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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 68 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 556 538 803
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.89% 3.45% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.84% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 328 544
10th Percentile £337 £359 £363
25th Percentile £425 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.78%
75th Percentile £670 £666 £688
90th Percentile £775 £743 £796
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
10th Percentile £34.67 £27.46 £56.38
25th Percentile £46.06 £32.94 £58.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -45.10% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67.18 £36.35 £70.94
90th Percentile £84.47 £50.28 £74.13
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.89% -36.36% -15.38%

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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +7 102 £550 -12.00% 47
West London -9 11 £575 +15.00% 8
South London -3 10 £500 +5.26% 8
East London +6 7 £900 +100.00% 6
North London - 2 £550 - 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 32 (5.76%) Confluence
2 23 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.36%) Appian
5 2 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 46 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (6.47%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (5.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (3.78%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.44%) Trello
7 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.18%) InDesign
9 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.06%) Endur
3 7 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.26%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.90%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.90%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.72%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.72%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.54%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.54%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 81 (14.57%) Azure
2 29 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (5.22%) SaaS
3 23 (4.14%) Power Platform
4 22 (3.96%) AWS
5 21 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 17 (3.06%) GCP
8 11 (1.98%) GitHub
8 11 (1.98%) PaaS
9 10 (1.80%) IaaS
9 10 (1.80%) OCI
10 9 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.44%) Asana
12 5 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.72%) Figma
13 4 (0.72%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.52%) WAN
2 13 (2.34%) Firewall
3 10 (1.80%) DNS
3 10 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.26%) LAN
4 7 (1.26%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.08%) VPN
6 5 (0.90%) Multicast
6 5 (0.90%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.72%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.72%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.54%) DKIM
8 3 (0.54%) DMARC
8 3 (0.54%) MPLS
9 2 (0.36%) BGP
9 2 (0.36%) Internet
9 2 (0.36%) OSPF
9 2 (0.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.60%) Power BI
2 7 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.26%) Tableau
3 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.54%) Big Data
5 3 (0.54%) Metadata
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle ODI
6 2 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.18%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.18%) Power Query
7 1 (0.18%) Redis
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (13.49%) JIRA
2 11 (1.98%) Git
3 6 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.90%) GitLab
5 4 (0.72%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.72%) Subversion
5 4 (0.72%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.54%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.18%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.18%) Selenium
8 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 242 (43.53%) Social Skills
2 211 (37.95%) Finance
3 80 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.27%) Banking
6 28 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (4.50%) Retail
9 24 (4.32%) Front Office
10 22 (3.96%) Marketing
11 21 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (3.42%) Legal
13 17 (3.06%) Manufacturing
14 16 (2.88%) Telecoms
15 13 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (2.16%) Back Office
17 11 (1.98%) Law
17 11 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.62%) Billing
18 9 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 154 (27.70%) Project Manager
2 105 (18.88%) Analyst
3 83 (14.93%) Business Analyst
4 61 (10.97%) Lead
5 53 (9.53%) Senior
6 34 (6.12%) Consultant
7 28 (5.04%) Architect
8 25 (4.50%) IT Manager
9 24 (4.32%) Senior Manager
10 20 (3.60%) Programme Manager
11 19 (3.42%) Delivery Manager
11 19 (3.42%) SAP Manager
11 19 (3.42%) Senior Project Manager
12 17 (3.06%) IT Project Manager
13 15 (2.70%) Infrastructure Manager
13 15 (2.70%) SAP Project Manager
14 14 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.34%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 11 (1.98%) Business Manager
16 11 (1.98%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.52%) REST
2 9 (1.62%) Web Services
3 8 (1.44%) Middleware
4 6 (1.08%) .NET
4 6 (1.08%) Node.js
4 6 (1.08%) RESTful
5 4 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (0.72%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.72%) Ultra Messaging
5 4 (0.72%) ZK
6 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.54%) React
6 3 (0.54%) YAML
7 2 (0.36%) ADO
7 2 (0.36%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.36%) HTML
7 2 (0.36%) Spring
8 1 (0.18%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.12%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.78%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.60%) PMI
5 15 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.62%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.26%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.26%) Reinsurance
12 6 (1.08%) Life Science
12 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.58%) Windows
2 15 (2.70%) Linux
3 13 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.26%) Unix
6 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.72%) Solaris
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (42.27%) Agile
2 186 (33.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 168 (30.22%) Project Management
4 101 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 86 (15.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (13.67%) Migration
8 75 (13.49%) Change Management
9 74 (13.31%) Risk Management
10 69 (12.41%) Business Analysis
11 67 (12.05%) Roadmaps
12 63 (11.33%) Waterfall
13 62 (11.15%) PRINCE2
13 62 (11.15%) Workshop Facilitation
14 60 (10.79%) Decision-Making
15 59 (10.61%) User Acceptance Testing
16 55 (9.89%) Requirements Gathering
17 54 (9.71%) Scrum
18 51 (9.17%) DevOps
19 49 (8.81%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.73%) Python
2 37 (6.65%) SQL
3 23 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.24%) Bash
5 12 (2.16%) Java
6 4 (0.72%) C++
6 4 (0.72%) Perl
6 4 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.54%) VBA
8 2 (0.36%) ABAP
8 2 (0.36%) C#
8 2 (0.36%) PHP
8 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.18%) Go
9 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (16.37%) Degree
2 65 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.99%) PMI Certification
3 50 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 42 (7.55%) PMP
5 18 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.16%) CBAP
6 12 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.72%) CISM
9 4 (0.72%) CISSP
9 4 (0.72%) ISEB
9 4 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.72%) MBA
9 4 (0.72%) PhD
10 3 (0.54%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.73%) PMO
2 37 (6.65%) QA
3 21 (3.78%) GDPR
4 17 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.62%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.44%) MiFID
7 8 (1.44%) NIST
7 8 (1.44%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.26%) PSD2
8 7 (1.26%) SLA
9 6 (1.08%) EMIR
9 6 (1.08%) NCSC
10 5 (0.90%) Def Stans
10 5 (0.90%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.72%) COBIT
11 4 (0.72%) GMP
11 4 (0.72%) SEPA
12 3 (0.54%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 20 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.90%) Docker
3 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.72%) NFS
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.72%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.18%) RACF
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (2.88%) Ansible
2 12 (2.16%) Terraform
3 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.90%) Grafana
5 5 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.72%) QRadar
6 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.72%) SCCM
7 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.54%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 80 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 54 (9.71%) SAP
3 41 (7.37%) Oracle
4 24 (4.32%) ServiceNow
5 23 (4.14%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.34%) Workday
7 12 (2.16%) Google
8 10 (1.80%) VMware
9 9 (1.62%) Cisco
9 9 (1.62%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.44%) Citrix
11 7 (1.26%) IBM
12 6 (1.08%) Apple
12 6 (1.08%) Planview
13 5 (0.90%) Aruba
13 5 (0.90%) ION Trading
13 5 (0.90%) Splunk
13 5 (0.90%) TIBCO
14 4 (0.72%) Arista
14 4 (0.72%) SaltStack