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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -28 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,776 1,791 2,516
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.86% 6.50% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 7.15% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,100 1,099 1,461
10th Percentile £313 £324 £310
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -
75th Percentile £625 £644 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.51% -2.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 97 150
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £26.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -4.00% -5.72%
75th Percentile £63.56 £60.00 £55.19
90th Percentile £83.18 £75.00 £67.78
UK median hourly rate £45.50 £34.50 £36.48
% change year-on-year +31.88% -5.43% -9.36%

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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
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 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
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% +1.18%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -30 866 £550 - 2,127
South East -21 256 £500 - 578
North of England -41 255 £475 -3.46% 463
North West -24 156 £475 -3.01% 254
Midlands -44 143 £538 +16.22% 344
South West -26 131 £450 - 256
West Midlands -54 95 £550 +17.27% 207
Yorkshire -27 91 £475 -5.00% 155
East of England -16 78 £525 -0.57% 221
East Midlands -19 48 £525 +17.45% 136
North East -39 10 £420 +3.07% 59
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 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 88 (4.95%) Confluence
3 33 (1.86%) CMS
4 19 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.39%) 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 (0.056%) CICS
12 1 (0.056%) Drupal
12 1 (0.056%) IIS
12 1 (0.056%) nginx
Applications
1 181 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (8.50%) Microsoft Project
3 147 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
4 120 (6.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 38 (2.14%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.73%) Trello
8 11 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.28%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.17%) InDesign
12 3 (0.17%) Windchill
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.056%) CATIA
14 1 (0.056%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 50 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.96%) Primavera
3 13 (0.73%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.73%) Magento
4 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.51%) SAP MM
5 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.45%) SAP PS
6 7 (0.39%) NEC Housing
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.28%) Shopify
8 5 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 157 (8.84%) Azure
2 123 (6.93%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.73%) SaaS
4 74 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (3.66%) AWS
6 60 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (1.86%) Smartsheet
8 25 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.41%) Google Workspace
9 19 (1.07%) Asana
10 17 (0.96%) Entra ID
11 15 (0.84%) GitHub
12 13 (0.73%) GCP
13 12 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.51%) OCI
16 9 (0.51%) OneDrive
16 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.91%) Network Security
2 23 (1.30%) DNS
3 22 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.01%) Firewall
4 18 (1.01%) Structured Cabling
4 18 (1.01%) WAN
5 13 (0.73%) VPN
5 13 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.68%) DHCP
6 12 (0.68%) Intranet
6 12 (0.68%) LAN
7 11 (0.62%) BGP
8 8 (0.45%) 3GPP
8 8 (0.45%) 4G
8 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
8 8 (0.45%) Internet
8 8 (0.45%) LTE
8 8 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
8 8 (0.45%) Wireless
8 8 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (6.31%) Power BI
2 18 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.84%) Tableau
4 13 (0.73%) Metadata
5 12 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.68%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.51%) Power Query
7 8 (0.45%) GIS
8 7 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.39%) 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%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 227 (12.78%) JIRA
2 26 (1.46%) Git
3 18 (1.01%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.51%) Subversion
5 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.23%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) Selenium
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.056%) Hudson
9 1 (0.056%) minitest
9 1 (0.056%) Postman
9 1 (0.056%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.056%) Snyk
9 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.056%) TestRail
General
1 804 (45.27%) Social Skills
2 691 (38.91%) Finance
3 303 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.30%) Organisational Skills
5 154 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 152 (8.56%) Banking
7 124 (6.98%) Marketing
8 113 (6.36%) Retail
9 77 (4.34%) Influencing Skills
10 65 (3.66%) Telecoms
11 61 (3.43%) Legal
12 60 (3.38%) Manufacturing
13 49 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (1.63%) Investment Banking
15 27 (1.52%) Front Office
16 26 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 26 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.41%) Local Government
18 24 (1.35%) Financial Institution
18 24 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 673 (37.89%) Project Manager
2 170 (9.57%) Senior
3 165 (9.29%) Lead
4 132 (7.43%) Analyst
5 128 (7.21%) Senior Manager
6 103 (5.80%) IT Manager
7 97 (5.46%) Senior Project Manager
8 77 (4.34%) Programme Manager
9 75 (4.22%) IT Project Manager
10 72 (4.05%) Business Analyst
11 63 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
12 61 (3.43%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.32%) Consultant
14 45 (2.53%) Technical Project Manager
15 40 (2.25%) Infrastructure Manager
16 35 (1.97%) Coordinator
16 35 (1.97%) Project Officer
17 33 (1.86%) Change Manager
17 33 (1.86%) Developer
18 32 (1.80%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.07%) Middleware
2 18 (1.01%) REST
3 14 (0.79%) ADO
4 13 (0.73%) HTML
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
5 12 (0.68%) VML
5 12 (0.68%) Web Services
6 10 (0.56%) JSON
7 9 (0.51%) .NET
7 9 (0.51%) OAuth
7 9 (0.51%) React
8 8 (0.45%) SOAP
9 6 (0.34%) pytest
9 6 (0.34%) Terraform
10 5 (0.28%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.28%) CSS
10 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.28%) RESTful
10 5 (0.28%) XML
11 3 (0.17%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.90%) Product Ownership
3 84 (4.73%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 47 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.36%) PMI
8 29 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.46%) FMCG
9 26 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 24 (1.35%) Social Media
12 22 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.18%) Credit Risk
14 17 (0.96%) AI Agents
14 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (0.90%) Mobile App
16 15 (0.84%) Life Science
17 14 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 13 (0.73%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.93%) Windows
2 45 (2.53%) Linux
3 21 (1.18%) 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 2012
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.056%) Android
9 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.056%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.056%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (44.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 695 (39.13%) Agile
3 511 (28.77%) Project Delivery
4 404 (22.75%) PRINCE2
5 314 (17.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 306 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
7 295 (16.61%) Change Management
8 252 (14.19%) Decision-Making
9 247 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 240 (13.51%) Migration
11 233 (13.12%) Waterfall
12 231 (13.01%) Risk Management
13 202 (11.37%) AI
14 184 (10.36%) Scrum
15 174 (9.80%) Project Governance
16 156 (8.78%) Project Planning
17 147 (8.28%) Roadmaps
18 146 (8.22%) Analytics
19 141 (7.94%) Programme Management
20 134 (7.55%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 67 (3.77%) SQL
2 66 (3.72%) Python
3 16 (0.90%) VBA
4 15 (0.84%) JavaScript
5 14 (0.79%) Java
6 12 (0.68%) C++
7 9 (0.51%) C#
8 8 (0.45%) Korn
8 8 (0.45%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.39%) Ada
9 7 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.34%) Bash
10 6 (0.34%) C
11 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) ABAP
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) JCL
14 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.11%) R
Qualifications
1 293 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 286 (16.10%) Degree
3 273 (15.37%) PMP
4 235 (13.23%) PMI Certification
5 199 (11.20%) SC Cleared
6 70 (3.94%) DV Cleared
6 70 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 29 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.07%) ACCA
9 19 (1.07%) CIMA
10 15 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
11 14 (0.79%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.73%) APMP
12 13 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 12 (0.68%) CISSP
13 12 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.51%) CIPFA
15 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (12.67%) PMO
2 91 (5.12%) QA
3 51 (2.87%) Data Quality
4 29 (1.63%) GDPR
5 23 (1.30%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.24%) GRC
6 22 (1.24%) SLA
7 18 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.96%) NIST
9 8 (0.45%) P3O
10 7 (0.39%) FINREP
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 6 (0.34%) COREP
11 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.23%) EMIR
13 4 (0.23%) ITGC
System Software
1 34 (1.91%) Active Directory
2 23 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.28%) vSphere
6 3 (0.17%) NFS
6 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.056%) ACF2
8 1 (0.056%) Docker
8 1 (0.056%) RACF
8 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (1.18%) Ansible
2 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
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
6 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.11%) BMC Performance Manager
7 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.11%) Perfmon
7 2 (0.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.056%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.056%) Nessus
8 1 (0.056%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.056%) SCOM
8 1 (0.056%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 324 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 124 (6.98%) SAP
3 97 (5.46%) ServiceNow
4 73 (4.11%) Oracle
5 48 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 44 (2.48%) Adobe
7 39 (2.20%) Google
8 32 (1.80%) VMware
9 24 (1.35%) Cisco
10 23 (1.30%) Sitecore
11 19 (1.07%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.07%) Workday
12 18 (1.01%) NEC
13 16 (0.90%) Databricks
14 14 (0.79%) IBM
15 13 (0.73%) Planview
16 12 (0.68%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
18 10 (0.56%) Ariba
19 9 (0.51%) Dell