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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -22 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,847 1,974 2,716
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.10% 7.28% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 8.03% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,228 1,657
10th Percentile £316 £310 £309
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -1.44% -1.89%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £616
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.17% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 108 245
10th Percentile £17.10 £23.37 £19.95
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.50 £28.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.59 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% +19.60% -15.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £83.25 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -15.73% +16.74% -15.29%

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 38,535 24,596 31,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.57% 90.73% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,284 15,811 20,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,270 2,240
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.94 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.60 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -27 856 £563 +4.17% 480
North of England -24 299 £484 +1.79% 245
South East -22 264 £500 +4.71% 318
North West -8 188 £475 +5.56% 138
Midlands -37 167 £500 +11.11% 144
South West -22 135 £450 - 105
West Midlands -47 117 £550 +22.22% 86
Yorkshire -33 106 £500 - 84
East of England -8 98 £520 +4.00% 90
East Midlands -16 50 £425 +3.91% 57
North East -37 7 £325 -35.96% 24
Project Management
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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
1 102 (5.52%) Confluence
2 96 (5.20%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.25%) CMS
4 17 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.38%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.32%) WordPress
8 5 (0.27%) Moodle
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.22%) Apache
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.054%) CICS
12 1 (0.054%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.054%) IIS
12 1 (0.054%) nginx
Applications
1 173 (9.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 155 (8.39%) Microsoft Project
3 136 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
4 113 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (2.38%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.43%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.38%) Trello
9 5 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.16%) Windchill
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
13 1 (0.054%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.054%) CATIA
13 1 (0.054%) Houdini
13 1 (0.054%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 74 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.92%) Primavera
3 8 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.43%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.43%) Magento
3 8 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
4 7 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.38%) SAP HCM
4 7 (0.38%) Shopify
4 7 (0.38%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 6 (0.32%) ProductWriter
5 6 (0.32%) SAP MM
6 5 (0.27%) Endur
6 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 138 (7.47%) Azure
2 100 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 80 (4.33%) SaaS
4 74 (4.01%) AWS
5 63 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (1.41%) Smartsheet
8 22 (1.19%) GCP
9 21 (1.14%) Google Workspace
10 18 (0.97%) Asana
11 14 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 12 (0.65%) GitHub
13 10 (0.54%) Google Sheets
13 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.49%) OCI
15 8 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (0.43%) Google Drive
15 8 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.46%) Network Security
2 22 (1.19%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.08%) DNS
3 20 (1.08%) WAN
4 18 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
5 15 (0.81%) LAN
6 14 (0.76%) Firewall
6 14 (0.76%) MPLS
6 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.70%) BGP
8 12 (0.65%) VPN
8 12 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.60%) DHCP
10 10 (0.54%) BIG-IP
11 9 (0.49%) Internet
11 9 (0.49%) Intranet
12 7 (0.38%) DKIM
12 7 (0.38%) DMARC
12 7 (0.38%) SAN
13 6 (0.32%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.09%) Power BI
2 13 (0.70%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.70%) Tableau
3 10 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (0.54%) Metadata
4 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
5 7 (0.38%) Power Query
5 7 (0.38%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.22%) GIS
9 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.16%) QlikView
9 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 233 (12.62%) JIRA
2 19 (1.03%) Git
3 17 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.43%) Subversion
5 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.27%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.054%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.054%) Capybara
8 1 (0.054%) Gradle
8 1 (0.054%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.054%) LSMW
8 1 (0.054%) Maven
8 1 (0.054%) MSI
8 1 (0.054%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.054%) RSpec
8 1 (0.054%) TestDirector
General
1 816 (44.18%) Social Skills
2 705 (38.17%) Finance
3 299 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (9.91%) Organisational Skills
5 143 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 124 (6.71%) Banking
6 124 (6.71%) Marketing
7 106 (5.74%) Retail
8 74 (4.01%) Manufacturing
9 70 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
10 68 (3.68%) Legal
11 49 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 49 (2.65%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.68%) Financial Institution
14 28 (1.52%) Front Office
14 28 (1.52%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.30%) Aerospace
16 22 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 21 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 722 (39.09%) Project Manager
2 189 (10.23%) Senior
3 182 (9.85%) Analyst
4 146 (7.90%) Lead
5 141 (7.63%) Senior Manager
6 118 (6.39%) Senior Project Manager
7 98 (5.31%) Business Analyst
8 90 (4.87%) IT Manager
9 79 (4.28%) Programme Manager
10 74 (4.01%) IT Project Manager
11 65 (3.52%) Consultant
12 57 (3.09%) Infrastructure Manager
13 54 (2.92%) Technical Manager
14 46 (2.49%) Delivery Manager
15 45 (2.44%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 44 (2.38%) Project Officer
17 43 (2.33%) Architect
17 43 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
18 37 (2.00%) Change Manager
19 36 (1.95%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.41%) Middleware
2 17 (0.92%) REST
3 15 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.70%) OAuth
4 13 (0.70%) VML
5 12 (0.65%) HTML
5 12 (0.65%) Web Services
6 10 (0.54%) JSON
6 10 (0.54%) SOAP
7 9 (0.49%) CSS
8 8 (0.43%) .NET
8 8 (0.43%) React
8 8 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.38%) ADO
9 7 (0.38%) SAML
9 7 (0.38%) XML
10 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.27%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (0.27%) OpenID
10 5 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.04%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 56 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 52 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 48 (2.60%) PMI
7 39 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 30 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.41%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.25%) FMCG
11 23 (1.25%) Social Media
12 22 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 20 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (0.87%) Life Science
15 15 (0.81%) EPoS
16 14 (0.76%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.76%) NHS
17 13 (0.70%) AI Agents
18 12 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.44%) Windows
2 27 (1.46%) Linux
3 17 (0.92%) Unix
4 14 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.054%) AIX
7 1 (0.054%) Android
7 1 (0.054%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.054%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.054%) Solaris
7 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (37.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 678 (36.71%) Agile
3 483 (26.15%) Project Delivery
4 362 (19.60%) PRINCE2
4 362 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
5 299 (16.19%) Migration
6 298 (16.13%) Change Management
7 287 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 260 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 235 (12.72%) Decision-Making
10 234 (12.67%) Risk Management
11 224 (12.13%) Waterfall
12 170 (9.20%) Scrum
13 169 (9.15%) AI
14 160 (8.66%) ERP
15 134 (7.26%) Budget Management
16 128 (6.93%) Data Migration
17 124 (6.71%) Roadmaps
18 120 (6.50%) Analytics
18 120 (6.50%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 72 (3.90%) SQL
2 56 (3.03%) Python
3 18 (0.97%) JavaScript
4 15 (0.81%) VBA
5 10 (0.54%) C#
6 9 (0.49%) C++
6 9 (0.49%) Java
6 9 (0.49%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.38%) ABAP
7 7 (0.38%) C
7 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.22%) Ada
9 4 (0.22%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.22%) JCL
9 4 (0.22%) R
10 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.16%) SOQL
11 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 290 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 277 (15.00%) Degree
3 269 (14.56%) PMP
4 228 (12.34%) PMI Certification
5 206 (11.15%) SC Cleared
6 66 (3.57%) DV Cleared
7 50 (2.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 28 (1.52%) ACCA
8 28 (1.52%) CIMA
9 26 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (0.87%) APMP
12 16 (0.87%) CISSP
12 16 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 13 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.65%) CISM
15 10 (0.54%) APMG
15 10 (0.54%) CIPFA
15 10 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (11.80%) PMO
2 103 (5.58%) QA
3 51 (2.76%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.11%) GDPR
5 38 (2.06%) SLA
6 28 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.41%) NIST
8 19 (1.03%) Accessibility
9 16 (0.87%) GRC
10 8 (0.43%) MiFID
11 7 (0.38%) EMIR
11 7 (0.38%) GMP
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.32%) P3O
12 6 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) FINREP
13 5 (0.27%) GxP
13 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.22%) COREP
System Software
1 30 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.27%) RACF
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.054%) ACF2
8 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.054%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.054%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.92%) Ansible
1 17 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.16%) Terraform
5 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.054%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.054%) logstash
7 1 (0.054%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.054%) SCOM
7 1 (0.054%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.054%) vRealize
7 1 (0.054%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 302 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 160 (8.66%) SAP
3 99 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.79%) Oracle
5 55 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.27%) Google
7 35 (1.89%) Adobe
8 23 (1.25%) Cisco
8 23 (1.25%) VMware
9 18 (0.97%) Sitecore
10 16 (0.87%) Workday
11 15 (0.81%) Databricks
12 14 (0.76%) IBM
12 14 (0.76%) NEC
13 11 (0.60%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.60%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.60%) F5
13 11 (0.60%) JD Edwards
13 11 (0.60%) Murex
13 11 (0.60%) Sage