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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,894 1,992 2,957
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.82% 8.17% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 8.98% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,189 1,860
10th Percentile £335 £300 £316
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £606 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.04% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 103 244
10th Percentile £14.64 £25.03 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.81 £31.25 £26.60
Median hourly rate £39.75 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +21.46% -22.99%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £49.31
90th Percentile £75.63 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £46.18 £38.12
% change year-on-year -14.47% +21.14% -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 33,593 22,172 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,515 14,589 21,312
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,076 879 2,200
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.50 £58.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.30 £71.30
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £30.78 £33.31
% change year-on-year +19.27% -7.59% -7.48%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -17 894 £550 +4.76% 401
North of England -22 288 £475 - 243
South East -13 287 £525 +5.00% 262
Midlands -27 197 £500 +11.11% 142
North West -15 170 £475 +4.40% 117
West Midlands -36 133 £503 +2.13% 84
South West -16 129 £450 -10.00% 81
Yorkshire -33 110 £480 +2.35% 86
East of England -30 74 £505 -2.79% 131
East Midlands -17 66 £393 -4.52% 57
North East -19 12 £430 -20.00% 45
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
1 153 (8.08%) Confluence
2 74 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.11%) CMS
4 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.32%) Apache
5 6 (0.32%) nginx
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
8 2 (0.11%) Moodle
8 2 (0.11%) WordPress
9 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.053%) IIS
9 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.053%) SAS
9 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 205 (10.82%) Microsoft Project
2 191 (10.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 143 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
4 105 (5.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (2.43%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.84%) Trello
7 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.16%) InDesign
10 3 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.16%) Sketch
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 64 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.00%) Primavera
3 13 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
8 8 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (0.42%) Shopify
9 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
11 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 133 (7.02%) Azure
2 89 (4.70%) Power Platform
3 83 (4.38%) AWS
4 66 (3.48%) SaaS
5 59 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (1.32%) GCP
8 23 (1.21%) Smartsheet
9 21 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (0.95%) Asana
10 18 (0.95%) OpenShift
11 17 (0.90%) Google Workspace
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 (0.48%) Figma
15 9 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.64%) WAN
2 26 (1.37%) Firewall
3 24 (1.27%) Network Security
4 20 (1.06%) SD-WAN
5 19 (1.00%) LAN
6 16 (0.84%) MPLS
6 16 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.74%) DNS
7 14 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
7 14 (0.74%) VPN
8 13 (0.69%) Internet
8 13 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.53%) BGP
9 10 (0.53%) 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 (4.38%) Power BI
2 19 (1.00%) Tableau
3 17 (0.90%) Metadata
4 15 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 12 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
6 7 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.21%) Big Data
8 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.21%) Power Query
8 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.16%) GIS
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 295 (15.58%) 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
9 1 (0.053%) Ant
9 1 (0.053%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.053%) Capybara
9 1 (0.053%) JUnit
9 1 (0.053%) LSMW
9 1 (0.053%) Maven
9 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.053%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.053%) RSpec
9 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.053%) Subversion
General
1 933 (49.26%) Social Skills
2 738 (38.97%) Finance
3 337 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (9.77%) Organisational Skills
5 175 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 160 (8.45%) Banking
7 102 (5.39%) Marketing
8 96 (5.07%) Retail
9 75 (3.96%) Legal
10 74 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
11 60 (3.17%) Manufacturing
12 54 (2.85%) Telecoms
13 49 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 42 (2.22%) Investment Banking
15 32 (1.69%) Financial Institution
16 31 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (1.48%) Local Government
18 27 (1.43%) Front Office
19 26 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 18 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 731 (38.60%) Project Manager
2 222 (11.72%) Analyst
3 172 (9.08%) Senior
4 160 (8.45%) Lead
5 123 (6.49%) Business Analyst
6 118 (6.23%) Senior Manager
7 97 (5.12%) Senior Project Manager
8 87 (4.59%) IT Manager
9 79 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
10 76 (4.01%) Programme Manager
11 71 (3.75%) Consultant
12 64 (3.38%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.12%) Infrastructure Manager
14 58 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
15 49 (2.59%) Architect
16 47 (2.48%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 45 (2.38%) Project Officer
17 45 (2.38%) Technical Project Manager
18 39 (2.06%) Coordinator
19 38 (2.01%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.21%) Middleware
2 21 (1.11%) REST
3 18 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.79%) Web Services
5 14 (0.74%) SOAP
6 13 (0.69%) CSS
6 13 (0.69%) HTML
7 10 (0.53%) EDI
7 10 (0.53%) XML
8 8 (0.42%) .NET
8 8 (0.42%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.42%) React
8 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.42%) VML
9 7 (0.37%) SAML
10 6 (0.32%) ADO
10 6 (0.32%) OAuth
10 6 (0.32%) OpenID
11 5 (0.26%) RESTful
11 5 (0.26%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (5.39%) Management Information System
2 100 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 65 (3.43%) PMI
4 62 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 53 (2.80%) Product Ownership
6 53 (2.80%) Virtual Team
7 43 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.32%) NHS
10 23 (1.21%) Operational Technology
11 19 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.00%) CMDB
12 18 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.84%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
15 14 (0.74%) Social Media
16 13 (0.69%) Cloud Native
16 13 (0.69%) SCADA
17 11 (0.58%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 44 (2.32%) Windows
2 23 (1.21%) Linux
3 13 (0.69%) 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
1 714 (37.70%) Agile
2 643 (33.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 482 (25.45%) Project Delivery
4 452 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
5 398 (21.01%) PRINCE2
6 308 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 293 (15.47%) Change Management
8 277 (14.63%) Migration
9 270 (14.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 224 (11.83%) Decision-Making
11 222 (11.72%) Waterfall
12 214 (11.30%) Risk Management
13 201 (10.61%) Scrum
14 172 (9.08%) Budget Management
15 161 (8.50%) ERP
16 137 (7.23%) Roadmaps
17 136 (7.18%) DevOps
18 130 (6.86%) Business Analysis
19 127 (6.71%) Analytics
20 125 (6.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 80 (4.22%) SQL
2 35 (1.85%) Python
3 20 (1.06%) JavaScript
4 17 (0.90%) Java
5 10 (0.53%) VBA
6 9 (0.48%) C#
7 7 (0.37%) C++
7 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.26%) ABAP
9 5 (0.26%) C
9 5 (0.26%) Perl
9 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.26%) R
10 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) Ada
12 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 326 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 319 (16.84%) Degree
3 294 (15.52%) PMP
4 261 (13.78%) PMI Certification
5 243 (12.83%) SC Cleared
6 66 (3.48%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 40 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 36 (1.90%) APMP
9 36 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.27%) ACCA
11 24 (1.27%) CIMA
11 24 (1.27%) CISSP
12 22 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 20 (1.06%) CISM
13 20 (1.06%) MBA
14 17 (0.90%) CBAP
15 14 (0.74%) IIBA
16 11 (0.58%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.62%) PMO
2 128 (6.76%) QA
3 55 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 49 (2.59%) GDPR
5 45 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.85%) NIST
7 29 (1.53%) SLA
8 17 (0.90%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
11 10 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.48%) EMIR
12 9 (0.48%) MiFID
13 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.32%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.26%) NCSC
15 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
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%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.58%) Terraform
3 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.48%) 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
1 285 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 164 (8.66%) SAP
3 109 (5.76%) ServiceNow
4 76 (4.01%) Oracle
5 66 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.80%) Google
7 29 (1.53%) Cisco
8 28 (1.48%) Adobe
9 27 (1.43%) Workday
10 20 (1.06%) Atlassian
11 18 (0.95%) VMware
12 17 (0.90%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.74%) Sage
14 12 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.63%) Sitecore
15 11 (0.58%) NEC
15 11 (0.58%) Planview
16 10 (0.53%) Databricks
17 9 (0.48%) IBM
17 9 (0.48%) Juniper