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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 63 62
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 693 482 604
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.62% 3.82% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 4.13% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 315 419
10th Percentile £363 £386 £371
25th Percentile £450 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £661 £695 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £774
England median daily rate £515 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.91% -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% +2.77%
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 17,000 11,667 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.40% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,819 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -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 263 214 309
10th Percentile £18.01 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.99 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +1 108 £550 -8.33% 34
South London -2 18 £500 -16.67% 5
West London -14 16 £519 -1.19% 16
North London 0 2 £544 -1.14% 4
East London - 2 £590 - 13
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%) Camunda
6 3 (0.43%) Kentico
6 3 (0.43%) SAS
6 3 (0.43%) WordPress
7 2 (0.29%) Apache
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%) 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 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 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%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 6 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 6 (0.87%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.87%) Summit
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%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.29%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
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 97 (14.00%) Azure
2 50 (7.22%) AWS
3 43 (6.20%) 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 13 (1.88%) IaaS
11 12 (1.73%) GCP
12 10 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 10 (1.44%) Google Workspace
13 9 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.30%) Serverless
13 9 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.34%) 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%) BIG-IP
12 4 (0.58%) IPsec
12 4 (0.58%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.91%) Power BI
2 17 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.31%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.01%) Metadata
4 7 (1.01%) Tableau
5 6 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.72%) Big Data
6 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.72%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.43%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 85 (12.27%) 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
1 307 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 260 (37.52%) Finance
3 97 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 80 (11.54%) Banking
6 61 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (6.93%) Presentation Skills
7 48 (6.93%) Retail
8 43 (6.20%) Legal
9 26 (3.75%) Marketing
10 21 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.74%) Financial Institution
12 18 (2.60%) Local Government
13 17 (2.45%) Investment Banking
14 15 (2.16%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.88%) Front Office
16 12 (1.73%) General Ledger
17 10 (1.44%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 211 (30.45%) Project Manager
2 85 (12.27%) Analyst
3 82 (11.83%) Lead
4 66 (9.52%) Senior
5 60 (8.66%) 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%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.45%) Middleware
2 14 (2.02%) REST
3 7 (1.01%) XML
4 6 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.87%) React
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%) IDoc
8 2 (0.29%) OpenID
8 2 (0.29%) SAML
8 2 (0.29%) VML
8 2 (0.29%) ZK
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
5 19 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 18 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.88%) Derivative
7 13 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.88%) IoT
8 12 (1.73%) Credit Risk
9 10 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.30%) Life Science
11 8 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.15%) FMCG
11 8 (1.15%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.17%) Windows
2 11 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.15%) 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%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (37.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 259 (37.37%) Agile
3 237 (34.20%) 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
8 102 (14.72%) Decision-Making
9 90 (12.99%) Change Management
10 85 (12.27%) Waterfall
11 76 (10.97%) DevOps
12 74 (10.68%) AI
13 70 (10.10%) Risk Management
14 65 (9.38%) Roadmaps
15 63 (9.09%) Analytics
16 58 (8.37%) Validation
17 55 (7.94%) 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%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.29%) Rust
10 1 (0.14%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 87 (12.55%) Degree
1 87 (12.55%) PMP
2 83 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 71 (10.25%) PMI Certification
4 65 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.44%) CCNP
9 9 (1.30%) APMP
9 9 (1.30%) CBAP
9 9 (1.30%) CISSP
9 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (1.01%) APMG
11 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.87%) IIBA
13 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (13.85%) PMO
2 42 (6.06%) QA
3 22 (3.17%) NIST
4 21 (3.03%) GDPR
5 20 (2.89%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.44%) GRC
8 8 (1.15%) SLA
9 6 (0.87%) Basel III
9 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.87%) GAAP
9 6 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.72%) HL7
10 5 (0.72%) IFRS
11 4 (0.58%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.58%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.58%) MiFID
12 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.43%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.15%) Docker
3 5 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
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
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (4.04%) Terraform
2 15 (2.16%) Ansible
2 15 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.30%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.43%) SCCM
5 3 (0.43%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.29%) Control-M
6 2 (0.29%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) Avamar
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.14%) logstash
7 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.14%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.14%) SCOM
Vendors
1 128 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.06%) SAP
2 42 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 31 (4.47%) Oracle
4 22 (3.17%) Cisco
5 20 (2.89%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 17 (2.45%) Google
8 12 (1.73%) Fortinet
8 12 (1.73%) Workday
9 10 (1.44%) CyberArk
9 10 (1.44%) VMware
10 9 (1.30%) Citrix
10 9 (1.30%) F5
11 8 (1.15%) Juniper
11 8 (1.15%) Zscaler
12 7 (1.01%) Murex
13 6 (0.87%) Adobe
13 6 (0.87%) NEC
13 6 (0.87%) Sitecore