78%) Aruba
9 1 (0.78%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.78%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.78%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds