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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 72 68
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -15
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 807 485 565
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.02% 3.63% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 3.92% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 318 373
10th Percentile £363 £341 £375
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £754
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 9
10th Percentile £32.84 £39.60 £31.14
25th Percentile £41.00 £52.50 £32.29
Median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +76.63% -45.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £65.00
90th Percentile £57.63 £75.50 £68.30
England median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £36.80
% change year-on-year -16.67% +63.04% -41.82%

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 17,880 12,372 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.50% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,699 8,236 9,976
10th Percentile £360 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 191
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -12.16% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -1 109 £550 -2.65% 101
West London -1 22 £475 -15.56% 37
South London -8 10 £450 -14.29% 6
East London +2 3 £525 - 16
North London -1 3 £544 -1.14% 2
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 55 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 42 (5.20%) Confluence
3 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.74%) JBoss
5 5 (0.62%) Apache
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.50%) CMS
6 4 (0.50%) SAS
6 4 (0.50%) WordPress
7 3 (0.37%) Appian
7 3 (0.37%) Kentico
8 2 (0.25%) Camunda
9 1 (0.12%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) MTS
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (5.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 43 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (5.33%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.24%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.62%) Trello
6 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.74%) ProductWriter
4 5 (0.62%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.50%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 4 (0.50%) Magento
5 4 (0.50%) Summit
5 4 (0.50%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.37%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
7 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.25%) iTrent
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 137 (16.98%) Azure
2 63 (7.81%) AWS
3 62 (7.68%) Power Platform
4 44 (5.45%) SaaS
5 43 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (4.21%) Entra ID
8 24 (2.97%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (2.85%) GCP
10 18 (2.23%) GitHub
11 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (1.73%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.73%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.36%) IaaS
12 11 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
13 10 (1.24%) OCI
14 9 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.12%) Google Workspace
15 7 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
15 7 (0.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.94%) Firewall
2 28 (3.47%) Network Security
3 27 (3.35%) DNS
4 21 (2.60%) VPN
4 21 (2.60%) WAN
5 20 (2.48%) Wireless
6 16 (1.98%) BGP
6 16 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.73%) DHCP
7 14 (1.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 13 (1.61%) VLAN
9 12 (1.49%) LAN
10 11 (1.36%) Multicast
11 8 (0.99%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.87%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.87%) IPsec
12 7 (0.87%) OSPF
13 6 (0.74%) Internet
13 6 (0.74%) MPLS
13 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.20%) Power BI
2 18 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.24%) Big Data
5 7 (0.87%) Metadata
6 6 (0.74%) Hadoop
6 6 (0.74%) Tableau
7 5 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.62%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.25%) Power Query
10 2 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.25%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 92 (11.40%) JIRA
2 13 (1.61%) Git
3 9 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) GitLab
5 4 (0.50%) Subversion
6 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.25%) Appium
7 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.25%) TestNG
8 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.12%) Gatling
8 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 356 (44.11%) Social Skills
2 321 (39.78%) Finance
3 133 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (11.40%) Banking
5 81 (10.04%) Public Sector
6 55 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
6 55 (6.82%) Retail
7 50 (6.20%) Legal
8 40 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (3.59%) Marketing
10 28 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (3.47%) Telecoms
11 27 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (3.10%) Front Office
13 21 (2.60%) Local Government
14 20 (2.48%) Financial Institution
15 16 (1.98%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.98%) Manufacturing
16 12 (1.49%) Law
17 11 (1.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 217 (26.89%) Project Manager
2 101 (12.52%) Analyst
3 85 (10.53%) Senior
4 77 (9.54%) Lead
5 73 (9.05%) Business Analyst
6 48 (5.95%) Architect
7 46 (5.70%) Consultant
8 38 (4.71%) Developer
9 37 (4.58%) Network Engineer
9 37 (4.58%) Senior Manager
10 33 (4.09%) Delivery Manager
11 29 (3.59%) IT Manager
12 28 (3.47%) Senior Project Manager
13 24 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (2.48%) Transformation Manager
15 19 (2.35%) Technical Manager
16 18 (2.23%) IT Project Manager
16 18 (2.23%) Programme Manager
17 17 (2.11%) Change Manager
17 17 (2.11%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.10%) Terraform
2 23 (2.85%) REST
3 12 (1.49%) Middleware
4 8 (0.99%) React
5 7 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.74%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.74%) PySpark
6 6 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
6 6 (0.74%) SOAP
6 6 (0.74%) Web Services
7 5 (0.62%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.62%) Kafka
7 5 (0.62%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.62%) VML
7 5 (0.62%) XML
8 4 (0.50%) ADO
8 4 (0.50%) OAuth
8 4 (0.50%) Playwright
8 4 (0.50%) React Native
9 3 (0.37%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.46%) Management Information System
2 36 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.47%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.85%) Derivative
5 20 (2.48%) Cloud Native
5 20 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.61%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.49%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.36%) IoT
11 11 (1.36%) Life Science
12 10 (1.24%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.12%) FMCG
13 9 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.09%) Windows
2 21 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.35%) Linux
4 9 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.62%) Unix
6 3 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.25%) VMS
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (45.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 293 (36.31%) Agile
3 251 (31.10%) Project Management
4 154 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 151 (18.71%) Migration
6 135 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 133 (16.48%) Change Management
9 132 (16.36%) PRINCE2
10 115 (14.25%) Decision-Making
11 106 (13.14%) AI
12 99 (12.27%) Waterfall
13 88 (10.90%) DevOps
13 88 (10.90%) Roadmaps
14 85 (10.53%) Risk Management
15 78 (9.67%) User Acceptance Testing
16 77 (9.54%) Analytics
17 74 (9.17%) Scrum
18 73 (9.05%) Workshop Facilitation
19 72 (8.92%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.20%) SQL
2 48 (5.95%) Python
3 18 (2.23%) PowerShell
4 16 (1.98%) Java
5 11 (1.36%) VBA
6 7 (0.87%) C#
7 6 (0.74%) Bash
7 6 (0.74%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.50%) Bicep
8 4 (0.50%) Go
8 4 (0.50%) Korn
9 3 (0.37%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.37%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.25%) C
10 2 (0.25%) C++
10 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.12%) ABAP
11 1 (0.12%) COBOL
11 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 117 (14.50%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.27%) PMP
3 92 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 85 (10.53%) Degree
4 85 (10.53%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.36%) CCNP
9 11 (1.36%) CISSP
10 8 (0.99%) APMG
11 7 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (0.74%) CISM
12 6 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.62%) IIBA
13 5 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (14.25%) PMO
2 45 (5.58%) QA
3 24 (2.97%) NIST
4 22 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.60%) Data Quality
6 19 (2.35%) GDPR
7 13 (1.61%) SLA
8 10 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.12%) GRC
10 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.62%) P3O
12 4 (0.50%) NCSC
13 3 (0.37%) GxP
13 3 (0.37%) HL7
13 3 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.37%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.12%) Docker
4 5 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.50%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.25%) Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) oVirt
8 1 (0.12%) RHEV
8 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 15 (1.86%) Ansible
1 15 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.61%) FortiGate
2 13 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
3 7 (0.87%) Puppet
3 7 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
5 5 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (0.50%) SCCM
7 3 (0.37%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.25%) Nessus
8 2 (0.25%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.12%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) WMI
9 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 173 (21.44%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.57%) ServiceNow
3 52 (6.44%) SAP
4 43 (5.33%) Cisco
5 28 (3.47%) Oracle
5 28 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.22%) VMware
7 23 (2.85%) Fortinet
8 19 (2.35%) F5
8 19 (2.35%) Palo Alto
9 18 (2.23%) Google
10 17 (2.11%) Zscaler
11 16 (1.98%) Murex
12 14 (1.73%) Juniper
13 11 (1.36%) Bloomberg
13 11 (1.36%) Databricks
14 10 (1.24%) NEC
15 9 (1.12%) CyberArk
15 9 (1.12%) Workday
16 8 (0.99%) Red Hat