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 £589, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 35 26
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 116 97 154
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.97% 5.79% 7.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.27% 6.20% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 55 100
10th Percentile £418 £459 £400
25th Percentile £513 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £600 £605
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.83% -3.20%
75th Percentile £725 £668 £700
90th Percentile £788 £755 £788
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 2,201 1,564 2,053
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 93.37% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,491 982 1,435
10th Percentile £350 £350 £346
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -0.09% -8.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 14
10th Percentile £17.99 £19.25 £14.90
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.31 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.33 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +24.51% -35.00%
75th Percentile £53.44 £45.00 £28.91
90th Percentile £65.00 £81.88 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £27.30 £26.78
% change year-on-year -2.73% +1.94% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 (52.59%) Project Management
2 49 (42.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (40.52%) Agile
4 38 (32.76%) PRINCE2
5 36 (31.03%) Project Delivery
6 29 (25.00%) PMP
7 23 (19.83%) Migration
7 23 (19.83%) PMI Certification
8 21 (18.10%) Decision-Making
9 18 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (14.66%) Project Governance
11 15 (12.93%) Waterfall
12 14 (12.07%) Azure
13 12 (10.34%) Microsoft
13 12 (10.34%) NIST
13 12 (10.34%) PMO
13 12 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (9.48%) AWS
14 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (9.48%) GDPR
15 10 (8.62%) CyberArk
15 10 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 10 (8.62%) Security Architecture
15 10 (8.62%) Validation
16 9 (7.76%) Change Management
16 9 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 8 (6.90%) Budget Management
17 8 (6.90%) SAP
18 7 (6.03%) Change Control
18 7 (6.03%) Scrum

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 4 (3.45%) Confluence
2 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.72%) CMS
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.86%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.86%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.72%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.86%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.07%) Azure
2 11 (9.48%) AWS
3 3 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.86%) GitHub
5 1 (0.86%) Kong
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.86%) SaaS
5 1 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) Network Security
2 2 (1.72%) Broadband
3 1 (0.86%) Internet
3 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 53 (45.69%) Finance
2 32 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 20 (17.24%) Banking
4 10 (8.62%) Financial Institution
5 8 (6.90%) Law
5 8 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.03%) Retail
7 5 (4.31%) Front Office
7 5 (4.31%) Legal
7 5 (4.31%) Marketing
8 3 (2.59%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.59%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.72%) German Language
9 2 (1.72%) Police
10 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) ADO
1 2 (1.72%) Middleware
2 1 (0.86%) Kafka
2 1 (0.86%) REST
2 1 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.86%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
1 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
1 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
2 3 (2.59%) FMCG
2 3 (2.59%) PMI
3 2 (1.72%) Derivative
3 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.86%) Credit Risk
4 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.86%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.86%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.86%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.86%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (52.59%) Project Management
2 49 (42.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (40.52%) Agile
4 38 (32.76%) PRINCE2
5 36 (31.03%) Project Delivery
6 23 (19.83%) Migration
7 21 (18.10%) Decision-Making
8 18 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (14.66%) Project Governance
10 15 (12.93%) Waterfall
11 12 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (8.62%) Security Architecture
13 10 (8.62%) Validation
14 9 (7.76%) Change Management
14 9 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (6.90%) Budget Management
16 7 (6.03%) Change Control
16 7 (6.03%) Scrum
17 6 (5.17%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.86%) Java
1 1 (0.86%) Korn
1 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (25.00%) PMP
2 23 (19.83%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) Degree
5 2 (1.72%) APMP
5 2 (1.72%) CISM
5 2 (1.72%) CISSP
6 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.34%) NIST
1 12 (10.34%) PMO
2 11 (9.48%) GDPR
3 10 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.72%) GRC
4 2 (1.72%) QA
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.86%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) logstash
1 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.62%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.90%) SAP
4 5 (4.31%) Oracle
4 5 (4.31%) Workday
5 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.86%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.86%) Aderant
7 1 (0.86%) Adobe
7 1 (0.86%) BT
7 1 (0.86%) Charles River
7 1 (0.86%) Cisco
7 1 (0.86%) Databricks
7 1 (0.86%) Kronos
7 1 (0.86%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.86%) Splunk
7 1 (0.86%) Vermilion