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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 66 56
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 670 460 661
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.75% 3.69% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 4.00% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 291 458
10th Percentile £363 £364 £369
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.55% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile £29.01 £24.33 -
25th Percentile £31.65 £26.83 £20.98
Median hourly rate £36.95 £32.00 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% +33.81% -3.96%
75th Percentile £48.80 £40.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £61.13 £45.60 £65.45
England median hourly rate £37.00 £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.65% +64.29% -45.74%

All Process & 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 15,807 11,500 15,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.40% 92.19% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,571 7,797 11,258
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 173 315
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.21% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £46.65 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.47% -20.36% -2.25%

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 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 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
Central London +4 100 £550 -8.33% 86
West London -14 19 £538 +19.44% 12
South London -2 17 £525 -12.50% 1
East London -6 2 £590 - 7
North London - 2 £544 -
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 40 (5.97%) Confluence
2 32 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.45%) Camunda
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (8.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (7.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (7.01%) Microsoft Project
4 42 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (2.24%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.90%) Trello
7 3 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.79%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.75%) ProductWriter
5 5 (0.75%) Summit
6 4 (0.60%) Endur
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.45%) Shopify
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.30%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.30%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.30%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (13.73%) Azure
2 42 (6.27%) AWS
3 39 (5.82%) Power Platform
4 38 (5.67%) SaaS
5 30 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.54%) GitHub
7 16 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 15 (2.24%) IaaS
9 14 (2.09%) GCP
9 14 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.34%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.34%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.04%) OCI
14 6 (0.90%) Serverless
14 6 (0.90%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.37%) Firewall
2 16 (2.39%) DNS
2 16 (2.39%) Network Security
3 9 (1.34%) MPLS
4 8 (1.19%) WAN
5 6 (0.90%) BGP
5 6 (0.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 6 (0.90%) Internet
5 6 (0.90%) NetScaler
5 6 (0.90%) OSPF
6 5 (0.75%) LAN
6 5 (0.75%) Multicast
6 5 (0.75%) VPN
7 4 (0.60%) BIG-IP
7 4 (0.60%) Broadband
7 4 (0.60%) DHCP
7 4 (0.60%) IPsec
7 4 (0.60%) VLAN
8 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (4.18%) Power BI
2 17 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.94%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.19%) Tableau
5 7 (1.04%) Metadata
6 6 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.75%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.60%) Big Data
9 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.15%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 88 (13.13%) JIRA
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.49%) Git
4 5 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.75%) GitLab
5 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) LSMW
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.15%) TestRail
6 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 293 (43.73%) Social Skills
2 259 (38.66%) Finance
3 114 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (12.24%) Banking
5 68 (10.15%) Public Sector
6 58 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
7 51 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
8 41 (6.12%) Retail
9 32 (4.78%) Legal
10 27 (4.03%) Marketing
11 24 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.84%) Investment Banking
14 16 (2.39%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.24%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.09%) Front Office
17 10 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (1.34%) Manufacturing
19 8 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 210 (31.34%) Project Manager
2 102 (15.22%) Analyst
3 81 (12.09%) Business Analyst
4 77 (11.49%) Lead
5 59 (8.81%) Senior
6 32 (4.78%) Architect
7 30 (4.48%) Consultant
7 30 (4.48%) Delivery Manager
8 29 (4.33%) Senior Manager
9 25 (3.73%) Developer
10 24 (3.58%) IT Manager
11 22 (3.28%) Programme Manager
12 21 (3.13%) Senior Project Manager
12 21 (3.13%) Technical Manager
13 19 (2.84%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.69%) Change Manager
14 18 (2.69%) Network Engineer
15 16 (2.39%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (2.39%) Transformation Manager
16 15 (2.24%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.54%) Middleware
2 12 (1.79%) REST
3 9 (1.34%) XML
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.75%) React
5 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.45%) ADO
6 3 (0.45%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.45%) HTML
6 3 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.45%) OAuth
6 3 (0.45%) React Native
6 3 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.45%) Web Services
6 3 (0.45%) ZK
7 2 (0.30%) .NET
7 2 (0.30%) CSS
7 2 (0.30%) IDoc
7 2 (0.30%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.93%) Onboarding
2 30 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.73%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.79%) Derivative
9 10 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 10 (1.49%) Life Science
9 10 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.34%) IoT
11 8 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.19%) PMI
12 7 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (1.04%) NHS
12 7 (1.04%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.04%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.03%) Windows
2 15 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.19%) VMS
4 7 (1.04%) Linux
5 6 (0.90%) Unix
6 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (39.25%) Agile
2 242 (36.12%) Project Management
3 226 (33.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 128 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (18.81%) Migration
6 101 (15.07%) Decision-Making
7 99 (14.78%) PRINCE2
8 98 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 87 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 78 (11.64%) Change Management
10 78 (11.64%) Waterfall
11 75 (11.19%) Risk Management
12 73 (10.90%) DevOps
13 72 (10.75%) Roadmaps
14 67 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
15 66 (9.85%) Business Analysis
16 64 (9.55%) Validation
17 60 (8.96%) Scrum
18 58 (8.66%) Requirements Gathering
19 56 (8.36%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 41 (6.12%) SQL
2 31 (4.63%) Python
3 11 (1.64%) Java
4 6 (0.90%) C#
4 6 (0.90%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.75%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.60%) Bicep
6 4 (0.60%) Go
6 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.45%) Bash
7 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.30%) ABAP
8 2 (0.30%) C++
8 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.30%) Rust
9 1 (0.15%) Korn
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (13.43%) Degree
2 83 (12.39%) PMP
3 74 (11.04%) Security Cleared
4 69 (10.30%) PMI Certification
5 62 (9.25%) SC Cleared
6 17 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.94%) APMP
9 12 (1.79%) CBAP
10 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.04%) APMG
11 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.04%) IIBA
12 6 (0.90%) CCNP
12 6 (0.90%) CISSP
13 5 (0.75%) RIBA
14 4 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (13.88%) PMO
2 52 (7.76%) QA
3 22 (3.28%) GDPR
4 21 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.13%) NIST
5 18 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.19%) SLA
7 7 (1.04%) GRC
7 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.90%) Basel III
8 6 (0.90%) HL7
9 5 (0.75%) GAAP
9 5 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.75%) MiFID
10 4 (0.60%) IFRS
11 3 (0.45%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.45%) PSD2
12 2 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.90%) Docker
2 6 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (3.73%) Terraform
2 16 (2.39%) Ansible
3 11 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.30%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) Avamar
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
7 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 124 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.16%) SAP
3 32 (4.78%) ServiceNow
4 31 (4.63%) Oracle
5 21 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.99%) Google
7 13 (1.94%) Palo Alto
7 13 (1.94%) Workday
8 12 (1.79%) Cisco
8 12 (1.79%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.34%) Citrix
9 9 (1.34%) Software AG
10 8 (1.19%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.04%) Adobe
11 7 (1.04%) NEC
12 6 (0.90%) F5
12 6 (0.90%) VMware
13 5 (0.75%) Arista
13 5 (0.75%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.75%) Optimizely