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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,783 1,906 2,518
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.90% 6.92% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 7.61% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 1,183 1,500
10th Percentile £313 £313 £310
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £631
90th Percentile £735 £728 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.10% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 104 191
10th Percentile £21.00 £21.39 £21.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £29.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £42.65 £43.54 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +14.21% -4.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £83.10 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £42.48 £37.28 £38.12
% change year-on-year +13.94% -2.20% -5.88%

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 38,779 25,035 28,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.92% 90.85% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,017 15,949 18,476
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,559 1,455 1,574
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.22 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.92 £17.80
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -37.90% -1.22%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -30 861 £550 +2.80% 453
North of England -36 261 £475 -5.00% 261
South East -26 248 £500 - 333
North West -20 159 £475 -3.01% 147
Midlands -42 146 £534 +18.61% 186
South West -24 139 £450 - 146
West Midlands -57 98 £550 +17.27% 113
Yorkshire -35 95 £485 -3.00% 84
East of England -5 85 £515 -1.90% 115
East Midlands -19 48 £500 +12.42% 72
North East -37 9 £420 -12.95% 32
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
1 100 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 88 (4.94%) Confluence
3 34 (1.91%) CMS
4 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.28%) Apache
9 5 (0.28%) JBoss
9 5 (0.28%) Moodle
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
12 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.056%) Appian
12 1 (0.056%) Camunda
12 1 (0.056%) IIS
Applications
1 174 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 157 (8.81%) Microsoft Project
3 143 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
4 113 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 40 (2.24%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.79%) Trello
7 10 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.17%) InDesign
11 3 (0.17%) Windchill
12 2 (0.11%) Houdini
12 2 (0.11%) NUKE
13 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.056%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 54 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.07%) Primavera
3 12 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
3 12 (0.67%) Magento
4 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.45%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) ProductWriter
7 6 (0.34%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.34%) Shopify
8 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PS
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.22%) SAP CRM
9 4 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 149 (8.36%) Azure
2 121 (6.79%) Power Platform
3 90 (5.05%) SaaS
4 73 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (3.53%) AWS
6 57 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (1.91%) Smartsheet
8 25 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.40%) Google Workspace
9 19 (1.07%) Asana
10 17 (0.95%) Entra ID
11 15 (0.84%) GitHub
12 14 (0.79%) GCP
13 12 (0.67%) Google Sheets
13 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.62%) OCI
14 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
15 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.74%) Network Security
2 22 (1.23%) DNS
2 22 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.12%) WAN
4 19 (1.07%) Structured Cabling
5 15 (0.84%) Firewall
5 15 (0.84%) LAN
5 15 (0.84%) VPN
6 14 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.73%) DHCP
8 12 (0.67%) Intranet
9 11 (0.62%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.56%) BGP
10 10 (0.56%) Internet
10 10 (0.56%) MPLS
11 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
12 7 (0.39%) DKIM
12 7 (0.39%) DMARC
12 7 (0.39%) SAN
12 7 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (6.17%) Power BI
2 17 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (0.84%) Tableau
4 12 (0.67%) Metadata
5 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.45%) GIS
7 8 (0.45%) Power Query
8 7 (0.39%) Big Data
9 6 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
9 6 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.17%) QlikView
12 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.11%) Looker
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 227 (12.73%) JIRA
2 24 (1.35%) Git
3 19 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.50%) Subversion
5 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.28%) GitLab
7 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.11%) Hudson
9 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.056%) Capybara
10 1 (0.056%) minitest
10 1 (0.056%) Postman
10 1 (0.056%) RSpec
10 1 (0.056%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.056%) Snyk
10 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.056%) Terragrunt
General
1 805 (45.15%) Social Skills
2 684 (38.36%) Finance
3 315 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (10.10%) Organisational Skills
5 151 (8.47%) Banking
5 151 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.63%) Marketing
7 114 (6.39%) Retail
8 68 (3.81%) Manufacturing
9 65 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
10 64 (3.59%) Telecoms
11 61 (3.42%) Legal
12 45 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (1.63%) Financial Institution
14 28 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 26 (1.46%) Front Office
15 26 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.46%) Local Government
16 25 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (1.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 684 (38.36%) Project Manager
2 175 (9.81%) Senior
3 163 (9.14%) Lead
4 142 (7.96%) Analyst
5 134 (7.52%) Senior Manager
6 103 (5.78%) Senior Project Manager
7 96 (5.38%) IT Manager
8 85 (4.77%) Programme Manager
9 75 (4.21%) Business Analyst
10 74 (4.15%) IT Project Manager
11 60 (3.37%) Technical Manager
12 59 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
13 56 (3.14%) Consultant
14 49 (2.75%) Infrastructure Manager
15 47 (2.64%) Technical Project Manager
16 38 (2.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 38 (2.13%) SC Cleared Project Manager
17 36 (2.02%) Developer
18 35 (1.96%) Project Officer
19 34 (1.91%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.23%) Middleware
2 19 (1.07%) REST
3 16 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (0.79%) HTML
5 13 (0.73%) ADO
5 13 (0.73%) VML
6 12 (0.67%) Web Services
7 10 (0.56%) JSON
7 10 (0.56%) OAuth
8 9 (0.50%) .NET
8 9 (0.50%) React
8 9 (0.50%) SOAP
9 6 (0.34%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.34%) CSS
9 6 (0.34%) Terraform
9 6 (0.34%) XML
10 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.28%) RESTful
11 4 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
11 4 (0.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 81 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.15%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 47 (2.64%) PMI
6 46 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 43 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 28 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.46%) Operational Technology
10 25 (1.40%) FMCG
11 23 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (1.29%) Social Media
12 22 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.12%) Credit Risk
14 18 (1.01%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.79%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.73%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.86%) Windows
2 42 (2.36%) Linux
3 18 (1.01%) Unix
4 17 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.22%) zOS
8 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
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%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (43.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 703 (39.43%) Agile
3 503 (28.21%) Project Delivery
4 415 (23.28%) PRINCE2
5 319 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
6 308 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 300 (16.83%) Change Management
8 253 (14.19%) Migration
9 248 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 239 (13.40%) Decision-Making
11 229 (12.84%) Waterfall
12 224 (12.56%) Risk Management
13 182 (10.21%) Scrum
14 180 (10.10%) AI
15 150 (8.41%) Project Governance
16 144 (8.08%) Roadmaps
17 139 (7.80%) Analytics
18 136 (7.63%) Project Planning
19 133 (7.46%) ITIL
20 129 (7.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 69 (3.87%) SQL
2 66 (3.70%) Python
3 18 (1.01%) JavaScript
4 16 (0.90%) VBA
5 13 (0.73%) Java
6 12 (0.67%) C++
7 9 (0.50%) C#
7 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.45%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.39%) Ada
10 6 (0.34%) C
11 5 (0.28%) Korn
11 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.22%) ABAP
12 4 (0.22%) Bash
12 4 (0.22%) JCL
12 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) R
14 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 296 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 290 (16.26%) Degree
3 285 (15.98%) PMP
4 244 (13.68%) PMI Certification
5 200 (11.22%) SC Cleared
6 74 (4.15%) DV Cleared
7 64 (3.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 25 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.18%) ACCA
10 21 (1.18%) CIMA
11 17 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (0.90%) APMP
12 16 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 13 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.67%) CISSP
15 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.56%) CIPFA
16 10 (0.56%) MBA
16 10 (0.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (12.11%) PMO
2 92 (5.16%) QA
3 54 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.85%) GDPR
5 27 (1.51%) SLA
6 23 (1.29%) GRC
7 22 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 19 (1.07%) NIST
10 8 (0.45%) P3O
11 7 (0.39%) FINREP
11 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.34%) COREP
12 6 (0.34%) EMIR
12 6 (0.34%) MiFID
13 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.22%) GxP
14 4 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.056%) ACF2
8 1 (0.056%) Docker
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.056%) RACF
8 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (1.07%) Ansible
2 11 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.34%) Puppet
4 6 (0.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.056%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.056%) BMC Performance Manager
8 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
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
1 310 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 128 (7.18%) SAP
3 98 (5.50%) ServiceNow
4 76 (4.26%) Oracle
5 53 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.58%) Google
7 45 (2.52%) Adobe
8 28 (1.57%) VMware
9 25 (1.40%) Cisco
10 24 (1.35%) Sitecore
11 20 (1.12%) Atlassian
12 19 (1.07%) NEC
13 18 (1.01%) Workday
14 13 (0.73%) IBM
15 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.67%) Databricks
16 10 (0.56%) IFS
16 10 (0.56%) JD Edwards
16 10 (0.56%) Murex
17 9 (0.50%) Guidewire