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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -12 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Management 125 186 246
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.85% 9.00% 9.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 9.78% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 101 151
10th Percentile £366 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +2.13%
75th Percentile £669 £725 £700
90th Percentile £714 £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 1,654 1,902 2,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.68% 92.06% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,163 1,618
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.71%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £758 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.54 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.19% +37.25% -37.04%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 10 (8.00%) Confluence
2 9 (7.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.60%) CMS
4 1 (0.80%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (4.00%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.60%) Workfront
3 1 (0.80%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.80%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.80%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.80%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.80%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.80%) SAP VC
3 1 (0.80%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.40%) AWS
1 8 (6.40%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.60%) Azure
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.40%) GCP
4 3 (2.40%) OCI
5 2 (1.60%) Asana
5 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.60%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.80%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.80%) SaaS
6 1 (0.80%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.40%) Firewall
2 6 (4.80%) WAN
3 5 (4.00%) LAN
4 4 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.40%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.60%) VPN
7 1 (0.80%) ATM
7 1 (0.80%) BGP
7 1 (0.80%) Internet
7 1 (0.80%) MPLS
7 1 (0.80%) Multicast
7 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.80%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.40%) Power BI
2 4 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.20%) Tableau
3 1 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.80%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (16.00%) JIRA
2 5 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.80%) Artifactory
General
1 67 (53.60%) Finance
2 49 (39.20%) Social Skills
3 25 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (20.00%) Banking
4 8 (6.40%) Investment Banking
5 7 (5.60%) Financial Institution
5 7 (5.60%) Marketing
6 6 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.00%) Legal
8 4 (3.20%) Front Office
8 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.40%) Back Office
9 3 (2.40%) Retail
9 3 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.60%) International Banking
10 2 (1.60%) Law
10 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (36.80%) Project Manager
2 19 (15.20%) Analyst
3 12 (9.60%) Business Analyst
3 12 (9.60%) Senior
4 11 (8.80%) IT Manager
4 11 (8.80%) Senior Manager
5 9 (7.20%) IT Project Manager
6 8 (6.40%) Technical Manager
7 7 (5.60%) Consultant
8 6 (4.80%) Programme Manager
8 6 (4.80%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (4.80%) Technical Project Manager
9 5 (4.00%) Coordinator
9 5 (4.00%) Developer
9 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 4 (3.20%) Applications Engineer
10 4 (3.20%) PMO Analyst
10 4 (3.20%) Project Coordinator
10 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (3.20%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.60%) HTML
3 1 (0.80%) ADO
3 1 (0.80%) CSS
3 1 (0.80%) OAuth
3 1 (0.80%) OpenID
3 1 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.80%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.80%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.40%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.20%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.20%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.40%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.40%) PMI
5 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.40%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.60%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.60%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.80%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.80%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.80%) Linux
2 3 (2.40%) Windows
3 2 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.20%) Agile
2 38 (30.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (27.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (25.60%) Project Delivery
5 27 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (16.00%) PRINCE2
7 19 (15.20%) Change Management
7 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (14.40%) Roadmaps
9 17 (13.60%) Migration
10 15 (12.00%) Scrum
11 13 (10.40%) Waterfall
12 12 (9.60%) Decision-Making
12 12 (9.60%) Risk Management
13 11 (8.80%) Analytics
13 11 (8.80%) Budget Management
13 11 (8.80%) User Acceptance Testing
14 10 (8.00%) DevOps
14 10 (8.00%) Process Improvement
15 9 (7.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.00%) Python
1 5 (4.00%) SQL
2 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.80%) ABAP
4 1 (0.80%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.20%) Degree
2 16 (12.80%) PMI Certification
3 15 (12.00%) PMP
4 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.40%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.60%) CFA
5 2 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.80%) APMG
6 1 (0.80%) APMP
6 1 (0.80%) CBAP
6 1 (0.80%) CISA
6 1 (0.80%) CISM
6 1 (0.80%) GIAC
6 1 (0.80%) GSEC
6 1 (0.80%) IIBA
6 1 (0.80%) ISACA
6 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.80%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.80%) PMO
2 9 (7.20%) QA
3 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.40%) GDPR
3 3 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.60%) GRC
4 2 (1.60%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.60%) PSD2
5 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.80%) Basel III
5 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.80%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.80%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.80%) NIST
5 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.80%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (3.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.00%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (3.20%) Kibana
2 4 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.20%) logstash
3 1 (0.80%) Ansible
3 1 (0.80%) CASB
3 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.80%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.80%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.80%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) ServiceNow
3 9 (7.20%) SAP
4 6 (4.80%) Google
5 5 (4.00%) Cisco
6 4 (3.20%) Oracle
6 4 (3.20%) Solace
7 3 (2.40%) Adobe
7 3 (2.40%) Arista
8 2 (1.60%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.60%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.60%) Workday
9 1 (0.80%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.80%) Aruba
9 1 (0.80%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.80%) Avature
9 1 (0.80%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.80%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.80%) Palo Alto