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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,723 2,243 3,082
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.25% 8.48% 8.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.98% 9.48% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 1,258 2,003
10th Percentile £337 £274 £325
25th Percentile £421 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £619 £625 £631
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.13% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 99 172
10th Percentile £16.90 £21.25 £20.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £27.00 £25.85
Median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.99% -13.75% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £55.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.15 £65.00 £64.95
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £33.54 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.70% -16.15% -13.04%

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 28,832 23,662 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.43% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,449 14,467 21,997
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £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 1,786 760 1,829
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.98
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.67% +12.44%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -16 803 £530 -3.64% 299
South East -12 267 £525 +1.25% 423
North of England -26 254 £480 +6.67% 240
Midlands -21 204 £492 -6.29% 231
North West -18 142 £475 +5.56% 104
West Midlands -24 140 £500 -10.79% 134
South West -28 106 £450 -10.00% 151
Yorkshire -22 103 £492 +9.33% 96
East Midlands -16 66 £456 +7.35% 97
East of England -34 58 £450 -10.00% 175
North East -29 12 £430 -25.22% 46
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
1 156 (9.05%) Confluence
2 93 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.04%) CMS
4 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) nginx
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.23%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.058%) IIS
12 1 (0.058%) Moodle
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.058%) WebSphere
Applications
1 191 (11.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 186 (10.80%) Microsoft Project
3 157 (9.11%) Microsoft Office
4 108 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 58 (3.37%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.28%) Trello
7 8 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.12%) InDesign
11 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.12%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 42 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.99%) Primavera
3 13 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.70%) Loan IQ
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 8 (0.46%) Shopify
7 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
8 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.23%) NEC Housing
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 144 (8.36%) Azure
2 93 (5.40%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.88%) AWS
4 52 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (2.38%) SaaS
6 34 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.51%) GCP
8 21 (1.22%) Asana
9 18 (1.04%) OpenShift
9 18 (1.04%) Smartsheet
10 17 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (0.99%) GitHub
11 15 (0.87%) Google Workspace
12 14 (0.81%) OneDrive
13 13 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.64%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.64%) Serverless
15 10 (0.58%) IaaS
15 10 (0.58%) PaaS
16 9 (0.52%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.80%) Firewall
2 25 (1.45%) WAN
3 17 (0.99%) LAN
4 15 (0.87%) Network Security
5 14 (0.81%) SD-WAN
5 14 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
6 11 (0.64%) VPN
6 11 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.58%) DNS
8 9 (0.52%) Skype
8 9 (0.52%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.46%) BGP
9 8 (0.46%) Internet
9 8 (0.46%) SSH
10 7 (0.41%) SSL
11 6 (0.35%) Broadband
11 6 (0.35%) DHCP
11 6 (0.35%) MPLS
12 5 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (4.99%) Power BI
2 28 (1.63%) Tableau
3 21 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 17 (0.99%) Metadata
5 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.29%) GIS
7 5 (0.29%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.23%) Power Query
9 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.17%) Big Data
9 3 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.12%) DataStage
10 2 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 287 (16.66%) JIRA
2 15 (0.87%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.41%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Selenium
5 4 (0.23%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.12%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.058%) Ant
8 1 (0.058%) Appium
8 1 (0.058%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.058%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.058%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.058%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.058%) Gradle
8 1 (0.058%) JUnit
8 1 (0.058%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.058%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.058%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 857 (49.74%) Social Skills
2 649 (37.67%) Finance
3 298 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (9.75%) Organisational Skills
5 163 (9.46%) Public Sector
6 158 (9.17%) Banking
7 79 (4.59%) Retail
8 74 (4.29%) Marketing
9 73 (4.24%) Legal
10 72 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
11 62 (3.60%) Manufacturing
12 47 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 46 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.26%) Investment Banking
15 35 (2.03%) Local Government
16 34 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 27 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
18 26 (1.51%) Front Office
19 25 (1.45%) Financial Institution
20 18 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 659 (38.25%) Project Manager
2 208 (12.07%) Analyst
3 155 (9.00%) Lead
4 136 (7.89%) Senior
5 110 (6.38%) Business Analyst
6 92 (5.34%) IT Manager
7 84 (4.88%) Senior Manager
8 81 (4.70%) IT Project Manager
9 74 (4.29%) Consultant
10 64 (3.71%) Senior Project Manager
11 57 (3.31%) Technical Manager
12 51 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
13 49 (2.84%) Programme Manager
14 47 (2.73%) Infrastructure Manager
15 42 (2.44%) Coordinator
16 39 (2.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 37 (2.15%) Technical Project Manager
18 36 (2.09%) Security Manager
19 35 (2.03%) Developer
20 34 (1.97%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.22%) Middleware
1 21 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (0.75%) .NET
2 13 (0.75%) REST
3 12 (0.70%) EDI
3 12 (0.70%) SOAP
4 10 (0.58%) Web Services
5 9 (0.52%) ADO
5 9 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 9 (0.52%) XML
6 8 (0.46%) HTML
7 7 (0.41%) React
7 7 (0.41%) RESTful
8 6 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.35%) CSS
8 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.35%) LangChain
9 5 (0.29%) Entity Framework
10 4 (0.23%) Bootstrap
10 4 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 92 (5.34%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.08%) PMI
4 52 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
5 50 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 50 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 45 (2.61%) Virtual Team
7 40 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
8 31 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.33%) Operational Technology
10 20 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.04%) NHS
12 16 (0.93%) SCADA
13 15 (0.87%) CMDB
13 15 (0.87%) Social Media
14 12 (0.70%) Cloud Native
14 12 (0.70%) Tandem
15 11 (0.64%) Driving Licence
15 11 (0.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 59 (3.42%) Windows
2 16 (0.93%) Linux
3 13 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.70%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.12%) AIX
7 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.058%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) VMS
8 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 668 (38.77%) Agile
2 586 (34.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 432 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
4 426 (24.72%) Project Delivery
5 355 (20.60%) PRINCE2
6 321 (18.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 288 (16.72%) Change Management
8 254 (14.74%) Migration
9 222 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 207 (12.01%) Waterfall
11 191 (11.09%) Decision-Making
12 185 (10.74%) Risk Management
13 174 (10.10%) Scrum
14 158 (9.17%) Budget Management
15 139 (8.07%) ITIL
16 138 (8.01%) Project Governance
17 134 (7.78%) DevOps
18 133 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
19 131 (7.60%) ERP
20 120 (6.96%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 78 (4.53%) SQL
2 38 (2.21%) Python
3 15 (0.87%) Java
4 14 (0.81%) C#
5 12 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.35%) PowerShell
6 6 (0.35%) VBA
7 5 (0.29%) Perl
7 5 (0.29%) R
8 4 (0.23%) C++
8 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.17%) Korn
10 2 (0.12%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.12%) Go
10 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.12%) Ruby
10 2 (0.12%) SOQL
10 2 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 323 (18.75%) Degree
2 248 (14.39%) Security Cleared
3 243 (14.10%) PMP
4 229 (13.29%) PMI Certification
5 179 (10.39%) SC Cleared
6 56 (3.25%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.26%) APMP
8 35 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 30 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 24 (1.39%) CISSP
13 23 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 21 (1.22%) CISM
15 17 (0.99%) MBA
16 16 (0.93%) CBAP
17 15 (0.87%) IIBA
18 10 (0.58%) A+ Certification
18 10 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
19 9 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (10.91%) PMO
2 114 (6.62%) QA
3 49 (2.84%) Data Quality
3 49 (2.84%) GDPR
3 49 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.86%) NIST
5 19 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 18 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.93%) GRC
8 12 (0.70%) SLA
9 11 (0.64%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.52%) Basel III
10 9 (0.52%) P3O
11 7 (0.41%) ISO 19650
11 7 (0.41%) PSD2
12 6 (0.35%) NCSC
12 6 (0.35%) WCAG
13 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.29%) EMIR
13 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (1.80%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.81%) Docker
3 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) RACF
8 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) PowerHA
8 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.64%) SCCM
4 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.35%) Kibana
5 6 (0.35%) logstash
6 5 (0.29%) Ansible
6 5 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.23%) Consul
7 4 (0.23%) Packer
8 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.058%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
9 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 279 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 129 (7.49%) SAP
3 81 (4.70%) Oracle
4 73 (4.24%) ServiceNow
5 62 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 32 (1.86%) Google
7 27 (1.57%) Cisco
8 20 (1.16%) Adobe
8 20 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 20 (1.16%) Workday
9 15 (0.87%) Planview
10 14 (0.81%) Databricks
10 14 (0.81%) VMware
11 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
11 13 (0.75%) IBM
12 12 (0.70%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.58%) Sage
14 9 (0.52%) Juniper
15 8 (0.46%) NEC
15 8 (0.46%) Splunk