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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 116 168 179
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.10% 9.50% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.97% 10.22% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 93 122
10th Percentile £413 £340 £340
25th Percentile £476 £456 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £718
90th Percentile £788 £775 £787
Central London median daily rate £613 £550 £551
% change year-on-year +11.36% -0.09% -6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £40.45 - -
25th Percentile £42.25 - £19.92
Median hourly rate £46.50 - £20.61
75th Percentile £50.75 - £21.29
90th Percentile £52.55 - -
Central London median hourly rate £46.50 £43.08 £26.80
% change year-on-year +7.95% +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 1,942 1,644 2,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.44% 92.93% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,328 1,046 1,422
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 13
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -42.20%
75th Percentile £49.78 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -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 26 April 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 6 (5.17%) Confluence
2 5 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) CMS
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.86%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.86%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.86%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.93%) Azure
2 12 (10.34%) AWS
3 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.72%) SaaS
6 2 (1.72%) Slack
7 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.86%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.86%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) Broadband
2 1 (0.86%) Firewall
2 1 (0.86%) Internet
2 1 (0.86%) Intranet
2 1 (0.86%) LAN
2 1 (0.86%) Multicast
2 1 (0.86%) Network Security
2 1 (0.86%) VPN
2 1 (0.86%) WAN
2 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.17%) Power BI
2 5 (4.31%) Tableau
3 2 (1.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (12.93%) JIRA
General
1 58 (50.00%) Finance
2 45 (38.79%) Social Skills
3 21 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (12.93%) Banking
5 13 (11.21%) Financial Institution
6 12 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.17%) Retail
8 5 (4.31%) Marketing
8 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.59%) Legal
11 2 (1.72%) Advertising
11 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.72%) Front Office
11 2 (1.72%) German Language
11 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.72%) Law
11 2 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (50.86%) Project Manager
2 16 (13.79%) Senior
3 13 (11.21%) Analyst
4 12 (10.34%) Senior Manager
5 11 (9.48%) Migration Manager
5 11 (9.48%) Migration Project Manager
6 9 (7.76%) Business Analyst
6 9 (7.76%) Delivery Manager
6 9 (7.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (6.90%) Programme Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Consultant
8 6 (5.17%) IT Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Workday Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Workday Project Manager
9 5 (4.31%) Lead
10 4 (3.45%) Business Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
10 4 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) Middleware
2 1 (0.86%) HTML
2 1 (0.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 7 (6.03%) PMI
3 5 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.31%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.72%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.72%) FMCG
6 2 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.72%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.72%) Social Media
7 1 (0.86%) CMDB
7 1 (0.86%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.86%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.86%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Linux
2 1 (0.86%) Mac OS X
2 1 (0.86%) Unix
2 1 (0.86%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.86%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (42.24%) Agile
3 32 (27.59%) PRINCE2
4 30 (25.86%) Project Delivery
5 24 (20.69%) Migration
6 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (17.24%) Waterfall
7 19 (16.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (12.93%) Change Management
9 15 (12.93%) Project Governance
9 15 (12.93%) Validation
10 14 (12.07%) Decision-Making
11 13 (11.21%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (10.34%) Security Architecture
13 11 (9.48%) Programme Management
14 9 (7.76%) Business Analysis
14 9 (7.76%) Process Improvement
14 9 (7.76%) Visualisation
15 8 (6.90%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.72%) SQL
2 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.86%) Python
2 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.86%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.41%) PMP
2 25 (21.55%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.31%) Degree
3 5 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.72%) APMP
5 2 (1.72%) CBAP
5 2 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.86%) CFA
6 1 (0.86%) CISSP
6 1 (0.86%) IIBA
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.79%) PMO
2 13 (11.21%) GDPR
3 12 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (10.34%) NIST
4 8 (6.90%) QA
5 4 (3.45%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.72%) Basel III
7 1 (0.86%) COBIT
7 1 (0.86%) MiFID
7 1 (0.86%) P3O
7 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.86%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) ITRS Geneos
1 1 (0.86%) logstash
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 11 (9.48%) CyberArk
1 11 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.62%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.17%) Oracle
3 6 (5.17%) SAP
4 5 (4.31%) Google
4 5 (4.31%) Workday
5 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.86%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.86%) Avature
7 1 (0.86%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.86%) BT
7 1 (0.86%) Charles River
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco
7 1 (0.86%) Databricks
7 1 (0.86%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.86%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.86%) Kronos
7 1 (0.86%) Reuters