Project Management Contracts in the City of London

Project Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 23 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 176 160 269
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 9.68% 7.50% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.32% 8.21% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 113 183
10th Percentile £401 £343 £375
25th Percentile £463 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -8.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £700
90th Percentile £760 £798 £810
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 £19.92 £50.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £20.61 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.61% -59.99% -2.83%
75th Percentile £27.25 £21.29 £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.79 £26.80 £51.50
% change year-on-year +29.79% -47.96% -2.83%

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 1,706 1,950 3,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.84% 91.42% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 1,346 2,165
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £551 £554 £600
% change year-on-year -0.45% -7.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 24
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -23.93% -18.83%
75th Percentile £56.75 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the City of London

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the City of 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 7 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.84%) Confluence
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 25 (14.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.84%) Trello
6 3 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.14%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.14%) SAP PLM
2 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) SAP VC
3 1 (0.57%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) ION Anvil
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.57%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.57%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.57%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.57%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.80%) Azure
2 11 (6.25%) AWS
3 7 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.98%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.41%) SaaS
5 4 (2.27%) GCP
6 3 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.70%) OCI
6 3 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.14%) Miro
7 2 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.57%) Collibra
8 1 (0.57%) Figma
8 1 (0.57%) GitHub
8 1 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.84%) Firewall
2 4 (2.27%) VPN
3 3 (1.70%) DNS
3 3 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.14%) BGP
4 2 (1.14%) MPLS
4 2 (1.14%) Network Security
4 2 (1.14%) OSPF
4 2 (1.14%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.14%) WAN
4 2 (1.14%) WLAN
5 1 (0.57%) HTTP
5 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.57%) LAN
5 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.41%) Power BI
1 6 (3.41%) Tableau
2 4 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.70%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.14%) Big Data
4 2 (1.14%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.14%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.14%) Looker
4 2 (1.14%) Metadata
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.57%) DB2
5 1 (0.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (13.07%) JIRA
2 7 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.57%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.57%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) MSI
4 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 97 (55.11%) Finance
2 84 (47.73%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (15.34%) Banking
5 18 (10.23%) Front Office
6 12 (6.82%) Investment Banking
6 12 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (6.25%) Legal
8 9 (5.11%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.41%) Back Office
9 6 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.27%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.27%) Retail
11 3 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.70%) Law
11 3 (1.70%) Marketing
11 3 (1.70%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 66 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 28 (15.91%) Analyst
3 20 (11.36%) Business Analyst
4 18 (10.23%) Lead
5 14 (7.95%) Consultant
6 10 (5.68%) Senior
7 9 (5.11%) Lead Consultant
8 8 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 8 (4.55%) Programme Manager
9 7 (3.98%) Business Consultant
9 7 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.98%) Lead Business Analyst
9 7 (3.98%) Technical Manager
10 6 (3.41%) Change Manager
10 6 (3.41%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.41%) Transformation Manager
11 5 (2.84%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 5 (2.84%) IT Project Manager
11 5 (2.84%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.70%) OAuth
2 3 (1.70%) SAML
3 2 (1.14%) ADO
3 2 (1.14%) CSS
3 2 (1.14%) HTML
3 2 (1.14%) OpenID
3 2 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.14%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.57%) ActiveX
4 1 (0.57%) JWT
4 1 (0.57%) LDAP
4 1 (0.57%) pytest
4 1 (0.57%) REST
4 1 (0.57%) SOAP
4 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.11%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.98%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.98%) Fixed Income
2 7 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.41%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.41%) PMI
4 5 (2.84%) Market Risk
4 5 (2.84%) Reference Data
4 5 (2.84%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.27%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.70%) Derivative
6 3 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.14%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.14%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.55%) Linux
1 8 (4.55%) Windows
2 4 (2.27%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (33.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 57 (32.39%) Agile
3 51 (28.98%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (22.73%) Project Delivery
5 33 (18.75%) Change Management
6 27 (15.34%) PRINCE2
6 27 (15.34%) Scrum
7 23 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (11.36%) Decision-Making
8 20 (11.36%) DevOps
9 19 (10.80%) Risk Management
10 17 (9.66%) Budget Management
10 17 (9.66%) Business Analysis
10 17 (9.66%) Data Analysis
10 17 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (9.09%) Migration
11 16 (9.09%) Waterfall
12 15 (8.52%) Roadmaps
12 15 (8.52%) Time Management
12 15 (8.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.23%) SQL
2 12 (6.82%) Python
3 5 (2.84%) Java
3 5 (2.84%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.14%) ABAP
5 2 (1.14%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.57%) Bash
6 1 (0.57%) Groovy
6 1 (0.57%) RPG
6 1 (0.57%) RPG IV
6 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (23.30%) Degree
2 30 (17.05%) PMP
3 29 (16.48%) PMI Certification
4 13 (7.39%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 2 (1.14%) CCNP
8 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.14%) JNCIS
8 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.14%) OCP
8 2 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.66%) PMO
2 11 (6.25%) MiFID
3 10 (5.68%) EMIR
4 5 (2.84%) QA
5 3 (1.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.70%) NIST
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.14%) SLA
7 1 (0.57%) COBIT
7 1 (0.57%) GDPR
7 1 (0.57%) SEPA
7 1 (0.57%) UCITS
System Software
1 6 (3.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) OpenAM
2 1 (0.57%) OpenDJ
2 1 (0.57%) OpenIDM
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.84%) Terraform
3 4 (2.27%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (2.27%) Kibana
3 4 (2.27%) logstash
4 3 (1.70%) SCCM
5 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.14%) Puppet
6 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.11%) SAP
3 6 (3.41%) Cisco
3 6 (3.41%) Planview
4 4 (2.27%) Charles River
4 4 (2.27%) Databricks
4 4 (2.27%) Oracle
4 4 (2.27%) Solace
5 3 (1.70%) HP
6 2 (1.14%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.14%) Citrix
6 2 (1.14%) Dell
6 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.14%) Google
6 2 (1.14%) ION Trading
6 2 (1.14%) Logitech
6 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.14%) SimCorp
6 2 (1.14%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.14%) Splunk