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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -22 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,832 1,974 2,682
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.07% 7.25% 7.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 8.00% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,230 1,625
10th Percentile £325 £310 £310
25th Percentile £415 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -1.54% -1.89%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £620
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 104 239
10th Percentile £17.54 £22.02 £20.20
25th Percentile £21.00 £31.44 £27.38
Median hourly rate £39.27 £44.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -11.75% +16.74% -15.29%
75th Percentile £59.06 £60.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £84.88 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £39.04 £42.07 £38.12
% change year-on-year -7.20% +10.36% -15.29%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -25 862 £572 +5.90% 382
North of England -26 297 £475 - 213
South East -21 262 £500 +4.17% 254
North West -11 189 £475 +5.56% 114
Midlands -40 158 £525 +16.67% 118
South West -24 133 £450 - 86
West Midlands -52 111 £550 +17.27% 72
Yorkshire -35 101 £498 -0.50% 79
East of England -6 92 £525 +5.00% 86
East Midlands -10 47 £488 +20.22% 46
North East -34 11 £420 -17.24% 21
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
1 102 (5.57%) Confluence
2 93 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.36%) CMS
4 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.38%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.38%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.33%) WordPress
8 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.27%) Moodle
9 4 (0.22%) Apache
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.055%) CICS
12 1 (0.055%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.055%) nginx
Applications
1 176 (9.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (8.84%) Microsoft Project
3 136 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
4 117 (6.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 42 (2.29%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.60%) Trello
8 7 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.27%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.22%) Simulink
10 4 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.16%) Windchill
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.11%) Houdini
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) NUKE
13 1 (0.055%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.055%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 69 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.98%) Primavera
3 9 (0.49%) Magento
4 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.44%) SAP HCM
5 7 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
5 7 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
6 6 (0.33%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (0.33%) Shopify
6 6 (0.33%) Teamcenter
7 5 (0.27%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 156 (8.52%) Azure
2 103 (5.62%) Power Platform
3 83 (4.53%) SaaS
4 74 (4.04%) AWS
5 67 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.64%) Smartsheet
8 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (1.20%) Google Workspace
10 20 (1.09%) GCP
11 19 (1.04%) Asana
12 17 (0.93%) Entra ID
13 15 (0.82%) GitHub
14 10 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.55%) Google Sheets
14 10 (0.55%) IaaS
14 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
15 9 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.49%) OCI
15 9 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.31%) Network Security
2 23 (1.26%) TCP/IP
3 21 (1.15%) DNS
4 19 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
4 19 (1.04%) WAN
5 15 (0.82%) LAN
6 14 (0.76%) Intranet
7 13 (0.71%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.66%) DHCP
8 12 (0.66%) Firewall
8 12 (0.66%) MPLS
8 12 (0.66%) VPN
9 10 (0.55%) BGP
10 9 (0.49%) BIG-IP
10 9 (0.49%) Internet
11 7 (0.38%) DKIM
11 7 (0.38%) DMARC
11 7 (0.38%) SAN
12 6 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.24%) Power BI
2 13 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 12 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (0.60%) Metadata
5 10 (0.55%) Tableau
6 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.44%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
8 7 (0.38%) Power Query
9 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.27%) GIS
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.16%) QlikView
13 2 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.11%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 236 (12.88%) JIRA
2 20 (1.09%) Git
3 18 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.49%) Subversion
5 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.22%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) Hudson
7 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.055%) Appium
8 1 (0.055%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.055%) LSMW
8 1 (0.055%) Maven
8 1 (0.055%) MSI
8 1 (0.055%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.055%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.055%) Snyk
8 1 (0.055%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.055%) TestDirector
General
1 819 (44.71%) Social Skills
2 690 (37.66%) Finance
3 299 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
5 155 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 128 (6.99%) Banking
6 128 (6.99%) Marketing
7 107 (5.84%) Retail
8 72 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
9 69 (3.77%) Manufacturing
10 65 (3.55%) Legal
11 48 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.62%) Telecoms
12 32 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 31 (1.69%) Financial Institution
14 27 (1.47%) Front Office
15 26 (1.42%) Investment Banking
16 23 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 20 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 711 (38.81%) Project Manager
2 185 (10.10%) Senior
3 179 (9.77%) Analyst
4 155 (8.46%) Lead
5 139 (7.59%) Senior Manager
6 116 (6.33%) Senior Project Manager
7 96 (5.24%) Business Analyst
8 93 (5.08%) IT Manager
9 85 (4.64%) Programme Manager
10 75 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
11 60 (3.28%) Consultant
12 57 (3.11%) Technical Manager
13 54 (2.95%) Infrastructure Manager
14 50 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
15 45 (2.46%) Technical Project Manager
16 42 (2.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 41 (2.24%) Architect
18 40 (2.18%) Project Officer
19 36 (1.97%) SC Cleared Project Manager
20 35 (1.91%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.47%) Middleware
2 16 (0.87%) REST
3 13 (0.71%) OAuth
3 13 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (0.71%) VML
4 12 (0.66%) HTML
4 12 (0.66%) Web Services
5 10 (0.55%) ADO
5 10 (0.55%) JSON
6 9 (0.49%) CSS
6 9 (0.49%) React
6 9 (0.49%) SOAP
7 7 (0.38%) .NET
7 7 (0.38%) SailPoint
7 7 (0.38%) SAML
7 7 (0.38%) XML
8 6 (0.33%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (0.27%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.27%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 85 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 65 (3.55%) Product Ownership
5 52 (2.84%) PMI
6 51 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 41 (2.24%) Virtual Team
8 29 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.42%) FMCG
11 23 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.26%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.26%) Social Media
12 22 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (0.93%) AI Agents
14 16 (0.87%) Life Science
15 15 (0.82%) EPoS
16 14 (0.76%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 12 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.51%) Windows
2 27 (1.47%) Linux
3 18 (0.98%) Unix
4 13 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.22%) zOS
6 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.055%) AIX
7 1 (0.055%) Android
7 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.055%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.055%) Solaris
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 698 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 681 (37.17%) Agile
3 485 (26.47%) Project Delivery
4 372 (20.31%) PRINCE2
5 356 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
6 308 (16.81%) Change Management
7 307 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 290 (15.83%) Migration
9 270 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 242 (13.21%) Decision-Making
11 234 (12.77%) Risk Management
12 232 (12.66%) Waterfall
13 180 (9.83%) Scrum
14 178 (9.72%) AI
15 154 (8.41%) ERP
16 135 (7.37%) Budget Management
17 128 (6.99%) Project Planning
18 127 (6.93%) Roadmaps
19 124 (6.77%) Analytics
19 124 (6.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 71 (3.88%) SQL
2 60 (3.28%) Python
3 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 15 (0.82%) VBA
5 10 (0.55%) TypeScript
6 9 (0.49%) C++
6 9 (0.49%) Java
7 8 (0.44%) ABAP
7 8 (0.44%) C#
8 7 (0.38%) C
8 7 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.27%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.22%) Ada
10 4 (0.22%) JCL
10 4 (0.22%) R
10 4 (0.22%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.16%) SOQL
12 2 (0.11%) Korn
12 2 (0.11%) REXX
Qualifications
1 286 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 283 (15.45%) Degree
3 281 (15.34%) PMP
4 246 (13.43%) PMI Certification
5 199 (10.86%) SC Cleared
6 64 (3.49%) DV Cleared
7 55 (3.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 32 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.47%) ACCA
9 27 (1.47%) CIMA
9 27 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 18 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 15 (0.82%) CISSP
13 14 (0.76%) APMP
13 14 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
14 10 (0.55%) CIPFA
14 10 (0.55%) CISM
14 10 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.49%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (11.63%) PMO
2 100 (5.46%) QA
3 51 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.02%) GDPR
5 35 (1.91%) SLA
6 24 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.31%) NIST
7 21 (1.15%) GRC
8 20 (1.09%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.38%) EMIR
9 7 (0.38%) GMP
9 7 (0.38%) MiFID
10 6 (0.33%) FINREP
10 6 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.27%) COREP
11 5 (0.27%) GxP
11 5 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.27%) P3O
12 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.27%) RACF
6 4 (0.22%) NFS
6 4 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.055%) ACF2
9 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.055%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (0.93%) Ansible
1 17 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.22%) RSA Archer
5 3 (0.16%) Terraform
6 2 (0.11%) SCCM
7 1 (0.055%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.055%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.055%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.055%) logstash
7 1 (0.055%) Nessus
7 1 (0.055%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.055%) SCOM
7 1 (0.055%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.055%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.055%) vRealize
7 1 (0.055%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 304 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 154 (8.41%) SAP
3 104 (5.68%) ServiceNow
4 67 (3.66%) Oracle
5 54 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 41 (2.24%) Google
7 37 (2.02%) Adobe
8 21 (1.15%) VMware
9 18 (0.98%) Cisco
9 18 (0.98%) Sitecore
10 16 (0.87%) Workday
11 14 (0.76%) Databricks
11 14 (0.76%) IBM
11 14 (0.76%) NEC
12 12 (0.66%) Atlassian
13 11 (0.60%) JD Edwards
14 10 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 10 (0.55%) F5
14 10 (0.55%) Murex
14 10 (0.55%) Sage