Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in London

Project Delivery
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 71 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 -19 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 549 518 823
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.88% 3.29% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 3.69% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 322 563
10th Percentile £340 £371 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £666 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile £47.35 £32.27 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £32.97 £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -51.72% +20.83%
75th Percentile £75.93 £36.35 £76.25
90th Percentile £92.36 £50.28 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £36.80 £54.99
% change year-on-year +23.53% -33.07% -6.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Project Delivery 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,053 14,033 17,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,585 9,054 12,730
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in London

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in London

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in London over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in London

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the London region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Central London +13 107 £550 -8.33% 170
South London -6 10 £500 +5.26% 14
West London -10 10 £525 +5.00% 13
East London +9 7 £900 +100.00% 13
North London - 2 £550 - 2
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 28 (5.10%) Confluence
2 25 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.55%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Appian
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 43 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (6.01%) Microsoft Project
3 29 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (5.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (3.83%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.91%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.91%) Trello
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.18%) Revit
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 27 (4.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.10%) Endur
3 7 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.28%) Workday HCM
4 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.09%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.91%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.55%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.55%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.55%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.55%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 81 (14.75%) Azure
2 30 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (4.74%) SaaS
4 23 (4.19%) AWS
5 22 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (3.83%) Power Platform
7 17 (3.10%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.91%) GCP
9 15 (2.73%) OCI
10 11 (2.00%) GitHub
10 11 (2.00%) PaaS
11 9 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.64%) IaaS
12 7 (1.28%) Asana
13 4 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.73%) Figma
13 4 (0.73%) Smartsheet
13 4 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.55%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.73%) WAN
2 14 (2.55%) Firewall
3 12 (2.19%) DNS
4 10 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.28%) LAN
5 7 (1.28%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.28%) VPN
6 5 (0.91%) NetScaler
6 5 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.73%) Multicast
7 4 (0.73%) Network Security
7 4 (0.73%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.73%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.55%) DKIM
8 3 (0.55%) DMARC
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.36%) SNMP
9 2 (0.36%) SSH
9 2 (0.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.28%) Power BI
2 6 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.09%) Tableau
3 5 (0.91%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.55%) Big Data
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.36%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) Power Query
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) Redis
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 66 (12.02%) JIRA
2 10 (1.82%) Git
3 6 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.73%) GitLab
4 4 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (0.73%) Subversion
4 4 (0.73%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.55%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.18%) Selenium
General
1 239 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 215 (39.16%) Finance
3 72 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (8.74%) Banking
5 46 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.10%) Front Office
7 26 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (4.55%) Retail
9 24 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (4.01%) Marketing
11 20 (3.64%) Legal
12 18 (3.28%) Manufacturing
13 17 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (3.10%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (2.00%) Back Office
15 11 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.64%) Law
17 8 (1.46%) Billing
17 8 (1.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (27.32%) Project Manager
2 106 (19.31%) Analyst
3 87 (15.85%) Business Analyst
4 64 (11.66%) Lead
5 53 (9.65%) Senior
6 42 (7.65%) Consultant
7 26 (4.74%) Architect
7 26 (4.74%) IT Manager
8 21 (3.83%) Senior Manager
9 18 (3.28%) Programme Manager
10 17 (3.10%) IT Project Manager
10 17 (3.10%) Senior Project Manager
11 16 (2.91%) SAP Manager
12 15 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
13 14 (2.55%) Infrastructure Manager
14 13 (2.37%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 12 (2.19%) Developer
15 12 (2.19%) SAP Project Manager
16 11 (2.00%) Business Manager
16 11 (2.00%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.37%) REST
2 9 (1.64%) Web Services
3 8 (1.46%) .NET
4 6 (1.09%) Middleware
4 6 (1.09%) Node.js
4 6 (1.09%) RESTful
5 5 (0.91%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.73%) Ultra Messaging
6 4 (0.73%) ZK
7 3 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.55%) React
7 3 (0.55%) YAML
8 2 (0.36%) ADO
8 2 (0.36%) HTML
8 2 (0.36%) Spring
9 1 (0.18%) ATL
9 1 (0.18%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.83%) PMI
4 20 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 19 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.64%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.46%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.28%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.09%) Life Science
10 6 (1.09%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.28%) Windows
2 15 (2.73%) Linux
3 11 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.28%) Unix
6 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.73%) Solaris
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (42.26%) Agile
2 182 (33.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (31.51%) Project Management
4 101 (18.40%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 80 (14.57%) Change Management
7 79 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (14.03%) Risk Management
9 71 (12.93%) Business Analysis
10 70 (12.75%) Migration
11 66 (12.02%) Roadmaps
12 62 (11.29%) Workshop Facilitation
13 61 (11.11%) Waterfall
14 60 (10.93%) PRINCE2
15 59 (10.75%) Requirements Gathering
15 59 (10.75%) Scrum
16 56 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
17 51 (9.29%) Decision-Making
17 51 (9.29%) DevOps
18 47 (8.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.65%) Python
1 42 (7.65%) SQL
2 26 (4.74%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.28%) Bash
4 12 (2.19%) Java
5 4 (0.73%) C++
5 4 (0.73%) Perl
5 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.73%) VBA
6 3 (0.55%) ABAP
6 3 (0.55%) C#
6 3 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.36%) PHP
7 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.18%) COBOL
8 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.18%) Go
8 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.18%) RPG
Qualifications
1 95 (17.30%) Degree
2 67 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.65%) PMI Certification
4 50 (9.11%) SC Cleared
5 43 (7.83%) PMP
6 16 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.19%) CBAP
7 12 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.91%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (0.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.73%) CISM
9 4 (0.73%) CISSP
9 4 (0.73%) ISEB
9 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.73%) MBA
9 4 (0.73%) PhD
10 3 (0.55%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.92%) PMO
2 34 (6.19%) QA
3 20 (3.64%) GDPR
4 16 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.55%) MiFID
6 12 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.82%) EMIR
8 9 (1.64%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.46%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.28%) NIST
10 7 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.28%) PSD2
10 7 (1.28%) SLA
11 6 (1.09%) NCSC
12 5 (0.91%) Def Stans
12 5 (0.91%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.73%) COBIT
13 4 (0.73%) GMP
13 4 (0.73%) SEPA
14 3 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 19 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.91%) Docker
3 5 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.73%) NFS
4 4 (0.73%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.73%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.18%) RACF
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (2.73%) Ansible
2 13 (2.37%) Terraform
3 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.91%) Grafana
5 5 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.73%) QRadar
6 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.73%) SCCM
7 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.55%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 86 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 52 (9.47%) SAP
3 47 (8.56%) Oracle
4 24 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.37%) Workday
7 12 (2.19%) Google
8 11 (2.00%) Cisco
9 10 (1.82%) VMware
10 9 (1.64%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.46%) Citrix
11 8 (1.46%) IBM
12 7 (1.28%) Planview
13 6 (1.09%) Apple
14 5 (0.91%) ION Trading
14 5 (0.91%) Splunk
14 5 (0.91%) TIBCO
15 4 (0.73%) Aruba
15 4 (0.73%) SaltStack
15 4 (0.73%) Solace