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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -18 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,804 2,013 3,054
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.98% 8.13% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 8.98% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,201 1,941
10th Percentile £340 £275 £320
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £600 £625
90th Percentile £716 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.04% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 96 227
10th Percentile £15.02 £24.49 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.79 £31.25 £26.14
Median hourly rate £40.50 £41.25 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +8.21% -25.98%
75th Percentile £63.58 £60.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.50 £61.35
UK median hourly rate £39.75 £40.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -0.63% +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 31,340 22,420 33,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.56% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,068 14,466 21,877
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 £615 £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 1,932 799 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.25 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -16 835 £550 +4.76% 296
North of England -21 279 £480 +1.05% 206
South East -11 273 £525 - 303
Midlands -24 207 £500 +5.26% 169
North West -8 160 £488 +8.33% 105
West Midlands -28 146 £500 -4.76% 102
South West -18 116 £450 -10.00% 107
Yorkshire -28 110 £492 +3.58% 84
East of England -35 68 £450 -13.29% 135
East Midlands -18 63 £398 -0.53% 67
North East -19 13 £410 -23.72% 23
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
1 160 (8.87%) Confluence
2 80 (4.43%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.05%) CMS
4 7 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.28%) Apache
5 5 (0.28%) nginx
6 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 2 (0.11%) SAS
7 2 (0.11%) WordPress
8 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.055%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.055%) IIS
8 1 (0.055%) Moodle
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.055%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 202 (11.20%) Microsoft Project
2 197 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 137 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
4 105 (5.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (2.44%) MS Visio
6 18 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
7 17 (0.94%) Trello
8 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.055%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.055%) Revit
12 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 56 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.16%) Primavera
3 15 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.78%) Loan IQ
5 12 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 11 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 10 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
8 9 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
9 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
9 8 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
10 7 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
10 7 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
11 6 (0.33%) SAP HCM
12 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
12 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
13 4 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 136 (7.54%) Azure
2 89 (4.93%) AWS
3 88 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 53 (2.94%) SaaS
5 42 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (1.61%) GCP
8 21 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 20 (1.11%) OpenShift
10 19 (1.05%) Asana
11 18 (1.00%) Smartsheet
12 16 (0.89%) Google Workspace
13 15 (0.83%) GitHub
14 13 (0.72%) Serverless
15 12 (0.67%) Entra ID
15 12 (0.67%) IaaS
16 11 (0.61%) PaaS
17 10 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
18 9 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.61%) WAN
2 28 (1.55%) Firewall
3 19 (1.05%) LAN
4 18 (1.00%) Network Security
5 17 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
6 15 (0.83%) SD-WAN
7 14 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.72%) VPN
9 12 (0.67%) MPLS
10 11 (0.61%) Internet
11 10 (0.55%) DNS
11 10 (0.55%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.44%) BGP
12 8 (0.44%) SSL
13 6 (0.33%) DHCP
13 6 (0.33%) IPsec
14 5 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.28%) Kerberos
15 4 (0.22%) Broadband
15 4 (0.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.49%) Power BI
2 25 (1.39%) Tableau
3 16 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 15 (0.83%) Metadata
5 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.44%) SAP HANA
7 7 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.22%) GIS
10 4 (0.22%) Power Query
10 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 294 (16.30%) JIRA
2 17 (0.94%) Git
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.17%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.055%) Ant
8 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.055%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.055%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.055%) Hudson
8 1 (0.055%) JUnit
8 1 (0.055%) LSMW
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.055%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.055%) Toad
8 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio
General
1 903 (50.06%) Social Skills
2 696 (38.58%) Finance
3 308 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (9.87%) Organisational Skills
5 170 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 154 (8.54%) Banking
7 87 (4.82%) Retail
8 81 (4.49%) Marketing
9 74 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
9 74 (4.10%) Legal
10 69 (3.82%) Manufacturing
11 49 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (2.27%) Telecoms
13 40 (2.22%) Investment Banking
14 31 (1.72%) Financial Institution
15 29 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (1.33%) Front Office
17 24 (1.33%) Local Government
18 19 (1.05%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 710 (39.36%) Project Manager
2 207 (11.47%) Analyst
3 160 (8.87%) Senior
4 151 (8.37%) Lead
5 111 (6.15%) Senior Manager
6 109 (6.04%) Business Analyst
7 91 (5.04%) Senior Project Manager
8 84 (4.66%) IT Manager
9 78 (4.32%) Consultant
9 78 (4.32%) IT Project Manager
10 60 (3.33%) Programme Manager
11 59 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
11 59 (3.27%) Infrastructure Manager
11 59 (3.27%) Technical Manager
12 49 (2.72%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 39 (2.16%) Coordinator
14 38 (2.11%) Technical Project Manager
15 37 (2.05%) Project Officer
15 37 (2.05%) SAP Manager
16 36 (2.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.16%) Middleware
1 21 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (0.78%) REST
2 14 (0.78%) SOAP
3 13 (0.72%) Web Services
4 11 (0.61%) EDI
5 10 (0.55%) XML
6 9 (0.50%) CSS
7 8 (0.44%) HTML
7 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.39%) OAuth
9 6 (0.33%) .NET
9 6 (0.33%) ADO
9 6 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.33%) OpenID
9 6 (0.33%) SAML
10 5 (0.28%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.28%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.28%) XACML
11 4 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 111 (6.15%) Onboarding
2 92 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 66 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 55 (3.05%) PMI
5 52 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
6 46 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 45 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 40 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.44%) Operational Technology
11 22 (1.22%) NHS
12 21 (1.16%) CMDB
13 19 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (0.89%) SCADA
14 16 (0.89%) Social Media
15 14 (0.78%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
17 11 (0.61%) Data Structures
17 11 (0.61%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.38%) Windows
2 15 (0.83%) Linux
3 10 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.50%) Unix
5 6 (0.33%) 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
1 674 (37.36%) Agile
2 613 (33.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 438 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
3 438 (24.28%) Project Delivery
4 392 (21.73%) PRINCE2
5 309 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 285 (15.80%) Change Management
7 274 (15.19%) Migration
8 257 (14.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 198 (10.98%) Decision-Making
9 198 (10.98%) Waterfall
10 194 (10.75%) Risk Management
10 194 (10.75%) Scrum
11 163 (9.04%) Budget Management
12 149 (8.26%) ERP
13 135 (7.48%) DevOps
14 128 (7.10%) Cybersecurity
15 127 (7.04%) ITIL
16 125 (6.93%) Project Governance
16 125 (6.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 81 (4.49%) SQL
2 37 (2.05%) Python
3 13 (0.72%) Java
3 13 (0.72%) JavaScript
4 10 (0.55%) C#
5 6 (0.33%) ABAP
5 6 (0.33%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.33%) VBA
6 5 (0.28%) Perl
6 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.28%) R
7 4 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.17%) C++
8 3 (0.17%) Korn
8 3 (0.17%) SOQL
9 2 (0.11%) C
9 2 (0.11%) Go
9 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 303 (16.80%) Degree
2 298 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 274 (15.19%) PMP
4 248 (13.75%) PMI Certification
5 219 (12.14%) SC Cleared
6 61 (3.38%) DV Cleared
7 38 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 36 (2.00%) APMP
9 33 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 32 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 27 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.39%) CISSP
13 22 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 21 (1.16%) CISM
15 17 (0.94%) MBA
16 16 (0.89%) CBAP
17 15 (0.83%) IIBA
18 12 (0.67%) ACCA
18 12 (0.67%) CIMA
19 8 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (11.36%) PMO
2 118 (6.54%) QA
3 51 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 46 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.44%) GDPR
6 34 (1.88%) NIST
7 25 (1.39%) SLA
8 17 (0.94%) GRC
9 16 (0.89%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.61%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.55%) Basel III
13 7 (0.39%) EMIR
14 6 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.33%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.33%) MiFID
14 6 (0.33%) WCAG
15 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.28%) NCSC
15 5 (0.28%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.72%) Docker
3 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.28%) RACF
5 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.055%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.67%) Terraform
3 9 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.33%) Kibana
4 6 (0.33%) logstash
5 5 (0.28%) Ansible
6 4 (0.22%) Consul
6 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.22%) Packer
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.17%) SCCM
7 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.055%) Argo
8 1 (0.055%) CASB
8 1 (0.055%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.055%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.055%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 273 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 162 (8.98%) SAP
3 94 (5.21%) ServiceNow
4 71 (3.94%) Oracle
5 65 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.72%) Google
7 30 (1.66%) Cisco
8 23 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 22 (1.22%) Adobe
9 22 (1.22%) Workday
10 17 (0.94%) CyberArk
11 15 (0.83%) Databricks
11 15 (0.83%) Sage
11 15 (0.83%) VMware
12 13 (0.72%) Planview
13 12 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.55%) IBM
15 9 (0.50%) Juniper
16 8 (0.44%) NEC
16 8 (0.44%) Splunk