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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 71 53
Rank change year-on-year +7 -18 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 531 521 856
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.97% 3.29% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 3.68% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 316 577
10th Percentile £340 £394 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £695 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £738 £775
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
10th Percentile £57.50 £31.14 £29.29
25th Percentile - £32.29 £35.86
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -28.13% -18.83%
75th Percentile £82.50 £63.75 £63.41
90th Percentile £97.28 £65.60 £71.12
England median hourly rate £52.76 £35.90 £57.49
% change year-on-year +46.95% -37.56% +19.78%

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 12,383 14,144 18,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.47% 89.32% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,154 9,143 13,547
10th Percentile £332 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 174 230
10th Percentile £18.06 £17.65 £18.48
25th Percentile £24.94 £24.16 £21.56
Median hourly rate £30.25 £37.79 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% -2.39% +0.89%
75th Percentile £47.63 £57.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £64.93 £78.75 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +7 96 £600 +4.35% 182
South London -3 9 £500 +5.26% 2
West London -8 7 £600 +20.00% 12
East London +1 6 £900 +89.47% 15
North London - 2 £550 - 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 25 (4.71%) Confluence
2 24 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.38%) Appian
5 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
5 20 (3.77%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.75%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.75%) Trello
7 3 (0.56%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.19%) InDesign
9 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.19%) Revit
9 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 45 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.45%) Endur
3 7 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.32%) Workday HCM
4 6 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.13%) SAP GTS
5 5 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.75%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 4 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.75%) SAP IBP
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.56%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.56%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 73 (13.75%) Azure
2 26 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (4.52%) AWS
4 22 (4.14%) SaaS
5 20 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (3.20%) Power Platform
7 15 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 14 (2.64%) GCP
8 14 (2.64%) OCI
9 11 (2.07%) GitHub
10 10 (1.88%) PaaS
11 8 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.51%) IaaS
12 7 (1.32%) Asana
13 4 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.75%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.82%) Firewall
2 14 (2.64%) WAN
3 13 (2.45%) DNS
4 11 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.51%) VPN
6 7 (1.32%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.13%) LAN
8 5 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.75%) Multicast
9 4 (0.75%) Network Security
9 4 (0.75%) tcpdump
9 4 (0.75%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.56%) DKIM
10 3 (0.56%) DMARC
10 3 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.38%) MPLS
11 2 (0.38%) SNMP
11 2 (0.38%) SSH
11 2 (0.38%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.58%) SAP HANA
2 14 (2.64%) Power BI
3 7 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.13%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.75%) Big Data
6 4 (0.75%) Tableau
7 2 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.19%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.19%) Metadata
8 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.19%) Power Query
8 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 62 (11.68%) JIRA
2 10 (1.88%) Git
3 6 (1.13%) GitLab
3 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Subversion
4 4 (0.75%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.56%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
General
1 242 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 203 (38.23%) Finance
3 59 (11.11%) Banking
4 52 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.84%) Front Office
7 29 (5.46%) Retail
8 21 (3.95%) Marketing
9 20 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (3.77%) Legal
9 20 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (3.58%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.01%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.64%) Back Office
12 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.26%) Billing
14 12 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.69%) Law
16 8 (1.51%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 148 (27.87%) Project Manager
2 90 (16.95%) Analyst
3 76 (14.31%) Business Analyst
4 70 (13.18%) Lead
5 49 (9.23%) Senior
6 43 (8.10%) Consultant
7 42 (7.91%) Architect
8 24 (4.52%) IT Manager
9 20 (3.77%) Senior Manager
10 18 (3.39%) SAP Architect
10 18 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
11 17 (3.20%) IT Project Manager
11 17 (3.20%) Programme Manager
12 16 (3.01%) Senior Project Manager
13 15 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
14 14 (2.64%) SAP Manager
15 13 (2.45%) Developer
16 11 (2.07%) Business Manager
16 11 (2.07%) Infrastructure Manager
16 11 (2.07%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.08%) Web Services
2 13 (2.45%) REST
3 9 (1.69%) .NET
4 7 (1.32%) Middleware
5 6 (1.13%) RESTful
6 5 (0.94%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.75%) Node.js
7 4 (0.75%) Ultra Messaging
7 4 (0.75%) ZK
8 3 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.56%) React
9 2 (0.38%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.38%) ADO
9 2 (0.38%) HTML
9 2 (0.38%) Spring
10 1 (0.19%) ATL
10 1 (0.19%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.71%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.20%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.20%) PMI
4 14 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.69%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.51%) Market Risk
8 7 (1.32%) Credit Risk
8 7 (1.32%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.32%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.13%) Life Science
9 6 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.94%) NHS
10 5 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.52%) Windows
2 14 (2.64%) Linux
3 8 (1.51%) Unix
3 8 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.75%) Solaris
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (41.24%) Agile
2 185 (34.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 171 (32.20%) Project Management
4 93 (17.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 89 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (14.88%) Change Management
8 74 (13.94%) Risk Management
9 65 (12.24%) Migration
9 65 (12.24%) Roadmaps
10 64 (12.05%) Business Analysis
11 59 (11.11%) Waterfall
12 56 (10.55%) Requirements Gathering
13 52 (9.79%) PRINCE2
14 51 (9.60%) Scrum
14 51 (9.60%) Workshop Facilitation
15 45 (8.47%) User Acceptance Testing
16 44 (8.29%) DevOps
16 44 (8.29%) Validation
17 43 (8.10%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.72%) Python
1 41 (7.72%) SQL
2 25 (4.71%) PowerShell
3 17 (3.20%) Bash
4 12 (2.26%) Java
5 4 (0.75%) C#
5 4 (0.75%) C++
5 4 (0.75%) Perl
5 4 (0.75%) VBA
6 3 (0.56%) ABAP
6 3 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.38%) PHP
7 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.19%) COBOL
8 1 (0.19%) Go
8 1 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.19%) R
8 1 (0.19%) RPG
Qualifications
1 89 (16.76%) Degree
2 71 (13.37%) Security Cleared
3 56 (10.55%) SC Cleared
4 49 (9.23%) PMI Certification
5 43 (8.10%) PMP
6 14 (2.64%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.26%) CBAP
8 11 (2.07%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 4 (0.75%) CISM
11 4 (0.75%) CISSP
11 4 (0.75%) ISEB
11 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.75%) MBA
12 3 (0.56%) EMC Certification
12 3 (0.56%) HNC
12 3 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.84%) PMO
2 23 (4.33%) QA
3 18 (3.39%) MiFID
4 17 (3.20%) GDPR
5 16 (3.01%) EMIR
6 15 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.69%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.32%) NIST
10 6 (1.13%) NCSC
10 6 (1.13%) SLA
11 5 (0.94%) Def Stans
11 5 (0.94%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.94%) PSD2
12 4 (0.75%) COBIT
12 4 (0.75%) GMP
12 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.75%) SEPA
13 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.94%) Docker
4 4 (0.75%) NFS
4 4 (0.75%) Veritas File System
4 4 (0.75%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (2.82%) Ansible
2 13 (2.45%) Terraform
3 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.94%) Grafana
5 5 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.94%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.75%) QRadar
6 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.56%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.56%) SCCM
8 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 75 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 74 (13.94%) SAP
3 43 (8.10%) Oracle
4 19 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.39%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.64%) Workday
7 10 (1.88%) Cisco
7 10 (1.88%) VMware
8 8 (1.51%) Google
9 7 (1.32%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.13%) Apple
10 6 (1.13%) IBM
10 6 (1.13%) Planview
11 5 (0.94%) ION Trading
11 5 (0.94%) Splunk
11 5 (0.94%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.75%) Aruba
12 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.75%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.75%) Solace