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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -21 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,830 1,873 2,793
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.26% 7.57% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 8.29% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 1,146 1,700
10th Percentile £324 £308 £306
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.08% -0.31%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £613
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 99 263
10th Percentile £15.35 £21.39 £18.33
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.50 £26.54
Median hourly rate £36.75 £46.30 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +23.47% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £46.18 £38.12
% change year-on-year -22.04% +21.14% -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 36,560 22,594 31,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.33% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,106 14,607 20,685
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,294 1,062 2,382
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
% change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -20 860 £550 - 408
North of England -24 285 £475 - 329
South East -19 259 £502 +3.94% 423
Midlands -32 175 £500 +11.11% 209
North West -8 172 £468 +3.89% 161
South West -16 137 £450 - 139
West Midlands -41 120 £550 +16.53% 115
Yorkshire -37 106 £500 - 113
East of England -8 89 £525 +1.06% 211
East Midlands -13 55 £393 -5.78% 94
North East -33 10 £450 -11.33% 59
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
1 114 (6.23%) Confluence
2 94 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.20%) CMS
4 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.38%) Apache
7 6 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.27%) WordPress
9 4 (0.22%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 4 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.055%) nginx
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Coherence
12 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
Applications
1 167 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 167 (9.13%) Microsoft Project
2 117 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
3 107 (5.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.49%) Trello
7 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.22%) Simulink
9 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
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%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 74 (4.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.82%) Primavera
3 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 10 (0.55%) Shopify
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.44%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.38%) NEC Housing
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
9 5 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.27%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.27%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 132 (7.21%) Azure
2 93 (5.08%) Power Platform
3 79 (4.32%) SaaS
4 71 (3.88%) AWS
5 67 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (1.31%) Smartsheet
8 23 (1.26%) GCP
9 21 (1.15%) Google Workspace
10 17 (0.93%) Asana
11 14 (0.77%) Entra ID
12 10 (0.55%) BigCommerce
12 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
13 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 9 (0.49%) GitHub
13 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.49%) OCI
14 8 (0.44%) Google Drive
14 8 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.31%) Network Security
2 23 (1.26%) WAN
3 21 (1.15%) TCP/IP
4 19 (1.04%) DNS
5 16 (0.87%) Firewall
5 16 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
6 15 (0.82%) LAN
7 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.71%) MPLS
9 12 (0.66%) BGP
9 12 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.55%) DHCP
11 9 (0.49%) BIG-IP
11 9 (0.49%) Intranet
12 8 (0.44%) Internet
12 8 (0.44%) VPN
13 7 (0.38%) DKIM
13 7 (0.38%) DMARC
13 7 (0.38%) SAN
14 5 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.86%) Power BI
2 14 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (0.77%) Tableau
3 12 (0.66%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.55%) Metadata
5 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
6 6 (0.33%) Power Query
6 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.33%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.16%) QlikView
9 3 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.11%) Big Data
10 2 (0.11%) GIS
10 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 239 (13.06%) JIRA
2 20 (1.09%) Git
3 15 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.38%) GitLab
5 5 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.27%) Subversion
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%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.055%) Capybara
7 1 (0.055%) Gradle
7 1 (0.055%) minitest
7 1 (0.055%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.055%) RSpec
7 1 (0.055%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.055%) Terragrunt
General
1 826 (45.14%) Social Skills
2 719 (39.29%) Finance
3 295 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
5 148 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 134 (7.32%) Banking
7 107 (5.85%) Marketing
7 107 (5.85%) Retail
8 68 (3.72%) Legal
9 63 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 58 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 48 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 47 (2.57%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.08%) Financial Institution
14 31 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.48%) Front Office
15 27 (1.48%) Investment Banking
16 23 (1.26%) Local Government
17 21 (1.15%) Military
18 20 (1.09%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 719 (39.29%) Project Manager
2 198 (10.82%) Analyst
3 187 (10.22%) Senior
4 149 (8.14%) Lead
5 131 (7.16%) Senior Manager
6 111 (6.07%) Senior Project Manager
7 105 (5.74%) Business Analyst
8 90 (4.92%) IT Manager
9 79 (4.32%) IT Project Manager
10 73 (3.99%) Programme Manager
11 67 (3.66%) Consultant
12 54 (2.95%) Infrastructure Manager
13 52 (2.84%) Architect
13 52 (2.84%) Technical Manager
14 46 (2.51%) Delivery Manager
15 44 (2.40%) Technical Project Manager
16 41 (2.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 41 (2.24%) SC Cleared Project Manager
17 40 (2.19%) Project Officer
18 37 (2.02%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.26%) Middleware
2 22 (1.20%) REST
3 18 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (0.77%) OAuth
4 14 (0.77%) SOAP
5 13 (0.71%) VML
5 13 (0.71%) Web Services
6 12 (0.66%) HTML
7 10 (0.55%) CSS
8 8 (0.44%) .NET
8 8 (0.44%) JSON
8 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.44%) SAML
9 6 (0.33%) ADO
9 6 (0.33%) OpenID
10 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.27%) OAuth2
10 5 (0.27%) RESTful
10 5 (0.27%) XACML
10 5 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.14%) Management Information System
2 90 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 65 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 53 (2.90%) PMI
6 51 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
7 37 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 34 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 21 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 20 (1.09%) FMCG
13 19 (1.04%) Social Media
14 17 (0.93%) CMDB
14 17 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (0.87%) NHS
16 15 (0.82%) EPoS
17 14 (0.77%) Data Structures
17 14 (0.77%) Life Science
18 12 (0.66%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.46%) Windows
2 27 (1.48%) Linux
3 14 (0.77%) Unix
3 14 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.22%) zOS
5 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.055%) AIX
6 1 (0.055%) Android
6 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.055%) Solaris
6 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (36.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 657 (35.90%) Agile
3 476 (26.01%) Project Delivery
4 378 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
5 343 (18.74%) PRINCE2
6 289 (15.79%) Migration
7 279 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 270 (14.75%) Change Management
9 254 (13.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 234 (12.79%) Decision-Making
11 223 (12.19%) Risk Management
12 218 (11.91%) Waterfall
13 168 (9.18%) ERP
14 165 (9.02%) Scrum
15 147 (8.03%) Budget Management
16 146 (7.98%) AI
17 124 (6.78%) Project Planning
18 123 (6.72%) Data Migration
18 123 (6.72%) Validation
19 122 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 79 (4.32%) SQL
2 49 (2.68%) Python
3 19 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 14 (0.77%) Java
4 14 (0.77%) VBA
5 10 (0.55%) C#
6 9 (0.49%) C++
7 7 (0.38%) C
8 6 (0.33%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.27%) ABAP
9 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.22%) Ada
10 4 (0.22%) JCL
10 4 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.22%) R
11 3 (0.16%) Perl
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) REXX
12 2 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 295 (16.12%) Security Cleared
2 264 (14.43%) Degree
2 264 (14.43%) PMP
3 222 (12.13%) PMI Certification
4 221 (12.08%) SC Cleared
5 62 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 42 (2.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 35 (1.91%) Master's Degree
8 31 (1.69%) ACCA
8 31 (1.69%) CIMA
9 24 (1.31%) APMP
9 24 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.09%) CISSP
10 20 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.93%) CISM
12 16 (0.87%) MBA
13 14 (0.77%) CBAP
14 11 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
15 10 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (12.08%) PMO
2 115 (6.28%) QA
3 50 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 44 (2.40%) GDPR
5 35 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (1.86%) SLA
7 31 (1.69%) NIST
8 19 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.82%) GRC
10 8 (0.44%) Basel III
10 8 (0.44%) MiFID
11 7 (0.38%) EMIR
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) GMP
12 6 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.27%) GxP
14 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.33%) RACF
4 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.055%) ACF2
7 1 (0.055%) Docker
7 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (0.98%) Ansible
1 18 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.16%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
6 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.055%) Control-M
7 1 (0.055%) Grafana
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
1 277 (15.14%) Microsoft
2 159 (8.69%) SAP
3 98 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.66%) Oracle
5 49 (2.68%) Salesforce
6 40 (2.19%) Google
7 29 (1.58%) Adobe
8 21 (1.15%) Cisco
9 20 (1.09%) Sitecore
9 20 (1.09%) Workday
10 16 (0.87%) VMware
11 14 (0.77%) CyberArk
11 14 (0.77%) Sage
12 13 (0.71%) Databricks
12 13 (0.71%) NEC
13 12 (0.66%) IBM
14 11 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.55%) F5
15 10 (0.55%) IFS
15 10 (0.55%) Murex