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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 68 65
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 693 487 603
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.62% 3.84% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 4.15% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 318 418
10th Percentile £363 £382 £374
25th Percentile £450 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +5.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £661 £695 £675
90th Percentile £753 £775 £774
England median daily rate £515 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 12
10th Percentile £37.06 £35.58 -
25th Percentile - £42.44 £20.98
Median hourly rate £41.00 £51.25 £25.59
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +100.27% -10.05%
75th Percentile £51.13 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £56.63 £75.00 £67.70
England median hourly rate £41.00 £65.00 £33.47
% change year-on-year -36.92% +94.23% -44.23%

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 17,012 11,732 15,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.40% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,858 11,109
10th Percentile £360 £336 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 220 302
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -25.00%
75th Percentile £59.72 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -5 106 £550 -8.33% 40
South London +7 18 £500 -16.67% 5
West London -8 17 £513 -2.38% 15
North London +1 2 £544 -1.14% 4
East London - 2 £590 - 12
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 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 38 (5.48%) Confluence
3 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.87%) CMS
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.43%) Apache
6 3 (0.43%) Camunda
6 3 (0.43%) Kentico
6 3 (0.43%) SAS
6 3 (0.43%) WordPress
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 58 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (6.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (6.35%) Microsoft Project
4 39 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.44%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.30%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.87%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.87%) Summit
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.58%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.43%) Endur
6 3 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.43%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.29%) Shopify
7 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (14.14%) Azure
2 52 (7.50%) AWS
3 42 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 37 (5.34%) SaaS
5 29 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.74%) GitHub
9 15 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.02%) IaaS
11 12 (1.73%) GCP
12 10 (1.44%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.30%) Google Workspace
13 9 (1.30%) Serverless
13 9 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.48%) Firewall
2 23 (3.32%) Network Security
3 20 (2.89%) DNS
4 13 (1.88%) VPN
5 11 (1.59%) DHCP
6 10 (1.44%) WAN
7 9 (1.30%) Wireless
8 8 (1.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 8 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.01%) BGP
9 7 (1.01%) LAN
9 7 (1.01%) MPLS
10 6 (0.87%) Internet
10 6 (0.87%) VLAN
11 5 (0.72%) Broadband
11 5 (0.72%) Multicast
11 5 (0.72%) OSPF
12 4 (0.58%) IPsec
12 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.76%) Power BI
2 16 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.01%) Metadata
4 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.87%) Tableau
5 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.72%) Big Data
5 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
5 5 (0.72%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.43%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 86 (12.41%) JIRA
2 13 (1.88%) Git
3 11 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.87%) GitLab
5 5 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.29%) Appium
6 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.14%) TestNG
7 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 305 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 259 (37.37%) Finance
3 97 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 78 (11.26%) Banking
6 61 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
8 48 (6.93%) Retail
9 43 (6.20%) Legal
10 26 (3.75%) Marketing
11 20 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (2.74%) Financial Institution
13 18 (2.60%) Local Government
14 17 (2.45%) Investment Banking
15 16 (2.31%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.88%) Front Office
17 11 (1.59%) Manufacturing
18 10 (1.44%) General Ledger
18 10 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 214 (30.88%) Project Manager
2 84 (12.12%) Analyst
3 80 (11.54%) Lead
4 65 (9.38%) Senior
5 59 (8.51%) Business Analyst
6 37 (5.34%) Architect
7 32 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
7 32 (4.62%) Developer
8 31 (4.47%) Senior Manager
9 29 (4.18%) Consultant
9 29 (4.18%) Network Engineer
10 25 (3.61%) IT Manager
11 24 (3.46%) Senior Project Manager
12 22 (3.17%) Change Manager
13 20 (2.89%) Technical Manager
14 19 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.45%) IT Project Manager
16 16 (2.31%) Transformation Manager
17 15 (2.16%) Infrastructure Manager
18 14 (2.02%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.60%) Middleware
2 14 (2.02%) REST
3 7 (1.01%) XML
4 6 (0.87%) React
5 5 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.72%) PySpark
6 4 (0.58%) OAuth
6 4 (0.58%) React Native
6 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.43%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.43%) ADO
7 3 (0.43%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.43%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.43%) Kafka
8 2 (0.29%) .NET
8 2 (0.29%) IDoc
8 2 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.29%) VML
8 2 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.02%) Derivative
7 13 (1.88%) IoT
8 12 (1.73%) Credit Risk
8 12 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.30%) Life Science
12 8 (1.15%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.15%) FMCG
12 8 (1.15%) Reinsurance
13 7 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.32%) Windows
2 12 (1.73%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.30%) Linux
4 6 (0.87%) VMS
5 5 (0.72%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 258 (37.23%) Agile
3 236 (34.05%) Project Management
4 130 (18.76%) Migration
5 123 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 105 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 105 (15.15%) PRINCE2
8 103 (14.86%) Decision-Making
9 93 (13.42%) Change Management
10 85 (12.27%) Waterfall
11 77 (11.11%) DevOps
12 74 (10.68%) AI
13 71 (10.25%) Risk Management
14 66 (9.52%) Roadmaps
15 63 (9.09%) Analytics
16 57 (8.23%) Validation
17 56 (8.08%) Business Analysis
18 53 (7.65%) Project Governance
18 53 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.93%) SQL
2 39 (5.63%) Python
3 11 (1.59%) Java
4 7 (1.01%) C#
4 7 (1.01%) PowerShell
5 6 (0.87%) VBA
6 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.58%) Bicep
7 4 (0.58%) Go
7 4 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.43%) Bash
8 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.43%) Korn
8 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.29%) C++
9 2 (0.29%) Rust
10 1 (0.14%) COBOL
10 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (12.70%) Degree
1 88 (12.70%) PMP
2 83 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 73 (10.53%) PMI Certification
4 65 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.59%) CCNP
8 11 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.44%) CISSP
10 9 (1.30%) APMP
10 9 (1.30%) CBAP
10 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (1.01%) APMG
12 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.87%) IIBA
14 5 (0.72%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (14.00%) PMO
2 42 (6.06%) QA
3 23 (3.32%) NIST
4 22 (3.17%) GDPR
5 20 (2.89%) Data Quality
5 20 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.44%) GRC
7 8 (1.15%) SLA
8 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.72%) GAAP
9 5 (0.72%) HL7
10 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.58%) Basel III
10 4 (0.58%) IFRS
10 4 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.58%) MiFID
10 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.15%) Docker
3 6 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.29%) Firmware
6 2 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.29%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 28 (4.04%) Terraform
2 16 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.16%) Ansible
4 9 (1.30%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.43%) SCCM
6 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.29%) Control-M
7 2 (0.29%) Nessus
8 1 (0.14%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.14%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) logstash
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.20%) ServiceNow
3 40 (5.77%) SAP
4 29 (4.18%) Oracle
5 23 (3.32%) Cisco
6 20 (2.89%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.60%) Palo Alto
8 16 (2.31%) Google
9 13 (1.88%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.59%) VMware
11 10 (1.44%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.44%) Workday
12 9 (1.30%) F5
13 8 (1.15%) Citrix
13 8 (1.15%) Juniper
13 8 (1.15%) Murex
13 8 (1.15%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.87%) Adobe
14 6 (0.87%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.87%) NEC