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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,800 1,825 2,526
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.88% 6.56% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 7.22% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,118 1,116 1,468
10th Percentile £313 £321 £313
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -0.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £642 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 99 153
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.34 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £27.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £36.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -5.56% -4.70%
75th Percentile £63.88 £60.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £83.25 £75.00 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £45.25 £34.50 £37.28
% change year-on-year +31.16% -7.46% -9.07%

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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -29 878 £550 - 1,308
North of England -36 261 £475 -3.46% 310
South East -20 259 £500 - 450
North West -22 161 £475 -3.46% 156
Midlands -51 142 £538 +16.22% 279
South West -25 134 £472 +4.89% 192
West Midlands -58 94 £550 +17.27% 163
Yorkshire -32 92 £475 -5.00% 112
East of England -9 79 £525 -0.57% 173
East Midlands -20 48 £525 +17.45% 115
North East -45 10 £420 +3.07% 45
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
1 107 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 93 (5.17%) Confluence
3 33 (1.83%) CMS
4 20 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.44%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.33%) Apache
8 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.33%) WordPress
9 5 (0.28%) JBoss
9 5 (0.28%) Moodle
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.056%) Appian
12 1 (0.056%) Camunda
12 1 (0.056%) nginx
Applications
1 183 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 156 (8.67%) Microsoft Project
3 148 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
4 121 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 40 (2.22%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.72%) Trello
8 11 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.28%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.22%) Simulink
11 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.17%) InDesign
12 3 (0.17%) Windchill
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.056%) CATIA
14 1 (0.056%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 50 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.94%) Primavera
3 13 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.72%) Magento
4 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.50%) SAP MM
5 8 (0.44%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.44%) SAP PS
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) Shopify
8 5 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 162 (9.00%) Azure
2 124 (6.89%) Power Platform
3 85 (4.72%) SaaS
4 75 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (3.67%) AWS
6 63 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (1.83%) Smartsheet
8 25 (1.39%) Google Workspace
9 24 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.06%) Asana
11 18 (1.00%) Entra ID
12 15 (0.83%) GitHub
13 13 (0.72%) GCP
14 12 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.61%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.50%) OCI
17 9 (0.50%) OneDrive
17 9 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.89%) Network Security
2 24 (1.33%) DNS
3 23 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.11%) Firewall
4 20 (1.11%) WAN
5 18 (1.00%) Structured Cabling
6 14 (0.78%) LAN
6 14 (0.78%) VPN
7 13 (0.72%) DHCP
7 13 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.67%) BGP
8 12 (0.67%) Intranet
9 8 (0.44%) 3GPP
9 8 (0.44%) 4G
9 8 (0.44%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.44%) Internet
9 8 (0.44%) LTE
9 8 (0.44%) SAN
9 8 (0.44%) Wireless
9 8 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (6.28%) Power BI
2 18 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.83%) Tableau
4 13 (0.72%) Metadata
5 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.67%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.50%) Power Query
7 8 (0.44%) GIS
8 7 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.39%) Big Data
9 6 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.17%) QlikView
12 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.11%) Data Mart
13 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
13 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 235 (13.06%) JIRA
2 26 (1.44%) Git
3 18 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.50%) Subversion
5 6 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.22%) GitLab
6 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) Selenium
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.056%) Capybara
9 1 (0.056%) Gradle
9 1 (0.056%) Hudson
9 1 (0.056%) RSpec
9 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.056%) TestRail
General
1 813 (45.17%) Social Skills
2 702 (39.00%) Finance
3 308 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (10.33%) Organisational Skills
5 156 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 153 (8.50%) Banking
7 126 (7.00%) Marketing
8 113 (6.28%) Retail
9 77 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
10 66 (3.67%) Telecoms
11 61 (3.39%) Legal
12 60 (3.33%) Manufacturing
13 50 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.61%) Investment Banking
15 28 (1.56%) Front Office
16 27 (1.50%) Local Government
17 26 (1.44%) Aerospace
17 26 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.33%) Financial Institution
18 24 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 683 (37.94%) Project Manager
2 173 (9.61%) Senior
3 168 (9.33%) Lead
4 137 (7.61%) Analyst
5 130 (7.22%) Senior Manager
6 103 (5.72%) IT Manager
7 99 (5.50%) Senior Project Manager
8 81 (4.50%) Programme Manager
9 76 (4.22%) Business Analyst
10 75 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
11 64 (3.56%) Technical Manager
12 63 (3.50%) Delivery Manager
13 61 (3.39%) Consultant
14 48 (2.67%) Technical Project Manager
15 42 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
16 35 (1.94%) Coordinator
17 34 (1.89%) Developer
17 34 (1.89%) Digital Project Manager
17 34 (1.89%) Project Officer
18 33 (1.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.06%) Middleware
2 18 (1.00%) REST
3 14 (0.78%) ADO
3 14 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.72%) HTML
5 12 (0.67%) VML
5 12 (0.67%) Web Services
6 10 (0.56%) JSON
7 9 (0.50%) .NET
7 9 (0.50%) OAuth
7 9 (0.50%) React
8 8 (0.44%) SOAP
9 6 (0.33%) pytest
9 6 (0.33%) Terraform
9 6 (0.33%) XML
10 5 (0.28%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.28%) CSS
10 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.28%) RESTful
11 3 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.83%) Product Ownership
3 84 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 58 (3.22%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.44%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.33%) PMI
8 29 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.44%) FMCG
11 25 (1.39%) Operational Technology
12 24 (1.33%) Social Media
13 23 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.17%) Credit Risk
15 20 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (0.94%) AI Agents
17 16 (0.89%) Mobile App
18 15 (0.83%) Life Science
19 14 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 13 (0.72%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.00%) Windows
2 47 (2.61%) Linux
3 21 (1.17%) Unix
3 21 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.33%) zOS
6 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.056%) Android
9 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.056%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.056%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (45.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 709 (39.39%) Agile
3 518 (28.78%) Project Delivery
4 410 (22.78%) PRINCE2
5 315 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 310 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
7 300 (16.67%) Change Management
8 255 (14.17%) Decision-Making
9 250 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 249 (13.83%) Migration
11 237 (13.17%) Waterfall
12 233 (12.94%) Risk Management
13 202 (11.22%) AI
14 186 (10.33%) Scrum
15 174 (9.67%) Project Governance
16 155 (8.61%) Project Planning
17 150 (8.33%) Roadmaps
18 147 (8.17%) Analytics
19 141 (7.83%) Programme Management
20 135 (7.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 68 (3.78%) SQL
2 66 (3.67%) Python
3 16 (0.89%) VBA
4 15 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 14 (0.78%) Java
6 12 (0.67%) C++
7 9 (0.50%) C#
8 8 (0.44%) Korn
8 8 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.39%) Ada
9 7 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.33%) Bash
10 6 (0.33%) C
11 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.22%) JCL
12 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.11%) R
14 2 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 298 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 289 (16.06%) Degree
3 278 (15.44%) PMP
4 239 (13.28%) PMI Certification
5 202 (11.22%) SC Cleared
6 71 (3.94%) DV Cleared
7 69 (3.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 29 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.11%) ACCA
10 20 (1.11%) CIMA
11 15 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (0.78%) ISTQB
13 13 (0.72%) APMP
13 13 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 12 (0.67%) CISSP
14 12 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (0.61%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.56%) CIPFA
17 9 (0.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (12.61%) PMO
2 95 (5.28%) QA
3 51 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.78%) GDPR
5 23 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.22%) GRC
6 22 (1.22%) SLA
7 19 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.00%) NIST
9 8 (0.44%) P3O
10 7 (0.39%) FINREP
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 6 (0.33%) COREP
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.22%) ITGC
13 4 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 37 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 24 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.28%) vSphere
6 4 (0.22%) NFS
6 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.056%) ACF2
9 1 (0.056%) Docker
9 1 (0.056%) RACF
9 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (1.17%) Ansible
2 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.33%) Puppet
4 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.11%) BMC Performance Manager
8 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.11%) Perfmon
8 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.056%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.056%) Nessus
9 1 (0.056%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.056%) SCOM
9 1 (0.056%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 328 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 123 (6.83%) SAP
3 99 (5.50%) ServiceNow
4 74 (4.11%) Oracle
5 49 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 44 (2.44%) Adobe
7 39 (2.17%) Google
8 33 (1.83%) VMware
9 24 (1.33%) Cisco
10 23 (1.28%) Sitecore
11 19 (1.06%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.06%) NEC
12 18 (1.00%) Workday
13 16 (0.89%) Databricks
14 15 (0.83%) IBM
15 13 (0.72%) Planview
16 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.61%) JD Edwards
18 10 (0.56%) Ariba
18 10 (0.56%) Dell