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

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 63 71
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -16
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 901 549 521
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.42% 4.02% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 4.35% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 360 324
10th Percentile £361 £339 £395
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £663 £695 £675
90th Percentile £756 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 9
10th Percentile £24.81 £57.50 £31.14
25th Percentile £36.50 - £32.29
Median hourly rate £41.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +85.71% -28.13%
75th Percentile £54.50 £82.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £97.28 £65.60
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
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,263 12,619 14,068
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.68% 92.48% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,017 8,304 9,085
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 £663 £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 368 252 169
10th Percentile £15.57 £18.01 £17.45
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.03 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.49 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -16.03% -6.05%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.98 £79.00
England median hourly rate £36.38 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.65% -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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -4 121 £575 -3.36% 41
West London +8 28 £450 -20.00% 26
South London -9 8 £450 -10.00% 5
East London +4 7 £463 -48.61% 11
North London -3 3 £575 +4.59%
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 Management51.5%464
2Agile37.0%333
3Project Management29.2%263
4Stakeholder Engagement21.6%195
5Problem-Solving18.3%165
6Migration17.9%161
7Continuous Improvement16.3%147
8Change Management15.5%140
8PRINCE215.5%140
10AI13.8%124
11Waterfall12.9%116
12Decision-Making12.8%115
13Risk Management12.2%110
14Roadmaps10.4%94
15Business Analysis10.3%93
15DevOps10.3%93
15Workshop Facilitation10.3%93
18Scrum10.0%90
18User Acceptance Testing10.0%90
20Project Governance9.7%87