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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 65 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 625 481 723
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.21% 3.55% 3.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 3.92% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 280 499
10th Percentile £356 £355 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £666 £675
90th Percentile £775 £741 £808
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 8
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £23.33
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +50.05% +3.74%
75th Percentile £68.27 £45.31 £33.00
90th Percentile £88.25 £56.25 £61.38
England median hourly rate £45.46 £36.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +26.28% -21.31% -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 13,484 12,268 16,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.74% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,972 7,787 11,832
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 345
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% - -

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -12.00% 51
South London -2 11 £500 +5.26% 7
West London -11 11 £575 +15.00% 8
East London +2 5 £765 +80.00% 15
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 39 (6.24%) Confluence
2 23 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.64%) CMS
5 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Appian
6 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (3.52%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.12%) Trello
7 5 (0.80%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.48%) 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 25 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.60%) Endur
2 10 (1.60%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 8 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.80%) Oracle FAH
7 4 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.64%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.64%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.48%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.48%) ProductWriter
8 3 (0.48%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.48%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.32%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (15.68%) Azure
2 35 (5.60%) SaaS
3 30 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (4.48%) AWS
5 27 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 22 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.88%) GCP
7 18 (2.88%) GitHub
8 16 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 12 (1.92%) IaaS
10 11 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.60%) OCI
12 9 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.12%) Asana
14 7 (1.12%) PaaS
15 5 (0.80%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.80%) Smartsheet
16 4 (0.64%) OpenShift
17 3 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.80%) Firewall
2 14 (2.24%) WAN
3 11 (1.76%) NetScaler
3 11 (1.76%) Network Security
4 10 (1.60%) DNS
5 9 (1.44%) LAN
6 8 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.12%) MPLS
7 7 (1.12%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.12%) VPN
8 5 (0.80%) Multicast
9 4 (0.64%) BGP
9 4 (0.64%) Internet
9 4 (0.64%) OSPF
9 4 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.64%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.48%) Broadband
11 2 (0.32%) SNMP
11 2 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.36%) Power BI
2 13 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.80%) Metadata
4 5 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.80%) Tableau
5 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.32%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 88 (14.08%) JIRA
2 14 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.44%) Git
4 6 (0.96%) GitLab
5 4 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.32%) Subversion
7 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
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%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.16%) TestRail
8 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 282 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 246 (39.36%) Finance
3 91 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (13.28%) Banking
5 54 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 40 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (6.08%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (5.44%) Retail
9 31 (4.96%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (3.52%) Front Office
11 20 (3.20%) Legal
12 15 (2.40%) Investment Banking
12 15 (2.40%) Marketing
13 14 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (2.24%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.76%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.60%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.44%) General Ledger
16 9 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 177 (28.32%) Project Manager
2 123 (19.68%) Analyst
3 100 (16.00%) Business Analyst
4 85 (13.60%) Lead
5 62 (9.92%) Senior
6 36 (5.76%) Consultant
7 31 (4.96%) Architect
8 23 (3.68%) Programme Manager
9 22 (3.52%) IT Manager
10 21 (3.36%) SAP Manager
10 21 (3.36%) Senior Manager
11 20 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
12 17 (2.72%) SAP Project Manager
12 17 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
13 16 (2.56%) Infrastructure Manager
13 16 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.40%) IT Project Manager
14 15 (2.40%) Senior Business Analyst
15 12 (1.92%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.72%) Middleware
2 11 (1.76%) REST
3 6 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.96%) Web Services
3 6 (0.96%) XML
4 5 (0.80%) Node.js
5 4 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.64%) HTML
5 4 (0.64%) React
5 4 (0.64%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (0.64%) Ultra Messaging
5 4 (0.64%) ZK
6 3 (0.48%) RESTful
6 3 (0.48%) YAML
7 2 (0.32%) .NET
7 2 (0.32%) ADO
7 2 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.32%) CSS
7 2 (0.32%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.92%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.12%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.52%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.56%) PMI
6 15 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.28%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.28%) Life Science
11 8 (1.28%) NHS
11 8 (1.28%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.12%) Derivative
12 7 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.08%) Windows
2 15 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.24%) Linux
4 11 (1.76%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.44%) VMS
6 8 (1.28%) Unix
7 5 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.32%) 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
1 263 (42.08%) Agile
2 200 (32.00%) Project Management
2 200 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 119 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (15.68%) Migration
5 91 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (14.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (12.64%) Business Analysis
7 79 (12.64%) PRINCE2
7 79 (12.64%) Waterfall
8 74 (11.84%) DevOps
8 74 (11.84%) Scrum
9 73 (11.68%) Change Management
9 73 (11.68%) Decision-Making
10 68 (10.88%) Requirements Gathering
10 68 (10.88%) Risk Management
11 66 (10.56%) Workshop Facilitation
12 65 (10.40%) Roadmaps
13 61 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
14 59 (9.44%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.20%) Python
2 42 (6.72%) SQL
3 22 (3.52%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.72%) Bash
5 14 (2.24%) Java
6 5 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.64%) C++
7 4 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.32%) ABAP
9 2 (0.32%) C#
9 2 (0.32%) Perl
9 2 (0.32%) PHP
9 2 (0.32%) Rust
10 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.16%) Go
10 1 (0.16%) Korn
10 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 95 (15.20%) Degree
2 73 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 63 (10.08%) PMI Certification
4 62 (9.92%) PMP
5 59 (9.44%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.16%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.56%) CBAP
9 13 (2.08%) APMP
10 11 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.60%) IIBA
12 8 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.12%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.96%) CISM
14 6 (0.96%) CISSP
14 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.80%) ISEB
15 5 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.64%) CCNP
16 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.76%) PMO
2 47 (7.52%) QA
3 22 (3.52%) GDPR
4 20 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.88%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.24%) NIST
7 12 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.28%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.28%) ISO 20022
8 8 (1.28%) MiFID
9 6 (0.96%) PSD2
9 6 (0.96%) SLA
10 5 (0.80%) Basel III
10 5 (0.80%) NCSC
10 5 (0.80%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.64%) EMIR
11 4 (0.64%) GAAP
12 3 (0.48%) GMP
12 3 (0.48%) IFRS
12 3 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.12%) Docker
4 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) NFS
5 2 (0.32%) Veritas File System
5 2 (0.32%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 23 (3.68%) Ansible
2 22 (3.52%) Terraform
3 13 (2.08%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.80%) Grafana
5 5 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.80%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.64%) SCCM
7 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.32%) Control-M
8 2 (0.32%) QRadar
8 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
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
1 111 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.64%) SAP
3 42 (6.72%) Oracle
4 27 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.04%) Google
5 19 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.92%) Citrix
7 11 (1.76%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.60%) Cisco
8 10 (1.60%) Workday
9 9 (1.44%) Software AG
10 7 (1.12%) Aruba
10 7 (1.12%) Planview
11 6 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.96%) VMware
12 5 (0.80%) Adobe
12 5 (0.80%) Apple
12 5 (0.80%) IBM
12 5 (0.80%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.64%) CheckPoint