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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 69 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 -16 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 578 518 759
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.01% 3.47% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 3.85% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 307 517
10th Percentile £347 £354 £363
25th Percentile £425 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
England median daily rate £520 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -4.59% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 £56.38
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £58.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -45.10% +9.91%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £70.94
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £74.13
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.89% -36.36% -15.38%

All Process and 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 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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 +6 102 £550 -12.00% 102
West London -8 13 £575 +15.00% 7
South London -4 12 £500 +5.26% 18
East London +6 7 £900 +100.00% 8
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 35 (6.06%) Confluence
2 22 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.52%) CMS
4 3 (0.52%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.35%) Appian
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (6.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 35 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
4 34 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
5 24 (4.15%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.56%) Trello
7 5 (0.87%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.17%) InDesign
9 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.17%) Revit
9 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 31 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.60%) Endur
3 6 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.87%) SAP GTS
4 5 (0.87%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.87%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.69%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.69%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.52%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.52%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.52%) Shopify
7 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 84 (14.53%) Azure
2 30 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 25 (4.33%) SaaS
5 22 (3.81%) AWS
6 20 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.11%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.11%) GCP
8 14 (2.42%) GitHub
9 10 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.73%) IaaS
9 10 (1.73%) OCI
10 8 (1.38%) Asana
11 6 (1.04%) PaaS
12 5 (0.87%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.69%) Figma
13 4 (0.69%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.15%) Firewall
2 14 (2.42%) WAN
3 13 (2.25%) DNS
4 10 (1.73%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.56%) LAN
6 7 (1.21%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.04%) MPLS
7 6 (1.04%) VPN
8 5 (0.87%) Multicast
8 5 (0.87%) NetScaler
9 4 (0.69%) Network Security
9 4 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.69%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.69%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.52%) BGP
10 3 (0.52%) DKIM
10 3 (0.52%) DMARC
10 3 (0.52%) Internet
10 3 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.98%) Power BI
2 9 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.04%) Tableau
4 5 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.87%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.52%) Metadata
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.35%) Big Data
7 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 75 (12.98%) JIRA
2 12 (2.08%) Git
3 9 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.87%) GitLab
5 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.69%) Subversion
5 4 (0.69%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.17%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.17%) LSMW
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) TestRail
General
1 252 (43.60%) Social Skills
2 220 (38.06%) Finance
3 85 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.17%) Banking
5 50 (8.65%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.84%) Retail
7 27 (4.67%) Influencing Skills
7 27 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (4.33%) Front Office
10 22 (3.81%) Legal
11 21 (3.63%) Marketing
12 18 (3.11%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.94%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.90%) Back Office
15 11 (1.90%) Law
15 11 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.38%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 160 (27.68%) Project Manager
2 104 (17.99%) Analyst
3 85 (14.71%) Business Analyst
4 61 (10.55%) Lead
5 52 (9.00%) Senior
6 34 (5.88%) Consultant
7 28 (4.84%) Architect
8 25 (4.33%) IT Manager
9 24 (4.15%) Programme Manager
10 23 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
10 23 (3.98%) SAP Manager
10 23 (3.98%) Senior Manager
11 19 (3.29%) SAP Project Manager
12 18 (3.11%) Senior Project Manager
13 17 (2.94%) IT Project Manager
14 16 (2.77%) Infrastructure Manager
15 14 (2.42%) Developer
15 14 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 11 (1.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.60%) REST
2 10 (1.73%) Middleware
3 8 (1.38%) Web Services
4 5 (0.87%) Node.js
4 5 (0.87%) ZK
5 4 (0.69%) .NET
5 4 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.69%) HTML
5 4 (0.69%) RESTful
5 4 (0.69%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.69%) Ultra Messaging
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.52%) React
6 3 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
6 3 (0.52%) YAML
7 2 (0.35%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.35%) CSS
7 2 (0.35%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.35%) Spring
7 2 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.15%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.46%) PMI
5 14 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.38%) Life Science
10 8 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.21%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 6 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.54%) Windows
2 15 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.42%) Linux
4 7 (1.21%) Unix
4 7 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.69%) Solaris
6 4 (0.69%) VMS
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (40.66%) Agile
2 193 (33.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (30.10%) Project Management
4 108 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (16.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 90 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (14.53%) Migration
8 74 (12.80%) Change Management
9 73 (12.63%) Risk Management
10 66 (11.42%) Business Analysis
10 66 (11.42%) PRINCE2
11 65 (11.25%) Roadmaps
12 63 (10.90%) Waterfall
12 63 (10.90%) Workshop Facilitation
13 62 (10.73%) Scrum
14 60 (10.38%) Decision-Making
14 60 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
15 54 (9.34%) Project Governance
16 53 (9.17%) DevOps
16 53 (9.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.27%) Python
2 36 (6.23%) SQL
3 22 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.11%) Bash
5 12 (2.08%) Java
6 4 (0.69%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.69%) Perl
6 4 (0.69%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.52%) ABAP
8 2 (0.35%) C++
8 2 (0.35%) PHP
8 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.35%) VBA
9 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 88 (15.22%) Degree
2 76 (13.15%) Security Cleared
3 59 (10.21%) SC Cleared
4 54 (9.34%) PMI Certification
5 46 (7.96%) PMP
6 20 (3.46%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.56%) CBAP
10 7 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.87%) CISM
11 5 (0.87%) CISSP
11 5 (0.87%) ISEB
11 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.69%) APMP
12 4 (0.69%) IIBA
12 4 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.69%) MBA
12 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.00%) PMO
2 37 (6.40%) QA
3 20 (3.46%) GDPR
4 19 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.90%) NIST
5 11 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.56%) MiFID
7 8 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 7 (1.21%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.21%) PSD2
8 7 (1.21%) SLA
9 6 (1.04%) EMIR
9 6 (1.04%) NCSC
10 5 (0.87%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.69%) GMP
11 4 (0.69%) SEPA
12 3 (0.52%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 21 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.04%) Docker
4 5 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.69%) NFS
5 4 (0.69%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.69%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) RACF
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (3.46%) Ansible
2 15 (2.60%) Terraform
3 11 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.21%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.87%) Grafana
6 5 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.69%) QRadar
7 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.69%) SCCM
8 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.52%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 90 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.86%) SAP
3 39 (6.75%) Oracle
4 23 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.81%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.60%) Google
7 10 (1.73%) Cisco
7 10 (1.73%) CyberArk
8 9 (1.56%) VMware
8 9 (1.56%) Workday
9 7 (1.21%) Citrix
10 6 (1.04%) Aruba
10 6 (1.04%) IBM
10 6 (1.04%) Planview
11 5 (0.87%) Apple
11 5 (0.87%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.87%) Software AG
11 5 (0.87%) Splunk
11 5 (0.87%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.69%) Red Hat