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 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 61 72
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -17
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 885 544 518
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.34% 4.05% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 4.38% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 355 321
10th Percentile £360 £339 £393
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £668 £695 £675
90th Percentile £756 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 9
10th Percentile £24.81 £57.50 £31.14
25th Percentile £32.98 - £32.29
Median hourly rate £43.63 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.88% +85.71% -28.13%
75th Percentile £56.75 £82.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £97.28 £65.60
England median hourly rate £50.00 £48.23 £36.80
% change year-on-year +3.67% +31.06% -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
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,277 12,409 13,959
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.58% 92.45% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,019 8,154 8,997
10th Percentile £359 £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 £667 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 248 168
10th Percentile £15.56 £17.98 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.01 £24.42
Median hourly rate £30.30 £31.00 £37.79
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -17.97% -2.49%
75th Percentile £58.13 £47.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £79.75 £64.83 £79.13
England median hourly rate £36.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +43.14% -37.13% -10.11%

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 27 October 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 -2 122 £575 -3.36% 38
West London +2 29 £450 -20.00% 31
South London -6 8 £450 -10.00% 5
East London +3 6 £463 -48.61% 9
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 Management51.3%454
2Agile36.8%326
3Project Management29.2%258
4Stakeholder Engagement21.5%190
5Problem-Solving18.1%160
6Migration17.6%156
7Continuous Improvement16.2%143
8PRINCE215.6%138
9Change Management15.5%137
10AI13.8%122
11Decision-Making13.1%116
12Waterfall12.7%112
13Risk Management12.1%107
14DevOps10.4%92
14Roadmaps10.4%92
16Business Analysis10.1%89
16Scrum10.1%89
18User Acceptance Testing9.9%88
18Workshop Facilitation9.9%88
20Project Governance9.6%85