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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,781 2,136 3,087
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.15% 8.27% 8.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.89% 9.20% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,222 1,991
10th Percentile £335 £275 £325
25th Percentile £417 £401 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £618 £613 £625
90th Percentile £713 £725 £728
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 94 191
10th Percentile £14.83 £23.70 £18.32
25th Percentile £20.75 £31.25 £26.03
Median hourly rate £39.50 £37.56 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% -1.48% -23.77%
75th Percentile £63.40 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.70 £65.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £36.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +6.85% -4.25% -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 30,243 23,214 32,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.45% 89.92% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,352 14,394 21,863
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,888 728 2,002
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.32
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.04% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £61.04
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.33 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% -

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -18 825 £550 +4.76% 316
North of England -21 277 £480 +6.67% 201
South East -12 275 £525 +4.95% 317
Midlands -22 204 £492 -1.60% 159
North West -12 158 £492 +10.87% 104
West Midlands -23 141 £500 -10.79% 81
South West -29 110 £450 -10.00% 117
Yorkshire -20 109 £480 +6.67% 78
East Midlands -14 65 £402 -2.90% 77
East of England -34 64 £450 -10.00% 131
North East -22 14 £410 -24.60% 26
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
1 165 (9.26%) Confluence
2 90 (5.05%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.24%) CMS
4 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.34%) WordPress
7 5 (0.28%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) Apache
9 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.056%) IIS
11 1 (0.056%) Moodle
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.056%) WebSphere
Applications
1 198 (11.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (11.06%) Microsoft Project
3 145 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
4 107 (6.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 50 (2.81%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.24%) Trello
7 14 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.39%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.22%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.056%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 50 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.01%) Primavera
3 15 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.73%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 10 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
7 9 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
8 8 (0.45%) Shopify
9 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
9 7 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.28%) SAP HCM
11 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
12 4 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 144 (8.09%) Azure
2 92 (5.17%) Power Platform
3 90 (5.05%) AWS
4 51 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (2.70%) SaaS
6 32 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (1.74%) GCP
8 21 (1.18%) Asana
9 20 (1.12%) OpenShift
10 19 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (0.90%) Google Workspace
11 16 (0.90%) Smartsheet
12 14 (0.79%) GitHub
12 14 (0.79%) Serverless
13 13 (0.73%) IaaS
13 13 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 12 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.67%) PaaS
15 9 (0.51%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.51%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.68%) Firewall
2 26 (1.46%) WAN
3 18 (1.01%) LAN
4 16 (0.90%) Network Security
5 15 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
6 12 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.62%) DNS
7 11 (0.62%) VPN
7 11 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.56%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.51%) SSL
10 8 (0.45%) BGP
10 8 (0.45%) Internet
10 8 (0.45%) MPLS
10 8 (0.45%) Skype
11 7 (0.39%) DHCP
12 6 (0.34%) Broadband
12 6 (0.34%) IPsec
13 5 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.77%) Power BI
2 28 (1.57%) Tableau
3 20 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 17 (0.95%) Metadata
5 16 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.45%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.22%) GIS
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.17%) Power Query
10 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.11%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 297 (16.68%) JIRA
2 16 (0.90%) Git
3 11 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) Selenium
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Appium
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.056%) Ant
8 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.056%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.056%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.056%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.056%) JUnit
8 1 (0.056%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.056%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.056%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 900 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 675 (37.90%) Finance
3 307 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
4 173 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 160 (8.98%) Banking
6 89 (5.00%) Retail
7 79 (4.44%) Marketing
8 76 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 74 (4.15%) Legal
10 63 (3.54%) Manufacturing
11 51 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 42 (2.36%) Investment Banking
14 30 (1.68%) Local Government
15 28 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.57%) Front Office
15 28 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 25 (1.40%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.95%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 676 (37.96%) Project Manager
2 212 (11.90%) Analyst
3 162 (9.10%) Lead
4 148 (8.31%) Senior
5 114 (6.40%) Business Analyst
6 98 (5.50%) Senior Manager
7 88 (4.94%) IT Manager
8 80 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
8 80 (4.49%) Senior Project Manager
9 76 (4.27%) Consultant
10 54 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
10 54 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
10 54 (3.03%) Technical Manager
11 49 (2.75%) Programme Manager
12 46 (2.58%) Coordinator
13 45 (2.53%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 41 (2.30%) Architect
15 35 (1.97%) SAP Manager
16 34 (1.91%) Technical Project Manager
17 33 (1.85%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.18%) Middleware
2 18 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (0.84%) Web Services
4 13 (0.73%) REST
4 13 (0.73%) SOAP
5 12 (0.67%) EDI
6 11 (0.62%) .NET
7 10 (0.56%) XML
8 8 (0.45%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.45%) CSS
9 7 (0.39%) HTML
10 6 (0.34%) ADO
10 6 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (0.34%) OAuth
10 6 (0.34%) OpenID
10 6 (0.34%) React
11 5 (0.28%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.28%) RESTful
11 5 (0.28%) SAML
11 5 (0.28%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.40%) Onboarding
2 94 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 55 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 53 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
5 51 (2.86%) PMI
6 48 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 38 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 21 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 21 (1.18%) NHS
12 18 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
12 18 (1.01%) Social Media
13 17 (0.95%) CMDB
14 16 (0.90%) SCADA
15 13 (0.73%) Cloud Native
16 12 (0.67%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.62%) Web Conferencing
18 10 (0.56%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.98%) Windows
2 15 (0.84%) Linux
3 11 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.56%) Unix
4 10 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.056%) Solaris
6 1 (0.056%) VMS
6 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.056%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (38.07%) Agile
2 593 (33.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 436 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
4 425 (23.86%) Project Delivery
5 366 (20.55%) PRINCE2
6 313 (17.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 281 (15.78%) Change Management
8 268 (15.05%) Migration
9 243 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 200 (11.23%) Waterfall
11 197 (11.06%) Decision-Making
12 190 (10.67%) Risk Management
13 184 (10.33%) Scrum
14 169 (9.49%) Budget Management
15 137 (7.69%) ERP
16 133 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
16 133 (7.47%) DevOps
17 128 (7.19%) ITIL
18 127 (7.13%) Business Analysis
19 125 (7.02%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 78 (4.38%) SQL
2 41 (2.30%) Python
3 14 (0.79%) Java
4 13 (0.73%) C#
5 12 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.34%) VBA
7 5 (0.28%) Perl
7 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.22%) ABAP
8 4 (0.22%) R
8 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.17%) C++
9 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.17%) Korn
9 3 (0.17%) SOQL
10 2 (0.11%) C
10 2 (0.11%) Go
10 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 318 (17.86%) Degree
2 281 (15.78%) Security Cleared
3 256 (14.37%) PMP
4 235 (13.19%) PMI Certification
5 206 (11.57%) SC Cleared
6 60 (3.37%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 37 (2.08%) APMP
9 33 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 25 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.24%) CISSP
12 22 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 20 (1.12%) CISM
14 17 (0.95%) MBA
15 16 (0.90%) CBAP
16 15 (0.84%) IIBA
17 10 (0.56%) ACCA
17 10 (0.56%) CIMA
18 9 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (11.12%) PMO
2 125 (7.02%) QA
3 48 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 45 (2.53%) GDPR
6 33 (1.85%) NIST
7 20 (1.12%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (1.01%) SLA
9 16 (0.90%) GRC
10 12 (0.67%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.56%) Basel III
12 7 (0.39%) ISO 19650
13 6 (0.34%) EMIR
13 6 (0.34%) NCSC
13 6 (0.34%) PSD2
13 6 (0.34%) WCAG
14 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 28 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.79%) Docker
3 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.28%) RACF
4 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.056%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.79%) Terraform
3 10 (0.56%) SCCM
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.34%) Ansible
5 6 (0.34%) Kibana
5 6 (0.34%) logstash
6 4 (0.22%) Consul
6 4 (0.22%) Packer
7 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.056%) Argo
8 1 (0.056%) CASB
8 1 (0.056%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.056%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.056%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 281 (15.78%) Microsoft
2 147 (8.25%) SAP
3 86 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.93%) Oracle
5 64 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.74%) Google
7 27 (1.52%) Cisco
8 20 (1.12%) Adobe
8 20 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 20 (1.12%) Workday
9 14 (0.79%) Databricks
9 14 (0.79%) Planview
9 14 (0.79%) VMware
10 13 (0.73%) CyberArk
10 13 (0.73%) Sage
11 12 (0.67%) Palo Alto
12 11 (0.62%) IBM
13 9 (0.51%) Juniper
14 8 (0.45%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.45%) Splunk