Project Management Contract Job Trends in England

Project Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 30 24
Rank change year-on-year -30 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,741 1,707 2,466
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.76% 6.12% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 6.73% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 1,076 1,403
10th Percentile £310 £333 £300
25th Percentile £423 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £514 £514 £520
% change year-on-year -0.03% -1.18% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 102 122
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.70 £23.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.62% -1.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £64.75 £62.55 £54.88
90th Percentile £82.65 £65.00 £67.48
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £34.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year +41.18% +0.21% -24.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,254 25,364 27,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.88% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,668 16,092 16,994
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,012 1,593 1,122
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.87 £20.14
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.81 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.45 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Project Management job vacancy trend in England

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in England over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in England

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in England over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in England

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -33 831 £550 - 1,851
South East -22 261 £510 - 561
North of England -28 258 £475 -5.00% 488
North West -28 146 £500 +2.09% 263
Midlands -48 144 £544 +14.47% 336
South West -25 126 £475 +5.56% 224
Yorkshire -5 106 £473 -5.50% 181
West Midlands -59 93 £550 +10.89% 200
East of England -21 74 £510 -2.39% 273
East Midlands -16 51 £538 +19.44% 136
North East -41 8 £420 +12.00% 46
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 104 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 85 (4.88%) Confluence
3 30 (1.72%) CMS
4 23 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.29%) Apache
9 5 (0.29%) JBoss
9 5 (0.29%) SAS
10 4 (0.23%) Moodle
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.057%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.057%) Appian
12 1 (0.057%) Camunda
12 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.057%) WinCC
Applications
1 184 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 156 (8.96%) Microsoft Project
3 142 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
4 112 (6.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (2.01%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.69%) Trello
8 9 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Windchill
10 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.057%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 43 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.09%) Primavera
3 14 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
4 13 (0.75%) Magento
5 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.52%) SAP MM
6 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.46%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.46%) SAP PS
6 8 (0.46%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.34%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.29%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 156 (8.96%) Azure
2 118 (6.78%) Power Platform
3 77 (4.42%) SaaS
4 63 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
4 63 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (3.33%) AWS
6 30 (1.72%) Smartsheet
7 26 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (1.32%) Google Workspace
9 19 (1.09%) Asana
10 18 (1.03%) GCP
11 17 (0.98%) Entra ID
12 14 (0.80%) GitHub
12 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.63%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.52%) Amazon S3
14 9 (0.52%) Power Automate
14 9 (0.52%) Snowflake
15 8 (0.46%) Google Drive
16 7 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.78%) Network Security
2 23 (1.32%) DNS
3 21 (1.21%) Firewall
4 18 (1.03%) WAN
5 17 (0.98%) Structured Cabling
5 17 (0.98%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.75%) LAN
6 13 (0.75%) VPN
6 13 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.63%) BGP
8 10 (0.57%) Intranet
9 9 (0.52%) DHCP
9 9 (0.52%) Wireless
10 8 (0.46%) 3GPP
10 8 (0.46%) 4G
10 8 (0.46%) Internet
10 8 (0.46%) LTE
10 8 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
10 8 (0.46%) VLAN
10 8 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (6.03%) Power BI
2 18 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.80%) Data Lake
3 14 (0.80%) Tableau
4 11 (0.63%) Metadata
4 11 (0.63%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.52%) Power Query
6 8 (0.46%) GIS
7 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.34%) Big Data
9 5 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.29%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.17%) QlikView
11 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.11%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.11%) Looker
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 229 (13.15%) JIRA
2 23 (1.32%) Git
3 17 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (0.46%) Subversion
6 6 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.17%) GitLab
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.057%) Postman
9 1 (0.057%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.057%) Snyk
9 1 (0.057%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.057%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.057%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.057%) TestRail
9 1 (0.057%) Toad
General
1 804 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 691 (39.69%) Finance
3 287 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (10.80%) Organisational Skills
5 160 (9.19%) Banking
6 146 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 115 (6.61%) Marketing
8 101 (5.80%) Retail
9 92 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
10 74 (4.25%) Manufacturing
11 60 (3.45%) Legal
12 57 (3.27%) Telecoms
13 53 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (1.90%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.55%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.55%) Local Government
16 24 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 23 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (1.32%) Front Office
18 21 (1.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 699 (40.15%) Project Manager
2 161 (9.25%) Senior
3 151 (8.67%) Lead
4 126 (7.24%) Senior Manager
5 108 (6.20%) Analyst
6 102 (5.86%) IT Manager
7 95 (5.46%) Senior Project Manager
8 87 (5.00%) Programme Manager
9 75 (4.31%) Delivery Manager
9 75 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
10 68 (3.91%) Technical Manager
11 61 (3.50%) Business Analyst
12 55 (3.16%) Consultant
13 48 (2.76%) Technical Project Manager
14 39 (2.24%) Coordinator
14 39 (2.24%) Project Officer
15 35 (2.01%) Infrastructure Manager
16 34 (1.95%) Project Coordinator
16 34 (1.95%) SC Cleared Project Manager
17 32 (1.84%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.15%) Middleware
2 16 (0.92%) ADO
3 13 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (0.57%) REST
5 9 (0.52%) OAuth
5 9 (0.52%) VML
5 9 (0.52%) Web Services
6 8 (0.46%) pytest
7 7 (0.40%) .NET
7 7 (0.40%) HTML
7 7 (0.40%) JSON
7 7 (0.40%) Terraform
8 6 (0.34%) React
8 6 (0.34%) SOAP
9 5 (0.29%) DAO
9 5 (0.29%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.29%) XML
10 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.09%) Management Information System
2 89 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 85 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.53%) Virtual Team
7 33 (1.90%) PMI
8 32 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.84%) Operational Technology
9 24 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.32%) Social Media
11 22 (1.26%) FMCG
12 21 (1.21%) Life Science
12 21 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.15%) AI Agents
13 20 (1.15%) Credit Risk
14 17 (0.98%) Fixed Income
15 15 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (0.86%) Mobile App
16 14 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.76%) Linux
2 46 (2.64%) Windows
3 21 (1.21%) Unix
4 20 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.23%) zOS
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.057%) macOS
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (47.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 673 (38.66%) Agile
3 523 (30.04%) Project Delivery
4 414 (23.78%) PRINCE2
5 311 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 309 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 282 (16.20%) Change Management
8 251 (14.42%) Decision-Making
9 249 (14.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 232 (13.33%) Risk Management
11 228 (13.10%) Migration
12 221 (12.69%) Waterfall
13 212 (12.18%) AI
14 190 (10.91%) Project Governance
15 186 (10.68%) Scrum
16 161 (9.25%) Project Planning
17 154 (8.85%) Roadmaps
18 142 (8.16%) Change Control
19 137 (7.87%) Programme Management
20 135 (7.75%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (3.79%) SQL
2 63 (3.62%) Python
3 13 (0.75%) VBA
4 11 (0.63%) C++
4 11 (0.63%) Java
5 8 (0.46%) Ada
5 8 (0.46%) Bash
5 8 (0.46%) C#
5 8 (0.46%) Korn
6 7 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.34%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.29%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.29%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.17%) ABAP
9 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.17%) C
9 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.11%) JCL
10 2 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 292 (16.77%) Security Cleared
2 279 (16.03%) Degree
3 263 (15.11%) PMP
4 231 (13.27%) PMI Certification
5 197 (11.32%) SC Cleared
6 77 (4.42%) DV Cleared
7 67 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 32 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 16 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 14 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.75%) APMP
12 13 (0.75%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.69%) CISSP
14 10 (0.57%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.52%) CISM
15 9 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (12.92%) PMO
2 78 (4.48%) QA
3 50 (2.87%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.49%) GDPR
5 24 (1.38%) GRC
6 20 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.03%) SLA
8 16 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.75%) NIST
10 10 (0.57%) P3O
11 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.34%) FINREP
12 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) COREP
13 5 (0.29%) GMP
13 5 (0.29%) MISRA
13 5 (0.29%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.23%) ITGC
14 4 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.63%) vSphere
4 10 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 2 (0.11%) KVM
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.057%) ACF2
9 1 (0.057%) Docker
9 1 (0.057%) RACF
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.98%) Ansible
2 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.34%) Puppet
5 5 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
7 3 (0.17%) BMC Performance Manager
7 3 (0.17%) Perfmon
7 3 (0.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.057%) Nessus
9 1 (0.057%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 320 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.72%) SAP
3 74 (4.25%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.85%) Oracle
5 46 (2.64%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.47%) VMware
7 41 (2.35%) Adobe
8 35 (2.01%) Google
9 26 (1.49%) Cisco
10 20 (1.15%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.09%) IBM
12 17 (0.98%) Sitecore
12 17 (0.98%) Workday
13 16 (0.92%) Databricks
14 15 (0.86%) NEC
15 14 (0.80%) Planview
16 12 (0.69%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.63%) Ariba
17 11 (0.63%) JD Edwards
18 9 (0.52%) Murex