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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 72 67
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 750 486 552
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.76% 3.58% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 3.88% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 322 379
10th Percentile £363 £385 £371
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £38.64 £35.58 £25.34
25th Percentile £41.00 £42.44 £29.49
Median hourly rate £47.00 £51.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% -21.15% +1.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £57.88 £75.00 £68.60
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year - +29.41% -34.11%

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 17,727 12,515 14,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.25% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,711 8,371 10,405
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 241 219
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £20.26 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -12.41% -17.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +1 105 £563 -6.25% 49
West London -1 21 £494 -24.04% 23
South London -8 16 £450 -14.29% 8
North London -1 2 £538 -2.27% 3
East London +2 1 £550 - 15
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 49 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 41 (5.47%) Confluence
3 17 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.67%) CMS
5 4 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.40%) Appian
6 3 (0.40%) Kentico
6 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 3 (0.40%) WordPress
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 61 (8.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (6.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 46 (6.13%) Microsoft Project
4 43 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (1.33%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.80%) ProductWriter
3 6 (0.80%) SAP SD
4 5 (0.67%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.53%) Magento
5 4 (0.53%) Summit
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.40%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.27%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 113 (15.07%) Azure
2 57 (7.60%) AWS
3 55 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.33%) SaaS
5 34 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (3.60%) Entra ID
8 19 (2.53%) GitHub
9 18 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.13%) GCP
11 13 (1.73%) IaaS
12 12 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.33%) Google Workspace
14 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.33%) OCI
14 10 (1.33%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.33%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.80%) Firewall
2 28 (3.73%) DNS
3 22 (2.93%) Network Security
4 19 (2.53%) VPN
5 16 (2.13%) WAN
5 16 (2.13%) Wireless
6 15 (2.00%) DHCP
6 15 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.87%) BGP
8 13 (1.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 13 (1.73%) VLAN
9 11 (1.47%) LAN
10 10 (1.33%) Multicast
11 8 (1.07%) MPLS
11 8 (1.07%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.93%) IPsec
12 7 (0.93%) OSPF
13 5 (0.67%) 4G
13 5 (0.67%) BIG-IP
13 5 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.47%) Power BI
2 17 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.80%) Big Data
4 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.80%) Tableau
5 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.67%) Metadata
6 4 (0.53%) Delta Lake
6 4 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 84 (11.20%) JIRA
2 16 (2.13%) Git
3 10 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.80%) GitLab
5 5 (0.67%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.53%) Selenium
6 4 (0.53%) Subversion
7 2 (0.27%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.13%) Gatling
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) TestNG
General
1 322 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 285 (38.00%) Finance
3 111 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (10.67%) Public Sector
5 78 (10.40%) Banking
6 58 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
7 55 (7.33%) Retail
8 48 (6.40%) Legal
9 39 (5.20%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (4.40%) Marketing
11 24 (3.20%) Telecoms
12 22 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (2.40%) Local Government
14 17 (2.27%) Financial Institution
14 17 (2.27%) Front Office
14 17 (2.27%) Investment Banking
15 14 (1.87%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.20%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 216 (28.80%) Project Manager
2 83 (11.07%) Analyst
3 73 (9.73%) Lead
3 73 (9.73%) Senior
4 52 (6.93%) Business Analyst
5 45 (6.00%) Architect
6 37 (4.93%) Consultant
7 36 (4.80%) Delivery Manager
8 35 (4.67%) Network Engineer
9 33 (4.40%) Developer
9 33 (4.40%) Senior Manager
10 29 (3.87%) IT Manager
11 25 (3.33%) Senior Project Manager
12 24 (3.20%) Technical Manager
13 21 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.53%) Change Manager
14 19 (2.53%) Infrastructure Manager
14 19 (2.53%) IT Project Manager
15 18 (2.40%) Programme Manager
15 18 (2.40%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.27%) REST
2 13 (1.73%) Middleware
3 7 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (0.80%) PySpark
4 6 (0.80%) Web Services
5 5 (0.67%) React
5 5 (0.67%) VML
5 5 (0.67%) XML
6 4 (0.53%) 802.1X
6 4 (0.53%) Kafka
6 4 (0.53%) OAuth
6 4 (0.53%) React Native
7 3 (0.40%) ADO
7 3 (0.40%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.40%) Playwright
7 3 (0.40%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.40%) SOAP
8 2 (0.27%) CSS
8 2 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 33 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 31 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.60%) Data Centre
5 25 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.27%) Cloud Native
6 17 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.00%) IoT
8 14 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.73%) Derivative
9 13 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.60%) Credit Risk
10 12 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.60%) Life Science
11 10 (1.33%) FMCG
11 10 (1.33%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.33%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.93%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.20%) Windows
2 16 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.33%) Linux
4 4 (0.53%) Unix
5 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (42.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 265 (35.33%) Agile
3 236 (31.47%) Project Management
4 143 (19.07%) Migration
5 134 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 124 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
7 121 (16.13%) Change Management
8 119 (15.87%) PRINCE2
9 117 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 111 (14.80%) Decision-Making
11 98 (13.07%) AI
12 92 (12.27%) Waterfall
13 82 (10.93%) Roadmaps
14 79 (10.53%) Risk Management
15 75 (10.00%) DevOps
16 71 (9.47%) Analytics
17 64 (8.53%) Validation
18 63 (8.40%) Scrum
19 62 (8.27%) User Acceptance Testing
20 60 (8.00%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 44 (5.87%) SQL
2 40 (5.33%) Python
3 11 (1.47%) Java
4 10 (1.33%) VBA
5 9 (1.20%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.93%) C#
7 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.53%) Bicep
8 4 (0.53%) Go
8 4 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.40%) Bash
9 3 (0.40%) C++
9 3 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.40%) Korn
9 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) ABAP
11 1 (0.13%) COBOL
11 1 (0.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 100 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.53%) PMP
3 85 (11.33%) Degree
4 81 (10.80%) PMI Certification
5 78 (10.40%) SC Cleared
6 20 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.60%) CCNP
9 11 (1.47%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.47%) CISSP
10 9 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (0.93%) APMG
12 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.80%) RIBA
13 5 (0.67%) CCNA
13 5 (0.67%) CISM
13 5 (0.67%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (14.67%) PMO
2 45 (6.00%) QA
3 21 (2.80%) NIST
4 20 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.40%) GDPR
6 17 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.87%) SLA
8 11 (1.47%) GRC
9 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.67%) HL7
11 4 (0.53%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.53%) NCSC
12 3 (0.40%) GxP
12 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.40%) MiFID
12 3 (0.40%) P3O
12 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (4.53%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.33%) Docker
3 8 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.27%) Firmware
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.27%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (3.60%) Terraform
2 12 (1.60%) FortiGate
3 11 (1.47%) Ansible
3 11 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.40%) SCCM
6 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.27%) Nessus
7 2 (0.27%) Puppet
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.13%) Grafana
8 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 147 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.53%) ServiceNow
3 44 (5.87%) SAP
4 37 (4.93%) Cisco
5 25 (3.33%) Oracle
6 21 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.53%) Fortinet
7 19 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 17 (2.27%) F5
8 17 (2.27%) Google
8 17 (2.27%) VMware
8 17 (2.27%) Zscaler
9 13 (1.73%) Juniper
10 8 (1.07%) NEC
10 8 (1.07%) Workday
11 7 (0.93%) Adobe
11 7 (0.93%) Murex
12 6 (0.80%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.80%) Citrix
12 6 (0.80%) Sitecore