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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 21 20
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,719 2,253 2,972
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.40% 8.38% 8.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 9.39% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,085 1,258 1,946
10th Percentile £334 £275 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £710 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 100 157
10th Percentile £17.00 £21.25 £20.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £27.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £34.50 £42.31
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -18.45% +3.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.10 £65.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £33.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +20.98% -21.72% +6.25%

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 28,048 23,994 32,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.18% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,911 14,725 21,701
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,747 781 1,610
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -16 790 £525 -4.55% 284
South East -9 268 £525 - 411
North of England -22 258 £490 +8.83% 235
Midlands -18 207 £485 -7.62% 220
North West -16 144 £492 +9.33% 111
West Midlands -22 139 £491 -14.01% 129
South West -21 109 £450 -10.00% 154
Yorkshire -18 105 £490 +8.83% 89
East Midlands -11 70 £450 +8.70% 90
East of England -32 56 £450 -10.00% 185
North East -29 11 £450 -21.74% 43
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
1 153 (8.90%) Confluence
2 98 (5.70%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.05%) CMS
4 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.47%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.35%) WordPress
8 5 (0.29%) nginx
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.23%) Apache
10 2 (0.12%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.058%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.058%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.058%) IIS
11 1 (0.058%) Moodle
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.058%) SAS
11 1 (0.058%) WebSphere
Applications
1 192 (11.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 186 (10.82%) Microsoft Project
3 152 (8.84%) Microsoft Office
4 112 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 63 (3.66%) MS Visio
6 23 (1.34%) Trello
7 8 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Revit
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.12%) InDesign
11 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.12%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 43 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.93%) Primavera
3 13 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 13 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.52%) Loan IQ
6 8 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 8 (0.47%) Shopify
7 7 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
8 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.29%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 140 (8.14%) Azure
2 99 (5.76%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.89%) AWS
4 51 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (2.27%) SaaS
6 35 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (1.63%) GCP
8 24 (1.40%) Asana
9 20 (1.16%) Smartsheet
10 18 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.05%) OpenShift
11 17 (0.99%) GitHub
12 15 (0.87%) Google Workspace
13 14 (0.81%) OneDrive
14 13 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (0.58%) Serverless
16 9 (0.52%) Entra ID
17 8 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (0.47%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.80%) Firewall
2 22 (1.28%) WAN
3 16 (0.93%) Network Security
4 15 (0.87%) LAN
5 14 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
6 11 (0.64%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.58%) DNS
7 10 (0.58%) VPN
7 10 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.52%) Skype
9 8 (0.47%) SSH
9 8 (0.47%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.41%) BGP
10 7 (0.41%) Internet
11 6 (0.35%) Broadband
11 6 (0.35%) DHCP
11 6 (0.35%) SSL
12 5 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.29%) MPLS
13 4 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (5.35%) Power BI
2 28 (1.63%) Tableau
3 22 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 16 (0.93%) Metadata
5 14 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.47%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.29%) GIS
9 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.23%) Power Query
10 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.12%) DB2
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 290 (16.87%) JIRA
2 15 (0.87%) Git
3 10 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.41%) GitLab
5 4 (0.23%) Selenium
5 4 (0.23%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.12%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.058%) Ant
8 1 (0.058%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.058%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.058%) ERwin
8 1 (0.058%) Gradle
8 1 (0.058%) JUnit
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.058%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.058%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.058%) Toad
8 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio
General
1 846 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 639 (37.17%) Finance
3 299 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (9.31%) Organisational Skills
4 160 (9.31%) Public Sector
5 155 (9.02%) Banking
6 80 (4.65%) Retail
7 79 (4.60%) Marketing
8 78 (4.54%) Legal
9 68 (3.96%) Manufacturing
10 65 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 42 (2.44%) Investment Banking
12 42 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
13 35 (2.04%) Local Government
14 34 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 26 (1.51%) Front Office
16 23 (1.34%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 643 (37.41%) Project Manager
2 202 (11.75%) Analyst
3 155 (9.02%) Lead
4 136 (7.91%) Senior
5 107 (6.22%) Business Analyst
6 93 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 85 (4.94%) Senior Manager
8 81 (4.71%) IT Project Manager
9 76 (4.42%) Consultant
10 65 (3.78%) Senior Project Manager
11 51 (2.97%) Technical Manager
12 49 (2.85%) Delivery Manager
13 48 (2.79%) Infrastructure Manager
14 47 (2.73%) Programme Manager
15 43 (2.50%) Coordinator
16 39 (2.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 36 (2.09%) Security Manager
18 33 (1.92%) Architect
18 33 (1.92%) Developer
19 32 (1.86%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (0.99%) Middleware
3 13 (0.76%) .NET
3 13 (0.76%) REST
4 12 (0.70%) EDI
4 12 (0.70%) SOAP
5 9 (0.52%) ADO
5 9 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 9 (0.52%) XML
6 8 (0.47%) HTML
6 8 (0.47%) Web Services
7 7 (0.41%) React
7 7 (0.41%) RESTful
8 6 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.35%) LangChain
9 5 (0.29%) CSS
9 5 (0.29%) Entity Framework
10 4 (0.23%) Bootstrap
10 4 (0.23%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.34%) Onboarding
2 94 (5.47%) Management Information System
3 56 (3.26%) PMI
4 51 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
5 49 (2.85%) Data Centre
6 48 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 44 (2.56%) Virtual Team
9 28 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.28%) Operational Technology
11 21 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.05%) NHS
13 18 (1.05%) SCADA
14 15 (0.87%) Social Media
15 14 (0.81%) CMDB
16 13 (0.76%) Life Science
17 11 (0.64%) Driving Licence
17 11 (0.64%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 58 (3.37%) Windows
2 15 (0.87%) Linux
3 13 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.64%) Unix
5 10 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.12%) AIX
7 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.058%) Android
8 1 (0.058%) Solaris
8 1 (0.058%) VMS
8 1 (0.058%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 655 (38.10%) Agile
2 579 (33.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 432 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
4 423 (24.61%) Project Delivery
5 362 (21.06%) PRINCE2
6 311 (18.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 290 (16.87%) Change Management
8 237 (13.79%) Migration
9 221 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 201 (11.69%) Waterfall
11 189 (10.99%) Decision-Making
12 183 (10.65%) Risk Management
13 163 (9.48%) Scrum
14 154 (8.96%) Budget Management
15 142 (8.26%) Project Governance
16 138 (8.03%) ITIL
17 130 (7.56%) DevOps
18 128 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
19 127 (7.39%) ERP
20 117 (6.81%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 77 (4.48%) SQL
2 38 (2.21%) Python
3 16 (0.93%) Java
4 13 (0.76%) C#
4 13 (0.76%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.35%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.29%) Perl
6 5 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.29%) VBA
7 4 (0.23%) R
7 4 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.17%) C++
8 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.17%) Korn
8 3 (0.17%) VB
9 2 (0.12%) Go
9 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.12%) Ruby
10 1 (0.058%) Bash
10 1 (0.058%) X++
Qualifications
1 316 (18.38%) Degree
2 247 (14.37%) Security Cleared
3 245 (14.25%) PMP
4 233 (13.55%) PMI Certification
5 179 (10.41%) SC Cleared
6 55 (3.20%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.27%) APMP
8 35 (2.04%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 23 (1.34%) CISSP
12 23 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 21 (1.22%) CISM
14 17 (0.99%) MBA
15 11 (0.64%) CBAP
16 10 (0.58%) A+ Certification
16 10 (0.58%) IIBA
17 9 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (11.46%) PMO
2 108 (6.28%) QA
3 49 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (2.73%) Data Quality
5 45 (2.62%) GDPR
6 30 (1.75%) NIST
7 22 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 15 (0.87%) GRC
10 12 (0.70%) SLA
11 11 (0.64%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.64%) P3O
12 9 (0.52%) Basel III
13 7 (0.41%) ISO 19650
13 7 (0.41%) PSD2
14 6 (0.35%) GxP
14 6 (0.35%) NCSC
14 6 (0.35%) WCAG
15 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.81%) Docker
3 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.058%) PowerHA
8 1 (0.058%) RACF
8 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 14 (0.81%) Terraform
3 11 (0.64%) SCCM
4 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.35%) Kibana
6 5 (0.29%) Ansible
6 5 (0.29%) logstash
7 4 (0.23%) Consul
7 4 (0.23%) Packer
8 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.058%) Cisco UCCX
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
9 1 (0.058%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 270 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.62%) SAP
3 80 (4.65%) Oracle
4 70 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 65 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.98%) Google
7 28 (1.63%) Cisco
8 22 (1.28%) Workday
9 20 (1.16%) Atlassian
10 17 (0.99%) Adobe
10 17 (0.99%) Planview
11 14 (0.81%) Databricks
12 13 (0.76%) IBM
12 13 (0.76%) VMware
13 12 (0.70%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.64%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.47%) Guidewire
15 8 (0.47%) Juniper
15 8 (0.47%) NEC
15 8 (0.47%) Splunk