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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 69 71
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -17
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 824 510 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.05% 3.79% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 4.09% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 325 338
10th Percentile £363 £339 £365
25th Percentile £450 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £695 £673
90th Percentile £750 £754 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 9
10th Percentile £30.30 £57.50 £31.14
25th Percentile £41.00 - £32.29
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +85.71% -51.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £82.50 £63.75
90th Percentile - £97.28 £65.60
England median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +71.43% -41.67%

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 18,072 12,468 14,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.58% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,839 8,220 9,409
10th Percentile £358 £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 £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 243 178
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.16
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -12 104 £531 -12.37% 144
West London -5 23 £425 -29.17% 35
South London -7 9 £450 -10.00% 14
East London +3 3 £500 - 18
North London +1 3 £575 +4.59% 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 56 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.49%) Confluence
3 15 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.73%) JBoss
5 5 (0.61%) Apache
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
6 4 (0.49%) SAS
6 4 (0.49%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.36%) Appian
7 3 (0.36%) Kentico
8 1 (0.12%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) MTS
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 70 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (5.58%) Microsoft Project
3 44 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.97%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.73%) Trello
7 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.12%) Simulink
8 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 24 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.61%) ProductWriter
3 5 (0.61%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 4 (0.49%) Magento
4 4 (0.49%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.49%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.36%) iTrent
5 3 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.24%) Eikon
6 2 (0.24%) Maximo
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.24%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.24%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 154 (18.69%) Azure
2 68 (8.25%) Power Platform
3 55 (6.67%) AWS
4 51 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (6.19%) SaaS
5 45 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (4.13%) Entra ID
7 27 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (2.79%) GCP
9 19 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
10 16 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.82%) GitHub
12 13 (1.58%) Power Automate
13 12 (1.46%) PaaS
14 11 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (1.21%) IaaS
16 9 (1.09%) Google Workspace
16 9 (1.09%) OCI
16 9 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 9 (1.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.92%) Firewall
2 31 (3.76%) Network Security
3 26 (3.16%) DNS
4 21 (2.55%) VPN
4 21 (2.55%) WAN
5 19 (2.31%) Wireless
6 18 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (1.94%) BGP
8 14 (1.70%) DHCP
9 13 (1.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 13 (1.58%) LAN
9 13 (1.58%) VLAN
10 12 (1.46%) Multicast
11 9 (1.09%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.97%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (0.73%) IPsec
13 6 (0.73%) Kerberos
13 6 (0.73%) OSPF
13 6 (0.73%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.61%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.95%) Power BI
2 16 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.97%) Big Data
5 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.73%) Delta Lake
5 6 (0.73%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.49%) Metadata
8 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.36%) Power Query
8 3 (0.36%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.36%) Tableau
9 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.24%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.24%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 91 (11.04%) JIRA
2 13 (1.58%) Git
3 9 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.61%) GitLab
4 5 (0.61%) Selenium
5 4 (0.49%) Subversion
6 2 (0.24%) Appium
6 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.24%) TestNG
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
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%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 358 (43.45%) Social Skills
2 337 (40.90%) Finance
3 126 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (11.77%) Banking
5 76 (9.22%) Public Sector
6 60 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (5.83%) Legal
8 45 (5.46%) Retail
9 38 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (3.76%) Front Office
13 27 (3.28%) Marketing
14 25 (3.03%) Local Government
14 25 (3.03%) Telecoms
15 17 (2.06%) Investment Banking
16 15 (1.82%) Law
16 15 (1.82%) Manufacturing
17 14 (1.70%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 230 (27.91%) Project Manager
2 113 (13.71%) Analyst
3 96 (11.65%) Senior
4 79 (9.59%) Business Analyst
5 72 (8.74%) Lead
6 48 (5.83%) Consultant
7 47 (5.70%) Architect
8 46 (5.58%) Senior Manager
9 38 (4.61%) Delivery Manager
9 38 (4.61%) Network Engineer
9 38 (4.61%) Senior Project Manager
10 35 (4.25%) IT Manager
11 32 (3.88%) Developer
12 26 (3.16%) IT Project Manager
13 25 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (2.43%) Technical Manager
15 18 (2.18%) Programme Manager
16 17 (2.06%) Transformation Manager
17 15 (1.82%) Technical Project Manager
18 14 (1.70%) Delivery Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.67%) Terraform
2 20 (2.43%) REST
3 11 (1.33%) Middleware
4 7 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (0.85%) React
4 7 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (0.85%) SOAP
5 6 (0.73%) 802.1X
5 6 (0.73%) PySpark
5 6 (0.73%) XML
6 5 (0.61%) HTML
6 5 (0.61%) Kafka
6 5 (0.61%) LDAP
6 5 (0.61%) Web Services
7 4 (0.49%) OAuth
7 4 (0.49%) Playwright
7 4 (0.49%) React Native
7 4 (0.49%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.49%) SAML
7 4 (0.49%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.19%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.10%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.25%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.52%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.43%) Derivative
5 20 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.18%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.70%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.70%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.21%) Credit Risk
11 10 (1.21%) IoT
11 10 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.09%) FMCG
12 9 (1.09%) Life Science
13 8 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.00%) Windows
2 20 (2.43%) Windows Server
3 19 (2.31%) Linux
4 9 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.49%) Unix
7 3 (0.36%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) VMS
8 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.12%) CentOS
9 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (49.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 303 (36.77%) Agile
3 257 (31.19%) Project Management
4 158 (19.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 150 (18.20%) Migration
6 143 (17.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 135 (16.38%) Change Management
8 133 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
9 127 (15.41%) PRINCE2
10 112 (13.59%) Decision-Making
11 108 (13.11%) AI
12 107 (12.99%) Waterfall
13 96 (11.65%) Risk Management
14 91 (11.04%) DevOps
15 84 (10.19%) Roadmaps
16 83 (10.07%) Workshop Facilitation
17 82 (9.95%) User Acceptance Testing
18 81 (9.83%) Scrum
19 78 (9.47%) Business Analysis
19 78 (9.47%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 46 (5.58%) SQL
2 44 (5.34%) Python
3 21 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.58%) Java
5 11 (1.33%) VBA
6 8 (0.97%) C#
7 6 (0.73%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.61%) Korn
9 4 (0.49%) Bash
9 4 (0.49%) BeanShell
10 3 (0.36%) C
10 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) COBOL
11 2 (0.24%) RPG
11 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 124 (15.05%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.26%) PMP
3 99 (12.01%) SC Cleared
4 90 (10.92%) Degree
5 88 (10.68%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.67%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 12 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.46%) CISSP
9 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (1.33%) CCNP
11 8 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.85%) CISM
13 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.73%) IIBA
14 4 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (13.59%) PMO
2 48 (5.83%) QA
3 24 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.67%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.31%) GDPR
5 19 (2.31%) NIST
6 15 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.33%) SLA
8 9 (1.09%) GRC
9 5 (0.61%) P3O
10 4 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.49%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.36%) NCSC
12 2 (0.24%) HL7
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.24%) SEPA
12 2 (0.24%) TARGET2
System Software
1 39 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.09%) Docker
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 4 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) IAG
7 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) oVirt
8 1 (0.12%) RHEV
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (1.58%) Ansible
4 12 (1.46%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (0.85%) Puppet
8 6 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.49%) 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%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.12%) WMI
13 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 193 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.92%) SAP
3 56 (6.80%) ServiceNow
4 46 (5.58%) Cisco
5 32 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.16%) VMware
7 25 (3.03%) Oracle
8 23 (2.79%) Fortinet
9 21 (2.55%) F5
9 21 (2.55%) Palo Alto
10 18 (2.18%) Murex
10 18 (2.18%) Zscaler
11 16 (1.94%) Google
12 15 (1.82%) Databricks
13 14 (1.70%) Juniper
14 13 (1.58%) Bloomberg
15 12 (1.46%) Workday
16 9 (1.09%) Red Hat
17 7 (0.85%) Ariba
17 7 (0.85%) NEC