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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -22 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,828 1,861 2,802
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.29% 7.59% 7.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 8.31% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,136 1,702
10th Percentile £323 £309 £310
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £616
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +1.90% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 97 264
10th Percentile £14.64 £21.39 £18.33
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.50 £26.60
Median hourly rate £37.50 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +21.46% -16.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £44.44
90th Percentile £73.49 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £46.22 £38.12
% change year-on-year -18.86% +21.24% -17.13%

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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -22 865 £550 - 324
North of England -21 284 £475 - 207
South East -19 253 £507 +4.97% 253
Midlands -33 179 £500 +11.11% 123
North West -7 166 £468 -0.53% 105
South West -16 137 £450 -1.32% 94
West Midlands -39 123 £533 +12.82% 66
Yorkshire -31 111 £500 - 79
East of England -10 86 £518 -0.29% 101
East Midlands -15 58 £393 -5.87% 57
North East -34 10 £450 -11.76% 28
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
1 116 (6.35%) Confluence
2 97 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.09%) CMS
4 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.38%) Apache
7 6 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.16%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.055%) CICS
12 1 (0.055%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.055%) IIS
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 165 (9.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 161 (8.81%) Microsoft Project
3 116 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
4 106 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 43 (2.35%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.55%) Trello
8 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 74 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.71%) Primavera
3 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (0.55%) Shopify
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.44%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.38%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
9 5 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.27%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 132 (7.22%) Azure
2 89 (4.87%) Power Platform
3 77 (4.21%) SaaS
4 72 (3.94%) AWS
5 67 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (1.31%) Smartsheet
8 23 (1.26%) GCP
9 21 (1.15%) Google Workspace
10 18 (0.98%) Asana
11 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
12 11 (0.60%) OpenShift
13 10 (0.55%) BigCommerce
13 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
14 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.49%) GitHub
14 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.49%) OCI
15 8 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.31%) Network Security
1 24 (1.31%) WAN
2 21 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 19 (1.04%) DNS
4 17 (0.93%) Firewall
5 16 (0.88%) LAN
6 15 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
7 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.71%) MPLS
9 12 (0.66%) BGP
9 12 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.55%) DHCP
11 9 (0.49%) BIG-IP
11 9 (0.49%) Internet
12 8 (0.44%) VPN
13 7 (0.38%) DKIM
13 7 (0.38%) DMARC
13 7 (0.38%) Intranet
13 7 (0.38%) SAN
14 5 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.65%) Power BI
2 15 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.77%) Tableau
4 12 (0.66%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.60%) Metadata
6 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.27%) Power Query
10 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.16%) QlikView
11 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 243 (13.29%) JIRA
2 20 (1.09%) Git
3 13 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.33%) GitLab
5 5 (0.27%) Subversion
6 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.055%) Appium
8 1 (0.055%) Maven
8 1 (0.055%) minitest
8 1 (0.055%) MSI
8 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.055%) RSpec
8 1 (0.055%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.055%) Terragrunt
General
1 827 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 720 (39.39%) Finance
3 294 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.01%) Organisational Skills
5 146 (7.99%) Public Sector
6 135 (7.39%) Banking
7 106 (5.80%) Marketing
7 106 (5.80%) Retail
8 67 (3.67%) Legal
9 61 (3.34%) Manufacturing
10 60 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 45 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (1.91%) Financial Institution
14 29 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.48%) Investment Banking
16 25 (1.37%) Front Office
17 24 (1.31%) Local Government
18 20 (1.09%) Aerospace
18 20 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 714 (39.06%) Project Manager
2 207 (11.32%) Analyst
3 187 (10.23%) Senior
4 152 (8.32%) Lead
5 131 (7.17%) Senior Manager
6 110 (6.02%) Senior Project Manager
7 109 (5.96%) Business Analyst
8 88 (4.81%) IT Manager
9 78 (4.27%) IT Project Manager
10 72 (3.94%) Programme Manager
11 65 (3.56%) Consultant
12 53 (2.90%) Infrastructure Manager
13 52 (2.84%) Architect
13 52 (2.84%) Technical Manager
14 47 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.41%) Technical Project Manager
16 43 (2.35%) SC Cleared Project Manager
17 40 (2.19%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 37 (2.02%) Developer
18 37 (2.02%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.20%) Middleware
1 22 (1.20%) REST
2 17 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (0.77%) OAuth
3 14 (0.77%) SOAP
4 13 (0.71%) VML
4 13 (0.71%) Web Services
5 11 (0.60%) HTML
6 10 (0.55%) CSS
7 8 (0.44%) JSON
7 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.44%) SAML
8 7 (0.38%) .NET
9 6 (0.33%) ADO
9 6 (0.33%) OpenID
10 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.27%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.27%) RESTful
10 5 (0.27%) XACML
10 5 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (4.92%) Management Information System
1 90 (4.92%) Onboarding
2 66 (3.61%) Data Centre
3 53 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 53 (2.90%) PMI
4 52 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 33 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.20%) Operational Technology
9 21 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (1.09%) FMCG
10 20 (1.09%) Social Media
11 18 (0.98%) CMDB
12 16 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (0.88%) NHS
13 15 (0.82%) EPoS
14 14 (0.77%) Data Structures
14 14 (0.77%) Life Science
15 12 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.46%) Windows
2 26 (1.42%) Linux
3 14 (0.77%) Unix
3 14 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) AIX
7 1 (0.055%) Android
7 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (36.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 658 (36.00%) Agile
3 478 (26.15%) Project Delivery
4 384 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
5 341 (18.65%) PRINCE2
6 289 (15.81%) Migration
7 278 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 273 (14.93%) Change Management
9 257 (14.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 237 (12.96%) Decision-Making
11 226 (12.36%) Waterfall
12 221 (12.09%) Risk Management
13 167 (9.14%) ERP
14 164 (8.97%) Scrum
15 148 (8.10%) Budget Management
16 143 (7.82%) AI
17 123 (6.73%) Data Migration
18 121 (6.62%) Project Planning
18 121 (6.62%) Roadmaps
19 118 (6.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 76 (4.16%) SQL
2 46 (2.52%) Python
3 19 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.77%) Java
5 13 (0.71%) VBA
6 10 (0.55%) C#
7 8 (0.44%) C++
8 7 (0.38%) C
9 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.27%) ABAP
10 5 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.22%) Ada
11 4 (0.22%) JCL
11 4 (0.22%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.22%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.22%) R
12 3 (0.16%) Perl
12 3 (0.16%) SOQL
13 2 (0.11%) REXX
13 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 296 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 264 (14.44%) PMP
3 260 (14.22%) Degree
4 223 (12.20%) PMI Certification
4 223 (12.20%) SC Cleared
5 57 (3.12%) DV Cleared
6 39 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 35 (1.91%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.70%) ACCA
8 31 (1.70%) CIMA
9 24 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.26%) APMP
11 20 (1.09%) CISSP
11 20 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (0.93%) CBAP
12 17 (0.93%) CISM
13 16 (0.88%) MBA
14 12 (0.66%) IIBA
15 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
15 10 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (12.31%) PMO
2 116 (6.35%) QA
3 55 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 45 (2.46%) GDPR
5 35 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.75%) SLA
7 31 (1.70%) NIST
8 19 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.82%) GRC
10 8 (0.44%) Basel III
11 7 (0.38%) MiFID
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) GMP
12 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) EMIR
13 5 (0.27%) GxP
14 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.33%) RACF
4 4 (0.22%) NFS
4 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.055%) ACF2
7 1 (0.055%) Docker
7 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (0.93%) Ansible
3 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.16%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.16%) Terraform
7 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.055%) Control-M
8 1 (0.055%) Grafana
8 1 (0.055%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.055%) logstash
8 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.055%) SCOM
8 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.055%) vRealize
Vendors
1 270 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 156 (8.53%) SAP
3 99 (5.42%) ServiceNow
4 64 (3.50%) Oracle
5 47 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.13%) Google
7 28 (1.53%) Adobe
8 23 (1.26%) Cisco
9 22 (1.20%) Workday
10 20 (1.09%) Sitecore
11 16 (0.88%) VMware
12 14 (0.77%) CyberArk
12 14 (0.77%) Sage
13 13 (0.71%) Databricks
13 13 (0.71%) NEC
14 12 (0.66%) IBM
15 11 (0.60%) Atlassian
16 10 (0.55%) F5
16 10 (0.55%) IFS
17 9 (0.49%) Murex