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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 70 70
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 759 496 538
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.76% 3.61% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 3.92% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 330 367
10th Percentile £363 £385 £374
25th Percentile £450 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.34%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £518 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -1.43% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile £38.64 £35.58 £29.49
25th Percentile £41.00 £42.44 £40.47
Median hourly rate £47.00 £51.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% -21.15% +0.78%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £57.88 £75.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year - +41.94% -42.38%

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 17,962 12,654 14,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.20% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,849 8,470 10,231
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 249 197
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.18
25th Percentile £19.98 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -15.71% -14.72%
75th Percentile £57.13 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -1 106 £550 -8.33% 97
West London -2 21 £494 -5.95% 32
South London -5 16 £450 -14.29% 12
North London -2 2 £538 -2.27% 3
East London 0 1 £550 - 17
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 52 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 42 (5.53%) Confluence
3 18 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.66%) Apache
4 5 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.40%) Appian
6 3 (0.40%) JBoss
6 3 (0.40%) Kentico
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 3 (0.40%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 59 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (5.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (5.80%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) Trello
6 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 22 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.79%) ProductWriter
3 6 (0.79%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.53%) Loan IQ
4 4 (0.53%) Magento
4 4 (0.53%) Summit
5 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.26%) Endur
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.26%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 122 (16.07%) Azure
2 61 (8.04%) AWS
3 59 (7.77%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.27%) SaaS
5 36 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.69%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.64%) GitHub
9 18 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (2.24%) GCP
11 13 (1.71%) IaaS
12 12 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 12 (1.58%) PowerApps
12 12 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.45%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.32%) Google Workspace
14 10 (1.32%) OCI
15 9 (1.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.72%) Firewall
2 29 (3.82%) DNS
3 23 (3.03%) Network Security
4 19 (2.50%) VPN
5 16 (2.11%) DHCP
5 16 (2.11%) WAN
5 16 (2.11%) Wireless
6 14 (1.84%) BGP
6 14 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (1.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 13 (1.71%) VLAN
8 11 (1.45%) LAN
9 10 (1.32%) Multicast
10 8 (1.05%) MPLS
10 8 (1.05%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.92%) IPsec
11 7 (0.92%) OSPF
12 5 (0.66%) BIG-IP
12 5 (0.66%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (0.66%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.80%) Power BI
2 20 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.92%) Big Data
5 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.79%) Tableau
6 5 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.66%) Delta Lake
6 5 (0.66%) Metadata
7 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.40%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.26%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 84 (11.07%) JIRA
2 16 (2.11%) Git
3 11 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.79%) GitLab
5 5 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.66%) Selenium
6 4 (0.53%) Subversion
7 2 (0.26%) Appium
7 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.26%) TestNG
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 330 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 293 (38.60%) Finance
3 114 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (10.54%) Public Sector
5 77 (10.14%) Banking
6 55 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (7.11%) Retail
8 49 (6.46%) Legal
9 39 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (4.08%) Marketing
11 24 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (2.50%) Financial Institution
13 19 (2.50%) Front Office
14 18 (2.37%) Investment Banking
14 18 (2.37%) Local Government
15 14 (1.84%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.19%) Law
Job Titles
1 210 (27.67%) Project Manager
2 83 (10.94%) Analyst
3 75 (9.88%) Lead
4 74 (9.75%) Senior
5 54 (7.11%) Business Analyst
6 45 (5.93%) Architect
7 43 (5.67%) Consultant
8 38 (5.01%) Developer
9 36 (4.74%) Delivery Manager
10 35 (4.61%) Network Engineer
11 32 (4.22%) Senior Manager
12 29 (3.82%) IT Manager
13 25 (3.29%) Technical Manager
14 24 (3.16%) Senior Project Manager
15 21 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (2.50%) Infrastructure Manager
16 19 (2.50%) IT Project Manager
17 18 (2.37%) Transformation Manager
18 17 (2.24%) Change Manager
18 17 (2.24%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.24%) REST
2 12 (1.58%) Middleware
3 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.92%) PySpark
3 7 (0.92%) React
4 6 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (0.79%) Web Services
5 5 (0.66%) Kafka
5 5 (0.66%) VML
5 5 (0.66%) XML
6 4 (0.53%) 802.1X
6 4 (0.53%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.53%) OAuth
6 4 (0.53%) Playwright
6 4 (0.53%) React Native
7 3 (0.40%) ADO
7 3 (0.40%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.40%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.40%) SOAP
8 2 (0.26%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 32 (4.22%) Management Information System
2 32 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.56%) Data Centre
4 24 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 15 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.84%) Derivative
7 14 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.84%) IoT
8 13 (1.71%) Credit Risk
9 12 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.58%) Life Science
10 10 (1.32%) FMCG
10 10 (1.32%) Reinsurance
10 10 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.05%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.29%) Windows
2 17 (2.24%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.45%) Linux
4 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.53%) Unix
5 3 (0.40%) Android
5 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (42.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 267 (35.18%) Agile
3 234 (30.83%) Project Management
4 142 (18.71%) Migration
5 136 (17.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 127 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
7 123 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (15.68%) Change Management
9 117 (15.42%) PRINCE2
10 111 (14.62%) Decision-Making
11 101 (13.31%) AI
12 91 (11.99%) Waterfall
13 80 (10.54%) DevOps
13 80 (10.54%) Roadmaps
14 79 (10.41%) Risk Management
15 74 (9.75%) Analytics
16 66 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
17 63 (8.30%) Business Analysis
17 63 (8.30%) Scrum
17 63 (8.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.19%) SQL
2 43 (5.67%) Python
3 13 (1.71%) Java
4 10 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 10 (1.32%) VBA
5 7 (0.92%) C#
5 7 (0.92%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.66%) Korn
7 4 (0.53%) Bicep
7 4 (0.53%) Go
7 4 (0.53%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.40%) Bash
8 3 (0.40%) C++
8 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.13%) COBOL
10 1 (0.13%) RPG
10 1 (0.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 106 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 92 (12.12%) PMP
3 83 (10.94%) Degree
3 83 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 81 (10.67%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.77%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.84%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.58%) CCNP
8 12 (1.58%) CISSP
9 9 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (0.92%) APMG
10 7 (0.92%) RIBA
11 6 (0.79%) CISM
11 6 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.66%) CCNA
12 5 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (14.10%) PMO
2 46 (6.06%) QA
3 22 (2.90%) NIST
4 20 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.37%) GDPR
7 13 (1.71%) SLA
8 11 (1.45%) GRC
9 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.53%) HL7
10 4 (0.53%) NCSC
11 3 (0.40%) GxP
11 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.40%) MiFID
11 3 (0.40%) P3O
11 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (4.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.58%) Docker
3 9 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.26%) Firmware
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (3.56%) Terraform
2 13 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.58%) FortiGate
3 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.45%) Ansible
5 6 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (0.40%) Puppet
7 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.40%) SCCM
7 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.26%) Nessus
9 1 (0.13%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.13%) Grafana
9 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 153 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.19%) SAP
2 47 (6.19%) ServiceNow
3 38 (5.01%) Cisco
4 24 (3.16%) Oracle
5 21 (2.77%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 19 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 18 (2.37%) VMware
8 17 (2.24%) F5
8 17 (2.24%) Google
8 17 (2.24%) Zscaler
9 13 (1.71%) Juniper
10 11 (1.45%) Murex
11 9 (1.19%) Databricks
11 9 (1.19%) NEC
12 7 (0.92%) Adobe
12 7 (0.92%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.92%) Workday
13 6 (0.79%) Citrix