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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,786 1,913 2,495
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.90% 6.93% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 7.63% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,106 1,186 1,488
10th Percentile £314 £313 £309
25th Percentile £413 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £737 £726 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +2.26% -3.62% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 102 197
10th Percentile £21.00 £21.39 £21.05
25th Percentile £29.23 £29.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £42.07 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% +10.36% -3.62%
75th Percentile £65.13 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £85.13 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £36.75 £38.12
% change year-on-year +22.45% -3.59% -4.70%

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 38,860 25,068 28,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.79% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,559 1,442 1,597
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.15
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -27 868 £550 +2.56% 424
North of England -38 266 £475 -5.00% 265
South East -25 251 £500 - 321
North West -21 164 £475 - 143
Midlands -50 142 £534 +14.60% 189
South West -22 139 £435 -3.33% 157
Yorkshire -38 95 £475 -5.00% 93
West Midlands -57 95 £550 +15.79% 112
East of England -15 82 £525 - 104
East Midlands -20 47 £500 +18.41% 77
North East -39 9 £420 -12.95% 32
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 96 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 86 (4.82%) Confluence
3 33 (1.85%) CMS
4 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.34%) Apache
7 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.34%) WordPress
8 5 (0.28%) JBoss
8 5 (0.28%) Moodle
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 1 (0.056%) CICS
11 1 (0.056%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.056%) IIS
Applications
1 172 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (8.96%) Microsoft Project
3 140 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
4 113 (6.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 41 (2.30%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 14 (0.78%) Trello
8 10 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.22%) Simulink
11 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.17%) InDesign
12 3 (0.17%) Windchill
13 2 (0.11%) Houdini
13 2 (0.11%) NUKE
14 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.056%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 55 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.06%) Primavera
3 12 (0.67%) Adobe Campaign
4 11 (0.62%) Magento
5 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.45%) NEC Housing
6 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.34%) ProductWriter
8 6 (0.34%) Shopify
9 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.28%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.22%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.22%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.22%) SAP PS
10 4 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 154 (8.62%) Azure
2 117 (6.55%) Power Platform
3 88 (4.93%) SaaS
4 70 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (3.81%) AWS
6 58 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (1.90%) Smartsheet
8 26 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.40%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.12%) Asana
11 17 (0.95%) Entra ID
11 17 (0.95%) GitHub
12 15 (0.84%) GCP
13 12 (0.67%) Google Sheets
13 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (0.67%) PowerApps
14 11 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.56%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.45%) OCI
16 8 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.74%) Network Security
2 22 (1.23%) DNS
2 22 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 20 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
4 19 (1.06%) WAN
5 15 (0.84%) Firewall
5 15 (0.84%) LAN
6 14 (0.78%) VPN
6 14 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.73%) DHCP
8 12 (0.67%) Intranet
9 11 (0.62%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.56%) BGP
10 10 (0.56%) Internet
10 10 (0.56%) MPLS
11 8 (0.45%) BIG-IP
12 7 (0.39%) DKIM
12 7 (0.39%) DMARC
12 7 (0.39%) SAN
12 7 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (5.94%) Power BI
2 17 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (0.73%) Tableau
4 12 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 12 (0.67%) Metadata
4 12 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 9 (0.50%) Power Query
6 8 (0.45%) GIS
7 7 (0.39%) Big Data
7 7 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
7 7 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.22%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.17%) QlikView
11 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.11%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 224 (12.54%) JIRA
2 25 (1.40%) Git
3 19 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.50%) Subversion
5 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.28%) GitLab
7 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) Hudson
8 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.056%) Gradle
9 1 (0.056%) minitest
9 1 (0.056%) Postman
9 1 (0.056%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.056%) RSpec
9 1 (0.056%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.056%) Snyk
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.056%) Terragrunt
General
1 802 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 677 (37.91%) Finance
3 313 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.25%) Organisational Skills
5 148 (8.29%) Banking
5 148 (8.29%) Public Sector
6 138 (7.73%) Marketing
7 115 (6.44%) Retail
8 68 (3.81%) Manufacturing
9 62 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
9 62 (3.47%) Legal
9 62 (3.47%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 27 (1.51%) Investment Banking
13 26 (1.46%) Front Office
13 26 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.34%) Aerospace
15 24 (1.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 682 (38.19%) Project Manager
2 178 (9.97%) Senior
3 159 (8.90%) Lead
4 143 (8.01%) Analyst
5 135 (7.56%) Senior Manager
6 105 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
7 98 (5.49%) IT Manager
8 89 (4.98%) Programme Manager
9 77 (4.31%) Business Analyst
10 75 (4.20%) IT Project Manager
11 62 (3.47%) Technical Manager
12 58 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
13 56 (3.14%) Consultant
14 49 (2.74%) Infrastructure Manager
14 49 (2.74%) Technical Project Manager
15 38 (2.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 38 (2.13%) SC Cleared Project Manager
16 37 (2.07%) Developer
16 37 (2.07%) Project Officer
17 33 (1.85%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.18%) Middleware
2 19 (1.06%) REST
3 14 (0.78%) HTML
4 13 (0.73%) ADO
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 13 (0.73%) VML
5 12 (0.67%) Web Services
6 10 (0.56%) JSON
6 10 (0.56%) SOAP
7 9 (0.50%) .NET
7 9 (0.50%) OAuth
7 9 (0.50%) React
8 6 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.34%) CSS
8 6 (0.34%) XML
9 5 (0.28%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.28%) pytest
9 5 (0.28%) RESTful
9 5 (0.28%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.38%) Management Information System
2 82 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 48 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
6 47 (2.63%) PMI
7 44 (2.46%) Virtual Team
8 30 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.46%) Operational Technology
11 24 (1.34%) FMCG
12 23 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (1.29%) Social Media
13 19 (1.06%) Credit Risk
14 16 (0.90%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.78%) Data Structures
15 14 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.78%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.73%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.86%) Windows
2 38 (2.13%) Linux
3 17 (0.95%) Unix
3 17 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.22%) zOS
7 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.056%) Android
8 1 (0.056%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.056%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 753 (42.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 701 (39.25%) Agile
3 494 (27.66%) Project Delivery
4 417 (23.35%) PRINCE2
5 319 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 308 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 303 (16.97%) Change Management
8 261 (14.61%) Migration
9 253 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 240 (13.44%) Decision-Making
11 232 (12.99%) Waterfall
12 227 (12.71%) Risk Management
13 182 (10.19%) Scrum
14 173 (9.69%) AI
15 145 (8.12%) Roadmaps
16 142 (7.95%) Project Governance
17 138 (7.73%) Analytics
18 135 (7.56%) ITIL
19 134 (7.50%) Project Planning
20 133 (7.45%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 75 (4.20%) SQL
2 62 (3.47%) Python
3 18 (1.01%) JavaScript
4 16 (0.90%) VBA
5 13 (0.73%) Java
6 9 (0.50%) C#
6 9 (0.50%) C++
6 9 (0.50%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.45%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.34%) C
9 5 (0.28%) ABAP
9 5 (0.28%) Korn
9 5 (0.28%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.22%) Ada
10 4 (0.22%) Bash
10 4 (0.22%) JCL
10 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.17%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 297 (16.63%) Security Cleared
2 290 (16.24%) Degree
3 287 (16.07%) PMP
4 248 (13.89%) PMI Certification
5 202 (11.31%) SC Cleared
6 74 (4.14%) DV Cleared
7 64 (3.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 25 (1.40%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.23%) ACCA
10 22 (1.23%) CIMA
11 17 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 16 (0.90%) APMP
13 14 (0.78%) CISSP
14 13 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.56%) CIPFA
16 10 (0.56%) CISM
16 10 (0.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (12.04%) PMO
2 90 (5.04%) QA
3 53 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 34 (1.90%) GDPR
5 28 (1.57%) SLA
6 24 (1.34%) GRC
7 22 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (1.18%) NIST
9 8 (0.45%) P3O
10 7 (0.39%) FINREP
10 7 (0.39%) GMP
10 7 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.34%) COREP
11 6 (0.34%) EMIR
11 6 (0.34%) MiFID
12 5 (0.28%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.22%) GxP
13 4 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.22%) NFS
5 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
5 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.11%) Firmware
8 1 (0.056%) ACF2
8 1 (0.056%) Docker
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.056%) RACF
8 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (1.06%) Ansible
2 12 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.34%) Puppet
4 6 (0.34%) Terraform
4 6 (0.34%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
5 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.11%) SCCM
8 1 (0.056%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.056%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.056%) Nessus
8 1 (0.056%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.056%) SCOM
8 1 (0.056%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 312 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 134 (7.50%) SAP
3 101 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 70 (3.92%) Oracle
5 51 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.58%) Google
7 45 (2.52%) Adobe
8 28 (1.57%) VMware
9 26 (1.46%) Cisco
10 23 (1.29%) Sitecore
11 19 (1.06%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.06%) NEC
11 19 (1.06%) Workday
12 15 (0.84%) Databricks
13 13 (0.73%) IBM
14 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
15 11 (0.62%) JD Edwards
16 10 (0.56%) Guidewire
16 10 (0.56%) IFS
16 10 (0.56%) Murex