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 citing Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 64 72
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -20
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 916 548 509
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.48% 3.95% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 4.28% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 356 318
10th Percentile £357 £340 £386
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £688 £675
90th Percentile £756 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 7
10th Percentile £24.81 £58.75 £32.27
25th Percentile £36.50 £65.00 £33.65
Median hourly rate £41.00 £67.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.97% +91.94% -51.72%
75th Percentile £54.50 £79.22 £50.28
90th Percentile £57.50 £94.82 £65.45
England median hourly rate £50.00 £45.46 £36.80
% change year-on-year +9.99% +23.53% -33.07%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,392 12,813 13,743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.97% 92.44% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,099 8,443 8,853
10th Percentile £360 £331 £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 £665 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -3.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 257 161
10th Percentile £15.58 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.60 £29.50 £38.07
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% -22.51% +2.42%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £80.75
England median hourly rate £35.22 £25.15 £36.17
% change year-on-year +40.04% -30.46% -18.73%

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 11 November 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 for jobs citing Project Delivery in London over the 6 months to 11 November 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 11 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -3 125 £575 -3.36% 119
West London +1 26 £450 -14.29% 20
East London +4 8 £463 -48.61% 13
South London -7 8 £450 -10.00% 6
North London -2 3 £575 +4.59% 2
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Stakeholder Management53.3%488
2Agile36.8%337
3Project Management29.6%271
4Stakeholder Engagement22.5%206
5Problem-Solving18.1%166
6Migration17.2%158
7Continuous Improvement16.2%148
8Change Management15.4%141
8PRINCE215.4%141
10AI13.4%123
11Waterfall13.2%121
12Risk Management12.9%118
13Decision-Making12.2%112
14Roadmaps10.8%99
15Project Governance10.6%97
16DevOps10.5%96
16User Acceptance Testing10.5%96
18Business Analysis10.3%94
18Workshop Facilitation10.3%94
20Scrum9.9%91