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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 20 19
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,715 2,404 3,037
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.47% 8.28% 8.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.16% 9.37% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,101 1,346 2,012
10th Percentile £334 £277 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% - -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 116 136
10th Percentile £20.25 £21.25 £21.57
25th Percentile £24.61 £27.00 £30.25
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £45.53
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -23.12% +3.47%
75th Percentile £63.40 £57.44 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.88 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £39.75 £33.77 £49.00
% change year-on-year +17.71% -31.08% +19.40%

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 27,858 25,665 33,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.92% 88.40% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,750 15,857 22,569
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,813 863 1,402
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.34 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -19 797 £526 -4.36% 613
South East -10 260 £525 - 484
North of England -27 259 £492 +3.58% 481
Midlands -19 194 £500 -4.76% 395
North West -15 155 £492 +9.33% 261
West Midlands -22 133 £500 -9.09% 232
South West -27 98 £450 -3.23% 194
Yorkshire -23 96 £500 +5.26% 168
East of England -30 67 £463 +2.78% 242
East Midlands -9 61 £475 +18.75% 158
North East -26 10 £410 -28.70% 60
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 (8.40%) Confluence
2 101 (5.89%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.57%) CMS
4 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.47%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.41%) WordPress
7 5 (0.29%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.058%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.058%) Apache
9 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.058%) IIS
9 1 (0.058%) Moodle
9 1 (0.058%) SAS
Applications
1 186 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 172 (10.03%) Microsoft Project
3 153 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
4 114 (6.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 51 (2.97%) MS Visio
6 26 (1.52%) Trello
7 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
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%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 47 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 13 (0.76%) Primavera
3 10 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.47%) Loan IQ
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 7 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
6 7 (0.41%) Workfront
7 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.35%) Shopify
8 5 (0.29%) ResourceLink
8 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.23%) Eloqua
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.17%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 130 (7.58%) Azure
2 97 (5.66%) Power Platform
3 83 (4.84%) AWS
4 56 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (2.22%) SaaS
6 33 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.75%) GCP
8 29 (1.69%) Asana
9 22 (1.28%) Google Workspace
9 22 (1.28%) Smartsheet
10 21 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
11 18 (1.05%) GitHub
12 15 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (0.87%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.64%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 10 (0.58%) Serverless
16 9 (0.52%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.98%) Firewall
2 18 (1.05%) WAN
3 17 (0.99%) LAN
4 15 (0.87%) Network Security
5 13 (0.76%) DNS
5 13 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
6 11 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (0.52%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.52%) Skype
7 9 (0.52%) SSH
7 9 (0.52%) VPN
8 8 (0.47%) DHCP
9 7 (0.41%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.41%) Wireless
10 6 (0.35%) Internet
11 5 (0.29%) Broadband
11 5 (0.29%) Junos
11 5 (0.29%) SSL
12 4 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (5.13%) Power BI
2 29 (1.69%) Tableau
3 26 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 15 (0.87%) Metadata
5 14 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (0.82%) SAP HANA
6 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 5 (0.29%) Power Query
9 4 (0.23%) GIS
9 4 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) DB2
10 3 (0.17%) MySQL
10 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 280 (16.33%) JIRA
2 13 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 12 (0.70%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) SpecFlow
5 4 (0.23%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.17%) Selenium
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
8 1 (0.058%) Appium
8 1 (0.058%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.058%) Gradle
8 1 (0.058%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.058%) Subversion
8 1 (0.058%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.058%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 830 (48.40%) Social Skills
2 605 (35.28%) Finance
3 290 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.04%) Banking
5 145 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 131 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
7 96 (5.60%) Marketing
8 79 (4.61%) Legal
9 76 (4.43%) Retail
10 75 (4.37%) Manufacturing
11 70 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (2.74%) Telecoms
13 45 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.51%) Investment Banking
15 38 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 36 (2.10%) Local Government
17 34 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
18 32 (1.87%) Front Office
19 29 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
20 19 (1.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 636 (37.08%) Project Manager
2 191 (11.14%) Analyst
3 142 (8.28%) Lead
4 137 (7.99%) Senior
5 106 (6.18%) Business Analyst
6 91 (5.31%) IT Manager
7 81 (4.72%) Senior Manager
8 78 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
9 69 (4.02%) Consultant
10 62 (3.62%) Technical Manager
11 61 (3.56%) Senior Project Manager
12 52 (3.03%) Programme Manager
13 48 (2.80%) Infrastructure Manager
14 43 (2.51%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 42 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
16 41 (2.39%) Coordinator
16 41 (2.39%) Technical Project Manager
17 39 (2.27%) SAP Manager
18 38 (2.22%) Security Manager
19 33 (1.92%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.05%) Middleware
2 16 (0.93%) .NET
3 15 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (0.70%) AngularJS
4 12 (0.70%) EDI
4 12 (0.70%) HTML
5 10 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (0.58%) RESTful
6 8 (0.47%) React
6 8 (0.47%) REST
6 8 (0.47%) Web Services
6 8 (0.47%) XML
7 7 (0.41%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.41%) CSS
7 7 (0.41%) 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 (5.66%) Management Information System
1 97 (5.66%) Onboarding
2 51 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
2 51 (2.97%) PMI
3 46 (2.68%) Virtual Team
4 44 (2.57%) Data Centre
5 43 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 42 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 22 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.11%) Social Media
11 17 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 15 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 15 (0.87%) NHS
12 15 (0.87%) Operational Technology
13 14 (0.82%) Life Science
14 13 (0.76%) Learning Management System
14 13 (0.76%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.85%) Windows
2 18 (1.05%) Linux
3 14 (0.82%) Unix
4 11 (0.64%) Windows 10
4 11 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.17%) VMS
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.12%) AIX
7 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.058%) Android
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (38.48%) Agile
2 531 (30.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 414 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 398 (23.21%) Project Delivery
5 339 (19.77%) PRINCE2
6 315 (18.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 299 (17.43%) Change Management
8 225 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 224 (13.06%) Migration
10 199 (11.60%) Waterfall
11 186 (10.85%) Risk Management
12 182 (10.61%) Decision-Making
13 157 (9.15%) Scrum
14 137 (7.99%) ITIL
15 134 (7.81%) Project Governance
16 132 (7.70%) Budget Management
17 129 (7.52%) DevOps
18 121 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
19 113 (6.59%) Business Analysis
20 110 (6.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (4.26%) SQL
2 47 (2.74%) Python
3 15 (0.87%) C#
3 15 (0.87%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.82%) Java
5 10 (0.58%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.29%) C++
6 5 (0.29%) VB
6 5 (0.29%) VBA
7 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
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
8 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.12%) C
9 2 (0.12%) Go
9 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 338 (19.71%) Degree
2 231 (13.47%) PMP
3 227 (13.24%) PMI Certification
4 218 (12.71%) Security Cleared
5 151 (8.80%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 44 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.75%) APMP
9 26 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 24 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 23 (1.34%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (1.05%) CISSP
14 15 (0.87%) CISM
15 10 (0.58%) A+ Certification
16 9 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (0.47%) CCNP
17 8 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (10.03%) PMO
2 98 (5.71%) QA
3 41 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.33%) GDPR
5 26 (1.52%) NIST
6 22 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 17 (0.99%) GRC
9 12 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.64%) P3O
11 7 (0.41%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.35%) APQC
12 6 (0.35%) Basel III
12 6 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.35%) GxP
12 6 (0.35%) SLA
13 5 (0.29%) EMIR
13 5 (0.29%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.05%) 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 (1.11%) Kubernetes
2 16 (0.93%) Terraform
3 11 (0.64%) SCCM
4 10 (0.58%) Kibana
5 9 (0.52%) logstash
5 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.47%) 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
1 292 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 142 (8.28%) SAP
3 71 (4.14%) Oracle
3 71 (4.14%) Salesforce
4 67 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.86%) Google
6 28 (1.63%) Cisco
7 22 (1.28%) Adobe
8 19 (1.11%) Workday
9 18 (1.05%) Atlassian
10 15 (0.87%) Databricks
11 14 (0.82%) IBM
11 14 (0.82%) Planview
12 13 (0.76%) VMware
13 10 (0.58%) Juniper
13 10 (0.58%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.52%) Remedy
15 8 (0.47%) Splunk
16 7 (0.41%) IFS
16 7 (0.41%) NEC