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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -24 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,831 1,885 2,811
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.24% 7.57% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 8.28% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 1,158 1,705
10th Percentile £318 £308 £305
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.08% -0.31%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £613
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.90% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 101 264
10th Percentile £15.73 £21.39 £18.32
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.76 £26.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% +25.14% -17.78%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £71.84 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £46.18 £38.12
% change year-on-year -22.04% +21.14% -16.22%

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 36,836 22,759 32,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.40% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,282 14,723 20,802
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,078 2,398
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -23 855 £550 - 292
North of England -26 286 £475 - 200
South East -21 265 £502 +4.48% 253
Midlands -36 174 £500 +11.11% 117
North West -12 171 £468 +3.89% 104
South West -19 136 £450 - 89
West Midlands -44 119 £550 +17.27% 67
Yorkshire -33 109 £500 - 71
East of England -16 91 £525 +1.16% 102
East Midlands -12 55 £393 -7.44% 49
North East -37 9 £450 -11.33% 29
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
1 113 (6.17%) Confluence
2 96 (5.24%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.20%) CMS
4 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.38%) Apache
7 6 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.33%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.33%) WordPress
8 5 (0.27%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.22%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.11%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.055%) nginx
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 170 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 169 (9.23%) Microsoft Project
3 119 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
4 109 (5.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 42 (2.29%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.49%) Trello
8 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) Windchill
13 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.055%) CATIA
13 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 73 (3.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.87%) Primavera
3 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (0.55%) Shopify
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.44%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.38%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
8 6 (0.33%) SAP MM
8 6 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.27%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (7.37%) Azure
2 97 (5.30%) Power Platform
3 80 (4.37%) SaaS
4 73 (3.99%) AWS
5 65 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (1.37%) Smartsheet
8 22 (1.20%) GCP
9 20 (1.09%) Google Workspace
10 18 (0.98%) Asana
11 14 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 10 (0.55%) BigCommerce
12 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
13 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.49%) GitHub
13 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.49%) OCI
14 8 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (0.44%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.37%) Network Security
2 23 (1.26%) WAN
3 22 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 20 (1.09%) DNS
5 17 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
6 16 (0.87%) Firewall
6 16 (0.87%) LAN
7 14 (0.76%) MPLS
7 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.71%) BGP
9 12 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.55%) BIG-IP
10 10 (0.55%) DHCP
10 10 (0.55%) VPN
11 9 (0.49%) Internet
11 9 (0.49%) Intranet
12 7 (0.38%) DKIM
12 7 (0.38%) DMARC
12 7 (0.38%) SAN
13 6 (0.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (5.08%) Power BI
2 14 (0.76%) Tableau
3 13 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (0.71%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.55%) Metadata
5 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
6 7 (0.38%) Power Query
6 7 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.16%) QlikView
10 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.11%) Big Data
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 241 (13.16%) JIRA
2 20 (1.09%) Git
3 16 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.33%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.33%) GitLab
5 5 (0.27%) Subversion
6 2 (0.11%) Hudson
6 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.055%) Appium
7 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.055%) Capybara
7 1 (0.055%) Gradle
7 1 (0.055%) minitest
7 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.055%) RSpec
7 1 (0.055%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.055%) Terragrunt
General
1 831 (45.39%) Social Skills
2 723 (39.49%) Finance
3 294 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
5 147 (8.03%) Public Sector
6 133 (7.26%) Banking
7 107 (5.84%) Marketing
7 107 (5.84%) Retail
8 67 (3.66%) Legal
8 67 (3.66%) Manufacturing
9 58 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.02%) Financial Institution
12 32 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 27 (1.47%) Front Office
15 23 (1.26%) Local Government
16 21 (1.15%) Military
17 20 (1.09%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 722 (39.43%) Project Manager
2 201 (10.98%) Analyst
3 186 (10.16%) Senior
4 153 (8.36%) Lead
5 131 (7.15%) Senior Manager
6 111 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
7 107 (5.84%) Business Analyst
8 92 (5.02%) IT Manager
9 80 (4.37%) IT Project Manager
10 71 (3.88%) Programme Manager
11 68 (3.71%) Consultant
12 53 (2.89%) Infrastructure Manager
12 53 (2.89%) Technical Manager
13 50 (2.73%) Architect
14 46 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.40%) Technical Project Manager
16 42 (2.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 41 (2.24%) Project Officer
18 39 (2.13%) SC Cleared Project Manager
19 36 (1.97%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.31%) Middleware
2 22 (1.20%) REST
3 18 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (0.76%) OAuth
4 14 (0.76%) SOAP
5 13 (0.71%) VML
5 13 (0.71%) Web Services
6 11 (0.60%) HTML
7 9 (0.49%) CSS
7 9 (0.49%) JSON
8 8 (0.44%) .NET
8 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.44%) SAML
9 6 (0.33%) ADO
9 6 (0.33%) OpenID
9 6 (0.33%) XML
10 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.27%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.27%) RESTful
10 5 (0.27%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.24%) Management Information System
2 90 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 53 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
6 52 (2.84%) PMI
7 35 (1.91%) Virtual Team
8 33 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 20 (1.09%) FMCG
12 19 (1.04%) Social Media
13 18 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (0.87%) NHS
15 15 (0.82%) EPoS
16 14 (0.76%) Life Science
17 13 (0.71%) CMDB
17 13 (0.71%) Data Structures
18 12 (0.66%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.51%) Windows
2 27 (1.47%) Linux
3 16 (0.87%) Unix
4 15 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) AIX
7 1 (0.055%) Android
7 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (36.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 653 (35.66%) Agile
3 476 (26.00%) Project Delivery
4 379 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
5 345 (18.84%) PRINCE2
6 293 (16.00%) Migration
7 281 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 274 (14.96%) Change Management
9 248 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 233 (12.73%) Decision-Making
11 222 (12.12%) Risk Management
12 215 (11.74%) Waterfall
13 170 (9.28%) ERP
14 161 (8.79%) Scrum
15 149 (8.14%) AI
16 145 (7.92%) Budget Management
17 124 (6.77%) Data Migration
18 121 (6.61%) Validation
19 120 (6.55%) Project Planning
20 118 (6.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (4.31%) SQL
2 49 (2.68%) Python
3 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.76%) Java
4 14 (0.76%) VBA
5 10 (0.55%) C#
6 9 (0.49%) C++
7 7 (0.38%) C
8 6 (0.33%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.27%) ABAP
9 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.22%) Ada
10 4 (0.22%) JCL
10 4 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.22%) R
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 294 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 268 (14.64%) Degree
3 265 (14.47%) PMP
4 222 (12.12%) PMI Certification
5 216 (11.80%) SC Cleared
6 66 (3.60%) DV Cleared
7 44 (2.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 35 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.69%) ACCA
9 31 (1.69%) CIMA
10 24 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.20%) APMP
12 20 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (1.04%) CISSP
14 16 (0.87%) CISM
14 16 (0.87%) MBA
15 14 (0.76%) CBAP
16 12 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
17 10 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (12.12%) PMO
2 109 (5.95%) QA
3 48 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.40%) GDPR
5 37 (2.02%) SLA
6 33 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.69%) NIST
8 20 (1.09%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.82%) GRC
10 8 (0.44%) MiFID
11 7 (0.38%) Basel III
11 7 (0.38%) EMIR
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) GMP
12 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.27%) GxP
13 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 26 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.33%) RACF
4 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.055%) ACF2
8 1 (0.055%) Docker
8 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (0.98%) Ansible
1 18 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.16%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.055%) Control-M
7 1 (0.055%) Grafana
7 1 (0.055%) logstash
7 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.055%) SCOM
7 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.055%) vRealize
7 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 279 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 159 (8.68%) SAP
3 95 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.82%) Oracle
5 51 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.13%) Google
7 29 (1.58%) Adobe
8 22 (1.20%) Cisco
9 21 (1.15%) Sitecore
10 20 (1.09%) Workday
11 17 (0.93%) VMware
12 14 (0.76%) CyberArk
12 14 (0.76%) Sage
13 13 (0.71%) Databricks
13 13 (0.71%) NEC
14 12 (0.66%) IBM
15 11 (0.60%) F5
16 10 (0.55%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.55%) Guidewire
16 10 (0.55%) Murex