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

6 months to
23 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 1,903 1,997 2,939
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.79% 8.13% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 8.92% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,189 1,842
10th Percentile £338 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £605 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £512 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 107 245
10th Percentile £15.08 £23.92 £18.33
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.25 £26.66
Median hourly rate £39.50 £46.30 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% +21.46% -22.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -11.24% +16.74% -22.20%

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £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 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -18 894 £550 +4.76% 308
North of England -16 298 £475 - 203
South East -13 275 £525 +5.00% 268
Midlands -29 197 £492 +4.90% 148
North West -11 171 £475 +1.06% 103
South West -13 140 £450 -10.00% 96
West Midlands -31 133 £500 - 81
Yorkshire -25 119 £480 +2.35% 69
East of England -22 74 £510 -1.73% 112
East Midlands -16 66 £394 -3.85% 66
North East -21 12 £430 -21.82% 36
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
1 150 (7.88%) Confluence
2 78 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.16%) CMS
4 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.32%) Apache
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Moodle
8 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.11%) SAS
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.053%) IIS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.053%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.053%) WebSphere
Applications
1 203 (10.67%) Microsoft Project
2 180 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 134 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
4 103 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 45 (2.36%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.84%) Trello
7 6 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.16%) InVision
10 3 (0.16%) Sketch
11 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
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 67 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) Primavera
3 12 (0.63%) Loan IQ
4 11 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (0.47%) Shopify
7 8 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 5 (0.26%) NEC Housing
10 5 (0.26%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.26%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
11 4 (0.21%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 135 (7.09%) Azure
2 89 (4.68%) Power Platform
3 82 (4.31%) AWS
4 72 (3.78%) SaaS
5 64 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (1.52%) GCP
8 25 (1.31%) Smartsheet
9 22 (1.16%) Asana
9 22 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.10%) Google Workspace
11 18 (0.95%) OpenShift
12 12 (0.63%) GitHub
13 11 (0.58%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.53%) OCI
14 10 (0.53%) PaaS
14 10 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (0.47%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.47%) WAN
2 26 (1.37%) Network Security
3 23 (1.21%) Firewall
4 18 (0.95%) DNS
4 18 (0.95%) LAN
5 17 (0.89%) SD-WAN
6 16 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
7 15 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.74%) MPLS
9 12 (0.63%) Internet
9 12 (0.63%) VPN
10 9 (0.47%) DHCP
11 8 (0.42%) BGP
12 6 (0.32%) BIG-IP
12 6 (0.32%) Intranet
12 6 (0.32%) IPsec
12 6 (0.32%) SSL
13 5 (0.26%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.26%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (4.41%) Power BI
2 20 (1.05%) Tableau
3 17 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (0.89%) Metadata
4 15 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
6 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.32%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.21%) Big Data
9 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.21%) Power Query
9 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.16%) GIS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 301 (15.82%) 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
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.053%) Ant
9 1 (0.053%) JUnit
9 1 (0.053%) LSMW
9 1 (0.053%) Maven
9 1 (0.053%) MSI
9 1 (0.053%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.053%) RSpec
9 1 (0.053%) Subversion
9 1 (0.053%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.053%) Toad
General
1 920 (48.34%) Social Skills
2 733 (38.52%) Finance
3 329 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (9.83%) Organisational Skills
5 184 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 154 (8.09%) Banking
7 105 (5.52%) Marketing
8 99 (5.20%) Retail
9 73 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
10 71 (3.73%) Legal
11 62 (3.26%) Manufacturing
12 57 (3.00%) Telecoms
13 45 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
14 39 (2.05%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 31 (1.63%) Local Government
17 30 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
18 28 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 25 (1.31%) Front Office
20 20 (1.05%) Military
Job Titles
1 718 (37.73%) Project Manager
2 215 (11.30%) Analyst
3 179 (9.41%) Senior
4 163 (8.57%) Lead
5 122 (6.41%) Senior Manager
6 118 (6.20%) Business Analyst
7 102 (5.36%) Senior Project Manager
8 93 (4.89%) IT Manager
9 84 (4.41%) IT Project Manager
10 80 (4.20%) Programme Manager
11 66 (3.47%) Consultant
12 62 (3.26%) Technical Manager
13 59 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
14 55 (2.89%) Infrastructure Manager
15 49 (2.57%) Architect
16 48 (2.52%) Project Officer
17 43 (2.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 42 (2.21%) Technical Project Manager
19 41 (2.15%) Coordinator
20 40 (2.10%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.16%) Middleware
2 21 (1.10%) REST
3 17 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.79%) HTML
5 14 (0.74%) Web Services
6 13 (0.68%) CSS
6 13 (0.68%) SOAP
7 11 (0.58%) OAuth
8 10 (0.53%) EDI
8 10 (0.53%) XML
9 9 (0.47%) VML
10 8 (0.42%) .NET
10 8 (0.42%) SailPoint
11 7 (0.37%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.37%) React
11 7 (0.37%) SAML
12 6 (0.32%) ADO
12 6 (0.32%) JSON
12 6 (0.32%) OpenID
12 6 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.47%) Management Information System
2 99 (5.20%) Onboarding
3 67 (3.52%) PMI
4 63 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 55 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 55 (2.89%) Product Ownership
5 55 (2.89%) Virtual Team
6 42 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.21%) Operational Technology
9 21 (1.10%) NHS
10 19 (1.00%) CMDB
11 17 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (0.89%) Data Structures
11 17 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (0.74%) Cloud Native
13 14 (0.74%) Social Media
14 12 (0.63%) EPoS
15 11 (0.58%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 41 (2.15%) Windows
2 24 (1.26%) Linux
3 11 (0.58%) 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
1 721 (37.89%) Agile
2 646 (33.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 489 (25.70%) Project Delivery
4 444 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 386 (20.28%) PRINCE2
6 306 (16.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 303 (15.92%) Change Management
8 287 (15.08%) Migration
9 286 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 230 (12.09%) Decision-Making
11 229 (12.03%) Waterfall
12 221 (11.61%) Risk Management
13 197 (10.35%) Scrum
14 176 (9.25%) Budget Management
15 165 (8.67%) ERP
16 135 (7.09%) DevOps
16 135 (7.09%) Roadmaps
17 132 (6.94%) Project Planning
18 129 (6.78%) Data Migration
19 127 (6.67%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 83 (4.36%) SQL
2 38 (2.00%) Python
3 20 (1.05%) JavaScript
4 18 (0.95%) Java
5 11 (0.58%) VBA
6 10 (0.53%) C#
7 8 (0.42%) C++
8 7 (0.37%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.32%) C
9 6 (0.32%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.26%) ABAP
10 5 (0.26%) Perl
10 5 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.26%) R
11 3 (0.16%) Ada
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
11 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 338 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 313 (16.45%) Degree
3 286 (15.03%) PMP
4 255 (13.40%) PMI Certification
5 248 (13.03%) SC Cleared
6 70 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 47 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 40 (2.10%) Master's Degree
9 38 (2.00%) APMP
10 36 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (1.37%) ACCA
12 26 (1.37%) CIMA
13 22 (1.16%) CISSP
14 19 (1.00%) CISM
14 19 (1.00%) MBA
14 19 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 17 (0.89%) CBAP
16 13 (0.68%) IIBA
17 12 (0.63%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (11.72%) PMO
2 134 (7.04%) QA
3 56 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.47%) GDPR
5 43 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.73%) NIST
7 31 (1.63%) SLA
8 18 (0.95%) Accessibility
9 15 (0.79%) GRC
10 11 (0.58%) Basel III
11 8 (0.42%) EMIR
11 8 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.42%) MiFID
11 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.32%) GMP
12 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.53%) Docker
3 7 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.26%) RACF
5 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) NFS
6 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
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%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.53%) Terraform
4 9 (0.47%) 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
1 286 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.67%) SAP
3 110 (5.78%) ServiceNow
4 69 (3.63%) Oracle
5 60 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.94%) Google
7 29 (1.52%) Workday
8 28 (1.47%) Adobe
9 26 (1.37%) Cisco
10 18 (0.95%) Atlassian
11 17 (0.89%) CyberArk
12 16 (0.84%) VMware
13 15 (0.79%) Databricks
14 14 (0.74%) Sage
15 13 (0.68%) Sitecore
16 12 (0.63%) NEC
17 10 (0.53%) IFS
18 9 (0.47%) IBM
18 9 (0.47%) Juniper
18 9 (0.47%) Palo Alto