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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 39 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 114 98 129
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.74% 5.24% 6.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.05% 5.60% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 60 86
10th Percentile £407 £441 £409
25th Percentile £472 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £688 £655 £700
90th Percentile £750 £725 £788
Central London median daily rate £575 £538 £600
% change year-on-year +6.98% -10.42% -

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 2,256 1,749 1,982
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 93.43% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,124 1,340
10th Percentile £358 £341 £363
25th Percentile £456 £435 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £558
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.63
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -2.99% -15.89%
75th Percentile £37.34 £62.00 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.25 £86.43 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £33.00
% change year-on-year -23.16% -8.98% -5.71%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 £525 -
Project Manager
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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 50 (43.86%) Project Management
2 45 (39.47%) Agile
3 41 (35.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (32.46%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.19%) Project Delivery
6 27 (23.68%) PMP
7 24 (21.05%) PMI Certification
8 21 (18.42%) Migration
9 19 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 16 (14.04%) Waterfall
11 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (9.65%) Azure
12 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
12 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (8.77%) Project Governance
14 9 (7.89%) Change Control
14 9 (7.89%) Scrum
15 8 (7.02%) Change Management
15 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (7.02%) PMO
16 7 (6.14%) Business Case
16 7 (6.14%) Network Security
16 7 (6.14%) NIST
17 6 (5.26%) AWS
17 6 (5.26%) Budget Management
17 6 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 6 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 6 (5.26%) SAP
18 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
18 5 (4.39%) CyberArk

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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.75%) CMS
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.88%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.88%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.65%) Azure
2 6 (5.26%) AWS
3 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.63%) SaaS
5 2 (1.75%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.88%) Asana
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.88%) Basecamp
6 1 (0.88%) GitHub
6 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.88%) IaaS
6 1 (0.88%) Kong
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.88%) PaaS
6 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) Network Security
2 2 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.88%) Broadband
3 1 (0.88%) LAN
3 1 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.88%) WAN
3 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (3.51%) JIRA
General
1 39 (34.21%) Finance
2 28 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 19 (16.67%) Banking
4 9 (7.89%) Law
5 8 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (7.02%) Retail
6 7 (6.14%) Financial Institution
6 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.39%) Legal
8 5 (4.39%) Marketing
9 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.63%) ADO
2 1 (0.88%) Middleware
2 1 (0.88%) REST
2 1 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.63%) FMCG
4 3 (2.63%) PMI
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.75%) Social Media
5 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.88%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.88%) CCTV
6 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.88%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.88%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.86%) Project Management
2 45 (39.47%) Agile
3 41 (35.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (32.46%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.19%) Project Delivery
6 21 (18.42%) Migration
7 19 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 16 (14.04%) Waterfall
9 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (8.77%) Project Governance
12 9 (7.89%) Change Control
12 9 (7.89%) Scrum
13 8 (7.02%) Change Management
13 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (6.14%) Business Case
15 6 (5.26%) Budget Management
15 6 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (5.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 5 (4.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) Java
1 1 (0.88%) Korn
1 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) PMP
2 24 (21.05%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) Degree
6 2 (1.75%) CISM
6 2 (1.75%) CISSP
6 2 (1.75%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.02%) PMO
2 7 (6.14%) NIST
3 5 (4.39%) GDPR
3 5 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.75%) GRC
5 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.88%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.88%) Firmware
1 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.26%) SAP
3 5 (4.39%) CyberArk
3 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.75%) Google
4 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.75%) Splunk
5 1 (0.88%) Aderant
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco
5 1 (0.88%) Databricks
5 1 (0.88%) Intapp
5 1 (0.88%) Juniper
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle
5 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.88%) Vermilion
5 1 (0.88%) VMware