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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,737 2,466 3,082
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.61% 8.13% 8.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 9.25% 9.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,387 2,060
10th Percentile £333 £291 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -3.57% -1.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 118 140
10th Percentile £20.29 £21.25 £21.63
25th Percentile £25.45 £27.00 £30.19
Median hourly rate £40.50 £34.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -23.33% +2.70%
75th Percentile £60.83 £56.94 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £68.80 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £38.54 £33.00 £46.53
% change year-on-year +16.79% -29.07% +13.38%

All Process and 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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025. 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 -13 822 £525 -4.55% 734
North of England -27 255 £496 +4.42% 1,015
South East -12 254 £525 +2.94% 1,074
Midlands -21 194 £500 -4.76% 866
North West -12 153 £500 +11.11% 505
West Midlands -24 135 £500 -9.09% 481
South West -25 102 £450 -5.26% 459
Yorkshire -25 93 £500 +4.17% 420
East of England -20 69 £475 +5.56% 634
East Midlands -11 59 £475 +18.75% 353
North East -21 11 £410 -28.70% 100
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
1 144 (8.29%) Confluence
2 104 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.50%) CMS
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.40%) WordPress
7 5 (0.29%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) Apache
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.058%) IIS
9 1 (0.058%) Moodle
9 1 (0.058%) SAS
Applications
1 190 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 170 (9.79%) Microsoft Project
3 157 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
4 113 (6.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 51 (2.94%) MS Visio
6 25 (1.44%) Trello
7 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InDesign
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.12%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 51 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
3 13 (0.75%) Primavera
4 11 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.46%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
7 7 (0.40%) Workfront
8 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.35%) Shopify
9 5 (0.29%) ResourceLink
9 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.23%) Eloqua
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
11 3 (0.17%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 129 (7.43%) Azure
2 93 (5.35%) Power Platform
3 90 (5.18%) AWS
4 55 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (2.48%) SaaS
6 32 (1.84%) GCP
7 31 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (1.61%) Asana
9 23 (1.32%) Google Workspace
10 22 (1.27%) Smartsheet
10 22 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
11 21 (1.21%) GitHub
12 15 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (0.86%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.63%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.58%) Entra ID
15 10 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 10 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.96%) Firewall
2 19 (1.09%) WAN
3 18 (1.04%) LAN
4 15 (0.86%) DNS
5 14 (0.81%) Network Security
6 12 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
7 10 (0.58%) DHCP
8 9 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.52%) Skype
8 9 (0.52%) SSH
8 9 (0.52%) VPN
9 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.46%) Wireless
10 7 (0.40%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.35%) Internet
12 5 (0.29%) BGP
12 5 (0.29%) Broadband
12 5 (0.29%) SSL
12 5 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.89%) Power BI
2 32 (1.84%) Tableau
3 27 (1.55%) SQL Server
4 16 (0.92%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) SAP HANA
6 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.29%) Big Data
9 5 (0.29%) Power Query
10 4 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
10 4 (0.23%) GIS
10 4 (0.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.17%) DB2
11 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 282 (16.23%) JIRA
2 14 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 12 (0.69%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.23%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.12%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.12%) JUnit
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Selenium
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.058%) Ant
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) LSMW
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) Subversion
8 1 (0.058%) Toad
General
1 843 (48.53%) Social Skills
2 621 (35.75%) Finance
3 292 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (9.04%) Banking
5 149 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 127 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
7 95 (5.47%) Marketing
8 79 (4.55%) Legal
8 79 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 73 (4.20%) Retail
10 70 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
11 49 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.65%) Telecoms
13 45 (2.59%) Investment Banking
14 43 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 40 (2.30%) Local Government
16 35 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
16 35 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
17 33 (1.90%) Front Office
18 20 (1.15%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 632 (36.38%) Project Manager
2 195 (11.23%) Analyst
3 147 (8.46%) Lead
4 141 (8.12%) Senior
5 108 (6.22%) Business Analyst
6 93 (5.35%) IT Manager
7 82 (4.72%) Senior Manager
8 78 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
9 73 (4.20%) Consultant
10 61 (3.51%) Technical Manager
11 60 (3.45%) Senior Project Manager
12 54 (3.11%) Programme Manager
13 47 (2.71%) Infrastructure Manager
14 45 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
15 42 (2.42%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 41 (2.36%) SAP Manager
17 40 (2.30%) Coordinator
17 40 (2.30%) Technical Project Manager
18 39 (2.25%) Security Manager
19 33 (1.90%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.04%) .NET
2 16 (0.92%) Middleware
2 16 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (0.81%) AngularJS
4 12 (0.69%) EDI
4 12 (0.69%) HTML
5 10 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (0.58%) React
5 10 (0.58%) REST
5 10 (0.58%) RESTful
6 8 (0.46%) Web Services
6 8 (0.46%) XML
7 7 (0.40%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.40%) CSS
7 7 (0.40%) Entity Framework
8 6 (0.35%) LangChain
8 6 (0.35%) NHibernate
8 6 (0.35%) Playwright
8 6 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.58%) Management Information System
2 96 (5.53%) Onboarding
3 50 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
3 50 (2.88%) Virtual Team
4 47 (2.71%) PMI
5 44 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 43 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 39 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.09%) Social Media
12 17 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 15 (0.86%) Cloud Native
13 15 (0.86%) Life Science
13 15 (0.86%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.81%) NHS
15 13 (0.75%) Learning Management System
15 13 (0.75%) Reinsurance
16 12 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 63 (3.63%) Windows
2 18 (1.04%) Linux
3 14 (0.81%) Unix
4 11 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.23%) VMS
7 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.12%) AIX
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.058%) Android
9 1 (0.058%) Solaris
9 1 (0.058%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (38.23%) Agile
2 541 (31.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 412 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
4 404 (23.26%) Project Delivery
5 338 (19.46%) PRINCE2
6 316 (18.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (17.44%) Change Management
8 231 (13.30%) Migration
9 225 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 200 (11.51%) Waterfall
11 191 (11.00%) Risk Management
12 185 (10.65%) Decision-Making
13 156 (8.98%) Scrum
14 140 (8.06%) ITIL
15 135 (7.77%) Project Governance
16 128 (7.37%) Budget Management
17 124 (7.14%) DevOps
18 122 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
19 116 (6.68%) Business Analysis
20 113 (6.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 77 (4.43%) SQL
2 50 (2.88%) Python
3 16 (0.92%) Java
4 15 (0.86%) C#
4 15 (0.86%) JavaScript
5 10 (0.58%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.29%) C++
6 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.29%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.29%) VB
6 5 (0.29%) VBA
7 4 (0.23%) R
7 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.17%) ABAP
8 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.17%) Korn
8 3 (0.17%) Perl
9 2 (0.12%) C
9 2 (0.12%) Go
9 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 345 (19.86%) Degree
2 230 (13.24%) PMP
3 224 (12.90%) PMI Certification
4 212 (12.20%) Security Cleared
5 152 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 48 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 30 (1.73%) APMP
8 25 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 24 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 23 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.04%) CISSP
13 16 (0.92%) CISM
14 11 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 10 (0.58%) A+ Certification
15 10 (0.58%) CCNP
15 10 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (0.46%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (9.96%) PMO
2 97 (5.58%) QA
3 42 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 39 (2.25%) GDPR
6 28 (1.61%) NIST
7 22 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.98%) GRC
10 11 (0.63%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.63%) P3O
11 7 (0.40%) APQC
11 7 (0.40%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.35%) GxP
12 6 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.29%) Basel III
13 5 (0.29%) SLA
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.23%) MiFID
14 4 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.15%) Docker
3 6 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.12%) Firmware
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.058%) IAG
7 1 (0.058%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.92%) Terraform
3 11 (0.63%) SCCM
4 10 (0.58%) Kibana
5 9 (0.52%) logstash
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.46%) Ansible
7 6 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.23%) Consul
8 4 (0.23%) Packer
9 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.12%) Grafana
10 2 (0.12%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.12%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCE
11 1 (0.058%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 294 (16.93%) Microsoft
2 151 (8.69%) SAP
3 74 (4.26%) Oracle
3 74 (4.26%) Salesforce
4 69 (3.97%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.99%) Google
6 27 (1.55%) Cisco
7 22 (1.27%) Adobe
8 18 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 17 (0.98%) Workday
10 16 (0.92%) Databricks
11 14 (0.81%) IBM
11 14 (0.81%) Planview
12 13 (0.75%) VMware
13 11 (0.63%) Remedy
14 9 (0.52%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.52%) Splunk
15 8 (0.46%) IFS
15 8 (0.46%) Juniper
16 7 (0.40%) CyberArk