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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 69 52
Rank change year-on-year +7 -17 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 602 502 748
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.18% 3.43% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 3.81% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 292 508
10th Percentile £355 £356 £363
25th Percentile £428 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
England median daily rate £519 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -3.53% -2.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 £56.38
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £58.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -45.10% +131.88%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £70.94
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £74.13
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £57.32
% change year-on-year +29.89% -38.94% -6.54%

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 13,193 13,182 16,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.18% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 8,439 11,605
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 163 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.15
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £69.12 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +4 104 £550 -12.00% 166
West London -10 13 £575 +15.00% 7
South London -3 12 £500 +5.26% 11
East London +2 6 £900 +100.00% 3
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 34 (5.65%) Confluence
2 21 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.50%) CMS
4 3 (0.50%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.33%) Appian
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
4 34 (5.65%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (3.82%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.33%) Trello
7 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.17%) InDesign
9 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.17%) Revit
9 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 30 (4.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.16%) Endur
3 8 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (1.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.83%) Oracle FAH
5 5 (0.83%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.83%) SAP IBP
5 5 (0.83%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.66%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.66%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.50%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.50%) SAP EWM
7 3 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (15.12%) Azure
2 33 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (5.48%) SaaS
3 29 (4.82%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.65%) AWS
5 20 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.32%) GCP
6 18 (2.99%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.82%) GitHub
8 13 (2.16%) OCI
9 12 (1.99%) IaaS
10 10 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.33%) PaaS
12 6 (1.00%) Asana
12 6 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (0.66%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.66%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.49%) Firewall
2 14 (2.33%) WAN
3 12 (1.99%) DNS
4 11 (1.83%) NetScaler
5 10 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.50%) LAN
7 7 (1.16%) Network Security
7 7 (1.16%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.00%) MPLS
8 6 (1.00%) VPN
9 5 (0.83%) Multicast
10 4 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.66%) tcpdump
10 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.50%) BGP
11 3 (0.50%) Internet
11 3 (0.50%) OSPF
12 2 (0.33%) Broadband
12 2 (0.33%) SNMP
12 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.99%) Power BI
2 12 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.00%) Tableau
5 5 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.50%) Big Data
7 3 (0.50%) Metadata
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
8 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.17%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.17%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.17%) MySQL
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 79 (13.12%) JIRA
2 12 (1.99%) Git
3 11 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.83%) GitLab
5 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.66%) Subversion
5 4 (0.66%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.17%) LSMW
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 271 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 231 (38.37%) Finance
3 88 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.63%) Banking
5 53 (8.80%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.65%) Retail
9 25 (4.15%) Front Office
10 23 (3.82%) Legal
11 18 (2.99%) Marketing
12 17 (2.82%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.82%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.66%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.50%) Back Office
15 9 (1.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 169 (28.07%) Project Manager
2 106 (17.61%) Analyst
3 86 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 74 (12.29%) Lead
5 59 (9.80%) Senior
6 35 (5.81%) Consultant
7 32 (5.32%) Architect
8 24 (3.99%) IT Manager
8 24 (3.99%) Programme Manager
8 24 (3.99%) Senior Manager
9 23 (3.82%) SAP Manager
10 19 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
10 19 (3.16%) SAP Project Manager
10 19 (3.16%) Senior Project Manager
11 16 (2.66%) IT Project Manager
11 16 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.49%) Infrastructure Manager
13 14 (2.33%) Developer
14 11 (1.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 11 (1.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.33%) Middleware
1 14 (2.33%) REST
2 8 (1.33%) Web Services
3 6 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.83%) Node.js
4 5 (0.83%) ZK
5 4 (0.66%) .NET
5 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.66%) HTML
5 4 (0.66%) React
5 4 (0.66%) RESTful
5 4 (0.66%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.66%) Ultra Messaging
5 4 (0.66%) XML
6 3 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.50%) YAML
7 2 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.33%) CSS
7 2 (0.33%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.98%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.82%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.49%) PMI
5 16 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.33%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.33%) Life Science
11 8 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.16%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.16%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.00%) Replication
13 6 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.31%) Windows
2 16 (2.66%) Linux
2 16 (2.66%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.83%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.16%) Unix
5 6 (1.00%) VMS
6 5 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.66%) Solaris
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) Android
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (40.70%) Agile
2 196 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 186 (30.90%) Project Management
4 115 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 90 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (14.29%) Migration
8 75 (12.46%) Risk Management
9 74 (12.29%) Change Management
9 74 (12.29%) PRINCE2
10 69 (11.46%) Scrum
11 68 (11.30%) Waterfall
12 67 (11.13%) Decision-Making
13 66 (10.96%) Roadmaps
14 64 (10.63%) Business Analysis
15 63 (10.47%) DevOps
16 62 (10.30%) Workshop Facilitation
17 58 (9.63%) User Acceptance Testing
18 54 (8.97%) Project Governance
19 52 (8.64%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.14%) Python
2 39 (6.48%) SQL
3 21 (3.49%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.99%) Bash
5 13 (2.16%) Java
6 6 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.66%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.66%) Perl
8 2 (0.33%) ABAP
8 2 (0.33%) C++
8 2 (0.33%) PHP
8 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.33%) VBA
9 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 95 (15.78%) Degree
2 74 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 64 (10.63%) PMI Certification
4 59 (9.80%) SC Cleared
5 56 (9.30%) PMP
6 26 (4.32%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.66%) CBAP
9 9 (1.50%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.33%) APMP
11 7 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.16%) CISM
11 7 (1.16%) CISSP
11 7 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.83%) IIBA
13 5 (0.83%) ISEB
13 5 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.66%) PhD
15 3 (0.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.47%) PMO
2 37 (6.15%) QA
3 22 (3.65%) GDPR
3 22 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (2.33%) NIST
6 11 (1.83%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.50%) MiFID
8 8 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.16%) ISO 20022
9 7 (1.16%) SLA
10 6 (1.00%) EMIR
10 6 (1.00%) NCSC
10 6 (1.00%) PSD2
11 4 (0.66%) Basel III
11 4 (0.66%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.66%) GMP
12 3 (0.50%) GAAP
12 3 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.00%) Docker
5 4 (0.66%) NFS
5 4 (0.66%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.66%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) RACF
Systems Management
1 23 (3.82%) Ansible
2 18 (2.99%) Terraform
3 11 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.83%) Grafana
4 5 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.83%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.66%) QRadar
5 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (0.66%) SCCM
6 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.33%) Control-M
7 2 (0.33%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 98 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 59 (9.80%) SAP
3 43 (7.14%) Oracle
4 23 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.82%) Google
7 13 (2.16%) Citrix
7 13 (2.16%) Workday
8 10 (1.66%) Cisco
8 10 (1.66%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.50%) VMware
10 7 (1.16%) Software AG
11 6 (1.00%) Aruba
11 6 (1.00%) IBM
11 6 (1.00%) Planview
12 5 (0.83%) Apple
12 5 (0.83%) Splunk
12 5 (0.83%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.66%) Informatica
13 4 (0.66%) Remedy