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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 72 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 -21 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 553 532 821
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.92% 3.37% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 3.76% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 325 558
10th Percentile £335 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.18%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £738 £779
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile £46.06 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £55.63 £32.94 £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -51.72% +20.83%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £76.25
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £56.15
% change year-on-year +29.89% -37.67% -12.03%

All Process and 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 12,965 14,161 17,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.02% 89.69% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,536 9,145 12,688
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £769 £800 £800
England median daily rate £501 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.42% -0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 169 237
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +3.85% -9.22%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £69.17 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +12 105 £550 -12.00% 41
South London -1 10 £500 +5.26% 6
West London -9 10 £575 +15.00% 8
East London +6 7 £900 +100.00% 7
North London - 2 £550 - 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 32 (5.79%) Confluence
2 24 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Appian
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 44 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.69%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (5.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (3.80%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.45%) Trello
7 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.18%) InDesign
9 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.07%) Endur
3 7 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 6 (1.08%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.90%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.72%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.54%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.54%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 82 (14.83%) Azure
2 30 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.88%) SaaS
4 22 (3.98%) AWS
4 22 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (3.98%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.25%) Entra ID
6 17 (3.07%) GCP
7 11 (1.99%) GitHub
7 11 (1.99%) OCI
7 11 (1.99%) PaaS
8 10 (1.81%) IaaS
9 9 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.45%) Asana
11 4 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.72%) Figma
11 4 (0.72%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.54%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.35%) Firewall
1 13 (2.35%) WAN
2 11 (1.99%) DNS
2 11 (1.99%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.27%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.27%) VPN
4 6 (1.08%) LAN
5 5 (0.90%) Multicast
5 5 (0.90%) NetScaler
6 4 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.72%) tcpdump
6 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.72%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.54%) DKIM
7 3 (0.54%) DMARC
7 3 (0.54%) MPLS
8 2 (0.36%) Internet
8 2 (0.36%) Network Security
8 2 (0.36%) SNMP
8 2 (0.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.44%) Power BI
2 7 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.08%) Tableau
4 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.54%) Big Data
5 3 (0.54%) Metadata
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) Power Query
7 1 (0.18%) Redis
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (13.56%) JIRA
2 11 (1.99%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.90%) GitLab
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.72%) Subversion
5 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.18%) Selenium
8 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 241 (43.58%) Social Skills
2 214 (38.70%) Finance
3 77 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.32%) Banking
6 27 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.70%) Front Office
7 26 (4.70%) Retail
8 25 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (4.16%) Marketing
10 21 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (3.62%) Legal
12 19 (3.44%) Manufacturing
13 17 (3.07%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (2.17%) Back Office
16 11 (1.99%) Law
16 11 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.63%) Billing
18 8 (1.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 155 (28.03%) Project Manager
2 108 (19.53%) Analyst
3 86 (15.55%) Business Analyst
4 63 (11.39%) Lead
5 53 (9.58%) Senior
6 36 (6.51%) Consultant
7 27 (4.88%) Architect
7 27 (4.88%) IT Manager
8 22 (3.98%) Senior Manager
9 19 (3.44%) Programme Manager
9 19 (3.44%) Senior Project Manager
10 18 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
10 18 (3.25%) IT Project Manager
10 18 (3.25%) SAP Manager
11 14 (2.53%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (2.53%) SAP Project Manager
12 13 (2.35%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 13 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.17%) Developer
14 11 (1.99%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.53%) REST
2 9 (1.63%) Web Services
3 7 (1.27%) .NET
3 7 (1.27%) Middleware
4 6 (1.08%) Node.js
4 6 (1.08%) RESTful
5 5 (0.90%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.72%) Ultra Messaging
6 4 (0.72%) ZK
7 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.54%) React
7 3 (0.54%) YAML
8 2 (0.36%) ADO
8 2 (0.36%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.36%) HTML
8 2 (0.36%) Spring
9 1 (0.18%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.34%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.80%) PMI
4 20 (3.62%) Data Centre
5 16 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.27%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.27%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.08%) Life Science
12 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.61%) Windows
2 15 (2.71%) Linux
3 13 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.27%) Unix
6 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.72%) Solaris
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (42.86%) Agile
2 188 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 170 (30.74%) Project Management
4 100 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (17.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 82 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 78 (14.10%) Change Management
8 77 (13.92%) Migration
9 75 (13.56%) Risk Management
10 71 (12.84%) Business Analysis
11 65 (11.75%) Roadmaps
12 64 (11.57%) Waterfall
12 64 (11.57%) Workshop Facilitation
13 61 (11.03%) PRINCE2
14 60 (10.85%) User Acceptance Testing
15 58 (10.49%) Decision-Making
15 58 (10.49%) Requirements Gathering
16 56 (10.13%) Scrum
17 51 (9.22%) DevOps
18 48 (8.68%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.78%) Python
2 40 (7.23%) SQL
3 25 (4.52%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.25%) Bash
5 12 (2.17%) Java
6 4 (0.72%) C++
6 4 (0.72%) Perl
6 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.54%) C#
7 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.54%) VBA
8 2 (0.36%) ABAP
8 2 (0.36%) PHP
8 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.18%) Go
9 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 92 (16.64%) Degree
2 64 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.40%) PMI Certification
4 49 (8.86%) SC Cleared
5 42 (7.59%) PMP
6 17 (3.07%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.17%) CBAP
8 11 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.72%) CISM
10 4 (0.72%) CISSP
10 4 (0.72%) ISEB
10 4 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.72%) MBA
10 4 (0.72%) PhD
11 3 (0.54%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.05%) PMO
2 36 (6.51%) QA
3 21 (3.80%) GDPR
4 17 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.81%) MiFID
7 9 (1.63%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.45%) EMIR
8 8 (1.45%) NIST
8 8 (1.45%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.27%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.27%) PSD2
9 7 (1.27%) SLA
10 6 (1.08%) NCSC
11 5 (0.90%) Def Stans
11 5 (0.90%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.72%) COBIT
12 4 (0.72%) GMP
12 4 (0.72%) SEPA
13 3 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 20 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.90%) Docker
3 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.72%) NFS
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.18%) RACF
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (2.89%) Ansible
2 13 (2.35%) Terraform
3 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.90%) Grafana
5 5 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.72%) QRadar
6 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.72%) SCCM
7 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.54%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 84 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.58%) SAP
3 41 (7.41%) Oracle
4 24 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 23 (4.16%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.35%) Workday
7 12 (2.17%) Google
8 10 (1.81%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.81%) VMware
9 8 (1.45%) Cisco
9 8 (1.45%) Citrix
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
11 6 (1.08%) Apple
11 6 (1.08%) Planview
12 5 (0.90%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.90%) Splunk
12 5 (0.90%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.72%) Arista
13 4 (0.72%) Aruba
13 4 (0.72%) SaltStack