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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 70 54
Rank change year-on-year +1 -16 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 492 545 943
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.66% 3.37% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 3.78% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 341 634
10th Percentile £350 £375 £375
25th Percentile £458 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £695 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 7
10th Percentile £41.75 £31.69 £43.71
25th Percentile £55.63 £32.97 £60.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.90 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.06% -48.71% +5.66%
75th Percentile £78.13 £64.69 £78.13
90th Percentile £94.82 £65.30 £81.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £38.24 £64.00
% change year-on-year +63.44% -40.25% +57.13%

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 12,434 14,409 19,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.23% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,225 9,616 14,380
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 180 226
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%
75th Percentile £48.13 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £76.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +1 90 £619 +9.03% 137
South London -5 9 £500 +5.26% 1
West London -11 6 £563 +8.96% 15
East London +3 4 - - 14
North London - 2 £550 - 3
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.27%) Confluence
3 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.61%) CMS
4 3 (0.61%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.41%) Appian
5 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 37 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.66%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (3.46%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.61%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) Revit
7 1 (0.20%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (8.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.24%) Endur
3 7 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.22%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (1.02%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.81%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 4 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.81%) SAP PLM
6 4 (0.81%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.61%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 60 (12.20%) Azure
2 23 (4.67%) AWS
2 23 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (4.47%) SaaS
4 19 (3.86%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.05%) GCP
7 14 (2.85%) OCI
8 13 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.44%) PaaS
10 10 (2.03%) IaaS
11 8 (1.63%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.42%) Serverless
13 6 (1.22%) Asana
14 5 (1.02%) GitHub
14 5 (1.02%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.02%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.81%) Miro
16 3 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
16 3 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.46%) Firewall
2 13 (2.64%) DNS
3 10 (2.03%) VPN
4 8 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.63%) WAN
5 7 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.81%) LAN
6 4 (0.81%) Network Security
7 3 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.61%) HTTP
7 3 (0.61%) MPLS
7 3 (0.61%) Multicast
8 2 (0.41%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.41%) IGMP
8 2 (0.41%) Internet
8 2 (0.41%) SNMP
8 2 (0.41%) SSH
8 2 (0.41%) VLAN
8 2 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.07%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.85%) Power BI
3 10 (2.03%) Data Lake
4 8 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.02%) Tableau
6 4 (0.81%) Big Data
6 4 (0.81%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.41%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.41%) DB2
8 2 (0.41%) Metadata
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.20%) Looker
9 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (10.57%) JIRA
2 9 (1.83%) Git
3 4 (0.81%) GitLab
3 4 (0.81%) Subversion
3 4 (0.81%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.20%) Gatling
5 1 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.20%) JMeter
5 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.20%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 222 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 204 (41.46%) Finance
3 61 (12.40%) Banking
4 52 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.10%) Marketing
7 24 (4.88%) Retail
8 23 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (4.07%) Front Office
9 20 (4.07%) Manufacturing
10 19 (3.86%) Billing
11 16 (3.25%) Back Office
11 16 (3.25%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.44%) Legal
14 11 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (2.03%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 147 (29.88%) Project Manager
2 73 (14.84%) Analyst
3 60 (12.20%) Business Analyst
3 60 (12.20%) Lead
4 48 (9.76%) Architect
5 43 (8.74%) Senior
6 41 (8.33%) Consultant
7 24 (4.88%) IT Manager
8 23 (4.67%) Senior Manager
9 20 (4.07%) SAP Architect
9 20 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
9 20 (4.07%) Senior Project Manager
10 17 (3.46%) IT Project Manager
11 16 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
11 16 (3.25%) Developer
12 15 (3.05%) Programme Manager
13 12 (2.44%) SAP Manager
14 10 (2.03%) Business Manager
14 10 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.83%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.89%) Web Services
2 14 (2.85%) REST
3 9 (1.83%) .NET
4 5 (1.02%) HTML
5 4 (0.81%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.81%) ADO
5 4 (0.81%) CSS
5 4 (0.81%) RESTful
5 4 (0.81%) ZK
6 3 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.61%) Middleware
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.41%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.41%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.41%) JSON
7 2 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.41%) SAPUI5
7 2 (0.41%) SOAP
7 2 (0.41%) Spring
7 2 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.66%) Management Information System
1 18 (3.66%) PMI
2 17 (3.46%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.64%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.03%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.63%) Market Risk
6 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.42%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.42%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.02%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.02%) Life Science
8 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.81%) CMDB
9 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.85%) Windows
2 9 (1.83%) Linux
3 7 (1.42%) Unix
4 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.81%) Solaris
5 4 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (41.06%) Agile
2 170 (34.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 168 (34.15%) Project Management
4 93 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 76 (15.45%) Change Management
6 76 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (14.43%) Risk Management
8 66 (13.41%) Migration
9 50 (10.16%) Business Analysis
10 49 (9.96%) Roadmaps
11 48 (9.76%) Waterfall
12 47 (9.55%) PRINCE2
12 47 (9.55%) Requirements Gathering
13 45 (9.15%) Scrum
13 45 (9.15%) Validation
14 41 (8.33%) ERP
15 39 (7.93%) DevOps
15 39 (7.93%) User Acceptance Testing
15 39 (7.93%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.33%) SQL
2 23 (4.67%) Python
3 12 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.83%) Java
5 7 (1.42%) C#
5 7 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.02%) Perl
6 5 (1.02%) VBA
7 4 (0.81%) Bash
7 4 (0.81%) Bicep
8 3 (0.61%) ABAP
8 3 (0.61%) C++
9 2 (0.41%) COBOL
9 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.41%) R
10 1 (0.20%) C
10 1 (0.20%) JCL
10 1 (0.20%) REXX
10 1 (0.20%) RPG
10 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 77 (15.65%) Degree
2 66 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 55 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 47 (9.55%) PMI Certification
5 38 (7.72%) PMP
6 10 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.83%) CBAP
7 9 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.02%) CCNP
8 5 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.02%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (1.02%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.81%) MBA
10 3 (0.61%) CCIE
10 3 (0.61%) EMC Certification
10 3 (0.61%) HNC
10 3 (0.61%) HND
10 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.91%) PMO
2 27 (5.49%) QA
3 16 (3.25%) GDPR
4 14 (2.85%) MiFID
5 13 (2.64%) EMIR
6 11 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.22%) Def Stans
9 6 (1.22%) SLA
10 5 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.02%) PSD2
11 4 (0.81%) COBIT
11 4 (0.81%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.81%) NIST
11 4 (0.81%) SEPA
12 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.61%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 9 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.22%) Docker
4 4 (0.81%) NFS
4 4 (0.81%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.81%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 11 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.83%) Ansible
3 7 (1.42%) Terraform
4 5 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.81%) QRadar
5 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.41%) SCCM
7 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 76 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 74 (15.04%) SAP
3 44 (8.94%) Oracle
4 18 (3.66%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.64%) Workday
6 11 (2.24%) Cisco
6 11 (2.24%) Google
7 9 (1.83%) VMware
8 7 (1.42%) CyberArk
8 7 (1.42%) IBM
9 6 (1.22%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.22%) Planview
9 6 (1.22%) Splunk
10 5 (1.02%) Databricks
11 4 (0.81%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.81%) F5
11 4 (0.81%) Qualys
11 4 (0.81%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.81%) SaltStack