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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,830 2,093 3,020
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.04% 8.25% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 9.13% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,223 1,941
10th Percentile £340 £275 £325
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £618 £600 £625
90th Percentile £721 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 100 210
10th Percentile £15.02 £25.98 £18.32
25th Percentile £20.79 £31.25 £26.24
Median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +4.93% -25.98%
75th Percentile £63.40 £60.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £66.90 £62.60
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -1.25% +4.93% -23.78%

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 31,583 22,934 32,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.97% 90.41% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,210 14,556 21,603
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,944 784 2,086
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.32 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +3.63% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63.81 £65.00 £59.33
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.18 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -13.85% -1.05% -6.16%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -18 860 £550 +4.76% 398
North of England -19 282 £488 +5.41% 226
South East -12 272 £525 - 325
Midlands -21 205 £500 +1.52% 178
North West -9 163 £490 +8.83% 115
West Midlands -28 143 £500 -4.76% 97
South West -23 117 £450 -10.00% 111
Yorkshire -34 110 £492 +7.84% 91
East of England -38 67 £450 -10.00% 137
East Midlands -16 64 £402 -1.83% 80
North East -19 13 £410 -23.72% 26
Project Management
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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
1 162 (8.85%) Confluence
2 85 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.15%) CMS
4 7 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.27%) Apache
5 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.27%) nginx
6 4 (0.22%) WordPress
7 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
7 3 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.055%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.055%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.055%) Moodle
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 202 (11.04%) Microsoft Project
2 197 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 141 (7.70%) Microsoft Office
4 108 (5.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (2.51%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.15%) Trello
7 16 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.16%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.055%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.055%) Revit
12 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 56 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.04%) Primavera
3 16 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.77%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 10 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
7 9 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
9 7 (0.38%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.33%) SAP HCM
10 6 (0.33%) Shopify
10 6 (0.33%) Teamcenter
11 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 140 (7.65%) Azure
2 91 (4.97%) AWS
3 89 (4.86%) Power Platform
4 52 (2.84%) SaaS
5 46 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.64%) GCP
8 21 (1.15%) Asana
9 20 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.09%) OpenShift
10 17 (0.93%) Google Workspace
10 17 (0.93%) Smartsheet
11 15 (0.82%) GitHub
12 14 (0.77%) Serverless
13 12 (0.66%) IaaS
14 11 (0.60%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.60%) PaaS
15 10 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.49%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.58%) Firewall
2 26 (1.42%) WAN
3 18 (0.98%) LAN
3 18 (0.98%) Network Security
4 17 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
5 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.66%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.60%) DNS
7 11 (0.60%) VPN
8 10 (0.55%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.49%) Internet
9 9 (0.49%) MPLS
10 8 (0.44%) SSL
11 7 (0.38%) BGP
11 7 (0.38%) DHCP
12 6 (0.33%) IPsec
13 5 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.27%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.27%) SSH
14 4 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.54%) Power BI
2 25 (1.37%) Tableau
3 18 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 17 (0.93%) Metadata
5 16 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.49%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
8 7 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.22%) GIS
11 4 (0.22%) Power Query
11 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.16%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 297 (16.23%) JIRA
2 17 (0.93%) Git
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.38%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.16%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.055%) Ant
8 1 (0.055%) Appium
8 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.055%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.055%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.055%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.055%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.055%) Hudson
8 1 (0.055%) JUnit
8 1 (0.055%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.055%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.055%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 912 (49.84%) Social Skills
2 696 (38.03%) Finance
3 307 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (9.95%) Organisational Skills
5 172 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 158 (8.63%) Banking
7 94 (5.14%) Retail
8 83 (4.54%) Marketing
9 74 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
9 74 (4.04%) Legal
10 70 (3.83%) Manufacturing
11 55 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (2.19%) Investment Banking
13 38 (2.08%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 29 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 26 (1.42%) Local Government
18 24 (1.31%) Front Office
19 19 (1.04%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 720 (39.34%) Project Manager
2 208 (11.37%) Analyst
3 158 (8.63%) Senior
4 157 (8.58%) Lead
5 110 (6.01%) Business Analyst
5 110 (6.01%) Senior Manager
6 90 (4.92%) Senior Project Manager
7 88 (4.81%) IT Manager
8 82 (4.48%) IT Project Manager
9 78 (4.26%) Consultant
10 59 (3.22%) Programme Manager
10 59 (3.22%) Technical Manager
11 58 (3.17%) Infrastructure Manager
12 57 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
13 49 (2.68%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 40 (2.19%) Coordinator
15 38 (2.08%) SAP Manager
15 38 (2.08%) Technical Project Manager
16 37 (2.02%) Architect
17 36 (1.97%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.20%) Middleware
2 21 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (0.82%) REST
3 15 (0.82%) SOAP
4 14 (0.77%) Web Services
5 11 (0.60%) EDI
6 10 (0.55%) XML
7 9 (0.49%) CSS
8 8 (0.44%) HTML
8 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.38%) .NET
9 7 (0.38%) OAuth
10 6 (0.33%) ADO
10 6 (0.33%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (0.33%) OpenID
10 6 (0.33%) SAML
11 5 (0.27%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.27%) React
11 5 (0.27%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.28%) Onboarding
2 89 (4.86%) Management Information System
3 66 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 56 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
4 56 (3.06%) PMI
5 46 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.51%) Virtual Team
6 40 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.37%) Operational Technology
9 22 (1.20%) NHS
10 20 (1.09%) CMDB
11 19 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (0.93%) Social Media
13 16 (0.87%) SCADA
14 15 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.77%) Cloud Native
16 13 (0.71%) Web Conferencing
17 12 (0.66%) Tandem
18 10 (0.55%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.46%) Windows
2 15 (0.82%) Linux
3 11 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.55%) Unix
5 7 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) VMS
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.055%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (36.94%) Agile
2 617 (33.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 443 (24.21%) Project Delivery
4 437 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
5 390 (21.31%) PRINCE2
6 312 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 288 (15.74%) Change Management
8 284 (15.52%) Migration
9 257 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 202 (11.04%) Decision-Making
11 199 (10.87%) Risk Management
11 199 (10.87%) Waterfall
12 192 (10.49%) Scrum
13 165 (9.02%) Budget Management
14 152 (8.31%) ERP
15 134 (7.32%) DevOps
16 131 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
17 127 (6.94%) Project Governance
17 127 (6.94%) Roadmaps
18 126 (6.89%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 81 (4.43%) SQL
2 38 (2.08%) Python
3 13 (0.71%) Java
3 13 (0.71%) JavaScript
4 11 (0.60%) C#
5 6 (0.33%) ABAP
5 6 (0.33%) VBA
6 5 (0.27%) Perl
6 5 (0.27%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.27%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.27%) R
6 5 (0.27%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.16%) C++
8 3 (0.16%) Korn
8 3 (0.16%) SOQL
9 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.11%) Ruby
9 2 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 305 (16.67%) Degree
2 293 (16.01%) Security Cleared
3 280 (15.30%) PMP
4 253 (13.83%) PMI Certification
5 213 (11.64%) SC Cleared
6 62 (3.39%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.13%) APMP
7 39 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 32 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 31 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.37%) CISSP
12 21 (1.15%) CISM
12 21 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 17 (0.93%) MBA
14 16 (0.87%) CBAP
15 15 (0.82%) IIBA
16 11 (0.60%) ACCA
16 11 (0.60%) CIMA
17 8 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (11.37%) PMO
2 120 (6.56%) QA
3 50 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 49 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 45 (2.46%) GDPR
6 36 (1.97%) NIST
7 24 (1.31%) SLA
8 19 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.98%) GRC
9 18 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.55%) Basel III
12 6 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.33%) EMIR
12 6 (0.33%) MiFID
12 6 (0.33%) WCAG
13 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.27%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.27%) P3O
13 5 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 24 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.71%) Docker
3 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.27%) RACF
4 5 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.055%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.66%) Terraform
3 9 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.33%) Kibana
4 6 (0.33%) logstash
5 5 (0.27%) Ansible
5 5 (0.27%) SCCM
6 4 (0.22%) Consul
6 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.22%) Packer
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.16%) Grafana
7 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.055%) Argo
8 1 (0.055%) CASB
8 1 (0.055%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.055%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 279 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 162 (8.85%) SAP
3 94 (5.14%) ServiceNow
4 72 (3.93%) Oracle
5 65 (3.55%) Salesforce
6 32 (1.75%) Google
7 29 (1.58%) Cisco
8 23 (1.26%) Workday
9 21 (1.15%) Adobe
9 21 (1.15%) Atlassian
10 16 (0.87%) CyberArk
10 16 (0.87%) Databricks
10 16 (0.87%) Sage
11 15 (0.82%) VMware
12 14 (0.77%) Planview
13 12 (0.66%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.60%) IBM
15 9 (0.49%) Juniper
15 9 (0.49%) Splunk
16 7 (0.38%) Fortinet