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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,893 2,004 2,960
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.84% 8.23% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 9.05% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,198 1,862
10th Percentile £340 £300 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 104 249
10th Percentile £14.64 £25.17 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.80 £31.25 £26.42
Median hourly rate £40.25 £46.24 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +21.30% -23.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £75.00 £60.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £42.79 £38.12
% change year-on-year -6.51% +12.24% -23.76%

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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -17 897 £550 +4.76% 403
South East -13 286 £525 +2.44% 313
North of England -22 286 £475 - 233
Midlands -25 201 £500 +11.11% 175
North West -12 169 £478 +6.31% 119
West Midlands -33 136 £509 +1.70% 98
South West -18 125 £450 -10.00% 104
Yorkshire -34 109 £486 +2.97% 85
East of England -28 75 £510 -1.83% 137
East Midlands -13 67 £394 -3.85% 76
North East -19 12 £430 -18.10% 31
Project Management
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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
1 156 (8.24%) Confluence
2 71 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.16%) CMS
4 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) Moodle
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.053%) IIS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) SAS
10 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 205 (10.83%) Microsoft Project
2 193 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 138 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 104 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (2.43%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.90%) Trello
7 16 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.16%) InDesign
12 3 (0.16%) InVision
12 3 (0.16%) Sketch
13 2 (0.11%) Windchill
14 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 64 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.11%) Primavera
3 14 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 12 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (0.42%) Shopify
9 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
11 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
12 4 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 135 (7.13%) Azure
2 91 (4.81%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.44%) AWS
4 66 (3.49%) SaaS
5 56 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (1.32%) GCP
8 23 (1.22%) Smartsheet
9 22 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.00%) Asana
11 18 (0.95%) Google Workspace
12 17 (0.90%) OpenShift
13 13 (0.69%) GitHub
14 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.58%) Entra ID
15 11 (0.58%) OCI
16 10 (0.53%) PaaS
17 9 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.48%) IaaS
17 9 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.64%) WAN
2 26 (1.37%) Firewall
3 23 (1.22%) Network Security
4 20 (1.06%) SD-WAN
5 19 (1.00%) LAN
6 16 (0.85%) MPLS
6 16 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
8 14 (0.74%) DNS
8 14 (0.74%) VPN
9 13 (0.69%) Internet
9 13 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.53%) BGP
10 10 (0.53%) DHCP
11 6 (0.32%) Intranet
11 6 (0.32%) IPsec
11 6 (0.32%) OSPF
11 6 (0.32%) SSL
12 5 (0.26%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.49%) Power BI
2 22 (1.16%) Tableau
3 16 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (0.85%) Metadata
3 16 (0.85%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
5 8 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.37%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.21%) Big Data
8 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.21%) Power Query
8 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.16%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.16%) GIS
9 3 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 298 (15.74%) JIRA
2 17 (0.90%) Git
3 10 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.21%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.16%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
8 1 (0.053%) Ant
8 1 (0.053%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.053%) JUnit
8 1 (0.053%) LSMW
8 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.053%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.053%) RSpec
8 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.053%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.053%) Subversion
8 1 (0.053%) Toad
General
1 941 (49.71%) Social Skills
2 735 (38.83%) Finance
3 341 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
5 175 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 164 (8.66%) Banking
7 102 (5.39%) Marketing
8 94 (4.97%) Retail
9 75 (3.96%) Legal
10 74 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
11 61 (3.22%) Manufacturing
12 52 (2.75%) Telecoms
13 49 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.27%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.74%) Financial Institution
16 31 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (1.48%) Front Office
17 28 (1.48%) Local Government
18 25 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 18 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 735 (38.83%) Project Manager
2 225 (11.89%) Analyst
3 177 (9.35%) Senior
4 161 (8.51%) Lead
5 125 (6.60%) Business Analyst
6 122 (6.44%) Senior Manager
7 99 (5.23%) Senior Project Manager
8 90 (4.75%) IT Manager
9 82 (4.33%) IT Project Manager
10 75 (3.96%) Programme Manager
11 73 (3.86%) Consultant
12 64 (3.38%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.12%) Infrastructure Manager
14 57 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
15 51 (2.69%) Architect
16 47 (2.48%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 45 (2.38%) Technical Project Manager
18 43 (2.27%) Project Officer
19 39 (2.06%) Change Manager
20 38 (2.01%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.27%) Middleware
2 20 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.06%) REST
3 15 (0.79%) Web Services
4 14 (0.74%) SOAP
5 12 (0.63%) CSS
5 12 (0.63%) HTML
6 11 (0.58%) XML
7 10 (0.53%) EDI
8 9 (0.48%) .NET
8 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
9 8 (0.42%) VML
10 7 (0.37%) React
10 7 (0.37%) SAML
11 6 (0.32%) ADO
11 6 (0.32%) OAuth
11 6 (0.32%) OpenID
11 6 (0.32%) RESTful
12 5 (0.26%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.39%) Onboarding
2 101 (5.34%) Management Information System
3 65 (3.43%) PMI
4 63 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 54 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
6 53 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 53 (2.80%) Virtual Team
7 43 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.32%) NHS
10 23 (1.22%) Operational Technology
11 20 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.00%) CMDB
13 17 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (0.85%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
16 14 (0.74%) Social Media
17 13 (0.69%) Cloud Native
17 13 (0.69%) SCADA
18 12 (0.63%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.38%) Windows
2 22 (1.16%) Linux
3 13 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.32%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.26%) Unix
6 3 (0.16%) zOS
7 2 (0.11%) AIX
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.053%) Solaris
8 1 (0.053%) VMS
8 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 724 (38.25%) Agile
2 648 (34.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 480 (25.36%) Project Delivery
4 461 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
5 402 (21.24%) PRINCE2
6 312 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 297 (15.69%) Change Management
8 278 (14.69%) Migration
9 271 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 226 (11.94%) Decision-Making
11 220 (11.62%) Waterfall
12 215 (11.36%) Risk Management
13 205 (10.83%) Scrum
14 173 (9.14%) Budget Management
15 163 (8.61%) ERP
16 140 (7.40%) DevOps
17 136 (7.18%) Roadmaps
18 131 (6.92%) Business Analysis
19 128 (6.76%) Analytics
20 127 (6.71%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 82 (4.33%) SQL
2 36 (1.90%) Python
3 19 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 16 (0.85%) Java
5 10 (0.53%) C#
5 10 (0.53%) VBA
6 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.32%) C++
7 6 (0.32%) R
7 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.26%) ABAP
8 5 (0.26%) Perl
8 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.21%) C
9 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.16%) SOQL
11 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 323 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 320 (16.90%) Degree
3 296 (15.64%) PMP
4 263 (13.89%) PMI Certification
5 239 (12.63%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.59%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 37 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 36 (1.90%) APMP
10 28 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.27%) CISSP
12 22 (1.16%) ACCA
12 22 (1.16%) CIMA
12 22 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 20 (1.06%) CISM
13 20 (1.06%) MBA
14 17 (0.90%) CBAP
15 15 (0.79%) IIBA
16 11 (0.58%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (11.57%) PMO
2 128 (6.76%) QA
3 55 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 50 (2.64%) GDPR
5 45 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.85%) NIST
7 29 (1.53%) SLA
8 16 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
10 11 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.53%) EMIR
11 10 (0.53%) MiFID
12 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 6 (0.32%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.26%) NCSC
15 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.053%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.053%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.63%) Terraform
3 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.48%) Ansible
5 7 (0.37%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.21%) Consul
7 4 (0.21%) logstash
7 4 (0.21%) Packer
8 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.16%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.11%) Grafana
9 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 2 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.053%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.053%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.053%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.053%) vRealize
Vendors
1 279 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 164 (8.66%) SAP
3 108 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 79 (4.17%) Oracle
5 67 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.74%) Google
7 30 (1.58%) Cisco
8 29 (1.53%) Adobe
9 27 (1.43%) Workday
10 20 (1.06%) Atlassian
11 18 (0.95%) CyberArk
11 18 (0.95%) VMware
12 14 (0.74%) Sage
13 12 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.58%) Databricks
14 11 (0.58%) Planview
14 11 (0.58%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.48%) Juniper
16 8 (0.42%) CheckPoint
16 8 (0.42%) IBM