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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 22 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 173 159 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 10.25% 7.34% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.95% 8.11% 7.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 110 170
10th Percentile £357 £313 £375
25th Percentile £463 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.21% +14.29%
75th Percentile £688 £674 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £19.92 £50.25
Median hourly rate - £20.61 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year - -59.99% -14.88%
75th Percentile - £21.29 £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £43.08 £26.80 £51.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -47.96% -14.88%

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 1,580 1,960 3,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.60% 90.53% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,378 2,164
10th Percentile £350 £350 £352
25th Percentile £456 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £726
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £558 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 26
10th Percentile £22.18 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -26.79% -12.50%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

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 22 May 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
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 22 May 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 1 £200 -
Project Management
Central 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 5 (2.89%) Confluence
1 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.58%) Drupal
3 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (10.98%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (10.40%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (10.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.31%) Trello
5 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.58%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.58%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) ION Anvil
2 1 (0.58%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.58%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.58%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.58%) SAP PLM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) SAP VC
2 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.40%) Azure
2 10 (5.78%) AWS
3 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (3.47%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.31%) GCP
5 3 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.73%) OCI
5 3 (1.73%) SaaS
5 3 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.16%) Miro
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.58%) Figma
7 1 (0.58%) GitHub
7 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.31%) Firewall
1 4 (2.31%) VPN
2 2 (1.16%) DNS
2 2 (1.16%) Network Security
2 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.16%) WLAN
3 1 (0.58%) BGP
3 1 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.58%) LAN
3 1 (0.58%) MPLS
3 1 (0.58%) OSPF
3 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.58%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.89%) Power BI
1 5 (2.89%) Tableau
2 4 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.73%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.16%) Big Data
4 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.16%) DB2
4 2 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.16%) Looker
4 2 (1.16%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Power Query
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (13.29%) JIRA
2 4 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (1.16%) Git
4 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.58%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) MSI
4 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (50.87%) Finance
2 80 (46.24%) Social Skills
3 32 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (14.45%) Banking
5 16 (9.25%) Front Office
6 12 (6.94%) Legal
7 11 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.78%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.62%) Investment Banking
10 7 (4.05%) Back Office
10 7 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (3.47%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.89%) Retail
12 5 (2.89%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.73%) Marketing
14 2 (1.16%) International Banking
14 2 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 69 (39.88%) Project Manager
2 27 (15.61%) Analyst
3 17 (9.83%) Business Analyst
4 16 (9.25%) Lead
5 14 (8.09%) Senior
6 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure Manager
7 10 (5.78%) Senior Manager
8 9 (5.20%) IT Manager
9 8 (4.62%) Consultant
9 8 (4.62%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.05%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 6 (3.47%) IT Project Manager
11 6 (3.47%) Programme Manager
11 6 (3.47%) Risk Manager
11 6 (3.47%) Transformation Manager
12 5 (2.89%) Business Manager
12 5 (2.89%) Data Analyst
12 5 (2.89%) Lead Consultant
12 5 (2.89%) Risk Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.73%) OAuth
1 3 (1.73%) SAML
2 2 (1.16%) CSS
2 2 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.16%) HTML
2 2 (1.16%) OpenID
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.16%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) ADO
3 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.58%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.58%) JWT
3 1 (0.58%) LDAP
3 1 (0.58%) Node.js
3 1 (0.58%) pytest
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) REST
3 1 (0.58%) SOAP
3 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.05%) Data Centre
1 7 (4.05%) Management Information System
1 7 (4.05%) Onboarding
1 7 (4.05%) PMI
1 7 (4.05%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.89%) Fixed Income
2 5 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (2.89%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.31%) Market Risk
3 4 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.31%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.73%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.16%) Derivative
5 2 (1.16%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (1.16%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.16%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.16%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.05%) Windows
2 6 (3.47%) Linux
3 4 (2.31%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.58%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (31.79%) Agile
3 49 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (19.65%) Project Delivery
5 29 (16.76%) Change Management
6 26 (15.03%) PRINCE2
7 20 (11.56%) Budget Management
7 20 (11.56%) Risk Management
8 19 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.98%) Decision-Making
9 18 (10.40%) Migration
9 18 (10.40%) Scrum
10 17 (9.83%) DevOps
10 17 (9.83%) Waterfall
11 15 (8.67%) Data Analysis
12 14 (8.09%) Business Analysis
12 14 (8.09%) Data Management
12 14 (8.09%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (7.51%) Analytics
13 13 (7.51%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.67%) SQL
2 10 (5.78%) Python
3 5 (2.89%) Java
4 4 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.16%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.16%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.58%) ABAP
7 1 (0.58%) Bash
7 1 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.58%) Groovy
7 1 (0.58%) RPG
7 1 (0.58%) RPG IV
7 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (19.08%) Degree
2 29 (16.76%) PMI Certification
3 26 (15.03%) PMP
4 16 (9.25%) Security Cleared
5 14 (8.09%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.73%) CFA
8 3 (1.73%) CISA
8 3 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (1.16%) OCP
9 2 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.58%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.58%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.94%) PMO
2 7 (4.05%) MiFID
3 6 (3.47%) EMIR
4 5 (2.89%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.89%) NIST
4 5 (2.89%) QA
4 5 (2.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (2.31%) GDPR
6 3 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.73%) COBIT
6 3 (1.73%) COSO
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.16%) SLA
8 1 (0.58%) SEPA
8 1 (0.58%) UCITS
System Software
1 4 (2.31%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) OpenAM
3 1 (0.58%) OpenDJ
3 1 (0.58%) OpenIDM
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (3.47%) Terraform
2 4 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.73%) SCCM
4 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.16%) Puppet
5 1 (0.58%) Ansible
5 1 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.58%) Kibana
5 1 (0.58%) logstash
5 1 (0.58%) Rancher
5 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.47%) Cisco
2 6 (3.47%) Planview
2 6 (3.47%) SAP
3 4 (2.31%) Databricks
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle
4 3 (1.73%) Google
4 3 (1.73%) Logitech
4 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.16%) Charles River
5 2 (1.16%) Citrix
5 2 (1.16%) Dell
5 2 (1.16%) HP
5 2 (1.16%) ION Trading
5 2 (1.16%) Pure Storage
5 2 (1.16%) SimCorp
5 2 (1.16%) Splunk
6 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.58%) Genesys
6 1 (0.58%) Tenable