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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 70 47
Rank change year-on-year +10 -23 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 598 478 757
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.26% 3.43% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 3.80% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 279 520
10th Percentile £358 £356 £363
25th Percentile £442 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
England median daily rate £518 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.05% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £33.44 £27.46 £30.40
25th Percentile £45.97 £32.94 £39.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -36.36% +144.61%
75th Percentile £68.27 £36.35 £65.63
90th Percentile £88.25 £50.28 £72.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% -40.91% -6.78%

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 12,819 12,566 16,131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.29% 90.27% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,452 8,018 11,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 152 260
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.44 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.84
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.68 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +7 101 £550 -12.00% 39
West London -10 14 £575 +15.00% 7
South London -5 10 £500 +5.26% 9
East London 0 5 £900 +111.76% 5
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 36 (6.02%) Confluence
2 21 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.33%) Appian
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
4 33 (5.52%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (3.85%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.34%) Trello
7 4 (0.67%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.50%) 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 29 (4.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.67%) Endur
3 9 (1.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 8 (1.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.84%) Oracle FAH
6 5 (0.84%) SAP IBP
7 4 (0.67%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.67%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.67%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.67%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.50%) ProductWriter
8 3 (0.50%) SAP EWM
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 91 (15.22%) Azure
2 35 (5.85%) SaaS
3 30 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (4.68%) Power Platform
5 23 (3.85%) AWS
6 21 (3.51%) GCP
7 20 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.34%) GitHub
8 17 (2.84%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.01%) IaaS
9 12 (2.01%) OCI
10 11 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.17%) PaaS
14 6 (1.00%) Asana
15 5 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
16 4 (0.67%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.67%) OpenShift
17 3 (0.50%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.02%) Firewall
2 15 (2.51%) WAN
3 12 (2.01%) DNS
4 11 (1.84%) NetScaler
4 11 (1.84%) Network Security
5 10 (1.67%) LAN
5 10 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.17%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.00%) MPLS
7 6 (1.00%) VPN
8 5 (0.84%) Multicast
9 4 (0.67%) BGP
9 4 (0.67%) OSPF
9 4 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (0.67%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.50%) Internet
11 2 (0.33%) Broadband
11 2 (0.33%) SNMP
11 2 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.85%) Power BI
2 13 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.17%) Tableau
4 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.50%) Big Data
6 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.50%) Metadata
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
7 2 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.17%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.17%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (13.71%) JIRA
2 13 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.01%) Git
4 5 (0.84%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (0.67%) Subversion
5 4 (0.67%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) 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
1 269 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 228 (38.13%) Finance
3 88 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (11.20%) Banking
5 55 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 32 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (4.35%) Retail
10 24 (4.01%) Front Office
11 21 (3.51%) Legal
12 15 (2.51%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.51%) Marketing
12 15 (2.51%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.84%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.51%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 166 (27.76%) Project Manager
2 107 (17.89%) Analyst
3 87 (14.55%) Business Analyst
4 80 (13.38%) Lead
5 61 (10.20%) Senior
6 34 (5.69%) Consultant
7 31 (5.18%) Architect
8 24 (4.01%) IT Manager
8 24 (4.01%) Senior Manager
9 23 (3.85%) Programme Manager
9 23 (3.85%) SAP Manager
10 19 (3.18%) SAP Project Manager
10 19 (3.18%) Senior Project Manager
11 18 (3.01%) Delivery Manager
12 16 (2.68%) IT Project Manager
13 15 (2.51%) Infrastructure Manager
13 15 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.34%) Developer
14 14 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.01%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.51%) Middleware
2 14 (2.34%) REST
3 7 (1.17%) Web Services
4 6 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (0.84%) HTML
5 5 (0.84%) Node.js
5 5 (0.84%) ZK
6 4 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.67%) React
6 4 (0.67%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.67%) Ultra Messaging
6 4 (0.67%) XML
7 3 (0.50%) .NET
7 3 (0.50%) CSS
7 3 (0.50%) RESTful
7 3 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.50%) YAML
8 2 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.33%) Spring
8 2 (0.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.02%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.68%) Onboarding
3 23 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 22 (3.68%) PMI
5 15 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.34%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.34%) Life Science
10 8 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.17%) Reinsurance
11 7 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.00%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.00%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.35%) Windows
2 16 (2.68%) Linux
2 16 (2.68%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.84%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.34%) VMS
5 7 (1.17%) Unix
6 5 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.67%) Solaris
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) Android
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (39.97%) Agile
2 189 (31.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 187 (31.27%) Project Management
4 113 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (14.72%) Migration
7 86 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 75 (12.54%) PRINCE2
9 74 (12.37%) Change Management
10 70 (11.71%) Risk Management
11 69 (11.54%) Scrum
12 68 (11.37%) Waterfall
13 66 (11.04%) Business Analysis
13 66 (11.04%) Decision-Making
13 66 (11.04%) DevOps
14 63 (10.54%) Roadmaps
14 63 (10.54%) Workshop Facilitation
15 56 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
16 53 (8.86%) Project Governance
16 53 (8.86%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.36%) Python
2 38 (6.35%) SQL
3 21 (3.51%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.01%) Bash
5 14 (2.34%) Java
6 6 (1.00%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.67%) Perl
9 2 (0.33%) ABAP
9 2 (0.33%) C++
9 2 (0.33%) PHP
9 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.33%) VBA
10 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.17%) C#
10 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.17%) Go
10 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 93 (15.55%) Degree
2 72 (12.04%) Security Cleared
3 67 (11.20%) PMI Certification
4 58 (9.70%) PMP
5 57 (9.53%) SC Cleared
6 27 (4.52%) Master's Degree
7 19 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.01%) CBAP
9 10 (1.67%) APMP
10 8 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 7 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.00%) CISM
12 6 (1.00%) CISSP
12 6 (1.00%) IIBA
12 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.84%) ISEB
13 5 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.67%) CCNP
14 4 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.70%) PMO
2 37 (6.19%) QA
3 22 (3.68%) GDPR
3 22 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (2.17%) NIST
6 11 (1.84%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.34%) MiFID
8 7 (1.17%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.17%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.17%) NCSC
9 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.00%) PSD2
10 5 (0.84%) Basel III
10 5 (0.84%) EMIR
10 5 (0.84%) SLA
11 4 (0.67%) GMP
12 3 (0.50%) GAAP
12 3 (0.50%) IFRS
12 3 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.00%) Docker
5 4 (0.67%) NFS
5 4 (0.67%) Veritas File System
5 4 (0.67%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) RACF
Systems Management
1 26 (4.35%) Ansible
2 21 (3.51%) Terraform
3 14 (2.34%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.84%) Grafana
5 5 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.84%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.67%) QRadar
6 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.67%) SCCM
7 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.33%) Control-M
8 2 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 96 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.70%) SAP
3 43 (7.19%) Oracle
4 23 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.34%) Google
7 13 (2.17%) Citrix
7 13 (2.17%) Workday
8 11 (1.84%) Cisco
8 11 (1.84%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.51%) VMware
10 8 (1.34%) Software AG
11 7 (1.17%) Aruba
12 6 (1.00%) IBM
12 6 (1.00%) Planview
13 5 (0.84%) Apple
13 5 (0.84%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.84%) TIBCO
14 4 (0.67%) Arista
14 4 (0.67%) Solace