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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +18
Contract jobs citing Project Management 133 170 281
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 7.79% 8.12% 10.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.28% 8.86% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 100 182
10th Percentile £350 £449 £363
25th Percentile £433 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £708 £700
90th Percentile £725 £800 £790
Central London median daily rate £538 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.42% - +4.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £20.73 - -
25th Percentile £21.57 - -
Median hourly rate £23.43 - £38.00
75th Percentile £25.57 - -
90th Percentile £26.58 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.43 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -33.06% -7.89% +7.04%

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 1,606 1,918 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,173 1,745
10th Percentile £325 £372 £363
25th Percentile £418 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

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 4 November 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
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 4 November 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 - 1 £625 -
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 (7.52%) Confluence
1 10 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) CMS
2 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (11.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (6.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (3.76%) MS Visio
6 3 (2.26%) Trello
7 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Aladdin
1 3 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.50%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.50%) SAP PLM
2 2 (1.50%) SAP VC
2 2 (1.50%) Workfront
3 1 (0.75%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.75%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.75%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.75%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.75%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.26%) AWS
2 6 (4.51%) Azure
2 6 (4.51%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.26%) GCP
4 3 (2.26%) OCI
4 3 (2.26%) SaaS
5 2 (1.50%) Asana
5 2 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.75%) Collibra
6 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.75%) Figma
6 1 (0.75%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.75%) Slack
6 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) Firewall
2 7 (5.26%) WAN
3 4 (3.01%) LAN
4 3 (2.26%) BGP
4 3 (2.26%) MPLS
4 3 (2.26%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.26%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.26%) VPN
4 3 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.50%) DNS
5 2 (1.50%) OSPF
6 1 (0.75%) ATM
6 1 (0.75%) Internet
6 1 (0.75%) Multicast
6 1 (0.75%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.51%) Power BI
2 5 (3.76%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.01%) Tableau
4 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 20 (15.04%) JIRA
2 7 (5.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.75%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 73 (54.89%) Finance
2 60 (45.11%) Social Skills
3 28 (21.05%) Banking
4 20 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.27%) Front Office
6 9 (6.77%) Investment Banking
6 9 (6.77%) Legal
6 9 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.76%) Marketing
8 4 (3.01%) Back Office
8 4 (3.01%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Law
9 3 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.26%) Spanish Language
9 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (34.59%) Project Manager
2 21 (15.79%) Analyst
3 15 (11.28%) Business Analyst
4 13 (9.77%) IT Manager
5 12 (9.02%) Consultant
6 10 (7.52%) IT Project Manager
7 9 (6.77%) Technical Manager
8 7 (5.26%) Lead
8 7 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
9 5 (3.76%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) Lead Consultant
9 5 (3.76%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.76%) Senior
10 4 (3.01%) Business Consultant
10 4 (3.01%) Coordinator
10 4 (3.01%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (3.01%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 4 (3.01%) PMO Analyst
10 4 (3.01%) SAP Consultant
10 4 (3.01%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.76%) Elastic Stack
1 5 (3.76%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.50%) ADO
2 2 (1.50%) CSS
2 2 (1.50%) HTML
2 2 (1.50%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.75%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.75%) OAuth
3 1 (0.75%) OpenID
3 1 (0.75%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.51%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.51%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.51%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.76%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.01%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.01%) Reinsurance
5 3 (2.26%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (2.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.50%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.77%) Linux
2 6 (4.51%) Windows
3 3 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (39.10%) Agile
2 40 (30.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 32 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 25 (18.80%) Change Management
7 21 (15.79%) Scrum
8 17 (12.78%) Risk Management
9 15 (11.28%) Roadmaps
10 14 (10.53%) Data Analysis
10 14 (10.53%) DevOps
10 14 (10.53%) Migration
10 14 (10.53%) PRINCE2
10 14 (10.53%) Time Management
11 12 (9.02%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (9.02%) Waterfall
12 11 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (8.27%) Decision-Making
13 10 (7.52%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (7.52%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.52%) SQL
2 7 (5.26%) Python
3 5 (3.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.26%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.50%) ABAP
5 2 (1.50%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.75%) Java
6 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (18.80%) Degree
2 17 (12.78%) PMP
3 13 (9.77%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.51%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.76%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.50%) APMG
7 2 (1.50%) CCNP
7 2 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.50%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.75%) CFA
8 1 (0.75%) CISA
8 1 (0.75%) CISM
8 1 (0.75%) CISSP
8 1 (0.75%) GIAC
8 1 (0.75%) GSEC
8 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.04%) PMO
2 5 (3.76%) EMIR
2 5 (3.76%) MiFID
3 4 (3.01%) QA
4 3 (2.26%) GDPR
5 2 (1.50%) GRC
5 2 (1.50%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.50%) PSD2
5 2 (1.50%) SEPA
6 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.75%) COBIT
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.75%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.75%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) ITRS Geneos
1 6 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.76%) Kibana
2 5 (3.76%) logstash
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) CASB
3 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.75%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.75%) Puppet
3 1 (0.75%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.75%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) WSUS
3 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.52%) SAP
3 8 (6.02%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.76%) Cisco
4 5 (3.76%) Solace
5 3 (2.26%) Arista
5 3 (2.26%) Charles River
5 3 (2.26%) Google
5 3 (2.26%) Oracle
5 3 (2.26%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.50%) Adobe
6 2 (1.50%) Calypso
6 2 (1.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.50%) Tenable
7 1 (0.75%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.75%) Genesys
7 1 (0.75%) HP
7 1 (0.75%) Murex