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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 26 21
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,807 1,937 2,778
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.11% 7.35% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.81% 8.08% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 1,198 1,703
10th Percentile £317 £310 £310
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £625 £622 £619
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 106 249
10th Percentile £16.50 £22.81 £18.35
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.50 £26.73
Median hourly rate £35.77 £45.59 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +21.57% -12.79%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £71.45 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.53 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -20.16% +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 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -27 840 £565 +2.79% 536
North of England -26 283 £477 +0.36% 249
South East -25 261 £500 +3.09% 325
North West -9 178 £475 +5.56% 147
Midlands -36 166 £500 +11.11% 143
South West -20 133 £450 - 121
West Midlands -47 115 £550 +22.22% 84
Yorkshire -39 101 £500 - 81
East of England -8 95 £513 +0.59% 103
East Midlands -13 51 £456 +11.28% 58
North East -40 7 £325 -35.96% 23
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
1 104 (5.76%) Confluence
2 98 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.27%) CMS
4 17 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.33%) WordPress
8 5 (0.28%) Apache
9 4 (0.22%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.17%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.11%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 168 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 153 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
3 126 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
4 110 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 43 (2.38%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.39%) Trello
8 5 (0.28%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.22%) Simulink
9 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.17%) Windchill
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.055%) CATIA
12 1 (0.055%) Houdini
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 72 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.83%) Primavera
3 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.44%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.44%) Shopify
4 7 (0.39%) Magento
4 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.39%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.33%) Adobe Campaign
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
5 6 (0.33%) SAP MM
6 5 (0.28%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.28%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (7.69%) Azure
2 99 (5.48%) Power Platform
3 79 (4.37%) SaaS
4 74 (4.10%) AWS
5 61 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.38%) Smartsheet
9 21 (1.16%) GCP
10 20 (1.11%) Google Workspace
11 16 (0.89%) Asana
12 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.61%) GitHub
14 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
14 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 8 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.44%) BigCommerce
16 8 (0.44%) Google Drive
16 8 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.49%) Network Security
2 22 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 22 (1.22%) WAN
3 20 (1.11%) DNS
4 18 (1.00%) Structured Cabling
5 16 (0.89%) LAN
6 15 (0.83%) Firewall
7 14 (0.77%) MPLS
7 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.72%) BGP
9 12 (0.66%) VPN
9 12 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.61%) DHCP
11 10 (0.55%) BIG-IP
12 9 (0.50%) Internet
12 9 (0.50%) Intranet
13 7 (0.39%) DKIM
13 7 (0.39%) DMARC
13 7 (0.39%) SAN
14 6 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (5.15%) Power BI
2 13 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.66%) Tableau
4 11 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.55%) Metadata
6 9 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.39%) Power Query
8 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.28%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.22%) GIS
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.17%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.17%) QlikView
11 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 227 (12.56%) JIRA
2 19 (1.05%) Git
3 16 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
4 7 (0.39%) Subversion
5 5 (0.28%) GitLab
6 2 (0.11%) Hudson
6 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.055%) Appium
7 1 (0.055%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.055%) LSMW
7 1 (0.055%) Maven
7 1 (0.055%) MSI
7 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.055%) RSpec
7 1 (0.055%) Selenium
7 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
General
1 804 (44.49%) Social Skills
2 694 (38.41%) Finance
3 289 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
5 140 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 122 (6.75%) Banking
7 118 (6.53%) Marketing
8 105 (5.81%) Retail
9 73 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 66 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
11 64 (3.54%) Legal
12 50 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 32 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
14 32 (1.77%) Financial Institution
15 29 (1.60%) Front Office
16 28 (1.55%) Investment Banking
17 22 (1.22%) Aerospace
18 21 (1.16%) Local Government
18 21 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 703 (38.90%) Project Manager
2 185 (10.24%) Analyst
3 182 (10.07%) Senior
4 142 (7.86%) Lead
5 132 (7.30%) Senior Manager
6 112 (6.20%) Senior Project Manager
7 99 (5.48%) Business Analyst
8 88 (4.87%) IT Manager
9 76 (4.21%) Programme Manager
10 74 (4.10%) IT Project Manager
11 64 (3.54%) Consultant
12 57 (3.15%) Infrastructure Manager
13 54 (2.99%) Technical Manager
14 47 (2.60%) Delivery Manager
15 45 (2.49%) Architect
15 45 (2.49%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 43 (2.38%) Project Officer
16 43 (2.38%) Technical Project Manager
17 36 (1.99%) SC Cleared Project Manager
18 35 (1.94%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.44%) Middleware
2 19 (1.05%) REST
3 15 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.72%) OAuth
4 13 (0.72%) VML
5 12 (0.66%) HTML
5 12 (0.66%) SOAP
5 12 (0.66%) Web Services
6 10 (0.55%) JSON
7 9 (0.50%) CSS
8 8 (0.44%) .NET
8 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.39%) ADO
9 7 (0.39%) React
9 7 (0.39%) SAML
10 6 (0.33%) XML
11 5 (0.28%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.28%) OpenID
11 5 (0.28%) RESTful
12 4 (0.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.20%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 53 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
4 53 (2.93%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.43%) PMI
6 37 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 31 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.44%) Operational Technology
10 23 (1.27%) FMCG
11 22 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (1.16%) Social Media
13 20 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.83%) EPoS
15 14 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.77%) Life Science
15 14 (0.77%) NHS
16 13 (0.72%) AI Agents
17 12 (0.66%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.49%) Windows
2 27 (1.49%) Linux
3 17 (0.94%) Unix
4 14 (0.77%) 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 (0.055%) 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
1 666 (36.86%) Agile
2 662 (36.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 475 (26.29%) Project Delivery
4 355 (19.65%) Problem-Solving
5 344 (19.04%) PRINCE2
6 294 (16.27%) Migration
7 284 (15.72%) Change Management
8 282 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 256 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 228 (12.62%) Decision-Making
11 223 (12.34%) Risk Management
12 218 (12.06%) Waterfall
13 166 (9.19%) Scrum
14 164 (9.08%) AI
15 155 (8.58%) ERP
16 131 (7.25%) Budget Management
17 126 (6.97%) Data Migration
18 122 (6.75%) Roadmaps
19 116 (6.42%) Change Control
19 116 (6.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 77 (4.26%) SQL
2 56 (3.10%) Python
3 18 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.77%) VBA
5 11 (0.61%) Java
6 10 (0.55%) C#
7 9 (0.50%) C++
8 8 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.39%) C
9 7 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.28%) ABAP
10 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.22%) Ada
11 4 (0.22%) JCL
11 4 (0.22%) R
12 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.17%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.17%) SOQL
13 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 287 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 267 (14.78%) Degree
3 258 (14.28%) PMP
4 216 (11.95%) PMI Certification
5 206 (11.40%) SC Cleared
6 66 (3.65%) DV Cleared
7 49 (2.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 29 (1.60%) ACCA
8 29 (1.60%) CIMA
9 24 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (0.89%) APMP
12 16 (0.89%) CISSP
13 14 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 13 (0.72%) CISM
15 12 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.55%) APMG
16 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
17 9 (0.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (11.73%) PMO
2 104 (5.76%) QA
3 52 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.27%) GDPR
5 38 (2.10%) SLA
6 29 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.49%) NIST
8 20 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.83%) GRC
10 8 (0.44%) MiFID
11 7 (0.39%) EMIR
11 7 (0.39%) GMP
11 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.28%) FINREP
13 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.22%) GxP
14 4 (0.22%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.28%) RACF
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.055%) ACF2
8 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (0.94%) Ansible
1 17 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.17%) Terraform
5 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.055%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.055%) logstash
7 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.055%) SCOM
7 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.055%) vRealize
7 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 286 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 158 (8.74%) SAP
3 97 (5.37%) ServiceNow
4 69 (3.82%) Oracle
5 54 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 40 (2.21%) Google
7 34 (1.88%) Adobe
8 24 (1.33%) Cisco
9 22 (1.22%) VMware
10 19 (1.05%) Sitecore
11 16 (0.89%) Workday
12 14 (0.77%) Databricks
13 13 (0.72%) NEC
14 12 (0.66%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.66%) IBM
14 12 (0.66%) Sage
15 11 (0.61%) F5
15 11 (0.61%) JD Edwards
15 11 (0.61%) Murex
16 10 (0.55%) Alteryx