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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 42 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 114 84 128
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.18% 4.83% 6.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.50% 5.12% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 47 66
10th Percentile £413 £374 £425
25th Percentile £469 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £584
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.78% +1.52%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £725 £756
Central London median daily rate £583 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +5.91% -8.33% +4.26%

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 2,072 1,640 1,987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 94.25% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 1,108 1,232
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £455 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 16
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.02 £17.25
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.54 £22.84
Median hourly rate £21.75 £27.83 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.83% -42.03% +33.33%
75th Percentile £39.81 £47.00 £112.00
90th Percentile £63.95 £67.89 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £28.07 £27.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.86% -20.50% -1.41%

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 2 October 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
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 Manager within the City of London region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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 £525 -16.00%
Project Manager
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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 57 (50.00%) Project Management
2 49 (42.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (37.72%) Agile
4 31 (27.19%) PRINCE2
5 30 (26.32%) Project Delivery
6 24 (21.05%) PMI Certification
7 23 (20.18%) PMP
8 22 (19.30%) Decision-Making
9 21 (18.42%) Migration
10 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (14.04%) Change Management
11 16 (14.04%) Waterfall
12 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
13 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (8.77%) AI
14 10 (8.77%) Project Governance
15 9 (7.89%) Business Case
15 9 (7.89%) JIRA
16 8 (7.02%) Azure
16 8 (7.02%) Change Control
16 8 (7.02%) PMO
16 8 (7.02%) Risk Management
16 8 (7.02%) Scrum
17 7 (6.14%) Budget Management
17 7 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 7 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
17 7 (6.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 7 (6.14%) Network Security
17 7 (6.14%) Process Improvement
17 7 (6.14%) SAP

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 5 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.51%) Confluence
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.75%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.88%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.02%) Azure
2 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.51%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.51%) SaaS
5 3 (2.63%) AWS
5 3 (2.63%) IaaS
5 3 (2.63%) PaaS
6 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.75%) Harvey AI
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.75%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.88%) Asana
7 1 (0.88%) Basecamp
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub
7 1 (0.88%) Kong
7 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) Network Security
2 2 (1.75%) Firewall
2 2 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.88%) BGP
3 1 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.88%) LAN
3 1 (0.88%) SSH
3 1 (0.88%) SSL
3 1 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.88%) WAN
3 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.63%) Power BI
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.88%) Metadata
3 1 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 43 (37.72%) Finance
2 33 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.91%) Banking
4 10 (8.77%) Retail
5 8 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.26%) Law
8 5 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.39%) Legal
9 3 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.63%) Marketing
9 3 (2.63%) Police
10 2 (1.75%) Advertising
10 2 (1.75%) Front Office
10 2 (1.75%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.75%) German Language
10 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) ADO
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
2 1 (0.88%) REST
2 1 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.63%) FMCG
3 3 (2.63%) PMI
3 3 (2.63%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.75%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.75%) Derivative
4 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.75%) Social Media
4 2 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.88%) Life Science
5 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.88%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.88%) PACS
5 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (50.00%) Project Management
2 49 (42.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (37.72%) Agile
4 31 (27.19%) PRINCE2
5 30 (26.32%) Project Delivery
6 22 (19.30%) Decision-Making
7 21 (18.42%) Migration
8 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (14.04%) Change Management
9 16 (14.04%) Waterfall
10 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (8.77%) AI
11 10 (8.77%) Project Governance
12 9 (7.89%) Business Case
13 8 (7.02%) Change Control
13 8 (7.02%) Risk Management
13 8 (7.02%) Scrum
14 7 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (6.14%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) Java
1 1 (0.88%) Korn
1 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (21.05%) PMI Certification
2 23 (20.18%) PMP
3 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.51%) Degree
4 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CISSP
6 1 (0.88%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.88%) NVQ Level 4
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.02%) PMO
2 2 (1.75%) GDPR
2 2 (1.75%) GRC
2 2 (1.75%) NIST
3 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.88%) SEPA
3 1 (0.88%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) TARGET2
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.14%) SAP
3 4 (3.51%) Oracle
3 4 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.63%) VMware
5 2 (1.75%) Google
5 2 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.75%) Splunk
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) Intapp
6 1 (0.88%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.88%) Juniper
6 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.88%) Zscaler