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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 70 67
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 831 489 544
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 3.69% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% 3.99% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 313 338
10th Percentile £363 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +3.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 10
10th Percentile £32.84 £41.75 £31.69
25th Percentile £41.00 £55.63 £32.97
Median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £35.90
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +81.06% -48.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £78.13 £64.69
90th Percentile £57.63 £94.82 £65.30
England median hourly rate £50.00 £61.25 £38.24
% change year-on-year -18.37% +60.17% -39.54%

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 17,996 12,259 14,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.86% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,759 8,104 9,616
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 254 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £34.62 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -9.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.44 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.02 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -3 111 £550 -11.11% 154
West London -1 22 £438 -22.22% 33
South London -9 10 £450 -10.00% 20
East London +2 4 £525 - 23
North London +1 3 £575 +4.59% 1
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 57 (6.86%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.81%) Confluence
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.72%) JBoss
5 5 (0.60%) Apache
5 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.48%) CMS
6 4 (0.48%) SAS
6 4 (0.48%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Appian
7 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 1 (0.12%) Camunda
8 1 (0.12%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) MTS
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 72 (8.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 45 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
4 43 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.60%) Trello
7 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 24 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.60%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.60%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 4 (0.48%) Magento
4 4 (0.48%) Summit
4 4 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Endur
5 3 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.24%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.24%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 143 (17.21%) Azure
2 66 (7.94%) Power Platform
3 60 (7.22%) AWS
4 51 (6.14%) SaaS
5 44 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 24 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (2.77%) GCP
9 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.93%) GitHub
11 14 (1.68%) PowerApps
12 13 (1.56%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.20%) OCI
15 9 (1.08%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.96%) IaaS
16 8 (0.96%) PaaS
17 7 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 7 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.50%) Firewall
2 27 (3.25%) Network Security
3 23 (2.77%) DNS
4 20 (2.41%) VPN
4 20 (2.41%) Wireless
5 19 (2.29%) WAN
6 17 (2.05%) BGP
6 17 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 14 (1.68%) VLAN
8 13 (1.56%) DHCP
9 12 (1.44%) Multicast
10 11 (1.32%) LAN
11 8 (0.96%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.84%) IPsec
12 7 (0.84%) OSPF
12 7 (0.84%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.72%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.60%) DMZ
14 5 (0.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.90%) Power BI
2 17 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.96%) Big Data
5 7 (0.84%) Metadata
6 6 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.72%) Delta Lake
6 6 (0.72%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.60%) Tableau
8 4 (0.48%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.36%) Power Query
9 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.36%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.24%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 89 (10.71%) JIRA
2 13 (1.56%) Git
3 9 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.60%) Selenium
5 4 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.48%) Subversion
6 2 (0.24%) Appium
6 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.24%) TestNG
7 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) Gatling
7 1 (0.12%) MLflow
7 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 368 (44.28%) Social Skills
2 332 (39.95%) Finance
3 131 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (11.79%) Banking
5 83 (9.99%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (5.90%) Retail
8 48 (5.78%) Legal
9 39 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (4.45%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.61%) Front Office
12 29 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (3.37%) Telecoms
14 26 (3.13%) Marketing
15 22 (2.65%) Local Government
16 18 (2.17%) Financial Institution
17 17 (2.05%) Investment Banking
18 16 (1.93%) Manufacturing
19 12 (1.44%) Law
19 12 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 222 (26.71%) Project Manager
2 110 (13.24%) Analyst
3 89 (10.71%) Senior
4 78 (9.39%) Business Analyst
5 75 (9.03%) Lead
6 49 (5.90%) Architect
7 47 (5.66%) Consultant
8 42 (5.05%) Senior Manager
9 39 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
10 38 (4.57%) Network Engineer
11 33 (3.97%) Developer
11 33 (3.97%) IT Manager
12 32 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
13 26 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.65%) IT Project Manager
15 20 (2.41%) Technical Manager
16 19 (2.29%) Programme Manager
17 18 (2.17%) Transformation Manager
18 16 (1.93%) Change Manager
18 16 (1.93%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.65%) REST
1 22 (2.65%) Terraform
2 11 (1.32%) Middleware
3 8 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (0.96%) React
3 8 (0.96%) XML
4 7 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (0.84%) SOAP
5 6 (0.72%) 802.1X
5 6 (0.72%) PySpark
5 6 (0.72%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.60%) Kafka
6 5 (0.60%) Web Services
7 4 (0.48%) ADO
7 4 (0.48%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.48%) JDBC
7 4 (0.48%) LDAP
7 4 (0.48%) OAuth
7 4 (0.48%) React Native
7 4 (0.48%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.02%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (2.53%) Derivative
6 21 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (2.29%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.68%) Fixed Income
12 13 (1.56%) Credit Risk
13 12 (1.44%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.44%) Life Science
13 12 (1.44%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.20%) Public Cloud
15 9 (1.08%) FMCG
15 9 (1.08%) IoT
16 8 (0.96%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.61%) Windows
2 19 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.17%) Linux
4 9 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.72%) Unix
6 3 (0.36%) Android
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (47.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 305 (36.70%) Agile
3 261 (31.41%) Project Management
4 166 (19.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 151 (18.17%) Migration
6 140 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 138 (16.61%) Change Management
8 132 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
9 127 (15.28%) PRINCE2
10 123 (14.80%) Decision-Making
11 109 (13.12%) AI
12 108 (13.00%) Waterfall
13 92 (11.07%) Risk Management
14 89 (10.71%) Roadmaps
15 86 (10.35%) Workshop Facilitation
16 85 (10.23%) DevOps
17 82 (9.87%) User Acceptance Testing
18 78 (9.39%) Business Analysis
19 77 (9.27%) Scrum
20 75 (9.03%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 50 (6.02%) SQL
2 46 (5.54%) Python
3 18 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.56%) Java
5 11 (1.32%) VBA
6 9 (1.08%) C#
7 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.60%) Korn
9 4 (0.48%) Bash
9 4 (0.48%) BeanShell
9 4 (0.48%) Go
9 4 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) C
11 2 (0.24%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) ABAP
12 1 (0.12%) COBOL
12 1 (0.12%) RPG
Qualifications
1 120 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 99 (11.91%) PMP
3 95 (11.43%) SC Cleared
4 87 (10.47%) Degree
4 87 (10.47%) PMI Certification
5 22 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 12 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (1.44%) CISSP
8 12 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 11 (1.32%) CCNP
10 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.96%) APMG
11 8 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.84%) CISM
13 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.60%) IIBA
15 4 (0.48%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (14.56%) PMO
2 48 (5.78%) QA
3 25 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.77%) NIST
5 22 (2.65%) Data Quality
6 20 (2.41%) GDPR
7 13 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.20%) SLA
9 9 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (1.08%) GRC
10 5 (0.60%) P3O
11 4 (0.48%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.48%) NCSC
11 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.36%) GxP
12 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 37 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.20%) Docker
4 5 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.60%) vSphere
5 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) IAG
7 1 (0.12%) oVirt
7 1 (0.12%) RHEV
7 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.68%) Ansible
3 13 (1.56%) FortiGate
4 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (0.84%) Puppet
8 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.48%) SCCM
11 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.36%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.24%) Nessus
13 1 (0.12%) Check_MK
13 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.12%) WMI
13 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 180 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.10%) ServiceNow
3 55 (6.62%) SAP
4 44 (5.29%) Cisco
5 31 (3.73%) Salesforce
6 30 (3.61%) Oracle
7 24 (2.89%) VMware
8 23 (2.77%) Fortinet
9 20 (2.41%) F5
10 19 (2.29%) Palo Alto
11 18 (2.17%) Murex
12 17 (2.05%) Zscaler
13 16 (1.93%) Google
14 15 (1.81%) Databricks
15 14 (1.68%) Juniper
16 13 (1.56%) Bloomberg
17 12 (1.44%) Workday
18 8 (0.96%) CyberArk
18 8 (0.96%) Red Hat
19 7 (0.84%) NEC