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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -30 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,811 1,841 2,506
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.91% 6.62% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 7.29% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 1,128 1,461
10th Percentile £313 £320 £313
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.43% -
75th Percentile £625 £639 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.20% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 98 157
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.98 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £28.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £36.24 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +31.07% -4.93% -4.70%
75th Percentile £63.25 £60.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.10 £75.00 £66.10
UK median hourly rate £46.50 £34.50 £37.39
% change year-on-year +34.78% -7.73% -8.80%

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 39,304 25,245 28,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.83% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,151 16,024 17,695
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £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 2,693 1,483 1,349
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.31 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -30 883 £550 - 849
North of England -37 263 £475 -3.46% 272
South East -22 261 £500 - 392
North West -22 162 £475 -3.46% 138
Midlands -51 144 £550 +18.92% 238
South West -23 133 £469 +4.22% 146
West Midlands -59 94 £550 +17.27% 138
Yorkshire -34 93 £475 -5.00% 99
East of England -13 82 £525 - 134
East Midlands -22 50 £525 +17.45% 100
North East -44 10 £420 +3.07% 36
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
1 106 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 92 (5.08%) Confluence
3 34 (1.88%) CMS
4 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (0.99%) 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 (0.055%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.055%) Appian
12 1 (0.055%) Camunda
Applications
1 181 (9.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (8.72%) Microsoft Project
3 148 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
4 121 (6.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 39 (2.15%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.77%) 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 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.055%) CATIA
14 1 (0.055%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 51 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.99%) Primavera
3 13 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.72%) Magento
4 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.44%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.44%) SAP MM
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.39%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.39%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.39%) SAP PS
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.33%) Shopify
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%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.22%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 161 (8.89%) Azure
2 125 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 87 (4.80%) SaaS
4 76 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (3.70%) AWS
6 61 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (1.88%) Smartsheet
8 25 (1.38%) Google Workspace
9 24 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.05%) Asana
11 18 (0.99%) Entra ID
12 16 (0.88%) GitHub
13 15 (0.83%) GCP
14 12 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.61%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.55%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.50%) OCI
17 9 (0.50%) OneDrive
17 9 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.93%) Network Security
2 24 (1.33%) DNS
3 23 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 21 (1.16%) WAN
5 20 (1.10%) Firewall
6 18 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
7 15 (0.83%) LAN
8 14 (0.77%) VPN
9 13 (0.72%) DHCP
9 13 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.66%) BGP
10 12 (0.66%) Intranet
11 9 (0.50%) SAN
11 9 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.50%) Wireless
12 8 (0.44%) 4G
12 8 (0.44%) 5G
12 8 (0.44%) LTE
12 8 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
12 8 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.29%) Power BI
2 19 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.83%) Tableau
4 12 (0.66%) Metadata
4 12 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.61%) Data Lake
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 (12.98%) JIRA
2 26 (1.44%) Git
3 19 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.50%) Subversion
5 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.055%) Capybara
10 1 (0.055%) Gradle
10 1 (0.055%) Hudson
10 1 (0.055%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.055%) LSMW
10 1 (0.055%) Maven
10 1 (0.055%) RSpec
10 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
General
1 820 (45.28%) Social Skills
2 705 (38.93%) Finance
3 313 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (10.22%) Organisational Skills
5 156 (8.61%) Banking
6 152 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 130 (7.18%) Marketing
8 116 (6.41%) Retail
9 74 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
10 68 (3.75%) Telecoms
11 61 (3.37%) Legal
12 60 (3.31%) Manufacturing
13 52 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.71%) Investment Banking
15 28 (1.55%) Front Office
16 27 (1.49%) 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
1 685 (37.82%) Project Manager
2 173 (9.55%) Senior
3 166 (9.17%) Lead
4 140 (7.73%) Analyst
5 131 (7.23%) Senior Manager
6 102 (5.63%) IT Manager
7 100 (5.52%) Senior Project Manager
8 82 (4.53%) Programme Manager
9 77 (4.25%) Business Analyst
10 74 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
11 63 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
11 63 (3.48%) Technical Manager
12 59 (3.26%) Consultant
13 47 (2.60%) Technical Project Manager
14 44 (2.43%) Infrastructure Manager
15 36 (1.99%) Coordinator
16 35 (1.93%) Digital Project Manager
17 34 (1.88%) Developer
17 34 (1.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 33 (1.82%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.16%) Middleware
2 18 (0.99%) REST
3 14 (0.77%) ADO
3 14 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.72%) HTML
4 13 (0.72%) VML
5 12 (0.66%) Web Services
6 10 (0.55%) 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%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.33%) pytest
9 6 (0.33%) Terraform
9 6 (0.33%) XML
10 5 (0.28%) CSS
10 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.28%) RESTful
11 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 88 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 86 (4.75%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 44 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.32%) PMI
8 29 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.44%) FMCG
10 25 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.38%) Operational Technology
11 24 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (1.33%) Social Media
12 21 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.16%) Credit Risk
13 17 (0.94%) AI Agents
14 16 (0.88%) Life Science
14 16 (0.88%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 56 (3.09%) Windows
2 48 (2.65%) Linux
3 21 (1.16%) Unix
3 21 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.33%) zOS
6 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.055%) Android
8 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (44.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 717 (39.59%) Agile
3 519 (28.66%) Project Delivery
4 414 (22.86%) PRINCE2
5 316 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 313 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
7 302 (16.68%) Change Management
8 254 (14.03%) Decision-Making
9 252 (13.91%) Migration
10 250 (13.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 240 (13.25%) Waterfall
12 232 (12.81%) Risk Management
13 203 (11.21%) AI
14 189 (10.44%) Scrum
15 172 (9.50%) Project Governance
16 154 (8.50%) Project Planning
17 153 (8.45%) Roadmaps
18 150 (8.28%) Analytics
19 139 (7.68%) Programme Management
20 137 (7.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 70 (3.87%) SQL
2 68 (3.75%) Python
3 16 (0.88%) VBA
4 15 (0.83%) JavaScript
5 13 (0.72%) Java
6 12 (0.66%) C++
7 9 (0.50%) C#
7 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.44%) Korn
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
1 297 (16.40%) Security Cleared
2 292 (16.12%) Degree
3 280 (15.46%) PMP
4 242 (13.36%) PMI Certification
5 203 (11.21%) SC Cleared
6 71 (3.92%) DV Cleared
7 69 (3.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 28 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.10%) ACCA
10 20 (1.10%) CIMA
11 15 (0.83%) ISTQB
11 15 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.72%) APMP
12 13 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 11 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.61%) CISSP
14 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
14 10 (0.55%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (12.59%) PMO
2 95 (5.25%) QA
3 54 (2.98%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.82%) GDPR
5 23 (1.27%) SLA
6 22 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.21%) GRC
7 19 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.99%) 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%) EMIR
12 5 (0.28%) MiFID
12 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 39 (2.15%) 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
6 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.055%) ACF2
9 1 (0.055%) Docker
9 1 (0.055%) RACF
9 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (1.16%) Ansible
2 10 (0.55%) 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 (0.055%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.055%) Nessus
9 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.055%) SCOM
9 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 327 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 125 (6.90%) SAP
3 100 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 73 (4.03%) Oracle
5 53 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 45 (2.48%) Adobe
7 41 (2.26%) Google
8 34 (1.88%) VMware
9 24 (1.33%) Cisco
9 24 (1.33%) Sitecore
10 18 (0.99%) Atlassian
10 18 (0.99%) NEC
11 17 (0.94%) Workday
12 16 (0.88%) Databricks
13 15 (0.83%) IBM
14 13 (0.72%) Planview
15 12 (0.66%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.61%) JD Edwards
17 10 (0.55%) Ariba
17 10 (0.55%) Dell