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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,876 1,996 2,961
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.85% 8.19% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 9.01% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 1,197 1,863
10th Percentile £340 £300 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £717 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 103 249
10th Percentile £14.64 £25.03 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.79 £31.25 £26.42
Median hourly rate £40.25 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% +21.46% -22.99%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £75.00 £60.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year -7.14% +13.00% -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 33,181 22,150 32,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.82% 90.86% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,274 14,593 21,355
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,050 865 2,166
10th Percentile £15.49 £14.99 £12.89
25th Percentile £19.48 £19.00 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.95 £70.44
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £31.58 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.71% -2.83% -13.33%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -16 883 £550 +4.76% 403
South East -14 288 £525 +2.44% 313
North of England -25 284 £477 +0.36% 233
Midlands -27 201 £500 +11.11% 175
North West -11 169 £481 +6.82% 119
West Midlands -29 137 £509 +3.25% 98
South West -14 123 £450 -10.00% 104
Yorkshire -34 106 £492 +4.24% 85
East of England -28 75 £510 - 137
East Midlands -17 66 £394 -3.85% 76
North East -15 13 £430 -18.10% 31
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
1 154 (8.21%) Confluence
2 67 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.07%) CMS
4 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.27%) Apache
6 5 (0.27%) nginx
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.053%) IIS
10 1 (0.053%) Moodle
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) SAS
10 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 203 (10.82%) Microsoft Project
2 190 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 137 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
4 101 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (2.40%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.91%) Trello
7 16 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.16%) InDesign
12 3 (0.16%) InVision
12 3 (0.16%) Sketch
13 2 (0.11%) Windchill
14 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.053%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.053%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 63 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.12%) Primavera
3 14 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.64%) Loan IQ
4 12 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.37%) Shopify
9 6 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.27%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.21%) NEC Housing
11 4 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 135 (7.20%) Azure
2 90 (4.80%) Power Platform
3 84 (4.48%) AWS
4 63 (3.36%) SaaS
5 52 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (1.28%) GCP
8 22 (1.17%) Smartsheet
9 21 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.01%) Asana
11 18 (0.96%) Google Workspace
12 17 (0.91%) OpenShift
13 13 (0.69%) GitHub
14 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.59%) Entra ID
15 11 (0.59%) OCI
16 10 (0.53%) PaaS
16 10 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 9 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.48%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 31 (1.65%) WAN
2 26 (1.39%) Firewall
3 22 (1.17%) Network Security
4 20 (1.07%) SD-WAN
5 19 (1.01%) LAN
6 16 (0.85%) MPLS
6 16 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
8 14 (0.75%) DNS
8 14 (0.75%) VPN
9 13 (0.69%) Internet
9 13 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.53%) BGP
10 10 (0.53%) DHCP
11 6 (0.32%) Intranet
11 6 (0.32%) IPsec
11 6 (0.32%) OSPF
11 6 (0.32%) SSL
12 5 (0.27%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.27%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.42%) Power BI
2 22 (1.17%) Tableau
3 16 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (0.85%) Metadata
3 16 (0.85%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
5 8 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (0.37%) SAP HANA
7 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
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%) Data Mart
9 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.16%) GIS
9 3 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 296 (15.78%) JIRA
2 16 (0.85%) Git
3 10 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.21%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.21%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.11%) Hudson
6 2 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.053%) Ant
7 1 (0.053%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.053%) JUnit
7 1 (0.053%) LSMW
7 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.053%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.053%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.053%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.053%) Subversion
7 1 (0.053%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.053%) Toad
General
1 935 (49.84%) Social Skills
2 730 (38.91%) Finance
3 337 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (9.75%) Organisational Skills
5 177 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 163 (8.69%) Banking
7 99 (5.28%) Marketing
8 90 (4.80%) Retail
9 73 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 73 (3.89%) Legal
10 62 (3.30%) Manufacturing
11 51 (2.72%) Telecoms
12 49 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
13 42 (2.24%) Investment Banking
14 32 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 31 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.44%) Front Office
16 27 (1.44%) Local Government
17 25 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (0.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 728 (38.81%) Project Manager
2 225 (11.99%) Analyst
3 173 (9.22%) Senior
4 161 (8.58%) Lead
5 123 (6.56%) Business Analyst
6 119 (6.34%) Senior Manager
7 98 (5.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 88 (4.69%) IT Manager
9 80 (4.26%) IT Project Manager
10 74 (3.94%) Programme Manager
11 73 (3.89%) Consultant
12 63 (3.36%) Technical Manager
13 58 (3.09%) Infrastructure Manager
14 57 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
15 51 (2.72%) Architect
16 46 (2.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 44 (2.35%) Technical Project Manager
18 42 (2.24%) Project Officer
19 39 (2.08%) Coordinator
20 37 (1.97%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.28%) Middleware
2 21 (1.12%) REST
3 20 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.80%) Web Services
5 14 (0.75%) SOAP
6 11 (0.59%) CSS
6 11 (0.59%) XML
7 10 (0.53%) EDI
7 10 (0.53%) HTML
8 9 (0.48%) .NET
8 9 (0.48%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.43%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.37%) OAuth
10 7 (0.37%) OpenID
10 7 (0.37%) React
10 7 (0.37%) SAML
10 7 (0.37%) VML
11 6 (0.32%) ADO
11 6 (0.32%) JSON
11 6 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.54%) Onboarding
2 101 (5.38%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 61 (3.25%) PMI
5 53 (2.83%) Virtual Team
6 52 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
6 52 (2.77%) Product Ownership
7 43 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.33%) NHS
10 23 (1.23%) Operational Technology
11 19 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.01%) CMDB
12 16 (0.85%) Data Structures
12 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.75%) Social Media
13 14 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
14 13 (0.69%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.69%) SCADA
15 12 (0.64%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.40%) Windows
2 21 (1.12%) Linux
3 13 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.27%) Unix
4 5 (0.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.11%) AIX
5 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.11%) zOS
6 1 (0.053%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.053%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.053%) Solaris
6 1 (0.053%) VMS
6 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 713 (38.01%) Agile
2 641 (34.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 474 (25.27%) Project Delivery
4 460 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
5 397 (21.16%) PRINCE2
6 310 (16.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 295 (15.72%) Change Management
8 276 (14.71%) Migration
9 270 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 223 (11.89%) Decision-Making
11 217 (11.57%) Waterfall
12 213 (11.35%) Risk Management
13 203 (10.82%) Scrum
14 172 (9.17%) Budget Management
15 162 (8.64%) ERP
16 139 (7.41%) DevOps
17 132 (7.04%) Roadmaps
18 129 (6.88%) Business Analysis
19 126 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
19 126 (6.72%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 81 (4.32%) SQL
2 36 (1.92%) Python
3 18 (0.96%) JavaScript
4 16 (0.85%) Java
5 10 (0.53%) C#
5 10 (0.53%) VBA
6 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.32%) C++
7 6 (0.32%) R
7 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.27%) ABAP
8 5 (0.27%) Perl
8 5 (0.27%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.21%) C
9 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.16%) SOQL
11 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 323 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 316 (16.84%) Degree
3 291 (15.51%) PMP
4 258 (13.75%) PMI Certification
5 239 (12.74%) SC Cleared
6 68 (3.62%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 38 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 37 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 36 (1.92%) APMP
11 28 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.28%) CISSP
13 22 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 20 (1.07%) ACCA
14 20 (1.07%) CIMA
14 20 (1.07%) CISM
14 20 (1.07%) MBA
15 17 (0.91%) CBAP
16 14 (0.75%) IIBA
17 11 (0.59%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (11.73%) PMO
2 124 (6.61%) QA
3 55 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 49 (2.61%) GDPR
5 45 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.87%) NIST
7 28 (1.49%) SLA
8 15 (0.80%) GRC
9 14 (0.75%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.59%) Basel III
10 11 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.53%) EMIR
12 9 (0.48%) MiFID
13 8 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.37%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.32%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.27%) NCSC
16 5 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 8 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.27%) RACF
5 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
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%) NFS
7 1 (0.053%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.053%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.053%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.64%) Terraform
3 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.48%) Ansible
5 7 (0.37%) RSA Archer
6 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.21%) Consul
7 4 (0.21%) logstash
7 4 (0.21%) Packer
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
9 2 (0.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.053%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.053%) Control-M
10 1 (0.053%) Puppet
10 1 (0.053%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 277 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 162 (8.64%) SAP
3 107 (5.70%) ServiceNow
4 79 (4.21%) Oracle
5 68 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.76%) Google
7 30 (1.60%) Cisco
8 28 (1.49%) Adobe
9 27 (1.44%) Workday
10 20 (1.07%) Atlassian
11 18 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 18 (0.96%) VMware
12 14 (0.75%) Sage
13 12 (0.64%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.59%) Databricks
14 11 (0.59%) Planview
15 10 (0.53%) Sitecore
16 9 (0.48%) Juniper
17 8 (0.43%) CheckPoint
18 7 (0.37%) IBM