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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 781 489 543
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.87% 3.60% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 3.90% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 323 366
10th Percentile £363 £386 £374
25th Percentile £450 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £768
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile £38.64 £35.30 £29.49
25th Percentile £41.00 £41.75 £40.47
Median hourly rate £47.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -15.38% +0.78%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £67.25
90th Percentile £57.88 £77.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £56.25 £57.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -2.17% +48.39% -38.00%

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 17,950 12,547 14,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.29% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,820 8,389 10,191
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 247 197
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.58 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% -15.71% -15.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £62.70 £71.50
England median hourly rate £44.23 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +75.86% -40.82% -

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -1 110 £550 -8.33% 114
West London +1 22 £494 -5.95% 27
South London -8 15 £450 -14.29% 12
East London +2 2 £550 - 17
North London -2 2 £538 -2.27% 4
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 56 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 46 (5.89%) Confluence
3 19 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.64%) Apache
4 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.51%) CMS
5 4 (0.51%) WordPress
6 3 (0.38%) Appian
6 3 (0.38%) JBoss
6 3 (0.38%) Kentico
6 3 (0.38%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 69 (8.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (6.53%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.64%) Trello
7 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.77%) ProductWriter
4 5 (0.64%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.51%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.51%) Magento
5 4 (0.51%) Summit
6 3 (0.38%) Shopify
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.26%) Endur
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.26%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 126 (16.13%) Azure
2 61 (7.81%) AWS
3 60 (7.68%) Power Platform
4 43 (5.51%) SaaS
5 39 (4.99%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.56%) GitHub
9 19 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.18%) GCP
11 13 (1.66%) IaaS
11 13 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.66%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (1.28%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.28%) Google Workspace
13 10 (1.28%) OCI
14 9 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.66%) Firewall
2 30 (3.84%) DNS
3 23 (2.94%) Network Security
4 19 (2.43%) VPN
5 17 (2.18%) Wireless
6 16 (2.05%) DHCP
6 16 (2.05%) WAN
7 14 (1.79%) BGP
7 14 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 13 (1.66%) VLAN
9 11 (1.41%) LAN
10 10 (1.28%) Multicast
11 8 (1.02%) MPLS
11 8 (1.02%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.90%) IPsec
12 7 (0.90%) OSPF
13 6 (0.77%) Internet
14 5 (0.64%) BIG-IP
14 5 (0.64%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.76%) Power BI
2 20 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.90%) Big Data
4 7 (0.90%) Metadata
5 6 (0.77%) Tableau
6 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.64%) Delta Lake
7 4 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.38%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.26%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.26%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 91 (11.65%) JIRA
2 16 (2.05%) Git
3 11 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.77%) GitLab
5 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.64%) Selenium
6 4 (0.51%) Subversion
7 2 (0.26%) Appium
7 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.26%) TestNG
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 345 (44.17%) Social Skills
2 304 (38.92%) Finance
3 124 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.63%) Banking
5 80 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 62 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (6.91%) Retail
8 52 (6.66%) Legal
9 39 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (4.10%) Marketing
11 27 (3.46%) Telecoms
12 24 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (2.69%) Front Office
15 20 (2.56%) Financial Institution
16 19 (2.43%) Investment Banking
17 18 (2.30%) Local Government
18 15 (1.92%) Manufacturing
19 13 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
20 9 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 218 (27.91%) Project Manager
2 88 (11.27%) Analyst
3 78 (9.99%) Senior
4 73 (9.35%) Lead
5 58 (7.43%) Business Analyst
6 46 (5.89%) Architect
7 44 (5.63%) Consultant
8 39 (4.99%) Developer
9 38 (4.87%) Delivery Manager
10 35 (4.48%) Network Engineer
10 35 (4.48%) Senior Manager
11 29 (3.71%) IT Manager
12 28 (3.59%) Technical Manager
13 26 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
14 22 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (2.43%) Infrastructure Manager
15 19 (2.43%) IT Project Manager
15 19 (2.43%) Programme Manager
15 19 (2.43%) Transformation Manager
16 17 (2.18%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.30%) REST
2 12 (1.54%) Middleware
3 8 (1.02%) React
4 7 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (0.77%) PySpark
5 6 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (0.77%) Web Services
6 5 (0.64%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.64%) Kafka
6 5 (0.64%) VML
6 5 (0.64%) XML
7 4 (0.51%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.51%) OAuth
7 4 (0.51%) Playwright
7 4 (0.51%) React Native
8 3 (0.38%) ADO
8 3 (0.38%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.38%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 34 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.59%) Data Centre
5 25 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.43%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.18%) Derivative
7 17 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.79%) IoT
10 13 (1.66%) Credit Risk
10 13 (1.66%) Life Science
11 12 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.28%) FMCG
12 10 (1.28%) Reinsurance
12 10 (1.28%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.15%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.02%) Fixed Income
14 8 (1.02%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.20%) Windows
2 17 (2.18%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.41%) Linux
4 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.51%) Unix
5 3 (0.38%) Android
5 3 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (43.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 277 (35.47%) Agile
3 244 (31.24%) Project Management
4 147 (18.82%) Migration
5 139 (17.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 129 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (16.13%) PRINCE2
8 124 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 122 (15.62%) Change Management
10 113 (14.47%) Decision-Making
11 102 (13.06%) AI
12 94 (12.04%) Waterfall
13 86 (11.01%) Roadmaps
14 83 (10.63%) DevOps
14 83 (10.63%) Risk Management
15 74 (9.48%) Analytics
16 69 (8.83%) User Acceptance Testing
17 66 (8.45%) Scrum
18 64 (8.19%) Business Analysis
18 64 (8.19%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.15%) SQL
2 42 (5.38%) Python
3 13 (1.66%) Java
4 11 (1.41%) PowerShell
5 10 (1.28%) VBA
6 7 (0.90%) C#
6 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.51%) Bicep
8 4 (0.51%) Go
8 4 (0.51%) Korn
9 3 (0.38%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.38%) Bash
9 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.26%) C++
10 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) ABAP
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 107 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.68%) PMP
3 91 (11.65%) Degree
4 87 (11.14%) PMI Certification
5 84 (10.76%) SC Cleared
6 21 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.54%) CCNP
9 12 (1.54%) CISSP
10 10 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (0.90%) APMG
11 7 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.90%) RIBA
12 6 (0.77%) CISM
12 6 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.64%) CCNA
13 5 (0.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (14.34%) PMO
2 46 (5.89%) QA
3 22 (2.82%) NIST
4 20 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.43%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.18%) GDPR
7 14 (1.79%) SLA
8 11 (1.41%) GRC
9 7 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.64%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.51%) HL7
11 4 (0.51%) NCSC
12 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.38%) GxP
12 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.38%) MiFID
12 3 (0.38%) P3O
12 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.54%) Docker
3 9 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (3.33%) Terraform
2 13 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.54%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.41%) Ansible
5 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.38%) Puppet
7 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.38%) SCCM
7 3 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.26%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.13%) Grafana
9 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 165 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.53%) ServiceNow
3 46 (5.89%) SAP
4 38 (4.87%) Cisco
5 24 (3.07%) Oracle
6 23 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.43%) Fortinet
7 19 (2.43%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.30%) Google
8 18 (2.30%) VMware
9 17 (2.18%) F5
9 17 (2.18%) Zscaler
10 13 (1.66%) Juniper
10 13 (1.66%) Murex
11 10 (1.28%) Databricks
12 9 (1.15%) NEC
13 8 (1.02%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.90%) Adobe
14 7 (0.90%) Workday
15 6 (0.77%) Citrix