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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 65 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 -18 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 633 489 754
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.29% 3.54% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 3.91% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 285 514
10th Percentile £355 £352 £372
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £666 £675
90th Percentile £775 £739 £800
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +50.09% +3.71%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £40.33
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £63.50
England median hourly rate £43.12 £35.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +23.20% -23.50% -23.75%

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 13,441 12,496 16,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.45% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,906 7,945 11,669
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 155 323
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.11 £24.66 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +16.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £56.13 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.50 £72.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +12 109 £550 -12.00% 46
West London -14 12 £575 +15.00% 5
South London -6 10 £500 +5.26% 8
East London +5 6 £765 +80.00% 6
North London - 1 £550 -
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 41 (6.48%) Confluence
2 23 (3.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.47%) CMS
4 3 (0.47%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Appian
5 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Camunda
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 60 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (6.32%) Microsoft Project
4 38 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
5 23 (3.63%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.26%) Trello
7 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.16%) Revit
9 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 27 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.74%) Endur
3 10 (1.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 9 (1.42%) Loan IQ
4 9 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (0.79%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.63%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.63%) SAP GTS
8 4 (0.63%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.47%) ProductWriter
9 3 (0.47%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 98 (15.48%) Azure
2 36 (5.69%) SaaS
3 29 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (4.42%) Power Platform
5 27 (4.27%) AWS
6 22 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.16%) GitHub
8 18 (2.84%) GCP
9 17 (2.69%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.90%) IaaS
11 11 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.58%) OCI
13 8 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.11%) PaaS
15 6 (0.95%) Asana
16 5 (0.79%) Smartsheet
17 4 (0.63%) Google Workspace
17 4 (0.63%) OpenShift
18 3 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.74%) Firewall
2 14 (2.21%) WAN
3 12 (1.90%) DNS
4 11 (1.74%) NetScaler
4 11 (1.74%) Network Security
5 10 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.42%) LAN
7 7 (1.11%) MPLS
7 7 (1.11%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.11%) VPN
8 5 (0.79%) Multicast
9 4 (0.63%) BGP
9 4 (0.63%) Internet
9 4 (0.63%) OSPF
9 4 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.63%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.47%) Broadband
11 2 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.48%) Power BI
2 12 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.79%) Metadata
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.79%) Tableau
5 3 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.32%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.16%) GIS
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 90 (14.22%) JIRA
2 14 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.05%) Git
4 6 (0.95%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.63%) Subversion
6 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.16%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.16%) LSMW
8 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.16%) TestRail
8 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 291 (45.97%) Social Skills
2 252 (39.81%) Finance
3 93 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (13.11%) Banking
5 59 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (4.42%) Retail
10 25 (3.95%) Front Office
11 20 (3.16%) Legal
12 16 (2.53%) Telecoms
13 15 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (2.21%) Investment Banking
15 13 (2.05%) Manufacturing
15 13 (2.05%) Marketing
16 12 (1.90%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.42%) General Ledger
18 9 (1.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 180 (28.44%) Project Manager
2 125 (19.75%) Analyst
3 101 (15.96%) Business Analyst
4 85 (13.43%) Lead
5 64 (10.11%) Senior
6 36 (5.69%) Consultant
7 31 (4.90%) Architect
8 23 (3.63%) Senior Manager
9 22 (3.48%) IT Manager
9 22 (3.48%) Programme Manager
9 22 (3.48%) SAP Manager
10 20 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
11 18 (2.84%) SAP Project Manager
11 18 (2.84%) Senior Project Manager
12 16 (2.53%) Infrastructure Manager
12 16 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (2.37%) IT Project Manager
13 15 (2.37%) Senior Business Analyst
13 15 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.21%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.53%) Middleware
1 16 (2.53%) REST
2 8 (1.26%) Web Services
3 6 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.95%) XML
3 6 (0.95%) ZK
4 5 (0.79%) HTML
4 5 (0.79%) Node.js
4 5 (0.79%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.63%) React
5 4 (0.63%) Ultra Messaging
6 3 (0.47%) .NET
6 3 (0.47%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.47%) CSS
6 3 (0.47%) RESTful
6 3 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.47%) YAML
7 2 (0.32%) ADO
7 2 (0.32%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.85%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.48%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.00%) PMI
5 14 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.26%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.26%) Life Science
9 8 (1.26%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.11%) Derivative
10 7 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 7 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.16%) Windows
2 16 (2.53%) Linux
3 15 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.42%) Unix
5 9 (1.42%) VMS
6 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.63%) Solaris
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (41.86%) Agile
2 204 (32.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 203 (32.07%) Project Management
4 121 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (15.17%) Migration
6 94 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 91 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 81 (12.80%) Business Analysis
9 79 (12.48%) PRINCE2
10 78 (12.32%) Waterfall
11 75 (11.85%) DevOps
12 74 (11.69%) Change Management
12 74 (11.69%) Scrum
13 73 (11.53%) Risk Management
14 71 (11.22%) Decision-Making
15 68 (10.74%) Requirements Gathering
15 68 (10.74%) Workshop Facilitation
16 62 (9.79%) Roadmaps
17 61 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
18 59 (9.32%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 47 (7.42%) Python
2 43 (6.79%) SQL
3 22 (3.48%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.00%) Bash
5 16 (2.53%) Java
6 6 (0.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.63%) Perl
8 3 (0.47%) C++
8 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.32%) ABAP
9 2 (0.32%) C#
9 2 (0.32%) PHP
9 2 (0.32%) VBA
10 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.16%) Go
10 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 97 (15.32%) Degree
2 75 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 66 (10.43%) PMI Certification
4 62 (9.79%) PMP
5 60 (9.48%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.27%) Master's Degree
7 20 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.53%) CBAP
9 13 (2.05%) APMP
10 10 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.58%) IIBA
11 8 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.95%) CISM
12 6 (0.95%) CISSP
12 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.79%) ISEB
13 5 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.16%) PMO
2 43 (6.79%) QA
3 23 (3.63%) GDPR
4 22 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.37%) NIST
5 15 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (2.21%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.26%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.26%) MiFID
8 7 (1.11%) NCSC
9 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.95%) PSD2
10 5 (0.79%) Basel III
10 5 (0.79%) SLA
11 4 (0.63%) EMIR
11 4 (0.63%) GAAP
11 4 (0.63%) GMP
11 4 (0.63%) GRC
12 3 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.11%) Docker
4 6 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.63%) NFS
5 4 (0.63%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.63%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 27 (4.27%) Ansible
2 21 (3.32%) Terraform
3 14 (2.21%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.79%) Grafana
5 5 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.63%) QRadar
6 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.63%) SCCM
7 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.32%) Control-M
8 2 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 112 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.00%) SAP
3 43 (6.79%) Oracle
4 25 (3.95%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.84%) Google
7 13 (2.05%) CyberArk
8 12 (1.90%) Citrix
9 10 (1.58%) Cisco
9 10 (1.58%) Workday
10 9 (1.42%) Software AG
11 8 (1.26%) VMware
12 7 (1.11%) Aruba
13 6 (0.95%) IBM
13 6 (0.95%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.95%) Planview
14 5 (0.79%) Adobe
14 5 (0.79%) Apple
14 5 (0.79%) TIBCO
15 4 (0.63%) Remedy