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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 70 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 672 447 672
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.88% 3.53% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 3.85% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 280 475
10th Percentile £373 £369 £364
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £778 £776 £783
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £29.01 £24.33 -
25th Percentile £31.65 £26.83 £20.98
Median hourly rate £36.95 £32.00 £23.33
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% +37.16% -14.36%
75th Percentile £48.80 £40.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £61.13 £45.60 £65.90
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -20.94% +74.24% -49.23%

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 15,438 11,597 15,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.12% 91.69% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,339 7,865 11,332
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 165 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.18 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £66.68
England median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +5 102 £550 -6.38% 69
South London +2 19 £513 -14.58% 4
West London -13 15 £538 +19.44% 4
East London -1 3 £550 - 4
North London - 2 £544 -
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 42 (6.25%) Confluence
2 30 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.60%) CMS
5 3 (0.45%) Camunda
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
3 47 (6.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (2.23%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.04%) Trello
7 3 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 17 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.79%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.04%) Endur
4 6 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.89%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.74%) Summit
6 3 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.45%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.45%) Shopify
7 2 (0.30%) Algo Collateral
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.30%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.30%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.30%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (13.99%) Azure
2 38 (5.65%) AWS
3 35 (5.21%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.06%) SaaS
5 33 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.83%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.53%) GitHub
9 15 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (2.23%) IaaS
10 14 (2.08%) GCP
11 10 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.19%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.19%) OCI
12 8 (1.19%) PaaS
13 7 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.04%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.91%) Firewall
2 13 (1.93%) Network Security
3 12 (1.79%) DNS
4 11 (1.64%) NetScaler
5 9 (1.34%) MPLS
6 8 (1.19%) WAN
7 6 (0.89%) Internet
7 6 (0.89%) LAN
8 5 (0.74%) BGP
8 5 (0.74%) OSPF
9 4 (0.60%) Broadband
9 4 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (0.45%) DHCP
10 3 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 3 (0.45%) Multicast
10 3 (0.45%) VLAN
10 3 (0.45%) VPN
10 3 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.87%) Power BI
2 18 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.79%) 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 (0.74%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.60%) Big Data
7 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
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%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 92 (13.69%) JIRA
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.49%) Git
4 5 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.74%) GitLab
5 3 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
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%) TestRail
6 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 306 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 265 (39.43%) Finance
3 112 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (13.10%) Banking
5 66 (9.82%) Public Sector
6 55 (8.18%) Organisational Skills
7 52 (7.74%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (5.80%) Retail
9 35 (5.21%) Legal
10 28 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (3.42%) Marketing
12 21 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.83%) Investment Banking
14 16 (2.38%) Financial Institution
15 15 (2.23%) Telecoms
16 14 (2.08%) Front Office
17 12 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (1.49%) Manufacturing
19 9 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
20 7 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 212 (31.55%) Project Manager
2 108 (16.07%) Analyst
3 90 (13.39%) Business Analyst
4 79 (11.76%) Lead
5 64 (9.52%) Senior
6 34 (5.06%) Consultant
7 31 (4.61%) Architect
8 30 (4.46%) Delivery Manager
8 30 (4.46%) Senior Manager
9 24 (3.57%) IT Manager
10 22 (3.27%) Technical Manager
11 21 (3.13%) Programme Manager
11 21 (3.13%) Senior Project Manager
12 19 (2.83%) Infrastructure Manager
13 18 (2.68%) Developer
14 17 (2.53%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.23%) Migration Manager
17 14 (2.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 14 (2.08%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.53%) Middleware
2 9 (1.34%) XML
3 8 (1.19%) REST
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.74%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.60%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.60%) AWS CDK
5 4 (0.60%) Node.js
5 4 (0.60%) React
6 3 (0.45%) HTML
6 3 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.45%) Web Services
6 3 (0.45%) YAML
6 3 (0.45%) ZK
7 2 (0.30%) ADO
7 2 (0.30%) CSS
7 2 (0.30%) IDoc
7 2 (0.30%) VML
7 2 (0.30%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.06%) Onboarding
2 30 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.93%) Derivative
9 11 (1.64%) PMI
10 9 (1.34%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.34%) Credit Risk
10 9 (1.34%) Life Science
10 9 (1.34%) NHS
11 8 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 7 (1.04%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.04%) IoT
12 7 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.61%) Windows
2 15 (2.23%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.19%) Linux
3 8 (1.19%) VMS
3 8 (1.19%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.89%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (40.63%) Agile
2 230 (34.23%) Project Management
3 226 (33.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 132 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (17.41%) Migration
6 102 (15.18%) PRINCE2
7 92 (13.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 90 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 88 (13.10%) Decision-Making
10 77 (11.46%) Change Management
10 77 (11.46%) DevOps
10 77 (11.46%) Risk Management
11 76 (11.31%) Waterfall
12 74 (11.01%) Workshop Facilitation
13 73 (10.86%) Business Analysis
13 73 (10.86%) Roadmaps
13 73 (10.86%) Scrum
14 65 (9.67%) Validation
15 61 (9.08%) Requirements Gathering
16 60 (8.93%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.99%) SQL
2 29 (4.32%) Python
3 12 (1.79%) Java
4 9 (1.34%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.74%) Bash
5 5 (0.74%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.60%) Go
6 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.30%) ABAP
8 2 (0.30%) Bicep
8 2 (0.30%) C#
8 2 (0.30%) C++
8 2 (0.30%) Rust
9 1 (0.15%) Korn
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (14.73%) Degree
2 83 (12.35%) PMP
3 79 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 73 (10.86%) PMI Certification
5 64 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 14 (2.08%) APMP
8 14 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.64%) CBAP
10 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.19%) IIBA
12 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.89%) APMG
13 6 (0.89%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.74%) CISSP
14 5 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
14 5 (0.74%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (12.35%) PMO
2 51 (7.59%) QA
3 23 (3.42%) GDPR
4 20 (2.98%) NIST
5 19 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.19%) GRC
6 8 (1.19%) SLA
7 7 (1.04%) MiFID
7 7 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.89%) Basel III
8 6 (0.89%) HL7
8 6 (0.89%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.74%) GAAP
9 5 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.60%) IFRS
11 3 (0.45%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.45%) NCSC
11 3 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.89%) Docker
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) RACF
6 1 (0.15%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (2.98%) Terraform
2 14 (2.08%) Ansible
3 11 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.30%) Control-M
4 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.15%) Avamar
5 1 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.15%) logstash
5 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.15%) SCCM
5 1 (0.15%) SCOM
5 1 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 124 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.85%) SAP
3 32 (4.76%) Oracle
4 30 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.42%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.98%) Google
7 13 (1.93%) Citrix
7 13 (1.93%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.64%) Workday
9 10 (1.49%) Cisco
9 10 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.34%) Software AG
11 7 (1.04%) Adobe
11 7 (1.04%) NEC
12 5 (0.74%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.74%) Optimizely
12 5 (0.74%) Planview
12 5 (0.74%) Remedy
12 5 (0.74%) VMware
13 4 (0.60%) Arista