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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 63 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 -13 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 631 495 755
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.29% 3.59% 4.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 3.96% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 288 517
10th Percentile £358 £356 £373
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £743 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +50.09% +3.71%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £40.33
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £63.50
England median hourly rate £40.78 £35.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +16.51% -23.50% -23.75%

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 13,393 12,486 16,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.95% 90.46% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 7,905 11,829
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.23
25th Percentile £25.08 £25.23 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +16.39% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +10 106 £550 -12.00% 80
West London -18 11 £575 +15.00% 7
South London -3 10 £500 +5.26% 5
East London +2 5 £765 +80.00% 8
North London - 1 £550 -
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 39 (6.18%) Confluence
2 23 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.63%) CMS
5 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.32%) Appian
6 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Camunda
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 60 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (6.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (6.66%) Microsoft Project
4 36 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
5 23 (3.65%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.27%) Trello
7 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.16%) InDesign
9 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.16%) Revit
9 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.74%) Endur
3 10 (1.58%) Loan IQ
3 10 (1.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 9 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.79%) Oracle FAH
8 4 (0.63%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.63%) SAP GTS
8 4 (0.63%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.63%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.48%) ProductWriter
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.32%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 97 (15.37%) Azure
2 35 (5.55%) SaaS
3 30 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (4.28%) AWS
4 27 (4.28%) Power Platform
5 22 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (3.01%) GitHub
7 18 (2.85%) GCP
8 16 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 12 (1.90%) IaaS
10 11 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.58%) OCI
12 8 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.11%) Asana
13 7 (1.11%) PaaS
14 5 (0.79%) Smartsheet
15 4 (0.63%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.63%) OpenShift
16 3 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.75%) Firewall
2 14 (2.22%) WAN
3 11 (1.74%) DNS
3 11 (1.74%) NetScaler
3 11 (1.74%) Network Security
4 9 (1.43%) LAN
4 9 (1.43%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.11%) MPLS
5 7 (1.11%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.11%) VPN
6 5 (0.79%) Multicast
7 4 (0.63%) BGP
7 4 (0.63%) Internet
7 4 (0.63%) OSPF
7 4 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.63%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.48%) Broadband
9 2 (0.32%) SNMP
9 2 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.33%) Power BI
2 13 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.79%) Metadata
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.79%) Tableau
5 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.32%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 88 (13.95%) JIRA
2 14 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.90%) Git
4 6 (0.95%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.48%) Subversion
7 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.32%) Selenium
8 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) Appium
9 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.16%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.16%) LSMW
9 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
9 1 (0.16%) TestRail
9 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 288 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 248 (39.30%) Finance
3 90 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (13.63%) Banking
5 55 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
6 39 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (5.07%) Retail
8 31 (4.91%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (3.96%) Front Office
10 20 (3.17%) Legal
11 15 (2.38%) Investment Banking
11 15 (2.38%) Marketing
11 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.43%) General Ledger
15 9 (1.43%) Law
15 9 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 179 (28.37%) Project Manager
2 126 (19.97%) Analyst
3 102 (16.16%) Business Analyst
4 84 (13.31%) Lead
5 62 (9.83%) Senior
6 36 (5.71%) Consultant
7 32 (5.07%) Architect
8 22 (3.49%) IT Manager
8 22 (3.49%) Programme Manager
9 21 (3.33%) Senior Manager
10 20 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
10 20 (3.17%) SAP Manager
11 17 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
12 16 (2.54%) Infrastructure Manager
12 16 (2.54%) SAP Project Manager
12 16 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.38%) IT Project Manager
13 15 (2.38%) Senior Business Analyst
14 13 (2.06%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.69%) Middleware
2 14 (2.22%) REST
3 8 (1.27%) Web Services
4 6 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.95%) XML
4 6 (0.95%) ZK
5 5 (0.79%) HTML
5 5 (0.79%) Node.js
5 5 (0.79%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.63%) React
6 4 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (0.63%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (0.48%) .NET
7 3 (0.48%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.48%) CSS
7 3 (0.48%) RESTful
7 3 (0.48%) YAML
8 2 (0.32%) ADO
8 2 (0.32%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.49%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.85%) PMI
6 16 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.90%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.27%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.27%) NHS
11 8 (1.27%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.11%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.11%) Derivative
12 7 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.11%) Life Science
12 7 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.02%) Windows
2 15 (2.38%) Linux
2 15 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.43%) VMS
5 8 (1.27%) Unix
6 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.48%) Solaris
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (42.00%) Agile
2 203 (32.17%) Project Management
3 202 (32.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 120 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (15.69%) Migration
6 93 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 90 (14.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 82 (13.00%) Business Analysis
9 80 (12.68%) PRINCE2
10 79 (12.52%) Waterfall
11 74 (11.73%) Scrum
12 73 (11.57%) DevOps
13 71 (11.25%) Change Management
13 71 (11.25%) Decision-Making
14 70 (11.09%) Requirements Gathering
15 69 (10.94%) Risk Management
16 67 (10.62%) Workshop Facilitation
17 63 (9.98%) Roadmaps
18 62 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
19 59 (9.35%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 46 (7.29%) Python
2 44 (6.97%) SQL
3 22 (3.49%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.85%) Bash
5 16 (2.54%) Java
6 6 (0.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.95%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.48%) C++
7 3 (0.48%) Perl
7 3 (0.48%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.32%) ABAP
8 2 (0.32%) C#
8 2 (0.32%) PHP
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.16%) Go
9 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) Rust
9 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (15.06%) Degree
2 74 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.30%) PMI Certification
4 64 (10.14%) PMP
5 59 (9.35%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.12%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.54%) CBAP
9 13 (2.06%) APMP
10 11 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.58%) IIBA
12 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.95%) CISM
13 6 (0.95%) CISSP
13 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.79%) ISEB
14 5 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.63%) CCNP
15 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (9.83%) PMO
2 43 (6.81%) QA
3 22 (3.49%) GDPR
4 21 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.69%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.22%) NIST
6 14 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.27%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.27%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.27%) MiFID
8 6 (0.95%) PSD2
8 6 (0.95%) SLA
9 5 (0.79%) Basel III
9 5 (0.79%) NCSC
9 5 (0.79%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.63%) EMIR
10 4 (0.63%) GAAP
11 3 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.48%) GMP
11 3 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.11%) Docker
4 5 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.48%) NFS
6 3 (0.48%) Veritas File System
6 3 (0.48%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 26 (4.12%) Ansible
2 21 (3.33%) Terraform
3 14 (2.22%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.79%) Grafana
5 5 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.63%) SCCM
7 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.48%) QRadar
7 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.32%) Control-M
8 2 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 112 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.72%) SAP
3 45 (7.13%) Oracle
4 27 (4.28%) ServiceNow
5 20 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.85%) Google
7 12 (1.90%) Citrix
7 12 (1.90%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.74%) Workday
9 10 (1.58%) Cisco
10 9 (1.43%) Software AG
11 7 (1.11%) Aruba
11 7 (1.11%) Planview
11 7 (1.11%) VMware
12 6 (0.95%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.79%) Adobe
13 5 (0.79%) Apple
13 5 (0.79%) IBM
13 5 (0.79%) TIBCO
14 4 (0.63%) CheckPoint