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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 65 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 626 492 757
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 3.53% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 3.90% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 286 515
10th Percentile £358 £356 £375
25th Percentile £442 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £666 £688
90th Percentile £775 £739 £800
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +46.38% +6.34%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £47.67
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £65.63
England median hourly rate £40.78 £33.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year +20.83% -18.67% -29.66%

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 13,327 12,620 16,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.43% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,848 8,052 11,585
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
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 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 158 302
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.53 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.73 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +15.40% -15.16%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.44
90th Percentile £70.20 £80.23 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +10 108 £550 -12.00% 41
West London -11 13 £575 +15.00% 5
South London -2 10 £500 +5.26% 10
East London +2 5 £900 +111.76% 2
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 40 (6.39%) Confluence
2 23 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.48%) CMS
4 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.32%) Appian
5 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (6.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 39 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (6.23%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (3.51%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.28%) Trello
6 4 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.16%) InDesign
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.16%) Revit
8 1 (0.16%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (4.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.76%) Endur
3 10 (1.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 9 (1.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (1.28%) Loan IQ
6 7 (1.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.80%) Oracle FAH
8 5 (0.80%) SAP IBP
9 4 (0.64%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.64%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.64%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.48%) ProductWriter
10 3 (0.48%) SAP EWM
11 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (15.34%) Azure
2 36 (5.75%) SaaS
3 29 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (4.31%) AWS
4 27 (4.31%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.35%) GCP
6 20 (3.19%) GitHub
7 17 (2.72%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.92%) IaaS
8 12 (1.92%) OCI
9 11 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.12%) PaaS
12 6 (0.96%) Asana
13 5 (0.80%) Smartsheet
14 4 (0.64%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.64%) OpenShift
14 4 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.79%) Firewall
2 15 (2.40%) WAN
3 12 (1.92%) DNS
4 11 (1.76%) NetScaler
4 11 (1.76%) Network Security
5 10 (1.60%) LAN
5 10 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.12%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.96%) MPLS
7 6 (0.96%) VPN
8 5 (0.80%) Multicast
9 4 (0.64%) BGP
9 4 (0.64%) OSPF
9 4 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.64%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.64%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.48%) Internet
11 2 (0.32%) Broadband
11 2 (0.32%) SNMP
11 2 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.51%) Power BI
2 12 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.80%) Tableau
5 4 (0.64%) Metadata
5 4 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.32%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.16%) MySQL
8 1 (0.16%) Power Query
8 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 87 (13.90%) JIRA
2 14 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.92%) Git
4 6 (0.96%) GitLab
5 4 (0.64%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.64%) Subversion
5 4 (0.64%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.16%) Appium
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.16%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.16%) LSMW
7 1 (0.16%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.16%) TestRail
7 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 285 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 251 (40.10%) Finance
3 93 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (12.78%) Banking
5 58 (9.27%) Public Sector
6 37 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (4.31%) Retail
10 25 (3.99%) Front Office
11 20 (3.19%) Legal
12 15 (2.40%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (2.24%) Marketing
14 13 (2.08%) Investment Banking
14 13 (2.08%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.92%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 178 (28.43%) Project Manager
2 121 (19.33%) Analyst
3 98 (15.65%) Business Analyst
4 85 (13.58%) Lead
5 65 (10.38%) Senior
6 35 (5.59%) Consultant
7 30 (4.79%) Architect
8 24 (3.83%) Senior Manager
9 23 (3.67%) Programme Manager
10 22 (3.51%) IT Manager
11 21 (3.35%) SAP Manager
12 20 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.04%) Senior Project Manager
14 17 (2.72%) SAP Project Manager
15 16 (2.56%) Infrastructure Manager
15 16 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
16 15 (2.40%) IT Project Manager
16 15 (2.40%) Senior Business Analyst
17 14 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
18 13 (2.08%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.56%) Middleware
2 14 (2.24%) REST
3 7 (1.12%) Web Services
4 6 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.80%) HTML
5 5 (0.80%) Node.js
5 5 (0.80%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.80%) XML
5 5 (0.80%) ZK
6 4 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.64%) React
6 4 (0.64%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (0.48%) .NET
7 3 (0.48%) CSS
7 3 (0.48%) RESTful
7 3 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.48%) YAML
8 2 (0.32%) ADO
8 2 (0.32%) Spring
8 2 (0.32%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.04%) PMI
5 13 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.60%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.28%) Life Science
8 8 (1.28%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.12%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.12%) NHS
9 7 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.23%) Windows
2 17 (2.72%) Linux
3 16 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.76%) Windows 10
5 8 (1.28%) Unix
5 8 (1.28%) VMS
6 5 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.64%) 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
1 261 (41.69%) Agile
2 204 (32.59%) Project Management
2 204 (32.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (15.50%) Migration
5 92 (14.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 89 (14.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 80 (12.78%) Business Analysis
8 79 (12.62%) PRINCE2
9 76 (12.14%) Change Management
9 76 (12.14%) Waterfall
10 74 (11.82%) DevOps
11 73 (11.66%) Risk Management
11 73 (11.66%) Scrum
12 71 (11.34%) Decision-Making
13 68 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
14 67 (10.70%) Requirements Gathering
15 62 (9.90%) Roadmaps
16 61 (9.74%) User Acceptance Testing
17 56 (8.95%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.03%) Python
2 39 (6.23%) SQL
3 22 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.04%) Bash
5 14 (2.24%) Java
6 6 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.96%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.64%) Perl
8 2 (0.32%) ABAP
8 2 (0.32%) C#
8 2 (0.32%) C++
8 2 (0.32%) PHP
8 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.32%) VBA
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
Qualifications
1 98 (15.65%) Degree
2 75 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 66 (10.54%) PMI Certification
4 61 (9.74%) PMP
5 60 (9.58%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.31%) Master's Degree
7 20 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.56%) CBAP
9 12 (1.92%) APMP
10 10 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.60%) IIBA
11 8 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.96%) CISM
12 6 (0.96%) CISSP
12 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.80%) ISEB
13 5 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.64%) CCNP
14 4 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.11%) PMO
2 41 (6.55%) QA
3 24 (3.83%) GDPR
4 22 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.40%) NIST
5 15 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (2.24%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.28%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.28%) MiFID
8 7 (1.12%) NCSC
9 6 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.96%) PSD2
10 5 (0.80%) Basel III
10 5 (0.80%) SLA
11 4 (0.64%) EMIR
11 4 (0.64%) GAAP
11 4 (0.64%) GMP
11 4 (0.64%) GRC
12 3 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (3.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.12%) Docker
3 7 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.64%) NFS
4 4 (0.64%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.64%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) RACF
Systems Management
1 26 (4.15%) Ansible
2 21 (3.35%) Terraform
3 14 (2.24%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.80%) Grafana
5 5 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.80%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.64%) QRadar
6 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.64%) SCCM
7 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
Vendors
1 110 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.11%) SAP
3 43 (6.87%) Oracle
4 25 (3.99%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.04%) Google
5 19 (3.04%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.08%) Citrix
6 13 (2.08%) CyberArk
7 11 (1.76%) Cisco
8 10 (1.60%) Workday
9 9 (1.44%) Software AG
9 9 (1.44%) VMware
10 7 (1.12%) Aruba
11 6 (0.96%) IBM
11 6 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.96%) Planview
12 5 (0.80%) Adobe
12 5 (0.80%) Apple
12 5 (0.80%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.64%) CheckPoint