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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 23 21
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,902 1,954 2,933
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.72% 8.03% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.55% 8.81% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,163 1,829
10th Percentile £340 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.40%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 105 241
10th Percentile £14.86 £22.75 £18.32
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.25 £26.42
Median hourly rate £38.29 £46.18 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +21.14% -22.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.58 £43.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year -12.76% +13.00% -22.20%

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 34,270 22,183 32,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.18% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,910 14,537 21,121
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,134 920 2,242
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.75 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.35 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.95% -16.94% -6.17%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -18 891 £550 +4.76% 322
North of England -22 287 £474 -3.27% 204
South East -15 278 £525 +5.00% 259
Midlands -23 201 £496 +5.76% 149
North West -14 163 £463 -2.63% 108
South West -14 144 £450 -1.32% 96
West Midlands -32 132 £500 - 83
Yorkshire -32 116 £480 +1.05% 67
East of England -26 76 £510 -1.73% 118
East Midlands -14 71 £398 -2.84% 65
North East -20 12 £430 -20.00% 35
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
1 149 (7.83%) Confluence
2 79 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.10%) CMS
4 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.42%) Apache
7 6 (0.32%) nginx
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Moodle
9 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.053%) IIS
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 201 (10.57%) Microsoft Project
2 178 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 135 (7.10%) Microsoft Office
4 106 (5.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (2.31%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
7 16 (0.84%) Trello
8 6 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) InVision
12 2 (0.11%) Sketch
12 2 (0.11%) Windchill
13 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 69 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.79%) Primavera
3 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 11 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (0.47%) Shopify
7 8 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
7 8 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 135 (7.10%) Azure
2 86 (4.52%) Power Platform
3 80 (4.21%) AWS
4 78 (4.10%) SaaS
5 64 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (1.47%) GCP
8 26 (1.37%) Smartsheet
9 23 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.16%) Asana
11 20 (1.05%) Google Workspace
12 14 (0.74%) OpenShift
13 12 (0.63%) Entra ID
13 12 (0.63%) GitHub
14 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.53%) OCI
15 10 (0.53%) PaaS
16 9 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (0.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.42%) Network Security
2 26 (1.37%) WAN
3 21 (1.10%) Firewall
4 18 (0.95%) DNS
5 17 (0.89%) SD-WAN
6 16 (0.84%) LAN
6 16 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.74%) MPLS
8 14 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
9 12 (0.63%) Internet
9 12 (0.63%) VPN
10 9 (0.47%) DHCP
11 8 (0.42%) BGP
12 6 (0.32%) BIG-IP
12 6 (0.32%) Intranet
12 6 (0.32%) IPsec
12 6 (0.32%) SSL
13 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.36%) Power BI
2 18 (0.95%) Tableau
3 16 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (0.84%) Metadata
4 14 (0.74%) SQL Server
5 10 (0.53%) 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%) Big Data
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.16%) GIS
10 3 (0.16%) Power Query
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 299 (15.72%) JIRA
2 22 (1.16%) Git
3 9 (0.47%) 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
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.053%) Ant
9 1 (0.053%) Appium
9 1 (0.053%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.053%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.053%) JUnit
9 1 (0.053%) minitest
9 1 (0.053%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.053%) Toad
9 1 (0.053%) Travis CI
General
1 904 (47.53%) Social Skills
2 725 (38.12%) Finance
3 323 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
5 182 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 148 (7.78%) Banking
7 102 (5.36%) Marketing
8 100 (5.26%) Retail
9 71 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
10 69 (3.63%) Legal
11 62 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 57 (3.00%) Telecoms
13 44 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.63%) Investment Banking
15 31 (1.63%) Local Government
16 30 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 22 (1.16%) Front Office
19 21 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 723 (38.01%) Project Manager
2 214 (11.25%) Analyst
3 177 (9.31%) Senior
4 164 (8.62%) Lead
5 124 (6.52%) Senior Manager
6 116 (6.10%) Business Analyst
7 105 (5.52%) Senior Project Manager
8 92 (4.84%) IT Manager
9 82 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
10 78 (4.10%) Programme Manager
11 63 (3.31%) Consultant
12 59 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
13 58 (3.05%) Technical Manager
14 53 (2.79%) Infrastructure Manager
15 50 (2.63%) Architect
16 49 (2.58%) Project Officer
17 42 (2.21%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 41 (2.16%) Coordinator
19 40 (2.10%) Change Manager
19 40 (2.10%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.26%) Middleware
2 23 (1.21%) REST
3 17 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
4 16 (0.84%) SOAP
5 14 (0.74%) HTML
5 14 (0.74%) Web Services
6 12 (0.63%) CSS
6 12 (0.63%) OAuth
7 10 (0.53%) EDI
8 9 (0.47%) VML
8 9 (0.47%) XML
9 8 (0.42%) .NET
9 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
9 8 (0.42%) SAML
10 7 (0.37%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.32%) ADO
11 6 (0.32%) JSON
11 6 (0.32%) OpenID
11 6 (0.32%) React
11 6 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (5.57%) Management Information System
2 95 (4.99%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.47%) Data Centre
3 66 (3.47%) PMI
4 56 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 55 (2.89%) Product Ownership
6 53 (2.79%) Virtual Team
7 39 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.21%) Operational Technology
10 20 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.00%) CMDB
11 19 (1.00%) NHS
12 17 (0.89%) Data Structures
13 16 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.84%) Social Media
14 15 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (0.74%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.74%) EPoS
16 13 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.31%) Windows
2 26 (1.37%) Linux
3 12 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Unix
4 6 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.21%) zOS
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.11%) AIX
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.053%) Android
8 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.053%) Solaris
8 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (37.33%) Agile
2 651 (34.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 496 (26.08%) Project Delivery
4 431 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
5 384 (20.19%) PRINCE2
6 304 (15.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 295 (15.51%) Migration
8 294 (15.46%) Change Management
8 294 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 237 (12.46%) Decision-Making
10 232 (12.20%) Waterfall
11 222 (11.67%) Risk Management
12 189 (9.94%) Scrum
13 178 (9.36%) Budget Management
14 172 (9.04%) ERP
15 138 (7.26%) Roadmaps
16 134 (7.05%) Project Planning
17 132 (6.94%) DevOps
18 129 (6.78%) AI
18 129 (6.78%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 82 (4.31%) SQL
2 41 (2.16%) Python
3 19 (1.00%) Java
4 17 (0.89%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.58%) VBA
6 10 (0.53%) C#
7 9 (0.47%) C++
8 8 (0.42%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.37%) C
10 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.26%) ABAP
11 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.26%) R
12 4 (0.21%) Ada
12 4 (0.21%) Perl
13 3 (0.16%) JCL
13 3 (0.16%) SOQL
13 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 338 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 312 (16.40%) Degree
3 284 (14.93%) PMP
4 249 (13.09%) PMI Certification
4 249 (13.09%) SC Cleared
5 72 (3.79%) DV Cleared
6 47 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 43 (2.26%) Master's Degree
8 37 (1.95%) APMP
9 36 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (1.37%) ACCA
11 26 (1.37%) CIMA
12 22 (1.16%) CISSP
13 20 (1.05%) MBA
14 19 (1.00%) CISM
15 18 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 17 (0.89%) CBAP
17 12 (0.63%) APMG
17 12 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (12.15%) PMO
2 136 (7.15%) QA
3 59 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.52%) GDPR
5 42 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.68%) NIST
7 31 (1.63%) SLA
8 17 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
11 8 (0.42%) EMIR
11 8 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.42%) MiFID
11 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.32%) GMP
12 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 3 (0.16%) NFS
5 3 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
5 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
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%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.47%) Ansible
4 8 (0.42%) Terraform
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (0.21%) Consul
7 4 (0.21%) logstash
7 4 (0.21%) Packer
8 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.16%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) SCCM
8 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.11%) Grafana
9 2 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.053%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.053%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.053%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.053%) vRealize
Vendors
1 284 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.68%) SAP
3 105 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 68 (3.58%) Oracle
5 55 (2.89%) Salesforce
6 36 (1.89%) Google
7 27 (1.42%) Adobe
7 27 (1.42%) Workday
8 24 (1.26%) Cisco
9 20 (1.05%) Atlassian
10 17 (0.89%) CyberArk
11 16 (0.84%) VMware
12 14 (0.74%) Databricks
12 14 (0.74%) Sage
13 13 (0.68%) NEC
13 13 (0.68%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.53%) IBM
14 10 (0.53%) IFS
15 9 (0.47%) Juniper
16 8 (0.42%) CheckPoint