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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -30 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,779 1,777 2,464
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 6.39% 7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 7.03% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 1,093 1,406
10th Percentile £312 £325 £310
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £650 £633
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 96 132
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.24 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £25.47 £26.68
Median hourly rate £51.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.10% +0.71% -16.27%
75th Percentile £65.31 £58.69 £55.06
90th Percentile £82.88 £65.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £47.75 £34.42 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.73% -1.66% -17.65%

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 39,443 25,283 28,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.86% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,053 16,051 17,283
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,841 1,529 1,252
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.09
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -28 873 £550 - 1,931
North of England -34 253 £475 -5.10% 524
South East -27 249 £500 - 658
North West -25 149 £475 -3.56% 296
Midlands -51 141 £534 +12.37% 363
South West -22 134 £475 +5.56% 263
Yorkshire -19 98 £475 -9.52% 166
West Midlands -52 95 £550 +12.02% 209
East of England -22 76 £513 -1.44% 231
East Midlands -24 46 £525 +17.45% 154
North East -46 8 £420 +3.07% 67
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
1 110 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.89%) Confluence
3 33 (1.85%) CMS
4 20 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 18 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.34%) Apache
8 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.28%) JBoss
9 5 (0.28%) Moodle
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.056%) CICS
12 1 (0.056%) IIS
12 1 (0.056%) nginx
12 1 (0.056%) WinCC
Applications
1 183 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 149 (8.38%) Microsoft Project
3 144 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
4 120 (6.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.97%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.73%) Trello
8 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.34%) Windchill
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) Houdini
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) NUKE
13 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.056%) CATIA
13 1 (0.056%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 46 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.96%) Primavera
3 13 (0.73%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.73%) Magento
4 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.51%) SAP MM
5 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.45%) SAP PS
6 7 (0.39%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.39%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.22%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (8.38%) Azure
2 126 (7.08%) Power Platform
3 82 (4.61%) SaaS
4 72 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (3.77%) AWS
6 54 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.69%) Smartsheet
8 26 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (1.35%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.12%) Asana
11 19 (1.07%) GCP
12 17 (0.96%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.79%) GitHub
14 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.51%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
18 8 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.85%) Network Security
2 25 (1.41%) DNS
3 20 (1.12%) Firewall
3 20 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.01%) WAN
5 17 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
6 13 (0.73%) LAN
6 13 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.67%) DHCP
7 12 (0.67%) VPN
8 10 (0.56%) BGP
8 10 (0.56%) Intranet
9 8 (0.45%) 3GPP
9 8 (0.45%) 4G
9 8 (0.45%) 5G
9 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.45%) LTE
9 8 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (0.45%) Wireless
9 8 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.41%) Power BI
2 18 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.79%) Metadata
3 14 (0.79%) Tableau
4 13 (0.73%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.45%) GIS
6 8 (0.45%) Power Query
7 7 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.34%) Big Data
8 6 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
11 3 (0.17%) QlikView
11 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.11%) DataStage
12 2 (0.11%) EDMS
12 2 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 224 (12.59%) JIRA
2 25 (1.41%) Git
3 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (0.45%) Subversion
5 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.17%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.056%) Capybara
8 1 (0.056%) Gradle
8 1 (0.056%) Hudson
8 1 (0.056%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.056%) RSpec
8 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.056%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.056%) Toad
General
1 806 (45.31%) Social Skills
2 703 (39.52%) Finance
3 294 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
5 155 (8.71%) Banking
6 148 (8.32%) Public Sector
7 126 (7.08%) Marketing
8 114 (6.41%) Retail
9 89 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
10 69 (3.88%) Manufacturing
11 68 (3.82%) Legal
12 61 (3.43%) Telecoms
13 50 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.63%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 28 (1.57%) Local Government
16 27 (1.52%) Front Office
17 24 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 21 (1.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 674 (37.89%) Project Manager
2 167 (9.39%) Senior
3 165 (9.27%) Lead
4 128 (7.20%) Senior Manager
5 121 (6.80%) Analyst
6 102 (5.73%) IT Manager
7 96 (5.40%) Senior Project Manager
8 80 (4.50%) Programme Manager
9 75 (4.22%) IT Project Manager
10 72 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
11 68 (3.82%) Business Analyst
12 63 (3.54%) Technical Manager
13 58 (3.26%) Consultant
14 44 (2.47%) Technical Project Manager
15 42 (2.36%) Project Officer
16 40 (2.25%) Infrastructure Manager
17 35 (1.97%) Coordinator
18 32 (1.80%) Developer
18 32 (1.80%) Digital Project Manager
18 32 (1.80%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.07%) Middleware
2 18 (1.01%) REST
3 14 (0.79%) ADO
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (0.67%) Web Services
6 11 (0.62%) VML
7 10 (0.56%) HTML
7 10 (0.56%) JSON
7 10 (0.56%) React
8 9 (0.51%) .NET
8 9 (0.51%) OAuth
9 8 (0.45%) SOAP
9 8 (0.45%) Terraform
10 7 (0.39%) pytest
11 6 (0.34%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
12 5 (0.28%) RESTful
12 5 (0.28%) XML
13 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.01%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 86 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.32%) Data Centre
5 44 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 42 (2.36%) PMI
7 41 (2.30%) Virtual Team
8 28 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.52%) Operational Technology
10 25 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.35%) FMCG
11 24 (1.35%) Social Media
12 21 (1.18%) Credit Risk
12 21 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.01%) AI Agents
14 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (0.84%) Fixed Income
15 15 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (0.84%) Life Science
15 15 (0.84%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.81%) Windows
2 47 (2.64%) Linux
3 21 (1.18%) Unix
3 21 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.28%) zOS
6 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.056%) Android
8 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.056%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.056%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (45.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 685 (38.50%) Agile
3 513 (28.84%) Project Delivery
4 409 (22.99%) PRINCE2
5 309 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 302 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 296 (16.64%) Change Management
8 257 (14.45%) Decision-Making
9 247 (13.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 234 (13.15%) Migration
11 230 (12.93%) Risk Management
12 224 (12.59%) Waterfall
13 206 (11.58%) AI
14 185 (10.40%) Scrum
15 184 (10.34%) Project Governance
16 159 (8.94%) Project Planning
17 153 (8.60%) Roadmaps
18 146 (8.21%) Change Control
19 140 (7.87%) Programme Management
20 137 (7.70%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 68 (3.82%) SQL
2 66 (3.71%) Python
3 15 (0.84%) Java
4 14 (0.79%) VBA
5 13 (0.73%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.62%) C++
7 9 (0.51%) C#
7 9 (0.51%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.45%) Korn
9 7 (0.39%) Ada
9 7 (0.39%) Bash
10 6 (0.34%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.28%) C
11 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) JCL
14 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 292 (16.41%) Degree
1 292 (16.41%) Security Cleared
2 276 (15.51%) PMP
3 240 (13.49%) PMI Certification
4 200 (11.24%) SC Cleared
5 74 (4.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 73 (4.10%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 16 (0.90%) ACCA
9 16 (0.90%) CIMA
10 15 (0.84%) CISSP
10 15 (0.84%) ISTQB
10 15 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 14 (0.79%) APMP
11 14 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 12 (0.67%) CISM
12 12 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.62%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (12.20%) PMO
2 85 (4.78%) QA
3 54 (3.04%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.69%) GDPR
5 24 (1.35%) GRC
6 21 (1.18%) SLA
7 20 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 19 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.07%) NIST
9 8 (0.45%) P3O
10 7 (0.39%) FINREP
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 6 (0.34%) COREP
11 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 4 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.56%) vSphere
4 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.17%) NFS
7 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.056%) ACF2
9 1 (0.056%) Docker
9 1 (0.056%) RACF
9 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (1.18%) Ansible
2 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.34%) Puppet
4 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
4 5 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.11%) BMC Performance Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) Perfmon
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.056%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.056%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.056%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.056%) vRealize
Vendors
1 321 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 123 (6.91%) SAP
3 92 (5.17%) ServiceNow
4 68 (3.82%) Oracle
5 43 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.30%) Adobe
7 38 (2.14%) Google
8 37 (2.08%) VMware
9 24 (1.35%) Cisco
10 20 (1.12%) Sitecore
11 19 (1.07%) NEC
12 18 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 18 (1.01%) IBM
13 17 (0.96%) Workday
14 16 (0.90%) Databricks
15 14 (0.79%) Planview
16 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
18 10 (0.56%) Ariba
19 9 (0.51%) Murex