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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -17 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,721 2,249 3,080
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.31% 8.44% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.04% 9.43% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,084 1,263 2,005
10th Percentile £334 £275 £325
25th Percentile £419 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £619 £625 £628
90th Percentile £713 £725 £714
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 99 169
10th Percentile £16.90 £21.25 £20.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £27.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.99% -13.75% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.15 £65.00 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £33.27 £41.15
% change year-on-year +30.75% -19.15% -9.55%

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 28,483 23,837 32,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.40% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,219 14,596 22,102
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,784 766 1,805
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -8.41% +9.93%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -18 800 £530 -3.64% 298
South East -13 265 £525 +0.96% 443
North of England -28 253 £484 +7.50% 264
Midlands -19 207 £491 -6.48% 246
West Midlands -24 143 £496 -13.13% 135
North West -18 142 £500 +11.11% 117
South West -25 108 £450 -10.00% 168
Yorkshire -21 102 £490 +8.83% 105
East Midlands -13 66 £456 +7.35% 111
East of England -33 59 £450 -10.00% 207
North East -28 12 £430 -25.22% 49
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
1 157 (9.12%) Confluence
2 97 (5.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.05%) CMS
4 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) nginx
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.23%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.058%) IIS
12 1 (0.058%) Moodle
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.058%) WebSphere
Applications
1 193 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (10.87%) Microsoft Project
3 156 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
4 111 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 60 (3.49%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.28%) Trello
7 8 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.12%) InDesign
11 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.12%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 45 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.99%) Primavera
3 13 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (0.64%) Loan IQ
6 9 (0.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 8 (0.46%) Shopify
8 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
9 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
9 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.23%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 143 (8.31%) Azure
2 97 (5.64%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.88%) AWS
4 52 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (2.27%) SaaS
6 34 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.51%) GCP
8 22 (1.28%) Asana
9 19 (1.10%) Smartsheet
10 18 (1.05%) OpenShift
11 17 (0.99%) GitHub
12 16 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (0.87%) Google Workspace
14 14 (0.81%) OneDrive
15 13 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (0.64%) Entra ID
16 11 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
17 10 (0.58%) Serverless
18 8 (0.46%) ChatGPT
18 8 (0.46%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.74%) Firewall
2 24 (1.39%) WAN
3 16 (0.93%) LAN
4 15 (0.87%) Network Security
5 14 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
6 13 (0.76%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.58%) DNS
8 10 (0.58%) VPN
9 9 (0.52%) Skype
10 8 (0.46%) Internet
10 8 (0.46%) SSH
10 8 (0.46%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.41%) BGP
12 6 (0.35%) Broadband
12 6 (0.35%) DHCP
12 6 (0.35%) SSL
13 5 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.29%) MPLS
14 4 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (5.23%) Power BI
2 28 (1.63%) Tableau
3 21 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 17 (0.99%) Metadata
5 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.46%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.29%) GIS
9 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.23%) Power Query
10 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 289 (16.79%) JIRA
2 15 (0.87%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.41%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Selenium
5 4 (0.23%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.12%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.058%) Ant
8 1 (0.058%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.058%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.058%) ERwin
8 1 (0.058%) Gradle
8 1 (0.058%) JUnit
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.058%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.058%) Toad
8 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio
General
1 857 (49.80%) Social Skills
2 647 (37.59%) Finance
3 298 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
5 163 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 156 (9.06%) Banking
7 80 (4.65%) Retail
8 75 (4.36%) Legal
9 72 (4.18%) Marketing
10 69 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (3.72%) Manufacturing
12 47 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 46 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.32%) Investment Banking
15 35 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 35 (2.03%) Local Government
16 28 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.51%) Front Office
18 23 (1.34%) Financial Institution
19 18 (1.05%) Billing
Job Titles
1 653 (37.94%) Project Manager
2 209 (12.14%) Analyst
3 161 (9.36%) Lead
4 133 (7.73%) Senior
5 112 (6.51%) Business Analyst
6 91 (5.29%) IT Manager
7 82 (4.76%) Senior Manager
8 80 (4.65%) IT Project Manager
9 73 (4.24%) Consultant
10 62 (3.60%) Senior Project Manager
11 56 (3.25%) Technical Manager
12 51 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
13 49 (2.85%) Programme Manager
14 47 (2.73%) Infrastructure Manager
15 42 (2.44%) Coordinator
16 39 (2.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 37 (2.15%) Security Manager
18 36 (2.09%) Technical Project Manager
19 34 (1.98%) Developer
20 33 (1.92%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.22%) Middleware
1 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (0.76%) .NET
2 13 (0.76%) REST
3 12 (0.70%) EDI
3 12 (0.70%) SOAP
4 9 (0.52%) ADO
4 9 (0.52%) AngularJS
4 9 (0.52%) Web Services
4 9 (0.52%) XML
5 7 (0.41%) HTML
5 7 (0.41%) React
5 7 (0.41%) RESTful
6 6 (0.35%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.35%) LangChain
7 5 (0.29%) CSS
7 5 (0.29%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.23%) VML
8 4 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.28%) Onboarding
2 91 (5.29%) Management Information System
3 54 (3.14%) PMI
4 52 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
5 49 (2.85%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.85%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.56%) Virtual Team
7 41 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.34%) Operational Technology
10 20 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.05%) NHS
13 16 (0.93%) SCADA
14 15 (0.87%) Social Media
15 14 (0.81%) CMDB
16 13 (0.76%) Life Science
17 12 (0.70%) Tandem
18 11 (0.64%) Driving Licence
18 11 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (3.43%) Windows
2 16 (0.93%) Linux
3 13 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.70%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.12%) AIX
7 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.058%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) VMS
8 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 669 (38.87%) Agile
2 588 (34.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 432 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
4 429 (24.93%) Project Delivery
5 358 (20.80%) PRINCE2
6 316 (18.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 287 (16.68%) Change Management
8 245 (14.24%) Migration
9 222 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 207 (12.03%) Waterfall
11 191 (11.10%) Decision-Making
12 185 (10.75%) Risk Management
13 171 (9.94%) Scrum
14 157 (9.12%) Budget Management
15 139 (8.08%) Project Governance
16 136 (7.90%) ITIL
17 134 (7.79%) DevOps
18 132 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
19 131 (7.61%) ERP
20 123 (7.15%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 77 (4.47%) SQL
2 39 (2.27%) Python
3 15 (0.87%) Java
4 14 (0.81%) C#
5 12 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.35%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.35%) VBA
7 5 (0.29%) Perl
7 5 (0.29%) R
8 4 (0.23%) C++
8 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.17%) Korn
10 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.12%) Go
10 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.12%) Ruby
10 2 (0.12%) SOQL
10 2 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 322 (18.71%) Degree
2 248 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 242 (14.06%) PMP
4 230 (13.36%) PMI Certification
5 179 (10.40%) SC Cleared
6 56 (3.25%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.27%) APMP
8 35 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 30 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (1.39%) CISSP
13 23 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 21 (1.22%) CISM
15 17 (0.99%) MBA
16 15 (0.87%) CBAP
17 14 (0.81%) IIBA
18 10 (0.58%) A+ Certification
19 9 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
19 9 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (11.10%) PMO
2 114 (6.62%) QA
3 49 (2.85%) GDPR
4 48 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.80%) NIST
6 22 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 16 (0.93%) GRC
9 12 (0.70%) SLA
10 11 (0.64%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.58%) P3O
12 9 (0.52%) Basel III
13 7 (0.41%) GxP
13 7 (0.41%) ISO 19650
13 7 (0.41%) PSD2
14 6 (0.35%) NCSC
14 6 (0.35%) WCAG
15 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.81%) Docker
3 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.058%) Firmware
7 1 (0.058%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.058%) RACF
7 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.64%) SCCM
4 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.35%) Kibana
5 6 (0.35%) logstash
6 5 (0.29%) Ansible
7 4 (0.23%) Consul
7 4 (0.23%) Packer
7 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
9 1 (0.058%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 277 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.84%) SAP
3 82 (4.76%) Oracle
4 72 (4.18%) ServiceNow
5 63 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 32 (1.86%) Google
7 27 (1.57%) Cisco
8 21 (1.22%) Workday
9 20 (1.16%) Atlassian
10 18 (1.05%) Adobe
11 16 (0.93%) Planview
12 14 (0.81%) Databricks
13 13 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 13 (0.76%) IBM
13 13 (0.76%) VMware
14 12 (0.70%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.52%) Juniper
16 8 (0.46%) NEC
16 8 (0.46%) Sage
16 8 (0.46%) Splunk