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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,822 1,901 2,774
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.16% 7.45% 7.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 8.17% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 1,170 1,694
10th Percentile £317 £310 £308
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £625 £622 £616
90th Percentile £737 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 107 254
10th Percentile £16.31 £23.09 £18.35
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.50 £26.68
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £71.45 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -19.10% +16.74% -15.29%

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 37,351 23,260 31,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.20% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,546 14,980 20,587
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.18% -4.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,338 1,158 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.38 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -27 850 £550 +1.85% 301
North of England -28 285 £475 - 189
South East -23 265 £500 +3.63% 273
North West -9 175 £470 +4.50% 112
Midlands -35 171 £500 +11.11% 127
South West -18 131 £450 - 78
West Midlands -43 118 £550 +22.22% 82
Yorkshire -36 105 £500 - 61
East of England -8 94 £510 -1.73% 105
East Midlands -13 53 £409 -0.15% 44
North East -37 8 £388 -23.65% 18
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
1 111 (6.09%) Confluence
2 98 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.26%) CMS
4 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.38%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.33%) WordPress
8 5 (0.27%) Apache
9 4 (0.22%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.11%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.055%) nginx
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 170 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 159 (8.73%) Microsoft Project
3 127 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
4 110 (6.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (2.41%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.44%) Trello
8 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.16%) Windchill
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.055%) CATIA
13 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 73 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.88%) Primavera
3 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 9 (0.49%) Shopify
5 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.38%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.33%) Magento
7 6 (0.33%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
7 6 (0.33%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.27%) Endur
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.27%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 133 (7.30%) Azure
2 101 (5.54%) Power Platform
3 78 (4.28%) SaaS
4 71 (3.90%) AWS
5 63 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 25 (1.37%) Smartsheet
8 21 (1.15%) GCP
9 19 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 17 (0.93%) Asana
11 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
12 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
12 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.49%) BigCommerce
13 9 (0.49%) GitHub
14 8 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (0.44%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.48%) Network Security
2 22 (1.21%) WAN
3 21 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.04%) DNS
5 16 (0.88%) LAN
5 16 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
6 15 (0.82%) Firewall
7 14 (0.77%) MPLS
7 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.71%) BGP
9 12 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.60%) VPN
11 10 (0.55%) BIG-IP
11 10 (0.55%) DHCP
12 9 (0.49%) Internet
12 9 (0.49%) Intranet
13 7 (0.38%) DKIM
13 7 (0.38%) DMARC
13 7 (0.38%) SAN
14 6 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.27%) Power BI
2 13 (0.71%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.71%) Tableau
3 11 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (0.60%) Metadata
4 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
6 7 (0.38%) Power Query
7 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
8 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.16%) QlikView
10 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.11%) Big Data
11 2 (0.11%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 234 (12.84%) JIRA
2 18 (0.99%) Git
3 16 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.33%) Subversion
6 5 (0.27%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.055%) Capybara
8 1 (0.055%) Gradle
8 1 (0.055%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.055%) MSI
8 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.055%) RSpec
8 1 (0.055%) Selenium
8 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
General
1 819 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 713 (39.13%) Finance
3 297 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (10.37%) Organisational Skills
5 143 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 126 (6.92%) Banking
7 113 (6.20%) Marketing
8 106 (5.82%) Retail
9 72 (3.95%) Manufacturing
10 66 (3.62%) Legal
11 64 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 50 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.87%) Financial Institution
15 32 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (1.54%) Front Office
16 28 (1.54%) Investment Banking
17 22 (1.21%) Local Government
18 21 (1.15%) Aerospace
18 21 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 707 (38.80%) Project Manager
2 194 (10.65%) Analyst
3 185 (10.15%) Senior
4 147 (8.07%) Lead
5 133 (7.30%) Senior Manager
6 113 (6.20%) Senior Project Manager
7 105 (5.76%) Business Analyst
8 89 (4.88%) IT Manager
9 76 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
10 74 (4.06%) Programme Manager
11 67 (3.68%) Consultant
12 55 (3.02%) Technical Manager
13 54 (2.96%) Infrastructure Manager
14 47 (2.58%) Architect
14 47 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.41%) Technical Project Manager
16 43 (2.36%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 42 (2.31%) Project Officer
18 37 (2.03%) SC Cleared Project Manager
19 34 (1.87%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.43%) Middleware
2 19 (1.04%) REST
3 18 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.71%) OAuth
4 13 (0.71%) VML
5 12 (0.66%) HTML
5 12 (0.66%) SOAP
5 12 (0.66%) Web Services
6 10 (0.55%) JSON
7 9 (0.49%) CSS
8 8 (0.44%) .NET
8 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.38%) SAML
10 6 (0.33%) ADO
10 6 (0.33%) React
10 6 (0.33%) XML
11 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.27%) OpenID
11 5 (0.27%) RESTful
12 4 (0.22%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 89 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 52 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
6 47 (2.58%) PMI
7 34 (1.87%) Virtual Team
8 33 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.37%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.26%) FMCG
12 22 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.04%) Social Media
14 15 (0.82%) EPoS
15 14 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.77%) Life Science
15 14 (0.77%) NHS
16 13 (0.71%) CMDB
17 12 (0.66%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.47%) Windows
2 26 (1.43%) Linux
3 17 (0.93%) Unix
4 14 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) AIX
7 1 (0.055%) Android
7 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (36.44%) Agile
2 663 (36.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 475 (26.07%) Project Delivery
4 369 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 342 (18.77%) PRINCE2
6 297 (16.30%) Migration
7 283 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 281 (15.42%) Change Management
9 256 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 229 (12.57%) Decision-Making
11 219 (12.02%) Risk Management
12 216 (11.86%) Waterfall
13 166 (9.11%) Scrum
14 164 (9.00%) ERP
15 160 (8.78%) AI
16 137 (7.52%) Budget Management
17 126 (6.92%) Data Migration
18 122 (6.70%) Roadmaps
19 120 (6.59%) Validation
20 116 (6.37%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 79 (4.34%) SQL
2 53 (2.91%) Python
3 18 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.77%) VBA
5 11 (0.60%) Java
6 10 (0.55%) C#
7 9 (0.49%) C++
8 7 (0.38%) C
8 7 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.33%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.27%) ABAP
10 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.22%) Ada
11 4 (0.22%) JCL
11 4 (0.22%) R
12 3 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.16%) SOQL
13 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 292 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 269 (14.76%) Degree
3 260 (14.27%) PMP
4 217 (11.91%) PMI Certification
5 213 (11.69%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.73%) DV Cleared
7 47 (2.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 30 (1.65%) ACCA
8 30 (1.65%) CIMA
9 26 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.04%) APMP
11 19 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.93%) CISSP
13 14 (0.77%) CISM
14 12 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 11 (0.60%) CBAP
15 11 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.60%) MBA
16 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (11.75%) PMO
2 108 (5.93%) QA
3 51 (2.80%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.20%) GDPR
5 38 (2.09%) SLA
6 29 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.48%) NIST
8 20 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.82%) GRC
10 8 (0.44%) GMP
10 8 (0.44%) MiFID
11 7 (0.38%) EMIR
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) FINREP
13 5 (0.27%) GxP
13 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.22%) Basel III
14 4 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.27%) RACF
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.055%) ACF2
8 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.93%) Ansible
1 17 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.055%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.055%) logstash
7 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.055%) SCOM
7 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.055%) vRealize
7 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 288 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 161 (8.84%) SAP
3 95 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 71 (3.90%) Oracle
5 54 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.14%) Google
7 32 (1.76%) Adobe
8 24 (1.32%) Cisco
9 20 (1.10%) Sitecore
9 20 (1.10%) VMware
10 17 (0.93%) Workday
11 13 (0.71%) Databricks
11 13 (0.71%) NEC
11 13 (0.71%) Sage
12 12 (0.66%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.66%) IBM
13 11 (0.60%) F5
13 11 (0.60%) JD Edwards
14 10 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 10 (0.55%) Murex