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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 62 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 646 483 707
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.13% 3.57% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 3.93% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 285 485
10th Percentile £363 £356 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £752 £820
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £30.96 £27.46 -
25th Percentile £36.53 £32.94 £20.98
Median hourly rate £55.07 £35.00 £23.33
Median % change year-on-year +57.34% +50.05% +3.74%
75th Percentile £78.81 £45.31 £33.00
90th Percentile £95.81 £56.25 £61.38
England median hourly rate £45.46 £36.00 £35.65
% change year-on-year +26.28% +0.98% -40.58%

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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +2 100 £550 -12.00% 49
South London 0 19 £500 +5.26% 6
West London -16 12 £550 +10.00% 11
East London +2 5 £765 +80.00% 17
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 42 (6.50%) Confluence
2 23 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.62%) CMS
5 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.31%) Appian
6 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 57 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (6.97%) Microsoft Project
3 42 (6.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (3.10%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.08%) Trello
7 5 (0.77%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.15%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.15%) InDesign
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (3.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.55%) Endur
3 9 (1.39%) Loan IQ
3 9 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 7 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.77%) Oracle FAH
7 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.62%) SAP IBP
8 3 (0.46%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.46%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.46%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.46%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.31%) Algo Collateral
9 2 (0.31%) ION MarketView
9 2 (0.31%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (15.63%) Azure
2 36 (5.57%) SaaS
3 35 (5.42%) AWS
4 31 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (4.64%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (3.25%) GitHub
8 18 (2.79%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.79%) GCP
9 14 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.01%) IaaS
11 10 (1.55%) OCI
12 9 (1.39%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.08%) PaaS
15 6 (0.93%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.95%) Firewall
2 15 (2.32%) WAN
3 12 (1.86%) DNS
4 11 (1.70%) NetScaler
4 11 (1.70%) Network Security
5 9 (1.39%) LAN
5 9 (1.39%) MPLS
6 8 (1.24%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.08%) VPN
8 5 (0.77%) Multicast
9 4 (0.62%) BGP
9 4 (0.62%) Broadband
9 4 (0.62%) Internet
9 4 (0.62%) OSPF
9 4 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.62%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.62%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.25%) Power BI
2 16 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.55%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.77%) Metadata
4 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (0.77%) Tableau
5 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (0.46%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.31%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 90 (13.93%) JIRA
2 17 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.01%) Git
4 9 (1.39%) GitLab
5 4 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.31%) Subversion
7 2 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.31%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.15%) Appium
8 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) LSMW
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.15%) TestRail
8 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 296 (45.82%) Social Skills
2 251 (38.85%) Finance
3 95 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (12.85%) Banking
5 60 (9.29%) Public Sector
6 47 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (6.50%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (5.73%) Retail
9 31 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.72%) Front Office
11 23 (3.56%) Legal
12 17 (2.63%) Investment Banking
13 16 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (2.48%) Marketing
14 12 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.55%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.39%) Law
17 9 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 184 (28.48%) Project Manager
2 119 (18.42%) Analyst
3 96 (14.86%) Business Analyst
4 87 (13.47%) Lead
5 66 (10.22%) Senior
6 37 (5.73%) Consultant
7 32 (4.95%) Architect
8 28 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
9 26 (4.02%) Programme Manager
10 24 (3.72%) Senior Manager
11 21 (3.25%) SAP Manager
12 20 (3.10%) Senior Project Manager
13 18 (2.79%) Infrastructure Manager
13 18 (2.79%) IT Manager
13 18 (2.79%) Technical Manager
14 17 (2.63%) SAP Project Manager
15 16 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.32%) Senior Business Analyst
17 14 (2.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.79%) Middleware
2 10 (1.55%) REST
3 6 (0.93%) XML
4 5 (0.77%) Node.js
4 5 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.77%) Web Services
5 4 (0.62%) AWS CDK
5 4 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.62%) HTML
5 4 (0.62%) React
5 4 (0.62%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (0.62%) Ultra Messaging
5 4 (0.62%) ZK
6 3 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.46%) RESTful
6 3 (0.46%) YAML
7 2 (0.31%) .NET
7 2 (0.31%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.31%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.73%) Product Ownership
2 34 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.01%) PMI
7 12 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.39%) Life Science
10 9 (1.39%) NHS
10 9 (1.39%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.24%) Fixed Income
12 7 (1.08%) Derivative
12 7 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.08%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.04%) Windows
2 16 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 15 (2.32%) Linux
4 11 (1.70%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.39%) VMS
6 8 (1.24%) Unix
7 5 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.31%) Solaris
8 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (42.26%) Agile
2 206 (31.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 203 (31.42%) Project Management
4 119 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (15.94%) Migration
6 98 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 82 (12.69%) PRINCE2
9 78 (12.07%) DevOps
10 77 (11.92%) Business Analysis
10 77 (11.92%) Decision-Making
11 76 (11.76%) Change Management
11 76 (11.76%) Waterfall
12 74 (11.46%) Scrum
13 71 (10.99%) Roadmaps
14 69 (10.68%) Risk Management
15 65 (10.06%) Workshop Facilitation
16 62 (9.60%) Requirements Gathering
17 61 (9.44%) Project Governance
18 58 (8.98%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (7.43%) Python
2 45 (6.97%) SQL
3 22 (3.41%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.63%) Bash
5 14 (2.17%) Java
6 6 (0.93%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.77%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.62%) C++
8 4 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.46%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.31%) ABAP
10 2 (0.31%) C#
10 2 (0.31%) Perl
10 2 (0.31%) PHP
10 2 (0.31%) Rust
11 1 (0.15%) Go
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 97 (15.02%) Degree
2 78 (12.07%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.06%) SC Cleared
4 63 (9.75%) PMP
5 61 (9.44%) PMI Certification
6 25 (3.87%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.17%) CBAP
9 13 (2.01%) APMP
10 11 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.55%) IIBA
12 8 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.93%) CISM
13 6 (0.93%) CISSP
13 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.77%) CCNP
14 5 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.77%) ISEB
14 5 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.75%) PMO
2 49 (7.59%) QA
3 21 (3.25%) GDPR
4 18 (2.79%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.17%) NIST
6 11 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (1.55%) MiFID
8 8 (1.24%) SLA
9 7 (1.08%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.93%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.77%) Basel III
11 5 (0.77%) GRC
11 5 (0.77%) NCSC
12 4 (0.62%) EMIR
12 4 (0.62%) GAAP
12 4 (0.62%) PSD2
13 3 (0.46%) GMP
13 3 (0.46%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (1.55%) Docker
4 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.31%) NFS
5 2 (0.31%) Veritas File System
5 2 (0.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.15%) RACF
Systems Management
1 25 (3.87%) Terraform
2 23 (3.56%) Ansible
3 13 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.77%) Grafana
4 5 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
5 4 (0.62%) SCCM
6 3 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.31%) Control-M
7 2 (0.31%) QRadar
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 118 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.20%) SAP
3 40 (6.19%) Oracle
4 29 (4.49%) ServiceNow
5 19 (2.94%) Google
6 18 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.86%) Citrix
8 11 (1.70%) Cisco
8 11 (1.70%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.39%) Software AG
9 9 (1.39%) Workday
10 7 (1.08%) Aruba
10 7 (1.08%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.93%) Planview
11 6 (0.93%) VMware
12 5 (0.77%) Adobe
12 5 (0.77%) Apple
12 5 (0.77%) IBM
12 5 (0.77%) TIBCO
13 4 (0.62%) CheckPoint