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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -30 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,752 1,734 2,462
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.79% 6.20% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 6.82% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 1,088 1,397
10th Percentile £310 £325 £300
25th Percentile £420 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £735 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £512 £520
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.54% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 102 123
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.50 £23.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £53.37 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.68% -1.43% -16.27%
75th Percentile £64.88 £60.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £82.73 £65.00 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +44.12% -2.86% -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 39,226 25,436 27,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.90% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,709 16,124 17,045
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,969 1,568 1,160
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £17.87 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.80 £67.14
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -32 837 £550 - 2,104
North of England -28 261 £475 -5.00% 503
South East -25 259 £500 - 605
North West -26 149 £500 +1.63% 271
Midlands -51 143 £550 +15.79% 339
South West -23 129 £475 +5.56% 260
Yorkshire -11 106 £473 -5.50% 183
West Midlands -57 94 £550 +11.79% 202
East of England -27 74 £510 -1.92% 280
East Midlands -18 49 £538 +19.44% 137
North East -42 8 £420 +3.07% 51
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
1 107 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 85 (4.85%) Confluence
3 30 (1.71%) CMS
4 23 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.40%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.29%) Apache
9 5 (0.29%) JBoss
9 5 (0.29%) SAS
10 4 (0.23%) Moodle
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.057%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.057%) Appian
12 1 (0.057%) Camunda
12 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
12 1 (0.057%) WinCC
Applications
1 182 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 157 (8.96%) Microsoft Project
3 145 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
4 111 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 34 (1.94%) MS Visio
6 20 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.68%) Trello
8 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Windchill
10 5 (0.29%) 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%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.057%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 43 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.97%) Primavera
3 14 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
4 13 (0.74%) Magento
5 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.51%) SAP MM
6 8 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.46%) SAP CO
6 8 (0.46%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.46%) SAP PS
6 8 (0.46%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.34%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.29%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.29%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 156 (8.90%) Azure
2 119 (6.79%) Power Platform
3 77 (4.39%) SaaS
4 64 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (3.31%) AWS
7 31 (1.77%) Smartsheet
8 26 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.31%) Google Workspace
10 19 (1.08%) Asana
11 18 (1.03%) GCP
12 17 (0.97%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.80%) GitHub
14 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.63%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.51%) Amazon S3
16 9 (0.51%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
17 8 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
17 8 (0.46%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.83%) Network Security
2 23 (1.31%) DNS
3 21 (1.20%) Firewall
4 18 (1.03%) WAN
5 17 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
5 17 (0.97%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.74%) LAN
6 13 (0.74%) VPN
6 13 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.63%) BGP
8 10 (0.57%) Intranet
9 9 (0.51%) DHCP
9 9 (0.51%) Wireless
10 8 (0.46%) 3GPP
10 8 (0.46%) 4G
10 8 (0.46%) 5G
10 8 (0.46%) LTE
10 8 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
10 8 (0.46%) VLAN
10 8 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (6.11%) Power BI
2 18 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.80%) Data Lake
3 14 (0.80%) Tableau
4 11 (0.63%) Metadata
4 11 (0.63%) SQL Server
5 8 (0.46%) GIS
5 8 (0.46%) Power Query
6 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.34%) Big Data
8 5 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.29%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.17%) QlikView
10 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.11%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.11%) Looker
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 230 (13.13%) JIRA
2 25 (1.43%) Git
3 17 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (0.46%) Subversion
6 5 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.17%) GitLab
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.057%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.057%) Gradle
10 1 (0.057%) Postman
10 1 (0.057%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.057%) Snyk
10 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.057%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.057%) TestRail
General
1 804 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 698 (39.84%) Finance
3 287 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (10.79%) Organisational Skills
5 158 (9.02%) Banking
6 145 (8.28%) Public Sector
7 116 (6.62%) Marketing
8 103 (5.88%) Retail
9 90 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
10 73 (4.17%) Manufacturing
11 61 (3.48%) Legal
12 57 (3.25%) Telecoms
13 53 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
14 33 (1.88%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.54%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.54%) Local Government
16 24 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 23 (1.31%) Front Office
18 22 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
19 21 (1.20%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 698 (39.84%) Project Manager
2 162 (9.25%) Senior
3 152 (8.68%) Lead
4 126 (7.19%) Senior Manager
5 108 (6.16%) Analyst
6 102 (5.82%) IT Manager
7 95 (5.42%) Senior Project Manager
8 86 (4.91%) Programme Manager
9 75 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
9 75 (4.28%) IT Project Manager
10 68 (3.88%) Technical Manager
11 60 (3.42%) Business Analyst
12 57 (3.25%) Consultant
13 49 (2.80%) Technical Project Manager
14 40 (2.28%) Project Officer
15 39 (2.23%) Coordinator
16 35 (2.00%) Infrastructure Manager
17 34 (1.94%) Project Coordinator
18 33 (1.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
19 32 (1.83%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.08%) Middleware
2 16 (0.91%) ADO
3 13 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.63%) REST
5 9 (0.51%) OAuth
5 9 (0.51%) VML
5 9 (0.51%) Web Services
6 8 (0.46%) HTML
6 8 (0.46%) pytest
7 7 (0.40%) .NET
7 7 (0.40%) JSON
7 7 (0.40%) React
7 7 (0.40%) Terraform
8 6 (0.34%) SOAP
9 5 (0.29%) DAO
9 5 (0.29%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.29%) XML
10 3 (0.17%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.11%) Management Information System
2 90 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.42%) Data Centre
5 49 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.45%) Virtual Team
7 33 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 32 (1.83%) PMI
9 31 (1.77%) Operational Technology
10 24 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (1.31%) FMCG
11 23 (1.31%) Social Media
12 21 (1.20%) Life Science
13 20 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 20 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (1.08%) Credit Risk
15 17 (0.97%) Fixed Income
16 15 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 15 (0.86%) Mobile App
17 14 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.68%) Linux
2 46 (2.63%) Windows
3 21 (1.20%) Unix
4 20 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.23%) zOS
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%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (46.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 675 (38.53%) Agile
3 523 (29.85%) Project Delivery
4 411 (23.46%) PRINCE2
5 310 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 309 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
7 282 (16.10%) Change Management
8 251 (14.33%) Decision-Making
8 251 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 234 (13.36%) Risk Management
10 228 (13.01%) Migration
11 219 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 213 (12.16%) AI
13 187 (10.67%) Project Governance
14 185 (10.56%) Scrum
15 161 (9.19%) Project Planning
16 154 (8.79%) Roadmaps
17 144 (8.22%) Change Control
18 139 (7.93%) Programme Management
19 132 (7.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 67 (3.82%) SQL
2 63 (3.60%) Python
3 12 (0.68%) VBA
4 11 (0.63%) C++
4 11 (0.63%) Java
5 8 (0.46%) Ada
5 8 (0.46%) Bash
5 8 (0.46%) C#
5 8 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.46%) Korn
6 6 (0.34%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.29%) MATLAB
7 5 (0.29%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.23%) C
8 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.17%) ABAP
9 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.11%) JCL
10 2 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 295 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 279 (15.92%) Degree
3 265 (15.13%) PMP
4 231 (13.18%) PMI Certification
5 201 (11.47%) SC Cleared
6 76 (4.34%) DV Cleared
7 69 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 31 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 16 (0.91%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 14 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (0.74%) APMP
12 13 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.68%) CISSP
14 10 (0.57%) ACCA
14 10 (0.57%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.57%) CIMA
14 10 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (12.84%) PMO
2 79 (4.51%) QA
3 50 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.48%) GDPR
5 25 (1.43%) GRC
6 19 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 18 (1.03%) SLA
8 16 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.74%) NIST
10 10 (0.57%) P3O
11 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.34%) FINREP
12 6 (0.34%) GMP
12 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.29%) COREP
14 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.23%) ITGC
14 4 (0.23%) MISRA
14 4 (0.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 34 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.63%) vSphere
4 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.057%) ACF2
9 1 (0.057%) Docker
9 1 (0.057%) KVM
9 1 (0.057%) RACF
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.97%) Ansible
2 9 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.34%) Puppet
5 5 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 3 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
7 3 (0.17%) BMC Performance Manager
7 3 (0.17%) Perfmon
8 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.057%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.057%) Nessus
9 1 (0.057%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 322 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 118 (6.74%) SAP
3 78 (4.45%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.82%) Oracle
5 46 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.45%) VMware
7 41 (2.34%) Adobe
8 36 (2.05%) Google
9 24 (1.37%) Cisco
10 19 (1.08%) Atlassian
10 19 (1.08%) IBM
11 18 (1.03%) NEC
12 17 (0.97%) Sitecore
12 17 (0.97%) Workday
13 16 (0.91%) Databricks
14 14 (0.80%) Planview
15 12 (0.68%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.63%) Ariba
16 11 (0.63%) JD Edwards
17 9 (0.51%) Murex