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 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 42 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 -12 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 113 85 130
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.03% 4.85% 6.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 5.17% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 48 71
10th Percentile £413 £378 £430
25th Percentile £469 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £594
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.45% -0.96%

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 2,115 1,645 1,982
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 93.84% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,105 1,246
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £783
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 14
10th Percentile - £17.08 £15.95
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £22.28
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.15 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.07% -14.05% -7.75%
75th Percentile £35.92 £56.75 £89.06
90th Percentile £62.50 £65.57 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £31.03 £27.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.53% -20.50% -

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 58 (51.33%) Project Management
2 49 (43.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (38.05%) Agile
4 32 (28.32%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.43%) Project Delivery
6 25 (22.12%) PMI Certification
6 25 (22.12%) PMP
7 23 (20.35%) Decision-Making
8 21 (18.58%) Migration
9 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (15.04%) Waterfall
10 16 (14.16%) Change Management
11 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
12 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (9.73%) Project Governance
13 10 (8.85%) AI
13 10 (8.85%) Azure
13 10 (8.85%) Business Case
14 9 (7.96%) JIRA
14 9 (7.96%) PMO
15 8 (7.08%) Budget Management
15 8 (7.08%) Change Control
15 8 (7.08%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (7.08%) Network Security
15 8 (7.08%) Risk Management
15 8 (7.08%) Scrum
16 7 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (6.19%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 7 (6.19%) Process Improvement
16 7 (6.19%) 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 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.54%) Confluence
3 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.88%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.85%) Azure
2 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.54%) AWS
4 4 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.54%) SaaS
5 2 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.77%) Harvey AI
5 2 (1.77%) IaaS
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.77%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.77%) PaaS
5 2 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.88%) Asana
6 1 (0.88%) Basecamp
6 1 (0.88%) GCP
6 1 (0.88%) GitHub
6 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.08%) Network Security
2 2 (1.77%) Firewall
2 2 (1.77%) 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 (2.65%) Power BI
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.88%) Metadata
3 1 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) JIRA
General
1 44 (38.94%) Finance
2 32 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.93%) Banking
4 9 (7.96%) Retail
5 8 (7.08%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.31%) Law
8 5 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Legal
9 3 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.65%) Marketing
9 3 (2.65%) Police
10 2 (1.77%) Advertising
10 2 (1.77%) Front Office
10 2 (1.77%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.77%) German Language
10 2 (1.77%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) ADO
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
2 1 (0.88%) REST
2 1 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.08%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.31%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.65%) FMCG
3 3 (2.65%) PMI
3 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.77%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.77%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.77%) Social Media
4 2 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.88%) CCTV
5 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.88%) Life Science
5 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.88%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.88%) PKI
5 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.33%) Project Management
2 49 (43.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (38.05%) Agile
4 32 (28.32%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.43%) Project Delivery
6 23 (20.35%) Decision-Making
7 21 (18.58%) Migration
8 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (15.04%) Waterfall
9 16 (14.16%) Change Management
10 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (9.73%) Project Governance
11 10 (8.85%) AI
11 10 (8.85%) Business Case
12 8 (7.08%) Budget Management
12 8 (7.08%) Change Control
12 8 (7.08%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (7.08%) Risk Management
12 8 (7.08%) Scrum
13 7 (6.19%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) Java
1 1 (0.88%) Korn
1 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (22.12%) PMI Certification
1 25 (22.12%) PMP
2 5 (4.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.54%) Degree
3 4 (3.54%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.65%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.77%) CISM
5 2 (1.77%) 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 9 (7.96%) PMO
2 3 (2.65%) GDPR
2 3 (2.65%) NIST
3 2 (1.77%) GRC
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.88%) SEPA
4 1 (0.88%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) TARGET2
System Software
1 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.19%) SAP
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle
3 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.77%) Google
5 2 (1.77%) Splunk
5 2 (1.77%) VMware
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
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