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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -29 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,767 1,760 2,471
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.80% 6.28% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 6.90% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,088 1,094 1,409
10th Percentile £309 £327 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £736 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 101 125
10th Percentile £21.00 £20.24 £21.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £24.61 £27.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.62% -1.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £82.50 £65.00 £66.65
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £34.17 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.40% -2.37% -18.60%

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -31 861 £550 - 2,253
North of England -27 262 £473 -5.50% 738
South East -28 247 £500 - 872
North West -29 150 £495 +1.07% 375
Midlands -50 144 £550 +15.79% 512
South West -20 132 £475 +5.56% 364
Yorkshire -14 106 £470 -8.29% 256
West Midlands -55 94 £550 +11.79% 284
East of England -21 72 £510 -2.39% 379
East Midlands -22 50 £550 +22.22% 228
North East -47 8 £420 +3.07% 112
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
1 111 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.92%) Confluence
3 31 (1.75%) CMS
4 22 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 16 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 7 (0.40%) 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 (0.057%) CICS
12 1 (0.057%) IIS
12 1 (0.057%) nginx
12 1 (0.057%) WinCC
Applications
1 180 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 152 (8.60%) Microsoft Project
3 145 (8.21%) Microsoft Office
4 112 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 35 (1.98%) MS Visio
6 19 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.68%) Trello
8 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Windchill
10 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.23%) Simulink
11 4 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.057%) CATIA
14 1 (0.057%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 45 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.96%) Primavera
3 13 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.74%) Magento
4 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.51%) SAP MM
5 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.45%) SAP CO
5 8 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 8 (0.45%) SAP PS
6 7 (0.40%) NEC Housing
6 7 (0.40%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.28%) ProductWriter
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.28%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (8.83%) Azure
2 123 (6.96%) Power Platform
3 78 (4.41%) SaaS
4 68 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (3.40%) AWS
7 31 (1.75%) Smartsheet
8 27 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.30%) Google Workspace
10 19 (1.08%) GCP
11 18 (1.02%) Asana
12 17 (0.96%) Entra ID
13 14 (0.79%) GitHub
14 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.62%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.57%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.51%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.51%) OneDrive
17 9 (0.51%) Snowflake
18 8 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.81%) Network Security
2 23 (1.30%) DNS
3 20 (1.13%) Firewall
4 17 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
4 17 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.96%) WAN
5 13 (0.74%) LAN
5 13 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.68%) VPN
7 10 (0.57%) BGP
7 10 (0.57%) Intranet
8 9 (0.51%) DHCP
9 8 (0.45%) 3GPP
9 8 (0.45%) 4G
9 8 (0.45%) 5G
9 8 (0.45%) LTE
9 8 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (0.45%) VLAN
9 8 (0.45%) Wireless
9 8 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (6.28%) Power BI
2 18 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (0.79%) Data Lake
3 14 (0.79%) Tableau
4 11 (0.62%) Metadata
4 11 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 8 (0.45%) GIS
5 8 (0.45%) Power Query
6 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (0.34%) Big Data
8 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.17%) QlikView
10 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.17%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.11%) DataStage
11 2 (0.11%) EDMS
11 2 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 230 (13.02%) JIRA
2 26 (1.47%) Git
3 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (0.45%) Subversion
6 6 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.17%) GitLab
8 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.11%) Selenium
9 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.057%) Capybara
10 1 (0.057%) Gradle
10 1 (0.057%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.057%) PowerBuilder
10 1 (0.057%) RSpec
10 1 (0.057%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.057%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.057%) Toad
General
1 810 (45.84%) Social Skills
2 703 (39.78%) Finance
3 292 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (10.70%) Organisational Skills
5 158 (8.94%) Banking
6 148 (8.38%) Public Sector
7 122 (6.90%) Marketing
8 109 (6.17%) Retail
9 89 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
10 70 (3.96%) Manufacturing
11 63 (3.57%) Legal
12 56 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 52 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (1.70%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.58%) Investment Banking
16 27 (1.53%) Local Government
17 25 (1.41%) Front Office
18 24 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 22 (1.25%) Financial Institution
20 21 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 691 (39.11%) Project Manager
2 167 (9.45%) Senior
3 154 (8.72%) Lead
4 130 (7.36%) Senior Manager
5 113 (6.40%) Analyst
6 106 (6.00%) IT Manager
7 96 (5.43%) Senior Project Manager
8 90 (5.09%) Programme Manager
9 79 (4.47%) IT Project Manager
10 72 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
11 65 (3.68%) Business Analyst
12 62 (3.51%) Technical Manager
13 57 (3.23%) Consultant
14 43 (2.43%) Technical Project Manager
15 40 (2.26%) Project Officer
16 37 (2.09%) Coordinator
16 37 (2.09%) Infrastructure Manager
17 33 (1.87%) Project Coordinator
18 32 (1.81%) Digital Project Manager
18 32 (1.81%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.02%) Middleware
2 15 (0.85%) ADO
3 13 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.62%) REST
5 10 (0.57%) HTML
5 10 (0.57%) VML
6 9 (0.51%) OAuth
6 9 (0.51%) Web Services
7 8 (0.45%) pytest
8 7 (0.40%) .NET
8 7 (0.40%) JSON
8 7 (0.40%) React
8 7 (0.40%) SOAP
8 7 (0.40%) Terraform
9 5 (0.28%) DAO
9 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.28%) XML
10 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.17%) CSS
10 3 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 88 (4.98%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.75%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 37 (2.09%) PMI
8 29 (1.64%) Operational Technology
9 28 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.36%) FMCG
12 23 (1.30%) Social Media
13 21 (1.19%) Life Science
14 20 (1.13%) AI Agents
14 20 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (1.08%) Credit Risk
16 16 (0.91%) Fixed Income
17 15 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
17 15 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (2.66%) Linux
2 46 (2.60%) Windows
3 20 (1.13%) Unix
3 20 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.28%) zOS
7 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.057%) Android
8 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.057%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (45.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 683 (38.65%) Agile
3 520 (29.43%) Project Delivery
4 413 (23.37%) PRINCE2
5 312 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 310 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
7 286 (16.19%) Change Management
8 256 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 255 (14.43%) Decision-Making
10 232 (13.13%) Risk Management
11 227 (12.85%) Migration
12 226 (12.79%) Waterfall
13 208 (11.77%) AI
14 188 (10.64%) Project Governance
15 184 (10.41%) Scrum
16 162 (9.17%) Project Planning
17 154 (8.72%) Roadmaps
18 147 (8.32%) Change Control
19 141 (7.98%) Programme Management
20 134 (7.58%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 67 (3.79%) SQL
2 64 (3.62%) Python
3 12 (0.68%) C++
3 12 (0.68%) VBA
4 11 (0.62%) Java
5 9 (0.51%) Ada
5 9 (0.51%) JavaScript
6 8 (0.45%) Bash
6 8 (0.45%) C#
6 8 (0.45%) Korn
7 6 (0.34%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.28%) C
8 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
8 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.17%) ABAP
10 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.17%) JCL
11 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 289 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 283 (16.02%) Degree
3 274 (15.51%) PMP
4 238 (13.47%) PMI Certification
5 199 (11.26%) SC Cleared
6 74 (4.19%) DV Cleared
7 72 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 30 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 16 (0.91%) ISTQB
12 14 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (0.74%) APMP
13 13 (0.74%) CISSP
14 12 (0.68%) ACCA
14 12 (0.68%) CIMA
14 12 (0.68%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.57%) CISM
17 9 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (12.79%) PMO
2 83 (4.70%) QA
3 53 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.47%) GDPR
5 24 (1.36%) GRC
6 21 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.13%) SLA
8 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.74%) NIST
10 10 (0.57%) P3O
11 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.40%) FINREP
11 7 (0.40%) GMP
12 6 (0.34%) COREP
12 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.23%) MISRA
14 4 (0.23%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.62%) vSphere
4 8 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.17%) NFS
8 3 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.057%) ACF2
10 1 (0.057%) Docker
10 1 (0.057%) RACF
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.96%) Ansible
2 9 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
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
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.11%) BMC Performance Manager
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) Perfmon
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.057%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.057%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.057%) Nessus
7 1 (0.057%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.057%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.057%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 321 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 122 (6.90%) SAP
3 80 (4.53%) ServiceNow
4 66 (3.74%) Oracle
5 45 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.32%) Adobe
7 36 (2.04%) Google
7 36 (2.04%) VMware
8 23 (1.30%) Cisco
9 19 (1.08%) Atlassian
9 19 (1.08%) NEC
10 18 (1.02%) IBM
10 18 (1.02%) Sitecore
11 16 (0.91%) Databricks
11 16 (0.91%) Workday
12 14 (0.79%) Planview
13 12 (0.68%) Alteryx
14 11 (0.62%) Ariba
14 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
15 9 (0.51%) Murex