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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 70 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 -23 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 603 483 750
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.22% 3.48% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 3.85% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 280 512
10th Percentile £358 £356 £363
25th Percentile £448 £456 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £668 £688
90th Percentile £775 £741 £799
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 5
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +42.86% +8.96%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £55.00
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £67.75
England median hourly rate £40.78 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +16.51% -30.00% -13.79%

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 13,030 12,548 16,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.21% 90.40% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 7,991 11,538
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 154 286
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.54 £19.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.45% -14.98%
75th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +15 103 £550 -12.00% 44
West London -10 13 £575 +15.00% 3
South London -3 10 £500 +5.26% 7
East London +1 5 £900 +111.76% 3
North London - 1 £550 - 1
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 40 (6.63%) Confluence
2 23 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.33%) Appian
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 54 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
4 36 (5.97%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (3.98%) 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 28 (4.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.66%) Endur
3 9 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 8 (1.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.83%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.83%) Oracle FAH
7 5 (0.83%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.66%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.66%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.66%) SAP GTS
8 4 (0.66%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.50%) ProductWriter
9 3 (0.50%) SAP EWM
10 2 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 93 (15.42%) Azure
2 35 (5.80%) SaaS
3 28 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (4.64%) Power Platform
4 25 (4.15%) AWS
5 21 (3.48%) GCP
6 20 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (3.32%) GitHub
7 17 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.99%) IaaS
8 12 (1.99%) OCI
9 11 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.16%) PaaS
13 6 (1.00%) Asana
14 5 (0.83%) Smartsheet
15 4 (0.66%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.66%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.98%) Firewall
2 15 (2.49%) WAN
3 12 (1.99%) DNS
4 11 (1.82%) NetScaler
4 11 (1.82%) Network Security
5 10 (1.66%) LAN
5 10 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.00%) MPLS
7 6 (1.00%) VPN
8 5 (0.83%) Multicast
9 4 (0.66%) BGP
9 4 (0.66%) OSPF
9 4 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.66%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.66%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.50%) Internet
11 2 (0.33%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.33%) SSH
11 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.81%) 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 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.50%) Metadata
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.33%) Big Data
7 2 (0.33%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.17%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 87 (14.43%) JIRA
2 14 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.99%) Git
4 6 (1.00%) 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%) Selenium
6 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
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%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.17%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
7 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 269 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 233 (38.64%) Finance
3 91 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (11.94%) Banking
5 55 (9.12%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
7 31 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (4.31%) Retail
9 25 (4.15%) Front Office
10 21 (3.48%) Legal
11 15 (2.49%) Marketing
12 14 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (2.32%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.99%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.82%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (28.19%) Project Manager
2 107 (17.74%) Analyst
3 89 (14.76%) Business Analyst
4 83 (13.76%) Lead
5 62 (10.28%) Senior
6 33 (5.47%) Consultant
7 29 (4.81%) Architect
8 24 (3.98%) Senior Manager
9 23 (3.81%) IT Manager
9 23 (3.81%) Programme Manager
10 21 (3.48%) SAP Manager
11 19 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.15%) Senior Project Manager
12 17 (2.82%) SAP Project Manager
13 16 (2.65%) Infrastructure Manager
14 15 (2.49%) IT Project Manager
15 14 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (2.16%) Developer
16 13 (2.16%) Senior Business Analyst
16 13 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.49%) Middleware
2 14 (2.32%) REST
3 7 (1.16%) Web Services
4 6 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.83%) HTML
5 5 (0.83%) Node.js
5 5 (0.83%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.83%) ZK
6 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.66%) React
6 4 (0.66%) Ultra Messaging
6 4 (0.66%) XML
7 3 (0.50%) .NET
7 3 (0.50%) CSS
7 3 (0.50%) RESTful
7 3 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.50%) YAML
8 2 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.33%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.33%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.97%) Product Ownership
2 29 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.48%) PMI
5 17 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.99%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.33%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.33%) Life Science
12 7 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.16%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 6 (1.00%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.00%) Replication
13 6 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.30%) Windows
2 16 (2.65%) Linux
2 16 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.33%) VMS
5 7 (1.16%) Unix
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
1 243 (40.30%) Agile
2 192 (31.84%) Project Management
3 190 (31.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (14.59%) Migration
7 86 (14.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 76 (12.60%) PRINCE2
9 74 (12.27%) Change Management
10 70 (11.61%) Business Analysis
10 70 (11.61%) Risk Management
10 70 (11.61%) Scrum
11 69 (11.44%) Decision-Making
12 67 (11.11%) DevOps
12 67 (11.11%) Waterfall
13 64 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 62 (10.28%) Roadmaps
15 58 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
16 56 (9.29%) Requirements Gathering
17 54 (8.96%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.46%) Python
2 38 (6.30%) SQL
3 22 (3.65%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.15%) Bash
5 14 (2.32%) Java
6 6 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.66%) Perl
8 2 (0.33%) ABAP
8 2 (0.33%) C#
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%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 93 (15.42%) Degree
2 72 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 67 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 60 (9.95%) PMP
5 58 (9.62%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.48%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.99%) CBAP
9 11 (1.82%) APMP
10 8 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.00%) CISM
12 6 (1.00%) CISSP
12 6 (1.00%) IIBA
12 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.83%) ISEB
13 5 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.66%) CCNP
14 4 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.78%) PMO
2 40 (6.63%) QA
3 23 (3.81%) GDPR
3 23 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (2.32%) NIST
6 13 (2.16%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.33%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.33%) MiFID
8 7 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.16%) NCSC
9 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.00%) PSD2
10 5 (0.83%) Basel III
10 5 (0.83%) SLA
11 4 (0.66%) EMIR
11 4 (0.66%) GMP
11 4 (0.66%) GRC
12 3 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.82%) 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 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) RACF
Systems Management
1 26 (4.31%) Ansible
2 21 (3.48%) Terraform
3 14 (2.32%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.83%) Grafana
5 5 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.66%) QRadar
6 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.66%) SCCM
7 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.33%) Control-M
8 2 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 98 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.45%) SAP
3 41 (6.80%) Oracle
4 23 (3.81%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.15%) Google
7 13 (2.16%) Citrix
8 12 (1.99%) CyberArk
9 11 (1.82%) Cisco
10 10 (1.66%) Workday
11 9 (1.49%) VMware
12 8 (1.33%) Software AG
13 7 (1.16%) Aruba
14 6 (1.00%) IBM
14 6 (1.00%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.00%) Planview
15 5 (0.83%) Apple
15 5 (0.83%) TIBCO
16 4 (0.66%) ION Trading
16 4 (0.66%) Remedy