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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Management 125 184 244
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.77% 9.01% 9.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 9.77% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 97 152
10th Percentile £366 £354 £371
25th Percentile £435 £463 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +3.90%
75th Percentile £668 £715 £700
90th Percentile £714 £800 £788
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 1,669 1,883 2,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.36% 92.17% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 1,150 1,597
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.52 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £42.12 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £50.63 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.29% +27.27% -34.13%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 11 (8.80%) 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
7 1 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.60%) Workfront
2 1 (0.80%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.80%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.80%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.80%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.80%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.20%) AWS
2 8 (6.40%) Azure
2 8 (6.40%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.40%) GCP
4 3 (2.40%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.40%) OCI
5 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.60%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.60%) SaaS
5 2 (1.60%) Slack
5 2 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.80%) Asana
6 1 (0.80%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.40%) Firewall
2 6 (4.80%) WAN
3 5 (4.00%) LAN
4 3 (2.40%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.60%) VPN
6 1 (0.80%) ATM
6 1 (0.80%) BGP
6 1 (0.80%) Internet
6 1 (0.80%) MPLS
6 1 (0.80%) Multicast
6 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.80%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.40%) Power BI
2 5 (4.00%) Tableau
3 2 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.80%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (17.60%) JIRA
2 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.80%) Artifactory
General
1 65 (52.00%) Finance
2 49 (39.20%) Social Skills
3 25 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.40%) Banking
5 8 (6.40%) Financial Institution
6 7 (5.60%) Marketing
7 6 (4.80%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.00%) Legal
9 4 (3.20%) Front Office
9 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.40%) Back Office
10 3 (2.40%) Retail
10 3 (2.40%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.60%) International Banking
11 2 (1.60%) Law
11 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (39.20%) Project Manager
2 20 (16.00%) 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 6 (4.80%) Consultant
7 6 (4.80%) Programme Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Coordinator
8 5 (4.00%) Developer
8 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 4 (3.20%) PMO Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Project Coordinator
9 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow Developer
10 3 (2.40%) Payments Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (1.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.80%) ADO
2 1 (0.80%) CSS
2 1 (0.80%) OAuth
2 1 (0.80%) OpenID
2 1 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.80%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.80%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.40%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.20%) Virtual Team
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
6 2 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.60%) Fixed Income
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 4 (3.20%) Linux
2 3 (2.40%) Windows
3 2 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.00%) Agile
2 40 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (26.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (25.60%) Project Delivery
5 26 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (16.00%) PRINCE2
7 19 (15.20%) Change Management
8 18 (14.40%) Migration
8 18 (14.40%) Roadmaps
9 15 (12.00%) Scrum
10 13 (10.40%) Decision-Making
10 13 (10.40%) Waterfall
11 12 (9.60%) Risk Management
12 11 (8.80%) Analytics
13 10 (8.00%) Budget Management
13 10 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (7.20%) Process Improvement
14 9 (7.20%) Programme Management
15 8 (6.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.00%) SQL
2 3 (2.40%) Python
3 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.60%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.80%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (13.60%) Degree
1 17 (13.60%) PMI Certification
2 15 (12.00%) PMP
3 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.40%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.60%) CFA
4 2 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.80%) APMG
5 1 (0.80%) APMP
5 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.80%) CBAP
5 1 (0.80%) CISA
5 1 (0.80%) CISM
5 1 (0.80%) IIBA
5 1 (0.80%) ISACA
5 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.80%) SANS
5 1 (0.80%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.80%) PMO
2 9 (7.20%) QA
3 4 (3.20%) GDPR
3 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.60%) GRC
5 2 (1.60%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.60%) NIST
5 2 (1.60%) PSD2
6 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.80%) Basel III
6 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.80%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.80%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.80%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (1.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (1.60%) Kibana
2 2 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.60%) 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 22 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.40%) SAP
4 7 (5.60%) Google
5 5 (4.00%) Cisco
5 5 (4.00%) Oracle
6 3 (2.40%) Adobe
6 3 (2.40%) Arista
6 3 (2.40%) CyberArk
6 3 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.40%) Workday
7 2 (1.60%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.60%) Solace
8 1 (0.80%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.80%) Aruba
8 1 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.80%) Avature
8 1 (0.80%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.80%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.80%) Palo Alto