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 £590, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 46 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 112 92 136
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.79% 5.02% 6.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.09% 5.35% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 55 83
10th Percentile £410 £438 £414
25th Percentile £469 £463 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £688 £681 £688
90th Percentile £750 £725 £785
Central London median daily rate £595 £525 £611
% change year-on-year +13.33% -14.11% +1.88%

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 1,721 1,960
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 93.89% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 1,133 1,290
10th Percentile £363 £325 £367
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.62 £15.87
25th Percentile £17.89 £24.21 £20.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.73% +4.26% -26.03%
75th Percentile £32.57 £50.25 £89.06
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.21 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £28.33 £27.00
% change year-on-year -19.40% +4.91% -22.86%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 54 (48.21%) Project Management
2 48 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (40.18%) Agile
4 34 (30.36%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.68%) Project Delivery
6 27 (24.11%) PMP
7 26 (23.21%) PMI Certification
8 23 (20.54%) Migration
9 20 (17.86%) Decision-Making
10 17 (15.18%) Waterfall
11 14 (12.50%) Change Management
11 14 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (10.71%) Azure
12 12 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (10.71%) Project Governance
13 11 (9.82%) Microsoft
14 9 (8.04%) Change Control
14 9 (8.04%) Scrum
15 7 (6.25%) AWS
15 7 (6.25%) Budget Management
15 7 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
15 7 (6.25%) Network Security
15 7 (6.25%) SAP
16 6 (5.36%) Budgeting
16 6 (5.36%) Business Case
16 6 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 6 (5.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 6 (5.36%) JIRA
16 6 (5.36%) NIST
16 6 (5.36%) PMO

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 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.79%) Confluence
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.89%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.89%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.79%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.89%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.71%) Azure
2 7 (6.25%) AWS
3 5 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.68%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.68%) SaaS
6 2 (1.79%) IaaS
6 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.79%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.79%) PaaS
6 2 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.89%) Asana
7 1 (0.89%) Basecamp
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
7 1 (0.89%) GitHub
7 1 (0.89%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.89%) Kong
7 1 (0.89%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.25%) Network Security
2 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.89%) LAN
3 1 (0.89%) SSH
3 1 (0.89%) SSL
3 1 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.89%) WAN
3 1 (0.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.68%) Power BI
2 2 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.36%) JIRA
General
1 45 (40.18%) Finance
2 30 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.18%) Banking
4 10 (8.93%) Retail
5 8 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.36%) Financial Institution
7 6 (5.36%) Law
8 5 (4.46%) Legal
8 5 (4.46%) Marketing
9 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.68%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.68%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.68%) Police
11 2 (1.79%) Advertising
11 2 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.79%) German Language
11 2 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) ADO
2 1 (0.89%) Middleware
2 1 (0.89%) REST
2 1 (0.89%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.36%) Data Centre
1 6 (5.36%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.68%) FMCG
2 3 (2.68%) PMI
2 3 (2.68%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.79%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.79%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.79%) Social Media
3 2 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.89%) CCTV
4 1 (0.89%) Derivative
4 1 (0.89%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.89%) Market Risk
4 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.89%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (48.21%) Project Management
2 48 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (40.18%) Agile
4 34 (30.36%) PRINCE2
5 31 (27.68%) Project Delivery
6 23 (20.54%) Migration
7 20 (17.86%) Decision-Making
8 17 (15.18%) Waterfall
9 14 (12.50%) Change Management
9 14 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (10.71%) Project Governance
11 9 (8.04%) Change Control
11 9 (8.04%) Scrum
12 7 (6.25%) Budget Management
12 7 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (5.36%) Budgeting
13 6 (5.36%) Business Case
13 6 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (5.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.89%) Java
1 1 (0.89%) Korn
1 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (24.11%) PMP
2 26 (23.21%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.46%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.79%) CISM
6 2 (1.79%) CISSP
7 1 (0.89%) Degree
7 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) NIST
1 6 (5.36%) PMO
2 4 (3.57%) GDPR
2 4 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.79%) GRC
4 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.89%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.25%) SAP
3 4 (3.57%) CyberArk
4 3 (2.68%) Oracle
4 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.79%) Google
5 2 (1.79%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.79%) Splunk
5 2 (1.79%) VMware
6 1 (0.89%) Cisco
6 1 (0.89%) Intapp
6 1 (0.89%) Juniper
6 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.89%) Vermilion