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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 66 73
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -20
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 833 524 544
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 3.90% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 4.21% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 337 333
10th Percentile £363 £346 £375
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £695 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £748
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 9
10th Percentile £25.36 £57.50 £31.14
25th Percentile £38.33 - £32.29
Median hourly rate £45.50 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +85.71% -51.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £82.50 £63.75
90th Percentile - £97.28 £65.60
England median hourly rate £51.50 £55.00 £35.90
% change year-on-year -6.36% +53.20% -41.39%

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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -3 115 £550 -8.33% 150
West London +3 26 £450 -25.00% 26
South London -13 8 £450 -10.00% 16
East London +2 4 £481 -46.53% 15
North London +1 3 £575 +4.59% 2
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 52 (6.24%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.44%) Confluence
3 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.72%) JBoss
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
5 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.60%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) SAS
6 4 (0.48%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.36%) Appian
7 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 1 (0.12%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) MTS
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (8.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 44 (5.28%) Microsoft Project
3 40 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.72%) Trello
6 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.12%) Simulink
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 27 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.60%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 4 (0.48%) Magento
4 4 (0.48%) ProductWriter
4 4 (0.48%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
4 4 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.36%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.24%) Eikon
6 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.24%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 161 (19.33%) Azure
2 64 (7.68%) Power Platform
3 57 (6.84%) SaaS
4 55 (6.60%) AWS
5 52 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (4.32%) Entra ID
8 27 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (3.00%) GCP
10 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
11 16 (1.92%) PowerApps
12 15 (1.80%) GitHub
13 13 (1.56%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.44%) PaaS
14 12 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
15 11 (1.32%) OCI
16 10 (1.20%) IaaS
16 10 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 10 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 9 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.72%) Firewall
2 32 (3.84%) Network Security
3 26 (3.12%) DNS
4 21 (2.52%) VPN
4 21 (2.52%) WAN
5 19 (2.28%) BGP
5 19 (2.28%) Wireless
6 18 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.68%) DHCP
7 14 (1.68%) Multicast
7 14 (1.68%) VLAN
8 13 (1.56%) LAN
9 12 (1.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 10 (1.20%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.08%) OSPF
12 8 (0.96%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (0.72%) Internet
13 6 (0.72%) IPsec
13 6 (0.72%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.72%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.40%) Power BI
2 16 (1.92%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.08%) Big Data
5 6 (0.72%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.72%) Delta Lake
5 6 (0.72%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.60%) Tableau
7 4 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.36%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.36%) Metadata
8 3 (0.36%) Power Query
8 3 (0.36%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.24%) Looker
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 92 (11.04%) JIRA
2 13 (1.56%) Git
3 9 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.84%) Selenium
5 5 (0.60%) GitLab
6 4 (0.48%) Subversion
7 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.24%) Appium
8 2 (0.24%) Postman
8 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.24%) TestNG
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) MLflow
9 1 (0.12%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 362 (43.46%) Social Skills
2 347 (41.66%) Finance
3 127 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (11.76%) Banking
5 82 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 63 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (5.64%) Legal
8 44 (5.28%) Retail
9 38 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
11 31 (3.72%) Front Office
12 29 (3.48%) Local Government
13 24 (2.88%) Marketing
14 23 (2.76%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.92%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.80%) Law
17 14 (1.68%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 234 (28.09%) Project Manager
2 116 (13.93%) Analyst
3 97 (11.64%) Senior
4 78 (9.36%) Lead
5 77 (9.24%) Business Analyst
6 48 (5.76%) Consultant
7 47 (5.64%) Senior Manager
8 46 (5.52%) Architect
9 42 (5.04%) Delivery Manager
10 41 (4.92%) Senior Project Manager
11 38 (4.56%) Network Engineer
12 33 (3.96%) IT Manager
13 30 (3.60%) Developer
14 25 (3.00%) IT Project Manager
15 24 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.64%) Technical Manager
17 20 (2.40%) Programme Manager
18 16 (1.92%) Technical Project Manager
18 16 (1.92%) Transformation Manager
19 14 (1.68%) Delivery Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.64%) Terraform
2 21 (2.52%) REST
3 10 (1.20%) Middleware
4 7 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (0.84%) SOAP
5 6 (0.72%) 802.1X
5 6 (0.72%) PySpark
5 6 (0.72%) React
6 5 (0.60%) HTML
6 5 (0.60%) Kafka
6 5 (0.60%) LDAP
6 5 (0.60%) Playwright
6 5 (0.60%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.60%) Web Services
6 5 (0.60%) XML
7 4 (0.48%) JDBC
7 4 (0.48%) OAuth
7 4 (0.48%) SAML
7 4 (0.48%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.24%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.40%) Derivative
7 19 (2.28%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.68%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.56%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.56%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.32%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.20%) Credit Risk
13 10 (1.20%) IoT
14 9 (1.08%) FMCG
14 9 (1.08%) Life Science
14 9 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.84%) Windows
2 20 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.04%) Linux
4 9 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.36%) Android
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.36%) Unix
6 3 (0.36%) VMS
7 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (50.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 307 (36.85%) Agile
3 255 (30.61%) Project Management
4 171 (20.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 148 (17.77%) Migration
6 145 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (16.57%) Change Management
8 137 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
9 129 (15.49%) PRINCE2
10 116 (13.93%) AI
11 115 (13.81%) Decision-Making
12 111 (13.33%) Waterfall
13 101 (12.12%) Risk Management
14 91 (10.92%) DevOps
15 87 (10.44%) Workshop Facilitation
16 83 (9.96%) User Acceptance Testing
17 81 (9.72%) Business Analysis
17 81 (9.72%) Roadmaps
18 80 (9.60%) Scrum
19 79 (9.48%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 48 (5.76%) Python
2 44 (5.28%) SQL
3 22 (2.64%) PowerShell
4 14 (1.68%) Java
5 11 (1.32%) VBA
6 10 (1.20%) C#
7 6 (0.72%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.60%) Korn
9 4 (0.48%) Bash
9 4 (0.48%) BeanShell
10 3 (0.36%) C
10 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) COBOL
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 125 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 106 (12.73%) PMP
3 101 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 93 (11.16%) PMI Certification
5 89 (10.68%) Degree
6 22 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 13 (1.56%) CISSP
10 12 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 11 (1.32%) CCNP
12 8 (0.96%) CISM
12 8 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.72%) IIBA
13 6 (0.72%) PgMP
14 5 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (12.97%) PMO
2 51 (6.12%) QA
3 25 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.76%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.64%) GDPR
6 20 (2.40%) NIST
7 15 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (1.20%) SLA
10 8 (0.96%) GRC
11 5 (0.60%) P3O
12 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.36%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.36%) NCSC
14 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.24%) SEPA
14 2 (0.24%) TARGET2
System Software
1 40 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.08%) Docker
4 7 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.72%) vSphere
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.24%) Firmware
8 2 (0.24%) IAG
8 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) oVirt
9 1 (0.12%) RHEV
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.80%) Ansible
2 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.44%) FortiGate
4 9 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
6 7 (0.84%) Puppet
7 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.48%) SCCM
10 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.24%) Nessus
12 1 (0.12%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.12%) WMI
12 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 197 (23.65%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.32%) SAP
3 57 (6.84%) ServiceNow
4 46 (5.52%) Cisco
5 35 (4.20%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.36%) VMware
7 26 (3.12%) Oracle
8 22 (2.64%) Fortinet
9 20 (2.40%) F5
9 20 (2.40%) Palo Alto
10 18 (2.16%) Murex
10 18 (2.16%) Zscaler
11 16 (1.92%) Google
12 15 (1.80%) Bloomberg
13 14 (1.68%) Databricks
13 14 (1.68%) Juniper
14 12 (1.44%) Workday
15 9 (1.08%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.96%) Ariba
16 8 (0.96%) CyberArk