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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 53
Rank change year-on-year +6 -20 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 655 452 681
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.73% 3.55% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 3.85% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 280 482
10th Percentile £363 £364 £373
25th Percentile £450 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £652 £668 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £29.01 £24.33 -
25th Percentile £31.65 £26.83 £20.98
Median hourly rate £36.95 £32.00 £23.33
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% +37.16% -14.36%
75th Percentile £48.80 £40.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £61.13 £45.60 £65.90
England median hourly rate £45.46 £51.25 £34.00
% change year-on-year -11.30% +50.74% -47.69%

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 15,562 11,733 15,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.06% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,427 7,976 11,319
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 172 330
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.53 £15.99
25th Percentile £25.11 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +20.00% -26.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.38 £63.70 £65.78
England median hourly rate £42.69 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -13.00% -8.74%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -3 100 £550 -6.38% 41
South London +4 18 £525 -12.50%
West London -14 16 £525 +16.67% 8
East London -2 3 £550 - 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 39 (5.95%) Confluence
2 28 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.46%) Camunda
4 3 (0.46%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 57 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (7.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 47 (7.18%) Microsoft Project
4 41 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (2.29%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.92%) Trello
7 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.83%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.07%) Endur
4 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.76%) Summit
6 4 (0.61%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.46%) Shopify
8 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.31%) Algo Collateral
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.31%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.31%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 88 (13.44%) Azure
2 38 (5.80%) SaaS
3 37 (5.65%) AWS
4 35 (5.34%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (2.60%) GitHub
7 16 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 16 (2.44%) GCP
8 14 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (1.98%) IaaS
10 11 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.53%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.22%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (0.92%) Asana
14 6 (0.92%) PaaS
14 6 (0.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.34%) Firewall
2 15 (2.29%) Network Security
3 14 (2.14%) DNS
4 11 (1.68%) NetScaler
5 9 (1.37%) MPLS
6 8 (1.22%) WAN
7 6 (0.92%) BGP
7 6 (0.92%) Internet
7 6 (0.92%) OSPF
8 5 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (0.76%) LAN
8 5 (0.76%) VPN
9 4 (0.61%) Broadband
9 4 (0.61%) IPsec
9 4 (0.61%) Multicast
9 4 (0.61%) VLAN
10 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.46%) DHCP
10 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.97%) Power BI
2 17 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.22%) Tableau
5 7 (1.07%) Metadata
6 6 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.76%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.61%) Big Data
9 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.15%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 91 (13.89%) JIRA
2 11 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.37%) Git
4 5 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.76%) GitLab
5 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) LSMW
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
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
1 296 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 253 (38.63%) Finance
3 112 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (13.13%) Banking
5 67 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 54 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
7 53 (8.09%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (6.11%) Retail
9 30 (4.58%) Legal
10 26 (3.97%) Marketing
11 24 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
12 23 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.75%) Investment Banking
14 16 (2.44%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.44%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.14%) Front Office
16 10 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
18 8 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 206 (31.45%) Project Manager
2 98 (14.96%) Analyst
3 82 (12.52%) Business Analyst
4 76 (11.60%) Lead
5 60 (9.16%) Senior
6 31 (4.73%) Architect
6 31 (4.73%) Consultant
7 30 (4.58%) Delivery Manager
8 27 (4.12%) Senior Manager
9 24 (3.66%) IT Manager
10 21 (3.21%) Programme Manager
10 21 (3.21%) Technical Manager
11 19 (2.90%) Developer
11 19 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
12 17 (2.60%) Change Manager
12 17 (2.60%) Network Engineer
12 17 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (2.44%) Infrastructure Manager
13 16 (2.44%) IT Project Manager
14 14 (2.14%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.60%) Middleware
2 9 (1.37%) XML
3 8 (1.22%) REST
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.61%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.46%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.46%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.46%) HTML
6 3 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.46%) React
6 3 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.46%) Web Services
6 3 (0.46%) ZK
7 2 (0.31%) ADO
7 2 (0.31%) CSS
7 2 (0.31%) IDoc
7 2 (0.31%) OAuth
7 2 (0.31%) VML
7 2 (0.31%) XML Messaging
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.04%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.27%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.98%) Derivative
7 10 (1.53%) Credit Risk
7 10 (1.53%) Life Science
8 9 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.37%) PMI
9 8 (1.22%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.22%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.07%) IoT
10 7 (1.07%) NHS
10 7 (1.07%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.07%) Tandem
11 6 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.89%) Windows
2 15 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.22%) Linux
3 8 (1.22%) VMS
4 7 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.92%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (40.15%) Agile
2 234 (35.73%) Project Management
3 222 (33.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 127 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (18.63%) Migration
6 98 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (14.50%) Decision-Making
8 92 (14.05%) PRINCE2
9 91 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 78 (11.91%) Change Management
11 77 (11.76%) Waterfall
12 75 (11.45%) Risk Management
13 73 (11.15%) DevOps
14 71 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
15 70 (10.69%) Roadmaps
16 69 (10.53%) Business Analysis
17 63 (9.62%) Validation
18 62 (9.47%) Scrum
19 57 (8.70%) Project Governance
20 56 (8.55%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.41%) SQL
2 30 (4.58%) Python
3 11 (1.68%) Java
4 5 (0.76%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.76%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.61%) Go
5 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
6 3 (0.46%) Bash
6 3 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.31%) ABAP
7 2 (0.31%) Bicep
7 2 (0.31%) C#
7 2 (0.31%) C++
7 2 (0.31%) Rust
8 1 (0.15%) Korn
8 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (13.74%) Degree
2 79 (12.06%) PMP
3 70 (10.69%) Security Cleared
4 68 (10.38%) PMI Certification
5 59 (9.01%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.60%) Master's Degree
8 16 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.98%) APMP
10 11 (1.68%) CBAP
11 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.07%) APMG
12 7 (1.07%) IIBA
13 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.92%) CCNP
13 6 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.92%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.76%) RIBA
15 4 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (13.44%) PMO
2 57 (8.70%) QA
3 23 (3.51%) GDPR
4 20 (3.05%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.90%) NIST
6 18 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.22%) SLA
8 7 (1.07%) GRC
8 7 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.92%) Basel III
9 6 (0.92%) HL7
9 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.76%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.76%) GAAP
10 5 (0.76%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.76%) MiFID
11 4 (0.61%) IFRS
12 3 (0.46%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.46%) PSD2
13 2 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.92%) Docker
4 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) RACF
6 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (3.21%) Terraform
2 16 (2.44%) Ansible
3 11 (1.68%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.46%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.31%) 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%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
7 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 119 (18.17%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.87%) SAP
3 30 (4.58%) Oracle
3 30 (4.58%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.51%) Google
5 22 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.98%) Citrix
7 12 (1.83%) Palo Alto
7 12 (1.83%) Workday
8 11 (1.68%) Cisco
8 11 (1.68%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.37%) Software AG
10 7 (1.07%) Adobe
10 7 (1.07%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.07%) NEC
11 5 (0.76%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.76%) F5
11 5 (0.76%) Optimizely
11 5 (0.76%) Remedy
11 5 (0.76%) VMware