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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -31 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,767 1,776 2,519
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.82% 6.39% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 7.04% 8.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 1,088 1,449
10th Percentile £312 £325 £310
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £514 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.24% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 99 141
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.34 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.08 £26.13 £27.00
Median hourly rate £51.50 £36.00 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +43.06% +2.77% -14.56%
75th Percentile £65.94 £60.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £83.03 £74.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.13% -1.43% -17.65%

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 39,208 25,244 28,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.66% 90.88% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,936 16,028 17,611
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £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 2,812 1,512 1,298
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.77 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.61% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.56 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -28 869 £550 - 2,012
South East -25 249 £500 - 674
North of England -43 249 £474 -5.20% 510
North West -27 149 £475 -3.56% 275
Midlands -52 138 £534 +12.37% 360
South West -21 135 £475 +5.56% 265
Yorkshire -29 93 £475 -9.52% 170
West Midlands -56 92 £550 +12.02% 209
East of England -22 75 £513 -1.44% 239
East Midlands -19 46 £525 +17.45% 151
North East -43 9 £420 +3.07% 67
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
1 109 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 86 (4.87%) Confluence
3 34 (1.92%) CMS
4 19 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 18 (1.02%) 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%) Umbraco
Applications
1 184 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 150 (8.49%) Microsoft Project
3 145 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
4 120 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.74%) Trello
8 10 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.28%) Windchill
11 4 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) Houdini
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) NUKE
13 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.057%) CATIA
13 1 (0.057%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 47 (2.66%) 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
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) Teamcenter
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 150 (8.49%) Azure
2 126 (7.13%) Power Platform
3 82 (4.64%) SaaS
4 73 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (3.79%) AWS
6 55 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (1.75%) Smartsheet
8 26 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.41%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.13%) Asana
11 18 (1.02%) GCP
12 17 (0.96%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.79%) GitHub
14 12 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.51%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.51%) Google Drive
17 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.81%) Network Security
2 24 (1.36%) DNS
3 21 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.02%) Firewall
5 17 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
5 17 (0.96%) WAN
6 13 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.68%) DHCP
7 12 (0.68%) LAN
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%) Metadata
3 14 (0.79%) Tableau
4 12 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.51%) Power Query
7 8 (0.45%) GIS
8 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.34%) Big Data
9 6 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.17%) QlikView
12 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.11%) DataStage
13 2 (0.11%) EDMS
13 2 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 223 (12.62%) JIRA
2 25 (1.41%) Git
3 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.51%) Subversion
5 7 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.17%) GitLab
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) Selenium
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.057%) Capybara
9 1 (0.057%) Gradle
9 1 (0.057%) Hudson
9 1 (0.057%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.057%) RSpec
9 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.057%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.057%) Toad
General
1 805 (45.56%) Social Skills
2 696 (39.39%) Finance
3 295 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (10.13%) Organisational Skills
5 152 (8.60%) Banking
6 148 (8.38%) Public Sector
7 126 (7.13%) Marketing
8 113 (6.40%) Retail
9 87 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
10 67 (3.79%) Legal
10 67 (3.79%) Manufacturing
11 62 (3.51%) Telecoms
12 49 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.58%) Aerospace
14 27 (1.53%) Front Office
14 27 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 27 (1.53%) Local Government
15 25 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 20 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 669 (37.86%) Project Manager
2 167 (9.45%) Lead
2 167 (9.45%) Senior
3 127 (7.19%) Senior Manager
4 124 (7.02%) Analyst
5 102 (5.77%) IT Manager
6 95 (5.38%) Senior Project Manager
7 78 (4.41%) Programme Manager
8 75 (4.24%) IT Project Manager
9 68 (3.85%) Business Analyst
10 67 (3.79%) Delivery Manager
11 63 (3.57%) Technical Manager
12 59 (3.34%) Consultant
13 45 (2.55%) Technical Project Manager
14 40 (2.26%) Infrastructure Manager
14 40 (2.26%) Project Officer
15 34 (1.92%) Coordinator
16 32 (1.81%) Developer
17 31 (1.75%) Digital Project Manager
17 31 (1.75%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.08%) Middleware
2 18 (1.02%) REST
3 14 (0.79%) ADO
4 13 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (0.68%) HTML
5 12 (0.68%) Web Services
6 11 (0.62%) VML
7 10 (0.57%) JSON
7 10 (0.57%) React
8 9 (0.51%) .NET
8 9 (0.51%) OAuth
9 8 (0.45%) SOAP
9 8 (0.45%) Terraform
10 6 (0.34%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.34%) pytest
11 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
11 5 (0.28%) RESTful
11 5 (0.28%) XML
12 4 (0.23%) CSS
13 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.17%) Management Information System
2 86 (4.87%) Onboarding
3 85 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 57 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 44 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 41 (2.32%) PMI
8 28 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.53%) Operational Technology
10 26 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.41%) FMCG
12 24 (1.36%) Social Media
13 22 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.19%) Credit Risk
15 18 (1.02%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.85%) Life Science
17 15 (0.85%) Mobile App
18 14 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.77%) Windows
2 45 (2.55%) 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
1 808 (45.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 678 (38.37%) Agile
3 509 (28.81%) Project Delivery
4 406 (22.98%) PRINCE2
5 309 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 300 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 297 (16.81%) Change Management
8 257 (14.54%) Decision-Making
9 251 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 232 (13.13%) Migration
11 227 (12.85%) Risk Management
12 222 (12.56%) Waterfall
13 200 (11.32%) AI
14 182 (10.30%) Scrum
15 180 (10.19%) Project Governance
16 158 (8.94%) Project Planning
17 153 (8.66%) Roadmaps
18 143 (8.09%) Change Control
19 138 (7.81%) Analytics
19 138 (7.81%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (3.79%) SQL
2 66 (3.74%) Python
3 15 (0.85%) Java
3 15 (0.85%) JavaScript
3 15 (0.85%) VBA
4 12 (0.68%) C++
5 9 (0.51%) C#
5 9 (0.51%) TypeScript
6 8 (0.45%) Korn
7 7 (0.40%) Ada
8 6 (0.34%) Bash
8 6 (0.34%) C
8 6 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.17%) ABAP
11 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.17%) JCL
12 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 295 (16.69%) Degree
2 291 (16.47%) Security Cleared
3 274 (15.51%) PMP
4 239 (13.53%) PMI Certification
5 199 (11.26%) SC Cleared
6 75 (4.24%) DV Cleared
7 72 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 31 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.96%) ACCA
10 17 (0.96%) CIMA
11 16 (0.91%) CISSP
12 15 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 14 (0.79%) APMP
13 14 (0.79%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.74%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.74%) CISM
15 12 (0.68%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (12.39%) PMO
2 87 (4.92%) QA
3 53 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.70%) GDPR
5 23 (1.30%) GRC
6 21 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.19%) SLA
7 20 (1.13%) NIST
8 19 (1.08%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.45%) P3O
10 7 (0.40%) FINREP
10 7 (0.40%) GMP
11 6 (0.34%) COREP
11 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.23%) MiFID
13 4 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.45%) vSphere
5 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.17%) NFS
8 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.057%) ACF2
10 1 (0.057%) Docker
10 1 (0.057%) RACF
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (1.19%) 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%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.057%) Nessus
7 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.057%) vRealize
Vendors
1 322 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 123 (6.96%) SAP
3 94 (5.32%) ServiceNow
4 69 (3.90%) Oracle
5 43 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.38%) Adobe
7 41 (2.32%) Google
8 35 (1.98%) VMware
9 24 (1.36%) Cisco
10 20 (1.13%) Sitecore
11 19 (1.08%) NEC
12 18 (1.02%) Atlassian
13 17 (0.96%) IBM
13 17 (0.96%) Workday
14 16 (0.91%) Databricks
15 14 (0.79%) Planview
16 12 (0.68%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
18 10 (0.57%) Ariba
19 9 (0.51%) Murex