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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 67 50
Rank change year-on-year +1 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 558 518 775
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.91% 3.44% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 3.82% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 309 529
10th Percentile £339 £355 £369
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £674 £666 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
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% +6.25%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £70.94
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £74.13
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.90 £55.00
% change year-on-year +26.63% -34.73% -15.38%

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 13,063 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.44% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,607 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 164 237
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 18 December 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 18 December 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 18 December 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 +6 96 £550 -12.00% 31
South London +3 12 £500 +5.26% 13
West London -11 12 £575 +15.00% 9
East London +6 7 £900 +100.00% 6
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 35 (6.27%) Confluence
2 22 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.43%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 49 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 35 (6.27%) Microsoft Project
3 34 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (4.12%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.61%) Trello
6 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.18%) InDesign
8 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 30 (5.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.69%) Endur
3 6 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.90%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.90%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.90%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.72%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.54%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.54%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.36%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 81 (14.52%) Azure
2 28 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 26 (4.66%) SaaS
5 21 (3.76%) AWS
6 20 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (3.41%) GCP
8 16 (2.87%) Entra ID
9 14 (2.51%) GitHub
10 10 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.79%) OCI
11 9 (1.61%) IaaS
12 8 (1.43%) Asana
13 7 (1.25%) PaaS
14 5 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
15 4 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.72%) Figma
15 4 (0.72%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.76%) Firewall
2 14 (2.51%) WAN
3 11 (1.97%) DNS
4 10 (1.79%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.61%) LAN
6 7 (1.25%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.08%) VPN
8 5 (0.90%) Multicast
8 5 (0.90%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.72%) MPLS
9 4 (0.72%) Network Security
9 4 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.72%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.72%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.54%) BGP
10 3 (0.54%) DKIM
10 3 (0.54%) DMARC
10 3 (0.54%) Internet
10 3 (0.54%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.94%) Power BI
2 8 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.08%) Tableau
4 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.54%) Metadata
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.36%) Big Data
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.18%) Redis
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (13.44%) JIRA
2 11 (1.97%) Git
3 9 (1.61%) 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
1 242 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 210 (37.63%) Finance
3 82 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (9.32%) Banking
5 48 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 27 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.66%) Retail
8 24 (4.30%) Front Office
9 23 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (3.94%) Marketing
11 21 (3.76%) Legal
12 17 (3.05%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.87%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.97%) Back Office
15 11 (1.97%) Law
15 11 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 153 (27.42%) Project Manager
2 103 (18.46%) Analyst
3 83 (14.87%) Business Analyst
4 58 (10.39%) Lead
5 49 (8.78%) Senior
6 33 (5.91%) Consultant
7 29 (5.20%) Architect
8 23 (4.12%) IT Manager
8 23 (4.12%) Senior Manager
9 22 (3.94%) Programme Manager
9 22 (3.94%) SAP Manager
10 21 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
11 18 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
11 18 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
12 15 (2.69%) Infrastructure Manager
12 15 (2.69%) IT Project Manager
13 14 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.15%) Developer
14 12 (2.15%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 10 (1.79%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.51%) REST
2 10 (1.79%) Middleware
3 7 (1.25%) Web Services
4 5 (0.90%) Node.js
5 4 (0.72%) .NET
5 4 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.72%) RESTful
5 4 (0.72%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.72%) Ultra Messaging
5 4 (0.72%) ZK
6 3 (0.54%) HTML
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.54%) React
6 3 (0.54%) YAML
7 2 (0.36%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.36%) CSS
7 2 (0.36%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.36%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.09%) Product Ownership
2 27 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.30%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.58%) PMI
5 13 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.43%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.43%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.25%) Life Science
10 7 (1.25%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.08%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.56%) Windows
2 15 (2.69%) Linux
3 14 (2.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.25%) Unix
4 7 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.72%) Solaris
6 4 (0.72%) VMS
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.18%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (41.04%) Agile
2 183 (32.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 167 (29.93%) Project Management
4 104 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 88 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (14.16%) Migration
8 72 (12.90%) Change Management
9 70 (12.54%) Risk Management
10 65 (11.65%) Business Analysis
11 64 (11.47%) Roadmaps
11 64 (11.47%) Waterfall
12 62 (11.11%) PRINCE2
13 60 (10.75%) Workshop Facilitation
14 59 (10.57%) Decision-Making
14 59 (10.57%) Scrum
15 58 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
16 53 (9.50%) Project Governance
17 52 (9.32%) DevOps
17 52 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.35%) Python
2 35 (6.27%) SQL
3 22 (3.94%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.23%) Bash
5 11 (1.97%) Java
6 4 (0.72%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.72%) Perl
6 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.36%) ABAP
7 2 (0.36%) C++
7 2 (0.36%) PHP
7 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.36%) VBA
8 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.18%) C#
8 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.18%) Go
8 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 86 (15.41%) Degree
2 74 (13.26%) Security Cleared
3 57 (10.22%) SC Cleared
4 50 (8.96%) PMI Certification
5 42 (7.53%) PMP
6 19 (3.41%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.97%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.61%) CBAP
10 7 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.90%) ISEB
11 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.72%) CISM
12 4 (0.72%) CISSP
12 4 (0.72%) IIBA
12 4 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.72%) MBA
12 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.72%) PhD
13 3 (0.54%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.96%) PMO
2 35 (6.27%) QA
3 18 (3.23%) GDPR
4 17 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.61%) MiFID
7 9 (1.61%) NIST
8 8 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.25%) ISO 20022
9 7 (1.25%) PSD2
9 7 (1.25%) SLA
10 6 (1.08%) EMIR
10 6 (1.08%) NCSC
11 5 (0.90%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.72%) GMP
12 4 (0.72%) SEPA
13 3 (0.54%) GRC
13 3 (0.54%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 20 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Docker
4 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.72%) NFS
5 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.18%) RACF
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (3.41%) Ansible
2 15 (2.69%) Terraform
3 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.90%) Grafana
6 5 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.72%) QRadar
7 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.72%) SCCM
8 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.54%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 87 (15.59%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.68%) SAP
3 38 (6.81%) Oracle
4 23 (4.12%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.76%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.69%) Google
7 10 (1.79%) Cisco
7 10 (1.79%) VMware
8 9 (1.61%) CyberArk
8 9 (1.61%) Workday
9 8 (1.43%) Citrix
10 7 (1.25%) IBM
11 6 (1.08%) Aruba
11 6 (1.08%) Planview
12 5 (0.90%) Apple
12 5 (0.90%) ION Trading
12 5 (0.90%) Software AG
12 5 (0.90%) Splunk
12 5 (0.90%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.72%) Red Hat