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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,903 1,992 2,956
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.84% 8.15% 7.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 8.96% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,190 1,855
10th Percentile £335 £300 £313
25th Percentile £414 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.90% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 106 246
10th Percentile £14.64 £24.49 £18.34
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.25 £26.48
Median hourly rate £39.75 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +21.46% -23.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £49.77
90th Percentile £74.38 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £45.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year -12.88% +18.94% -23.76%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -18 901 £550 +4.76% 360
North of England -20 294 £475 - 231
South East -14 282 £525 +5.00% 263
Midlands -31 196 £496 +10.22% 136
North West -13 172 £475 +5.56% 124
South West -16 134 £450 -10.00% 92
West Midlands -31 133 £500 - 83
Yorkshire -34 114 £480 +2.35% 74
East of England -26 74 £510 -1.73% 110
East Midlands -16 65 £393 -4.05% 52
North East -21 12 £430 -20.00% 38
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
1 147 (7.72%) Confluence
2 75 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.10%) CMS
4 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 200 (10.51%) Microsoft Project
2 185 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 141 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
4 104 (5.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 47 (2.47%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 15 (0.79%) Trello
8 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.16%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Windchill
12 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 67 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.95%) Primavera
3 13 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.47%) Shopify
8 8 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
9 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
11 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
12 4 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 137 (7.20%) Azure
2 88 (4.62%) Power Platform
3 82 (4.31%) AWS
4 71 (3.73%) SaaS
5 64 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.58%) GCP
8 25 (1.31%) Smartsheet
9 22 (1.16%) Asana
10 21 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.10%) Google Workspace
11 18 (0.95%) OpenShift
12 12 (0.63%) GitHub
13 11 (0.58%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.58%) OCI
14 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.53%) PaaS
15 9 (0.47%) IaaS
15 9 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.52%) WAN
2 25 (1.31%) Firewall
2 25 (1.31%) Network Security
3 19 (1.00%) DNS
3 19 (1.00%) LAN
4 18 (0.95%) SD-WAN
5 16 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
5 16 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.79%) MPLS
6 15 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.68%) VPN
8 12 (0.63%) Internet
9 10 (0.53%) DHCP
10 9 (0.47%) BGP
11 6 (0.32%) Intranet
11 6 (0.32%) IPsec
11 6 (0.32%) OSPF
11 6 (0.32%) SSL
12 5 (0.26%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (4.31%) Power BI
2 20 (1.05%) Tableau
3 17 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (0.89%) Metadata
4 16 (0.84%) SQL Server
5 12 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
6 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.21%) Big Data
9 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.21%) Power Query
9 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.16%) GIS
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 295 (15.50%) JIRA
2 19 (1.00%) Git
3 10 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.32%) GitLab
5 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.16%) Selenium
8 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.11%) Hudson
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.053%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.053%) Capybara
9 1 (0.053%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.053%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.053%) Gradle
9 1 (0.053%) minitest
9 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.053%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.053%) Travis CI
General
1 927 (48.71%) Social Skills
2 734 (38.57%) Finance
3 331 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (9.67%) Organisational Skills
5 182 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 156 (8.20%) Banking
7 103 (5.41%) Marketing
8 102 (5.36%) Retail
9 74 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
10 73 (3.84%) Legal
11 62 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 54 (2.84%) Telecoms
13 50 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.05%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 30 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 29 (1.52%) Local Government
18 28 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 25 (1.31%) Front Office
20 19 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 726 (38.15%) Project Manager
2 218 (11.46%) Analyst
3 176 (9.25%) Senior
4 164 (8.62%) Lead
5 121 (6.36%) Senior Manager
6 120 (6.31%) Business Analyst
7 101 (5.31%) Senior Project Manager
8 90 (4.73%) IT Manager
9 81 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
10 79 (4.15%) Programme Manager
11 68 (3.57%) Consultant
12 64 (3.36%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
13 59 (3.10%) Infrastructure Manager
14 49 (2.57%) Architect
15 47 (2.47%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 45 (2.36%) Project Officer
16 45 (2.36%) Technical Project Manager
17 40 (2.10%) Change Manager
17 40 (2.10%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.21%) Middleware
2 21 (1.10%) REST
3 18 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 16 (0.84%) Web Services
5 14 (0.74%) HTML
5 14 (0.74%) SOAP
6 13 (0.68%) CSS
7 11 (0.58%) OAuth
8 10 (0.53%) EDI
8 10 (0.53%) XML
9 9 (0.47%) .NET
9 9 (0.47%) VML
10 8 (0.42%) AngularJS
10 8 (0.42%) React
10 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
11 7 (0.37%) RESTful
11 7 (0.37%) SAML
12 6 (0.32%) ADO
12 6 (0.32%) OpenID
13 5 (0.26%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 99 (5.20%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.57%) PMI
4 64 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 55 (2.89%) Virtual Team
6 52 (2.73%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.21%) NHS
10 22 (1.16%) Operational Technology
11 19 (1.00%) CMDB
12 18 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (0.84%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
16 14 (0.74%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.74%) Social Media
17 11 (0.58%) FMCG
17 11 (0.58%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.31%) Windows
2 23 (1.21%) Linux
3 13 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.26%) Unix
4 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.16%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.053%) Android
7 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) Solaris
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
7 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (37.78%) Agile
2 643 (33.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 482 (25.33%) Project Delivery
4 451 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
5 393 (20.65%) PRINCE2
6 305 (16.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (15.92%) Change Management
8 286 (15.03%) Migration
9 278 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 224 (11.77%) Decision-Making
10 224 (11.77%) Waterfall
11 215 (11.30%) Risk Management
12 199 (10.46%) Scrum
13 174 (9.14%) Budget Management
14 165 (8.67%) ERP
15 137 (7.20%) DevOps
16 136 (7.15%) Roadmaps
17 127 (6.67%) Data Migration
18 126 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
18 126 (6.62%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 82 (4.31%) SQL
2 36 (1.89%) Python
3 20 (1.05%) JavaScript
4 18 (0.95%) Java
5 11 (0.58%) C#
6 10 (0.53%) VBA
7 7 (0.37%) C++
7 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.26%) ABAP
9 5 (0.26%) C
9 5 (0.26%) Perl
9 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.26%) R
10 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) Ada
12 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 332 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 316 (16.61%) Degree
3 291 (15.29%) PMP
4 261 (13.72%) PMI Certification
5 247 (12.98%) SC Cleared
6 64 (3.36%) DV Cleared
7 45 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 41 (2.15%) Master's Degree
9 38 (2.00%) APMP
10 36 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.31%) ACCA
12 25 (1.31%) CIMA
13 24 (1.26%) CISSP
14 22 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 20 (1.05%) CISM
15 20 (1.05%) MBA
16 17 (0.89%) CBAP
17 13 (0.68%) IIBA
18 12 (0.63%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (11.72%) PMO
2 130 (6.83%) QA
3 57 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.47%) GDPR
5 45 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.84%) NIST
7 30 (1.58%) SLA
8 17 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
11 10 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.42%) EMIR
13 8 (0.42%) MiFID
14 7 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.32%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.26%) NCSC
16 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.053%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.053%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.58%) Terraform
4 9 (0.47%) Ansible
5 6 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.21%) Consul
7 4 (0.21%) logstash
7 4 (0.21%) Packer
7 4 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.16%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.11%) Grafana
9 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 2 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.053%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.053%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.053%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.053%) vRealize
Vendors
1 290 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 172 (9.04%) SAP
3 107 (5.62%) ServiceNow
4 76 (3.99%) Oracle
5 60 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 36 (1.89%) Google
7 29 (1.52%) Cisco
8 28 (1.47%) Workday
9 27 (1.42%) Adobe
10 19 (1.00%) Atlassian
11 18 (0.95%) VMware
12 17 (0.89%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.74%) Sage
14 13 (0.68%) Databricks
14 13 (0.68%) Sitecore
15 11 (0.58%) NEC
15 11 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 11 (0.58%) Planview
16 9 (0.47%) IBM
16 9 (0.47%) Juniper