Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Project Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Project Manager daily rate in the City of London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 36 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 118 98 136
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.87% 5.59% 6.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.18% 5.96% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 59 92
10th Percentile £404 £452 £400
25th Percentile £471 £488 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £714 £661 £691
90th Percentile £773 £728 £786
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,278 1,643 2,047
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 93.78% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,520 1,042 1,411
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £453 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £568
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.91% -5.42%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 16
10th Percentile £17.56 £17.02 £16.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.33 £32.83 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.02% +44.29% -35.00%
75th Percentile £42.91 £63.75 £32.03
90th Percentile £60.25 £89.88 £45.13
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £30.04 £26.78
% change year-on-year -10.10% +12.15% -23.49%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Project Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in the City of London

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Project Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 26 June 2026, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 61 (51.69%) Project Management
2 48 (40.68%) Agile
2 48 (40.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (30.51%) PRINCE2
4 34 (28.81%) Project Delivery
5 27 (22.88%) PMP
6 22 (18.64%) PMI Certification
7 21 (17.80%) Migration
8 20 (16.95%) Decision-Making
9 16 (13.56%) Project Governance
9 16 (13.56%) Waterfall
10 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (11.02%) Azure
11 13 (11.02%) Microsoft
12 12 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (10.17%) PMO
13 11 (9.32%) NIST
14 10 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (7.63%) AWS
15 9 (7.63%) Change Management
15 9 (7.63%) CyberArk
15 9 (7.63%) GDPR
15 9 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 9 (7.63%) Security Architecture
15 9 (7.63%) Validation
16 8 (6.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 7 (5.93%) Budget Management
17 7 (5.93%) Change Control
17 7 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 7 (5.93%) Network Security

Project Manager Skill Set
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 3 (2.54%) CMS
1 3 (2.54%) Confluence
1 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.85%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.02%) Azure
2 9 (7.63%) AWS
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.69%) SaaS
5 1 (0.85%) Asana
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.85%) Basecamp
5 1 (0.85%) GitHub
5 1 (0.85%) Kong
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.85%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.93%) Network Security
2 2 (1.69%) Broadband
3 1 (0.85%) Internet
3 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.24%) JIRA
General
1 49 (41.53%) Finance
2 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
3 19 (16.10%) Banking
4 9 (7.63%) Financial Institution
5 8 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.93%) Law
6 7 (5.93%) Retail
7 6 (5.08%) Marketing
7 6 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.39%) Front Office
8 4 (3.39%) Legal
8 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.54%) Police
10 2 (1.69%) Advertising
10 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.69%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.69%) German Language
10 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) ADO
1 2 (1.69%) Middleware
2 1 (0.85%) Kafka
2 1 (0.85%) REST
2 1 (0.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
1 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.54%) FMCG
2 3 (2.54%) PMI
2 3 (2.54%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.69%) Social Media
4 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.85%) Derivative
4 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.85%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (51.69%) Project Management
2 48 (40.68%) Agile
2 48 (40.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (30.51%) PRINCE2
4 34 (28.81%) Project Delivery
5 21 (17.80%) Migration
6 20 (16.95%) Decision-Making
7 16 (13.56%) Project Governance
7 16 (13.56%) Waterfall
8 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.63%) Change Management
11 9 (7.63%) Security Architecture
11 9 (7.63%) Validation
12 8 (6.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 7 (5.93%) Budget Management
13 7 (5.93%) Change Control
13 7 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (5.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) Java
1 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) PMP
2 22 (18.64%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) Degree
4 3 (2.54%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.69%) CISM
5 2 (1.69%) CISSP
5 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.85%) APMP
6 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) PMO
2 11 (9.32%) NIST
3 9 (7.63%) GDPR
3 9 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.69%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) MiFID
5 1 (0.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) logstash
1 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.63%) CyberArk
3 5 (4.24%) SAP
4 4 (3.39%) Oracle
4 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.54%) Workday
6 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.69%) Splunk
7 1 (0.85%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.85%) Aderant
7 1 (0.85%) Adobe
7 1 (0.85%) BT
7 1 (0.85%) Charles River
7 1 (0.85%) Cisco
7 1 (0.85%) Databricks
7 1 (0.85%) Kronos
7 1 (0.85%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.85%) Vermilion