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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 23 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,806 2,132 3,061
As % of all contract jobs in England 5.08% 8.30% 8.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 9.20% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,236 1,971
10th Percentile £340 £275 £325
25th Percentile £420 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -
75th Percentile £619 £611 £631
90th Percentile £717 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 103 204
10th Percentile £15.02 £26.15 £18.32
25th Percentile £20.79 £31.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year - +4.93% -23.76%
75th Percentile £63.58 £60.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £66.00 £64.28
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -1.25% +4.93% -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 30,972 23,170 33,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.17% 90.22% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,848 14,569 21,913
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £617 £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 1,919 779 2,056
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.59 £13.42
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.93
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.30 £72.17
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% -2.99% -4.29%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 28 February 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 -18 852 £550 +4.76% 267
North of England -22 276 £480 +3.78% 165
South East -10 275 £525 - 283
Midlands -22 198 £500 - 153
North West -14 160 £490 +8.83% 87
West Midlands -24 137 £500 -4.76% 88
South West -26 114 £450 -10.00% 102
Yorkshire -34 107 £484 +4.59% 66
East of England -33 65 £450 -10.00% 111
East Midlands -12 63 £398 -2.96% 65
North East -22 13 £410 -21.90% 18
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
1 161 (8.91%) Confluence
2 86 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.11%) CMS
4 7 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.28%) Apache
6 5 (0.28%) nginx
7 4 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.22%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.22%) WordPress
8 3 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.17%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.055%) IIS
10 1 (0.055%) Moodle
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 199 (11.02%) Microsoft Project
2 197 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 144 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
4 108 (5.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 47 (2.60%) MS Visio
6 21 (1.16%) Trello
7 15 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.17%) InVision
10 3 (0.17%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.055%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.055%) Revit
12 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.05%) Primavera
3 16 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
4 13 (0.72%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.55%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
7 8 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.33%) SAP HCM
9 6 (0.33%) Shopify
10 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 143 (7.92%) Azure
2 91 (5.04%) AWS
2 91 (5.04%) Power Platform
3 52 (2.88%) SaaS
4 47 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (1.66%) GCP
7 21 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (1.11%) Asana
8 20 (1.11%) OpenShift
9 17 (0.94%) Smartsheet
10 16 (0.89%) Google Workspace
11 15 (0.83%) GitHub
12 14 (0.78%) Serverless
13 12 (0.66%) IaaS
14 11 (0.61%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.61%) PaaS
15 10 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.61%) Firewall
2 26 (1.44%) WAN
3 18 (1.00%) LAN
3 18 (1.00%) Network Security
4 15 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
5 12 (0.66%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.61%) DNS
6 11 (0.61%) VPN
6 11 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.55%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.50%) SSL
9 8 (0.44%) Internet
9 8 (0.44%) MPLS
10 7 (0.39%) BGP
10 7 (0.39%) DHCP
11 6 (0.33%) IPsec
12 5 (0.28%) Broadband
12 5 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (0.28%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.65%) Power BI
2 25 (1.38%) Tableau
3 19 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 17 (0.94%) Metadata
5 16 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.50%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.22%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.22%) GIS
12 4 (0.22%) Power Query
12 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 294 (16.28%) JIRA
2 17 (0.94%) Git
3 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) GitLab
5 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.17%) Selenium
7 2 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.055%) Ant
8 1 (0.055%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.055%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.055%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.055%) ERwin
8 1 (0.055%) JUnit
8 1 (0.055%) LSMW
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.055%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.055%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.055%) Toad
8 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio
General
1 905 (50.11%) Social Skills
2 685 (37.93%) Finance
3 304 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (9.91%) Organisational Skills
5 171 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 157 (8.69%) Banking
7 95 (5.26%) Retail
8 82 (4.54%) Marketing
9 76 (4.21%) Legal
10 73 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
11 68 (3.77%) Manufacturing
12 55 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 40 (2.21%) Investment Banking
14 39 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 29 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 27 (1.50%) Local Government
19 24 (1.33%) Front Office
20 17 (0.94%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 707 (39.15%) Project Manager
2 206 (11.41%) Analyst
3 158 (8.75%) Lead
3 158 (8.75%) Senior
4 110 (6.09%) Senior Manager
5 109 (6.04%) Business Analyst
6 90 (4.98%) Senior Project Manager
7 88 (4.87%) IT Manager
8 81 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
9 76 (4.21%) Consultant
10 58 (3.21%) Infrastructure Manager
10 58 (3.21%) Programme Manager
10 58 (3.21%) Technical Manager
11 56 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
12 49 (2.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 40 (2.21%) Coordinator
14 39 (2.16%) Architect
15 38 (2.10%) SAP Manager
16 37 (2.05%) Technical Project Manager
17 35 (1.94%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.22%) Middleware
2 20 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (0.83%) REST
3 15 (0.83%) SOAP
3 15 (0.83%) Web Services
4 11 (0.61%) EDI
5 10 (0.55%) XML
6 8 (0.44%) .NET
6 8 (0.44%) CSS
6 8 (0.44%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.39%) HTML
7 7 (0.39%) OAuth
8 6 (0.33%) ADO
8 6 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.33%) OpenID
8 6 (0.33%) SAML
9 5 (0.28%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.28%) React
9 5 (0.28%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.20%) Onboarding
2 89 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 61 (3.38%) Data Centre
4 55 (3.05%) PMI
5 54 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
6 46 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 45 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 40 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 24 (1.33%) Operational Technology
11 22 (1.22%) NHS
12 20 (1.11%) CMDB
13 19 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (0.94%) Social Media
15 16 (0.89%) SCADA
16 15 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.78%) Cloud Native
18 13 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
19 11 (0.61%) Tandem
20 10 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.49%) Windows
2 15 (0.83%) Linux
3 11 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.55%) Unix
5 7 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.11%) AIX
6 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) VMS
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.055%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (37.26%) Agile
2 608 (33.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 436 (24.14%) Project Delivery
4 429 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
5 377 (20.87%) PRINCE2
6 314 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 283 (15.67%) Change Management
8 280 (15.50%) Migration
9 253 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 202 (11.18%) Decision-Making
11 201 (11.13%) Waterfall
12 193 (10.69%) Risk Management
13 187 (10.35%) Scrum
14 166 (9.19%) Budget Management
15 149 (8.25%) ERP
16 135 (7.48%) DevOps
17 130 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
18 127 (7.03%) ITIL
19 125 (6.92%) Project Governance
20 123 (6.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 82 (4.54%) SQL
2 38 (2.10%) Python
3 13 (0.72%) Java
4 12 (0.66%) JavaScript
5 11 (0.61%) C#
6 6 (0.33%) ABAP
6 6 (0.33%) VBA
7 5 (0.28%) Perl
7 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.28%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.28%) R
7 5 (0.28%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.17%) C++
9 3 (0.17%) SOQL
10 2 (0.11%) C
10 2 (0.11%) Go
10 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 300 (16.61%) Degree
2 283 (15.67%) Security Cleared
3 276 (15.28%) PMP
4 249 (13.79%) PMI Certification
5 207 (11.46%) SC Cleared
6 60 (3.32%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.16%) Master's Degree
8 38 (2.10%) APMP
9 31 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 30 (1.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 26 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.38%) CISSP
13 21 (1.16%) CISM
14 20 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 17 (0.94%) MBA
16 16 (0.89%) CBAP
17 15 (0.83%) IIBA
18 11 (0.61%) ACCA
18 11 (0.61%) CIMA
19 8 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (11.52%) PMO
2 118 (6.53%) QA
3 49 (2.71%) Data Quality
3 49 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (2.55%) GDPR
5 36 (1.99%) NIST
6 24 (1.33%) SLA
7 19 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.00%) GRC
8 18 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.55%) Basel III
11 6 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.33%) EMIR
11 6 (0.33%) MiFID
11 6 (0.33%) WCAG
12 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.28%) NCSC
12 5 (0.28%) P3O
12 5 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.72%) Docker
3 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.28%) RACF
4 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.055%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.055%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.66%) Terraform
3 9 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.33%) Kibana
4 6 (0.33%) logstash
4 6 (0.33%) SCCM
5 5 (0.28%) Ansible
5 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.22%) Consul
6 4 (0.22%) Packer
6 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.17%) Grafana
7 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.055%) Cisco UCCE
8 1 (0.055%) Cisco UCCX
8 1 (0.055%) Puppet
8 1 (0.055%) SCOM
8 1 (0.055%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 282 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 160 (8.86%) SAP
3 95 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 73 (4.04%) Oracle
5 65 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.72%) Google
7 29 (1.61%) Cisco
8 21 (1.16%) Workday
9 20 (1.11%) Adobe
10 19 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 16 (0.89%) CyberArk
11 16 (0.89%) Databricks
12 15 (0.83%) Sage
12 15 (0.83%) VMware
13 14 (0.78%) Planview
14 12 (0.66%) Palo Alto
15 11 (0.61%) IBM
16 9 (0.50%) Juniper
16 9 (0.50%) Splunk
17 7 (0.39%) Fortinet