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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 19 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 124 174 198
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.35% 9.47% 8.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.15% 10.31% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 87 122
10th Percentile £405 £389 £329
25th Percentile £463 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.12%
75th Percentile £681 £702 £718
90th Percentile £750 £800 £786
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £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 £35.00 £20.61
% change year-on-year +15.71% +69.86% -59.99%

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 1,735 1,687 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.88% 91.78% 89.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,030 1,509
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 14
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.34 £31.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.25 £38.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% +18.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £46.29 £48.75 £45.52
90th Percentile £55.54 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 22 February 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 22 February 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 10 (8.06%) Confluence
2 6 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.61%) CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.84%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.81%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.81%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.06%) AWS
1 10 (8.06%) Azure
2 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.23%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.61%) SaaS
5 2 (1.61%) Slack
6 1 (0.81%) Asana
6 1 (0.81%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.81%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.03%) WAN
2 4 (3.23%) Firewall
2 4 (3.23%) LAN
3 3 (2.42%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.61%) Broadband
4 2 (1.61%) Internet
4 2 (1.61%) VPN
4 2 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.81%) BGP
5 1 (0.81%) Intranet
5 1 (0.81%) MPLS
5 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Power BI
2 6 (4.84%) Tableau
3 2 (1.61%) Metadata
4 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 21 (16.94%) JIRA
General
1 68 (54.84%) Finance
2 51 (41.13%) Social Skills
3 20 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (16.13%) Banking
4 10 (8.06%) Financial Institution
5 7 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.03%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.23%) Front Office
8 4 (3.23%) Marketing
8 4 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Back Office
9 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (2.42%) Retail
9 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (48.39%) Project Manager
2 18 (14.52%) Analyst
2 18 (14.52%) Senior
3 13 (10.48%) Senior Manager
4 11 (8.87%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.26%) IT Manager
5 9 (7.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 7 (5.65%) IT Project Manager
6 7 (5.65%) Migration Manager
6 7 (5.65%) Migration Project Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Consultant
7 6 (4.84%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Workday Manager
7 6 (4.84%) Workday Project Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.03%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (3.23%) Administrator
9 4 (3.23%) Developer
9 4 (3.23%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.23%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.61%) Middleware
2 1 (0.81%) HTML
2 1 (0.81%) Kafka
2 1 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.68%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.03%) PMI
3 5 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.23%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.42%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.81%) Equities
7 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.81%) FMCG
7 1 (0.81%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.81%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.81%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.81%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.94%) Agile
2 49 (39.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (26.61%) Project Delivery
4 28 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (20.97%) PRINCE2
6 23 (18.55%) Change Management
7 22 (17.74%) Migration
8 19 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.90%) Waterfall
11 15 (12.10%) Roadmaps
12 14 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (10.48%) Scrum
14 12 (9.68%) Decision-Making
15 11 (8.87%) User Acceptance Testing
15 11 (8.87%) Validation
16 10 (8.06%) Process Improvement
16 10 (8.06%) Project Governance
17 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
17 9 (7.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.61%) SQL
2 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.81%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 22 (17.74%) PMP
2 21 (16.94%) PMI Certification
3 11 (8.87%) Degree
4 4 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.23%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.61%) APMP
5 2 (1.61%) CBAP
5 2 (1.61%) CFA
5 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.81%) APMG
6 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.81%) CISSP
6 1 (0.81%) IIBA
6 1 (0.81%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.10%) PMO
2 12 (9.68%) QA
3 10 (8.06%) GDPR
4 9 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (6.45%) NIST
6 3 (2.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.61%) GRC
7 2 (1.61%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.61%) PSD2
8 1 (0.81%) Basel III
8 1 (0.81%) COBIT
8 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.81%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) CASB
1 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.81%) logstash
1 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.45%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.45%) SAP
4 6 (4.84%) Google
5 5 (4.03%) Oracle
5 5 (4.03%) Workday
6 3 (2.42%) Arista
6 3 (2.42%) Cisco
6 3 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.61%) Adobe
8 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.81%) BT
8 1 (0.81%) Calypso
8 1 (0.81%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.81%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.81%) Kronos
8 1 (0.81%) Murex
8 1 (0.81%) Reuters