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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -30 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,768 1,746 2,431
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.80% 6.29% 7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% 6.91% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,090 1,081 1,380
10th Percentile £310 £325 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £643 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £513 £523
% change year-on-year +0.39% -2.08% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 95 121
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.24 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.15 £24.56 £27.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.62% -1.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £64.75 £60.00 £55.79
90th Percentile £82.65 £65.00 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +44.12% -2.86% -20.45%

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 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -29 867 £550 - 1,631
North of England -29 259 £474 -5.20% 460
South East -28 248 £500 - 563
North West -24 148 £478 -2.50% 246
Midlands -47 142 £538 +13.16% 343
South West -26 130 £450 - 240
Yorkshire -16 105 £474 -7.56% 165
West Midlands -57 96 £550 +11.79% 208
East of England -19 71 £510 -1.92% 216
East Midlands -19 46 £525 +16.67% 135
North East -41 8 £420 +3.07% 50
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
1 112 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 86 (4.86%) Confluence
3 32 (1.81%) CMS
4 22 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.34%) Apache
8 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.28%) JBoss
9 5 (0.28%) Moodle
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.057%) CICS
12 1 (0.057%) IIS
12 1 (0.057%) nginx
12 1 (0.057%) WinCC
Applications
1 182 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (8.37%) Microsoft Project
3 144 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
4 116 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.74%) Trello
8 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Windchill
10 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.057%) CATIA
14 1 (0.057%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 46 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.96%) Primavera
3 13 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.74%) Magento
4 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.51%) SAP MM
5 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.45%) SAP PS
6 7 (0.40%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.40%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.23%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (8.43%) Azure
2 126 (7.13%) Power Platform
3 81 (4.58%) SaaS
4 72 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (3.45%) AWS
6 54 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (1.87%) Smartsheet
8 26 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (1.36%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.13%) Asana
11 19 (1.07%) GCP
12 17 (0.96%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.79%) GitHub
14 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.51%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.51%) OneDrive
17 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.87%) Network Security
2 25 (1.41%) DNS
3 20 (1.13%) Firewall
3 20 (1.13%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.02%) WAN
5 17 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
6 13 (0.74%) LAN
6 13 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.68%) DHCP
7 12 (0.68%) VPN
8 10 (0.57%) BGP
8 10 (0.57%) Intranet
9 8 (0.45%) 3GPP
9 8 (0.45%) 4G
9 8 (0.45%) 5G
9 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
9 8 (0.45%) LTE
9 8 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (0.45%) Wireless
9 8 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (6.45%) Power BI
2 18 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.79%) Data Lake
3 14 (0.79%) Tableau
4 13 (0.74%) Metadata
5 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.45%) GIS
6 8 (0.45%) Power Query
7 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.34%) Big Data
9 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.17%) QlikView
11 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.11%) DataStage
12 2 (0.11%) EDMS
12 2 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 225 (12.73%) JIRA
2 25 (1.41%) Git
3 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (0.45%) Subversion
5 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.17%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.057%) Capybara
8 1 (0.057%) Gradle
8 1 (0.057%) Hudson
8 1 (0.057%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.057%) RSpec
8 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.057%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.057%) Toad
General
1 798 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 701 (39.65%) Finance
3 287 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (10.52%) Organisational Skills
5 157 (8.88%) Banking
6 144 (8.14%) Public Sector
7 126 (7.13%) Marketing
8 109 (6.17%) Retail
9 88 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
10 71 (4.02%) Manufacturing
11 65 (3.68%) Legal
12 59 (3.34%) Telecoms
13 50 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.53%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.53%) Local Government
16 24 (1.36%) Front Office
17 23 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 21 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
19 20 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 688 (38.91%) Project Manager
2 162 (9.16%) Senior
3 161 (9.11%) Lead
4 124 (7.01%) Senior Manager
5 112 (6.33%) Analyst
6 101 (5.71%) IT Manager
7 93 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
8 80 (4.52%) Programme Manager
9 74 (4.19%) IT Project Manager
10 68 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
11 63 (3.56%) Business Analyst
11 63 (3.56%) Technical Manager
12 58 (3.28%) Consultant
13 45 (2.55%) Technical Project Manager
14 43 (2.43%) Project Officer
15 38 (2.15%) Infrastructure Manager
16 35 (1.98%) Coordinator
17 32 (1.81%) Change Manager
17 32 (1.81%) Digital Project Manager
17 32 (1.81%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.07%) Middleware
2 14 (0.79%) ADO
3 13 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (0.68%) REST
5 10 (0.57%) HTML
5 10 (0.57%) JSON
5 10 (0.57%) VML
6 9 (0.51%) OAuth
6 9 (0.51%) Web Services
7 8 (0.45%) .NET
7 8 (0.45%) React
8 7 (0.40%) pytest
8 7 (0.40%) SOAP
8 7 (0.40%) Terraform
9 5 (0.28%) DAO
9 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.28%) XML
10 4 (0.23%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.17%) HTML5 Canvas
11 3 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.77%) Management Information System
2 91 (5.15%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.75%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.34%) Data Centre
5 47 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 41 (2.32%) PMI
8 28 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 25 (1.41%) FMCG
9 25 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.30%) Social Media
11 21 (1.19%) Life Science
12 19 (1.07%) Credit Risk
12 19 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 16 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (0.90%) Fixed Income
15 15 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.66%) Windows
2 46 (2.60%) Linux
3 21 (1.19%) Unix
4 20 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.28%) zOS
7 4 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.057%) Android
9 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.057%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (45.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 679 (38.40%) Agile
3 514 (29.07%) Project Delivery
4 408 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 305 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
6 304 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 298 (16.86%) Change Management
8 251 (14.20%) Decision-Making
9 246 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 233 (13.18%) Risk Management
11 232 (13.12%) Migration
12 224 (12.67%) Waterfall
13 204 (11.54%) AI
14 188 (10.63%) Project Governance
15 187 (10.58%) Scrum
16 159 (8.99%) Project Planning
17 153 (8.65%) Roadmaps
18 148 (8.37%) Change Control
19 139 (7.86%) Budget Management
20 137 (7.75%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (3.79%) SQL
2 64 (3.62%) Python
3 15 (0.85%) VBA
4 13 (0.74%) Java
5 12 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.62%) C++
7 9 (0.51%) C#
8 8 (0.45%) Korn
9 7 (0.40%) Ada
9 7 (0.40%) Bash
9 7 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.28%) C
10 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.17%) ABAP
12 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.17%) JCL
13 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 287 (16.23%) Degree
2 285 (16.12%) Security Cleared
3 270 (15.27%) PMP
4 234 (13.24%) PMI Certification
5 195 (11.03%) SC Cleared
6 73 (4.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 72 (4.07%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 16 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 14 (0.79%) ACCA
11 14 (0.79%) CIMA
11 14 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.74%) APMP
12 13 (0.74%) CISSP
13 12 (0.68%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.57%) CISM
16 9 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (12.61%) PMO
2 85 (4.81%) QA
3 53 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.70%) GDPR
5 23 (1.30%) GRC
6 20 (1.13%) SLA
7 19 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 18 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 17 (0.96%) NIST
10 8 (0.45%) P3O
11 7 (0.40%) FINREP
11 7 (0.40%) GMP
12 6 (0.34%) COREP
12 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.23%) ITGC
14 4 (0.23%) MiFID
14 4 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.57%) vSphere
4 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.17%) NFS
7 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.057%) ACF2
9 1 (0.057%) Docker
9 1 (0.057%) RACF
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (1.13%) Ansible
2 10 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.34%) Puppet
4 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
4 5 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.11%) BMC Performance Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) Perfmon
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.057%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.057%) Nessus
7 1 (0.057%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 320 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 121 (6.84%) SAP
3 88 (4.98%) ServiceNow
4 66 (3.73%) Oracle
5 44 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.32%) Adobe
7 38 (2.15%) Google
8 35 (1.98%) VMware
9 23 (1.30%) Cisco
10 19 (1.07%) Atlassian
10 19 (1.07%) NEC
10 19 (1.07%) Sitecore
11 18 (1.02%) IBM
12 17 (0.96%) Workday
13 16 (0.90%) Databricks
14 14 (0.79%) Planview
15 12 (0.68%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.62%) Ariba
16 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.51%) Murex