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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 22 20
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,901 1,997 2,918
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.81% 8.15% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 8.95% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,192 1,826
10th Percentile £338 £300 £313
25th Percentile £414 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £603 £638
90th Percentile £725 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 106 245
10th Percentile £15.08 £24.49 £18.33
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.25 £26.66
Median hourly rate £39.50 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% +21.46% -22.99%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £39.25 £45.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year -13.43% +18.94% -22.99%

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 33,718 22,322 32,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 91.07% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,550 14,669 21,082
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,104 894 2,218
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.32 £18.51 £15.86
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.55% -9.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.31 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £72.33
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -6.67%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -18 891 £550 +4.76% 396
North of England -19 293 £475 - 214
South East -18 280 £525 +5.00% 273
Midlands -24 198 £492 +9.33% 147
North West -13 171 £475 +1.06% 114
South West -16 139 £450 -10.00% 98
West Midlands -32 134 £500 - 81
Yorkshire -37 114 £480 +2.35% 69
East of England -27 74 £510 -1.73% 123
East Midlands -16 66 £394 -3.96% 65
North East -16 12 £430 -21.82% 36
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
1 148 (7.79%) Confluence
2 78 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.16%) CMS
4 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Moodle
8 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.053%) IIS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 200 (10.52%) Microsoft Project
2 184 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 137 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
4 105 (5.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 47 (2.47%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.84%) Trello
7 6 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.16%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Windchill
12 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 68 (3.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) Primavera
3 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 11 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (0.47%) Shopify
7 8 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
11 4 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 136 (7.15%) Azure
2 88 (4.63%) Power Platform
3 82 (4.31%) AWS
4 71 (3.73%) SaaS
5 65 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.58%) GCP
8 25 (1.32%) Smartsheet
9 22 (1.16%) Asana
10 21 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.10%) Google Workspace
11 18 (0.95%) OpenShift
12 12 (0.63%) GitHub
13 11 (0.58%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.58%) OCI
14 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.53%) PaaS
15 9 (0.47%) BigCommerce
15 9 (0.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.53%) WAN
2 25 (1.32%) Network Security
3 24 (1.26%) Firewall
4 19 (1.00%) LAN
5 18 (0.95%) DNS
5 18 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.79%) MPLS
6 15 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
6 15 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.68%) VPN
8 12 (0.63%) Internet
9 9 (0.47%) BGP
9 9 (0.47%) DHCP
10 6 (0.32%) Intranet
10 6 (0.32%) IPsec
10 6 (0.32%) OSPF
10 6 (0.32%) SSL
11 5 (0.26%) BIG-IP
11 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.37%) Power BI
2 20 (1.05%) Tableau
3 17 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (0.89%) Metadata
4 15 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 12 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
6 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.21%) Big Data
9 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.21%) Power Query
9 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.16%) GIS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 298 (15.68%) JIRA
2 19 (1.00%) Git
3 10 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.32%) GitLab
5 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.16%) Selenium
8 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.11%) Hudson
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.053%) Ant
9 1 (0.053%) JUnit
9 1 (0.053%) LSMW
9 1 (0.053%) Maven
9 1 (0.053%) MSI
9 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.053%) RSpec
9 1 (0.053%) Subversion
9 1 (0.053%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.053%) Toad
General
1 923 (48.55%) Social Skills
2 732 (38.51%) Finance
3 329 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (9.84%) Organisational Skills
5 181 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 153 (8.05%) Banking
7 105 (5.52%) Marketing
8 100 (5.26%) Retail
9 75 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
10 72 (3.79%) Legal
11 62 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 56 (2.95%) Telecoms
13 47 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.05%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.74%) Financial Institution
16 31 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
17 29 (1.53%) Local Government
18 28 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 25 (1.32%) Front Office
20 20 (1.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 716 (37.66%) Project Manager
2 216 (11.36%) Analyst
3 178 (9.36%) Senior
4 163 (8.57%) Lead
5 121 (6.37%) Senior Manager
6 117 (6.15%) Business Analyst
7 101 (5.31%) Senior Project Manager
8 91 (4.79%) IT Manager
9 82 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
10 78 (4.10%) Programme Manager
11 67 (3.52%) Consultant
12 62 (3.26%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
14 56 (2.95%) Infrastructure Manager
15 49 (2.58%) Architect
16 48 (2.52%) Project Officer
17 44 (2.31%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 43 (2.26%) Technical Project Manager
19 40 (2.10%) Change Manager
19 40 (2.10%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.16%) Middleware
2 21 (1.10%) REST
3 18 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.79%) HTML
5 14 (0.74%) Web Services
6 13 (0.68%) CSS
6 13 (0.68%) SOAP
7 11 (0.58%) OAuth
8 10 (0.53%) EDI
8 10 (0.53%) XML
9 9 (0.47%) VML
10 8 (0.42%) .NET
10 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
11 7 (0.37%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.37%) React
11 7 (0.37%) SAML
12 6 (0.32%) ADO
12 6 (0.32%) OpenID
12 6 (0.32%) RESTful
13 5 (0.26%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.47%) Management Information System
2 99 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.58%) PMI
4 64 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 55 (2.89%) Virtual Team
6 53 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.21%) Operational Technology
10 22 (1.16%) NHS
11 19 (1.00%) CMDB
12 17 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.84%) Data Structures
13 16 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
14 14 (0.74%) Cloud Native
14 14 (0.74%) Social Media
15 12 (0.63%) EPoS
16 11 (0.58%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 42 (2.21%) Windows
2 24 (1.26%) Linux
3 11 (0.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.26%) Unix
4 5 (0.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.16%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.053%) Android
7 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.053%) Solaris
7 1 (0.053%) VMS
7 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 713 (37.51%) Agile
2 637 (33.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 488 (25.67%) Project Delivery
4 446 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
5 388 (20.41%) PRINCE2
6 304 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (15.94%) Change Management
8 286 (15.04%) Migration
9 283 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 228 (11.99%) Decision-Making
11 224 (11.78%) Waterfall
12 218 (11.47%) Risk Management
13 197 (10.36%) Scrum
14 175 (9.21%) Budget Management
15 165 (8.68%) ERP
16 136 (7.15%) DevOps
16 136 (7.15%) Roadmaps
17 130 (6.84%) Project Planning
18 128 (6.73%) Data Migration
19 126 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 81 (4.26%) SQL
2 37 (1.95%) Python
3 19 (1.00%) JavaScript
4 18 (0.95%) Java
5 10 (0.53%) C#
5 10 (0.53%) VBA
6 8 (0.42%) C++
7 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.32%) C
8 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.26%) ABAP
9 5 (0.26%) Perl
9 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.26%) R
10 3 (0.16%) Ada
10 3 (0.16%) SOQL
10 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 337 (17.73%) Security Cleared
2 318 (16.73%) Degree
3 288 (15.15%) PMP
4 257 (13.52%) PMI Certification
5 249 (13.10%) SC Cleared
6 67 (3.52%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 41 (2.16%) Master's Degree
9 38 (2.00%) APMP
10 36 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.37%) ACCA
12 26 (1.37%) CIMA
13 23 (1.21%) CISSP
14 20 (1.05%) MBA
14 20 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 19 (1.00%) CISM
16 17 (0.89%) CBAP
17 13 (0.68%) IIBA
18 12 (0.63%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (11.73%) PMO
2 131 (6.89%) QA
3 56 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.47%) GDPR
5 44 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (1.79%) NIST
7 31 (1.63%) SLA
8 18 (0.95%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
11 9 (0.47%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.42%) EMIR
12 8 (0.42%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.42%) MiFID
12 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.32%) GMP
13 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.26%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.053%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.053%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.58%) Terraform
4 9 (0.47%) Ansible
5 6 (0.32%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.21%) Consul
7 4 (0.21%) logstash
7 4 (0.21%) Packer
7 4 (0.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.16%) Kibana
8 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.11%) Grafana
9 2 (0.11%) SCCM
9 2 (0.11%) SCOM
10 1 (0.053%) Control-M
10 1 (0.053%) Puppet
10 1 (0.053%) vRealize
10 1 (0.053%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 287 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 167 (8.78%) SAP
3 109 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 71 (3.73%) Oracle
5 60 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.95%) Google
7 29 (1.53%) Cisco
8 28 (1.47%) Adobe
8 28 (1.47%) Workday
9 18 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 17 (0.89%) CyberArk
10 17 (0.89%) VMware
11 14 (0.74%) Sage
12 13 (0.68%) Databricks
12 13 (0.68%) Sitecore
13 12 (0.63%) NEC
14 11 (0.58%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.53%) IFS
16 9 (0.47%) IBM
16 9 (0.47%) Juniper