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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -15 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,754 2,177 3,083
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.16% 8.35% 8.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.90% 9.30% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,230 1,995
10th Percentile £335 £275 £325
25th Percentile £418 £408 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £619 £625 £629
90th Percentile £713 £725 £727
UK median daily rate £506 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 95 192
10th Percentile £15.22 £23.78 £18.32
25th Percentile £20.79 £31.25 £24.94
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.11 £37.81
Median % change year-on-year +4.96% +0.79% -24.38%
75th Percentile £63.58 £58.75 £59.06
90th Percentile £68.85 £65.00 £63.62
UK median hourly rate £39.25 £37.14 £39.06
% change year-on-year +5.68% -4.92% -21.09%

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 29,739 23,407 32,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.77% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,003 14,473 21,878
10th Percentile £308 £310 £300
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,861 738 1,959
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 -18 810 £540 +2.86% 309
South East -10 278 £525 - 325
North of England -24 271 £480 +5.21% 192
Midlands -22 202 £492 -6.29% 166
North West -14 156 £496 +13.37% 102
West Midlands -25 139 £500 -12.63% 91
South West -29 107 £450 -10.00% 110
Yorkshire -25 105 £480 +6.67% 65
East Midlands -14 65 £402 -2.90% 75
East of England -37 61 £450 -10.00% 128
North East -28 14 £410 -28.70% 30
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
1 155 (8.84%) Confluence
2 93 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.20%) CMS
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.34%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) nginx
9 4 (0.23%) Apache
10 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
12 1 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.057%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.057%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.057%) IIS
12 1 (0.057%) Moodle
12 1 (0.057%) WebSphere
Applications
1 200 (11.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 197 (11.23%) Microsoft Project
3 149 (8.49%) Microsoft Office
4 109 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 51 (2.91%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.31%) Trello
7 11 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.11%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 47 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.03%) Primavera
3 15 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.74%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 10 (0.57%) SAP Payroll
7 9 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
8 8 (0.46%) Shopify
9 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
9 7 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.29%) SAP HCM
11 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
12 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 143 (8.15%) Azure
2 92 (5.25%) Power Platform
3 90 (5.13%) AWS
4 53 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (2.74%) SaaS
6 33 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (1.65%) GCP
8 23 (1.31%) Asana
9 20 (1.14%) OpenShift
10 19 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (0.91%) Google Workspace
11 16 (0.91%) Smartsheet
12 15 (0.86%) GitHub
13 14 (0.80%) OneDrive
13 14 (0.80%) Serverless
14 13 (0.74%) IaaS
15 12 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.68%) PaaS
16 9 (0.51%) Entra ID
16 9 (0.51%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.71%) Firewall
2 26 (1.48%) WAN
3 18 (1.03%) LAN
4 16 (0.91%) Network Security
5 15 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
6 12 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 11 (0.63%) DNS
7 11 (0.63%) VPN
7 11 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.51%) Skype
9 9 (0.51%) SSL
10 8 (0.46%) BGP
10 8 (0.46%) Internet
10 8 (0.46%) MPLS
11 7 (0.40%) DHCP
12 6 (0.34%) Broadband
12 6 (0.34%) IPsec
13 5 (0.29%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.29%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.85%) Power BI
2 28 (1.60%) Tableau
3 19 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.03%) Metadata
5 15 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.46%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.23%) GIS
8 4 (0.23%) Power Query
9 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.17%) Big Data
9 3 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 286 (16.31%) JIRA
2 14 (0.80%) Git
3 10 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.40%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Selenium
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.11%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.057%) Ant
8 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.057%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.057%) ERwin
8 1 (0.057%) JUnit
8 1 (0.057%) LSMW
8 1 (0.057%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.057%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.057%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.057%) Toad
8 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio
General
1 882 (50.29%) Social Skills
2 669 (38.14%) Finance
3 299 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
5 168 (9.58%) Public Sector
6 160 (9.12%) Banking
7 89 (5.07%) Retail
8 75 (4.28%) Marketing
9 74 (4.22%) Legal
10 71 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (3.65%) Manufacturing
12 49 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.57%) Telecoms
14 41 (2.34%) Investment Banking
15 32 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 31 (1.77%) Local Government
17 27 (1.54%) Front Office
18 24 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.37%) Financial Institution
19 17 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 659 (37.57%) Project Manager
2 213 (12.14%) Analyst
3 162 (9.24%) Lead
4 144 (8.21%) Senior
5 113 (6.44%) Business Analyst
6 93 (5.30%) Senior Manager
7 83 (4.73%) IT Manager
8 75 (4.28%) Consultant
8 75 (4.28%) IT Project Manager
8 75 (4.28%) Senior Project Manager
9 53 (3.02%) Technical Manager
10 52 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
11 50 (2.85%) Infrastructure Manager
11 50 (2.85%) Programme Manager
12 47 (2.68%) Coordinator
13 41 (2.34%) Architect
13 41 (2.34%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 35 (2.00%) SAP Manager
14 35 (2.00%) Technical Project Manager
15 32 (1.82%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.14%) Middleware
2 19 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (0.86%) Web Services
4 13 (0.74%) REST
4 13 (0.74%) SOAP
5 12 (0.68%) EDI
6 10 (0.57%) .NET
6 10 (0.57%) XML
7 8 (0.46%) CSS
8 7 (0.40%) ADO
8 7 (0.40%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.40%) HTML
9 6 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.34%) OAuth
9 6 (0.34%) OpenID
9 6 (0.34%) React
10 5 (0.29%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.29%) RESTful
10 5 (0.29%) SAML
10 5 (0.29%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (6.44%) Onboarding
2 93 (5.30%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
4 52 (2.96%) Data Centre
5 50 (2.85%) Product Ownership
6 49 (2.79%) PMI
7 43 (2.45%) Virtual Team
8 40 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 20 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (1.08%) NHS
13 18 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.97%) Social Media
15 16 (0.91%) CMDB
15 16 (0.91%) SCADA
16 12 (0.68%) Cloud Native
16 12 (0.68%) Mobile App
17 10 (0.57%) Derivative
17 10 (0.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.96%) Windows
2 14 (0.80%) Linux
3 11 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.57%) Unix
4 10 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.057%) AIX
6 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.057%) VMS
6 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.057%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 676 (38.54%) Agile
2 584 (33.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 436 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
4 420 (23.95%) Project Delivery
5 363 (20.70%) PRINCE2
6 310 (17.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 282 (16.08%) Change Management
8 262 (14.94%) Migration
9 229 (13.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 200 (11.40%) Waterfall
11 195 (11.12%) Decision-Making
12 186 (10.60%) Risk Management
13 183 (10.43%) Scrum
14 169 (9.64%) Budget Management
15 136 (7.75%) ERP
16 134 (7.64%) DevOps
17 130 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
18 129 (7.35%) ITIL
19 126 (7.18%) Project Governance
20 125 (7.13%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (4.68%) SQL
2 41 (2.34%) Python
3 14 (0.80%) Java
4 12 (0.68%) C#
4 12 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.34%) VBA
6 5 (0.29%) Perl
6 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.29%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.23%) ABAP
7 4 (0.23%) R
7 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.17%) C++
8 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.17%) Korn
8 3 (0.17%) SOQL
9 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.11%) Go
9 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 324 (18.47%) Degree
2 272 (15.51%) Security Cleared
3 254 (14.48%) PMP
4 235 (13.40%) PMI Certification
5 199 (11.35%) SC Cleared
6 59 (3.36%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 37 (2.11%) APMP
9 33 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 23 (1.31%) CISSP
13 21 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 20 (1.14%) CISM
15 18 (1.03%) MBA
16 16 (0.91%) CBAP
17 15 (0.86%) IIBA
18 10 (0.57%) ACCA
19 9 (0.51%) CIMA
19 9 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (11.12%) PMO
2 122 (6.96%) QA
3 50 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.74%) GDPR
5 44 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.71%) NIST
7 19 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (0.91%) GRC
9 15 (0.86%) SLA
10 12 (0.68%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.57%) Basel III
12 7 (0.40%) ISO 19650
12 7 (0.40%) PSD2
13 6 (0.34%) EMIR
13 6 (0.34%) NCSC
13 6 (0.34%) WCAG
14 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.29%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.80%) Docker
3 7 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) RACF
4 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.057%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.057%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.80%) Terraform
3 11 (0.63%) SCCM
4 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.34%) Ansible
6 6 (0.34%) Kibana
6 6 (0.34%) logstash
7 4 (0.23%) Consul
7 4 (0.23%) Packer
8 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.057%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.057%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.057%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) SCOM
9 1 (0.057%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.057%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 282 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.15%) SAP
3 81 (4.62%) ServiceNow
4 74 (4.22%) Oracle
5 62 (3.53%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.77%) Google
7 27 (1.54%) Cisco
8 20 (1.14%) Adobe
8 20 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 19 (1.08%) Workday
10 15 (0.86%) Planview
11 14 (0.80%) Databricks
11 14 (0.80%) VMware
12 12 (0.68%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.68%) Palo Alto
12 12 (0.68%) Sage
13 11 (0.63%) IBM
14 9 (0.51%) Juniper
15 8 (0.46%) CheckPoint
15 8 (0.46%) Splunk