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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 66 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 677 471 613
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.68% 3.89% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 4.21% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 301 421
10th Percentile £363 £388 £373
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £665 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile £29.01 £34.05 -
25th Percentile £31.65 £38.63 £20.98
Median hourly rate £37.06 £47.50 £26.68
Median % change year-on-year -21.98% +78.04% +18.66%
75th Percentile £41.00 £65.63 £65.00
90th Percentile - £75.75 £67.40
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year -43.08% +91.57% -44.60%

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 16,287 11,179 15,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.56% 92.25% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,870 7,505 11,106
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £433 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 190 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.72
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £31.17 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.50% +11.33% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.74 £63.03 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

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 May 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 29 May 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 May 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 -8.33% 43
South London +1 17 £525 -12.50% 10
West London -13 16 £538 - 9
East London -5 2 £590 - 10
North London - 2 £544 - 3
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 37 (5.47%) Confluence
1 37 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.89%) CMS
4 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.44%) Camunda
6 2 (0.30%) Apache
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.30%) Kentico
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.30%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 56 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 44 (6.50%) Microsoft Project
4 42 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (2.07%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.33%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 6 (0.89%) ProductWriter
4 5 (0.74%) Summit
5 3 (0.44%) Endur
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.44%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.44%) Shopify
6 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.30%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 94 (13.88%) Azure
2 44 (6.50%) AWS
3 43 (6.35%) Power Platform
4 38 (5.61%) SaaS
5 30 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (2.95%) Entra ID
8 18 (2.66%) GitHub
9 15 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.07%) GCP
10 14 (2.07%) IaaS
11 10 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.33%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.33%) Google Workspace
13 8 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.03%) Asana
14 7 (1.03%) Serverless
15 6 (0.89%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.76%) Firewall
2 20 (2.95%) Network Security
3 16 (2.36%) DNS
4 9 (1.33%) WAN
5 8 (1.18%) MPLS
6 6 (0.89%) BGP
6 6 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (0.89%) LAN
6 6 (0.89%) NetScaler
6 6 (0.89%) VPN
7 5 (0.74%) Internet
7 5 (0.74%) Multicast
7 5 (0.74%) OSPF
7 5 (0.74%) VLAN
8 4 (0.59%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.59%) DHCP
8 4 (0.59%) IPsec
8 4 (0.59%) Wireless
9 3 (0.44%) Broadband
9 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.73%) Power BI
2 16 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.18%) Tableau
4 7 (1.03%) Metadata
5 6 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.74%) Big Data
6 5 (0.74%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.44%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.30%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 83 (12.26%) JIRA
2 12 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.62%) Git
4 5 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.74%) GitLab
5 3 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.15%) LSMW
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 299 (44.17%) Social Skills
2 256 (37.81%) Finance
3 102 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (12.26%) Banking
5 73 (10.78%) Public Sector
6 61 (9.01%) Organisational Skills
7 47 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (6.20%) Retail
9 38 (5.61%) Legal
10 23 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (3.40%) Marketing
11 20 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.81%) Investment Banking
13 17 (2.51%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.07%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.92%) Front Office
16 10 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.18%) General Ledger
17 8 (1.18%) Local Government
17 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 217 (32.05%) Project Manager
2 86 (12.70%) Analyst
3 80 (11.82%) Lead
4 69 (10.19%) Business Analyst
5 64 (9.45%) Senior
6 32 (4.73%) Architect
6 32 (4.73%) Developer
7 30 (4.43%) Senior Manager
8 29 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
9 27 (3.99%) Consultant
10 25 (3.69%) IT Manager
11 23 (3.40%) Technical Manager
12 22 (3.25%) Network Engineer
12 22 (3.25%) Senior Project Manager
13 19 (2.81%) Change Manager
13 19 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.66%) IT Project Manager
15 17 (2.51%) Programme Manager
16 16 (2.36%) Infrastructure Manager
16 16 (2.36%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.36%) Middleware
2 13 (1.92%) REST
3 9 (1.33%) XML
4 6 (0.89%) React
5 5 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.59%) OAuth
6 4 (0.59%) PySpark
6 4 (0.59%) React Native
6 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.44%) ADO
7 3 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.44%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.44%) HTML
7 3 (0.44%) Kafka
7 3 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.44%) Web Services
7 3 (0.44%) ZK
8 2 (0.30%) .NET
8 2 (0.30%) CSS
8 2 (0.30%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.02%) Management Information System
1 34 (5.02%) Onboarding
2 23 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.95%) Data Centre
4 19 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.62%) Derivative
7 11 (1.62%) Life Science
8 10 (1.48%) Credit Risk
9 9 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.33%) IoT
9 9 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.33%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.18%) NHS
10 8 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.89%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.89%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.55%) Windows
2 11 (1.62%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.18%) Linux
3 8 (1.18%) VMS
4 6 (0.89%) Unix
5 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (37.67%) Agile
2 252 (37.22%) Project Management
3 232 (34.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 125 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (18.17%) Migration
6 103 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 101 (14.92%) PRINCE2
8 100 (14.77%) Decision-Making
9 96 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 83 (12.26%) Waterfall
11 80 (11.82%) Change Management
12 75 (11.08%) DevOps
13 68 (10.04%) Risk Management
14 66 (9.75%) AI
15 65 (9.60%) Roadmaps
16 58 (8.57%) Validation
17 56 (8.27%) Project Governance
17 56 (8.27%) Scrum
18 55 (8.12%) Analytics
18 55 (8.12%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.94%) SQL
2 37 (5.47%) Python
3 12 (1.77%) Java
4 7 (1.03%) C#
5 6 (0.89%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.74%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.59%) Bicep
7 4 (0.59%) Go
8 3 (0.44%) Bash
8 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.30%) ABAP
9 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.30%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) Korn
9 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.30%) Rust
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (13.15%) Degree
2 84 (12.41%) PMP
3 81 (11.96%) Security Cleared
4 68 (10.04%) SC Cleared
5 67 (9.90%) PMI Certification
6 15 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.77%) APMP
9 10 (1.48%) CBAP
9 10 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.33%) CISSP
10 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.03%) APMG
12 7 (1.03%) CCNP
12 7 (1.03%) IIBA
13 6 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (14.62%) PMO
2 41 (6.06%) QA
3 23 (3.40%) NIST
4 22 (3.25%) Data Quality
5 21 (3.10%) GDPR
6 19 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.18%) GRC
8 7 (1.03%) SLA
9 6 (0.89%) Basel III
9 6 (0.89%) GAAP
9 6 (0.89%) HL7
9 6 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.74%) IFRS
10 5 (0.74%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.74%) MiFID
11 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.44%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.03%) Docker
2 7 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
4 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (3.99%) Terraform
2 17 (2.51%) Ansible
3 15 (2.22%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.30%) Control-M
8 1 (0.15%) Avamar
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.15%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.15%) SCOM
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 129 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.50%) SAP
3 34 (5.02%) ServiceNow
4 31 (4.58%) Oracle
5 19 (2.81%) Google
5 19 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.07%) Cisco
6 14 (2.07%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.62%) CyberArk
7 11 (1.62%) Workday
8 9 (1.33%) Citrix
8 9 (1.33%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.03%) Adobe
9 7 (1.03%) F5
9 7 (1.03%) Software AG
9 7 (1.03%) VMware
10 6 (0.89%) NEC
10 6 (0.89%) Sitecore
11 5 (0.74%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.59%) Murex