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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 65 63
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 671 471 617
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.69% 3.89% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 4.22% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 305 423
10th Percentile £363 £378 £373
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £667 £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 3 3 13
10th Percentile £28.42 £24.33 -
25th Percentile £30.19 £26.83 £20.98
Median hourly rate £33.12 £32.00 £26.68
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +19.94% +18.66%
75th Percentile £37.06 £40.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £39.42 £45.60 £67.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £65.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -43.85% +91.18% -44.49%

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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £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 £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -1 101 £550 -8.33% 100
South London 0 17 £525 -12.50% 5
West London -12 17 £550 - 10
East London -4 2 £590 - 11
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 (5.51%) Confluence
2 35 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.75%) CMS
5 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.45%) Camunda
6 2 (0.30%) Apache
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Kentico
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (6.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (6.41%) Microsoft Project
4 42 (6.26%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (2.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.45%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.45%) Trello
7 1 (0.15%) Revit
7 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.34%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 6 (0.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 6 (0.89%) ProductWriter
4 5 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.75%) Summit
5 3 (0.45%) Endur
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.45%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.45%) 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 92 (13.71%) Azure
2 42 (6.26%) AWS
2 42 (6.26%) Power Platform
3 38 (5.66%) SaaS
4 28 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (2.68%) Entra ID
7 17 (2.53%) GitHub
8 15 (2.24%) GCP
9 14 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (2.09%) IaaS
10 10 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.34%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.34%) Google Workspace
12 8 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.04%) Asana
14 6 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.66%) Firewall
2 18 (2.68%) Network Security
3 16 (2.38%) DNS
4 9 (1.34%) WAN
5 8 (1.19%) MPLS
6 6 (0.89%) BGP
6 6 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 6 (0.89%) LAN
6 6 (0.89%) NetScaler
7 5 (0.75%) Internet
7 5 (0.75%) Multicast
7 5 (0.75%) OSPF
7 5 (0.75%) VLAN
7 5 (0.75%) VPN
8 4 (0.60%) BIG-IP
8 4 (0.60%) DHCP
8 4 (0.60%) IPsec
8 4 (0.60%) Wireless
9 3 (0.45%) Broadband
9 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.62%) Power BI
2 17 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.19%) Metadata
4 8 (1.19%) Tableau
5 6 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.75%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.60%) Big Data
8 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.30%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.30%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 83 (12.37%) JIRA
2 11 (1.64%) Git
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.60%) GitLab
5 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
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
1 294 (43.82%) Social Skills
2 256 (38.15%) Finance
3 104 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (12.22%) Banking
5 68 (10.13%) Public Sector
6 61 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 46 (6.86%) Presentation Skills
8 41 (6.11%) Retail
9 36 (5.37%) Legal
10 24 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (3.43%) Marketing
12 20 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.83%) Investment Banking
14 18 (2.68%) Financial Institution
15 14 (2.09%) Front Office
15 14 (2.09%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.19%) General Ledger
17 8 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (1.19%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 214 (31.89%) Project Manager
2 86 (12.82%) Analyst
3 82 (12.22%) Lead
4 71 (10.58%) Business Analyst
5 63 (9.39%) Senior
6 31 (4.62%) Architect
6 31 (4.62%) Developer
6 31 (4.62%) Senior Manager
7 30 (4.47%) Delivery Manager
8 28 (4.17%) Consultant
9 24 (3.58%) IT Manager
10 23 (3.43%) Senior Project Manager
10 23 (3.43%) Technical Manager
11 21 (3.13%) Network Engineer
12 19 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (2.68%) Change Manager
13 18 (2.68%) Programme Manager
14 17 (2.53%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (2.38%) Infrastructure Manager
15 16 (2.38%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.24%) Middleware
2 12 (1.79%) REST
3 9 (1.34%) XML
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.75%) React
5 4 (0.60%) OAuth
5 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.45%) ADO
6 3 (0.45%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.45%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.45%) HTML
6 3 (0.45%) Kafka
6 3 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.45%) PySpark
6 3 (0.45%) React Native
6 3 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.45%) Web Services
6 3 (0.45%) ZK
7 2 (0.30%) .NET
7 2 (0.30%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.98%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.79%) Derivative
8 11 (1.64%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.64%) Life Science
9 10 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 10 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.34%) IoT
11 8 (1.19%) NHS
11 8 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.04%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.89%) Fixed Income
13 6 (0.89%) PMI
13 6 (0.89%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.58%) Windows
2 11 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.19%) VMS
4 7 (1.04%) Linux
5 6 (0.89%) Unix
6 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (36.81%) Agile
2 246 (36.66%) Project Management
3 229 (34.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 124 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (18.33%) Migration
6 102 (15.20%) Decision-Making
7 100 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (14.61%) PRINCE2
9 88 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 80 (11.92%) Waterfall
11 77 (11.48%) Change Management
12 71 (10.58%) DevOps
13 68 (10.13%) Risk Management
14 67 (9.99%) Roadmaps
15 63 (9.39%) AI
16 59 (8.79%) Validation
17 57 (8.49%) Workshop Facilitation
18 56 (8.35%) Project Governance
18 56 (8.35%) Requirements Gathering
19 55 (8.20%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 45 (6.71%) SQL
2 35 (5.22%) Python
3 11 (1.64%) Java
4 7 (1.04%) C#
5 6 (0.89%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.75%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.60%) Bicep
7 4 (0.60%) Go
8 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.45%) Bash
8 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.30%) ABAP
9 2 (0.30%) C++
9 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.30%) Rust
10 1 (0.15%) Korn
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (12.97%) Degree
2 81 (12.07%) PMP
2 81 (12.07%) Security Cleared
3 67 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 64 (9.54%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.24%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.79%) APMP
8 10 (1.49%) CBAP
8 10 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.19%) CISSP
11 7 (1.04%) APMG
11 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.04%) CCNP
11 7 (1.04%) IIBA
12 6 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (14.31%) PMO
2 41 (6.11%) QA
3 23 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.28%) NIST
5 20 (2.98%) GDPR
6 17 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.19%) GRC
8 7 (1.04%) 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 (0.75%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.75%) IFRS
10 5 (0.75%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.75%) MiFID
11 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.45%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.89%) Docker
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (3.73%) Terraform
2 15 (2.24%) Ansible
3 11 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.60%) 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%) SCOM
Vendors
1 125 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.71%) SAP
3 34 (5.07%) ServiceNow
4 29 (4.32%) Oracle
5 21 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.83%) Google
7 14 (2.09%) Cisco
7 14 (2.09%) Palo Alto
8 11 (1.64%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.64%) Workday
9 9 (1.34%) Citrix
9 9 (1.34%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.04%) Adobe
10 7 (1.04%) F5
10 7 (1.04%) Software AG
11 6 (0.89%) NEC
11 6 (0.89%) VMware
12 5 (0.75%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.75%) Murex
12 5 (0.75%) Sitecore