Project Management Contract Job Trends in London

Project Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -21 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 872 956 1,238
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.78% 7.83% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 8.49% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 573 841
10th Percentile £358 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £767
England median daily rate £520 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +1.56% -2.48% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 33 52
10th Percentile £27.55 £22.27 £19.98
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.40
Median hourly rate £35.50 £38.11 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +19.09% -22.89%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.75 £49.06
90th Percentile £57.30 £61.40 £55.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -22.25% +21.46% -17.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Project Management 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 16,137 11,264 15,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.21% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,779 7,595 11,054
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 182 310
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.76 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £31.67 £27.83
Median % change year-on-year +17.61% +13.83% -29.04%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.23 £66.78
England median hourly rate £45.25 £28.48 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.88% -21.97% -2.14%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Project Management job vacancy trend in London

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
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 Management within the London region over the 6 months to 24 May 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 -18 128 £600 +5.49% 101
West London -30 21 £513 +51.29% 21
South London -11 12 £700 +65.09% 10
East London -13 5 £523 +16.11% 13
North London 0 1 £550 +10.00% 8
Project Management
England

Project Management
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 53 (6.08%) Confluence
2 37 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.49%) CMS
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.69%) Apache
6 5 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.57%) WordPress
7 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.34%) Moodle
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (6.42%) Microsoft Project
3 54 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.83%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.69%) Trello
7 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) InVision
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.15%) Shopify
3 8 (0.92%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.69%) ProductWriter
5 4 (0.46%) Magento
6 3 (0.34%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 3 (0.34%) Endur
6 3 (0.34%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.34%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 68 (7.80%) Azure
2 54 (6.19%) SaaS
3 47 (5.39%) AWS
4 37 (4.24%) Power Platform
5 30 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.29%) Smartsheet
7 18 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.38%) Asana
9 11 (1.26%) GCP
10 10 (1.15%) BigCommerce
10 10 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.03%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (0.80%) Google Ads
13 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.69%) GitHub
14 5 (0.57%) Figma
14 5 (0.57%) Google Drive
14 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.15%) WAN
2 9 (1.03%) Network Security
3 7 (0.80%) Firewall
3 7 (0.80%) LAN
4 4 (0.46%) DKIM
4 4 (0.46%) DMARC
4 4 (0.46%) DNS
4 4 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.34%) Broadband
5 3 (0.34%) Intranet
6 2 (0.23%) BGP
6 2 (0.23%) Internet
6 2 (0.23%) ISDN
6 2 (0.23%) OpenScape
6 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.23%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.11%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.90%) Power BI
2 11 (1.26%) Metadata
3 10 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.15%) Tableau
4 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.34%) Big Data
6 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.34%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.23%) DataStage
7 2 (0.23%) QlikView
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.11%) Cognos Query Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 113 (12.96%) JIRA
2 17 (1.95%) Git
3 7 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.57%) Subversion
5 4 (0.46%) GitLab
6 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.11%) LSMW
General
1 389 (44.61%) Social Skills
2 350 (40.14%) Finance
3 133 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (10.55%) Organisational Skills
5 91 (10.44%) Marketing
6 90 (10.32%) Banking
7 77 (8.83%) Public Sector
8 62 (7.11%) Retail
9 53 (6.08%) Legal
10 38 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.98%) Financial Institution
13 25 (2.87%) Investment Banking
14 24 (2.75%) Front Office
15 16 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.49%) Advertising
16 13 (1.49%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.38%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 358 (41.06%) Project Manager
2 104 (11.93%) Analyst
3 103 (11.81%) Senior
4 87 (9.98%) Lead
5 77 (8.83%) Business Analyst
5 77 (8.83%) Senior Manager
6 64 (7.34%) Senior Project Manager
7 46 (5.28%) IT Manager
8 41 (4.70%) IT Project Manager
9 40 (4.59%) Programme Manager
10 35 (4.01%) Technical Manager
11 34 (3.90%) Developer
12 30 (3.44%) Delivery Manager
12 30 (3.44%) Infrastructure Manager
13 29 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
14 26 (2.98%) Migration Manager
15 25 (2.87%) Architect
15 25 (2.87%) Consultant
15 25 (2.87%) Migration Project Manager
16 22 (2.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.06%) REST
2 13 (1.49%) VML
3 11 (1.26%) SOAP
4 10 (1.15%) HTML
5 8 (0.92%) Middleware
6 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.57%) .NET
7 5 (0.57%) ADO
7 5 (0.57%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.57%) CSS
7 5 (0.57%) Web Services
7 5 (0.57%) XML
8 4 (0.46%) OAuth
9 3 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.34%) pytest
9 3 (0.34%) React
9 3 (0.34%) RESTful
9 3 (0.34%) XSLT
10 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.50%) Management Information System
2 46 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.44%) PMI
5 26 (2.98%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.95%) Social Media
8 17 (1.95%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
11 9 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.03%) FMCG
11 9 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.92%) CMDB
12 8 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.80%) Derivative
13 7 (0.80%) Life Science
13 7 (0.80%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.38%) Windows
2 6 (0.69%) Linux
3 4 (0.46%) Unix
3 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (41.17%) Agile
2 329 (37.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 246 (28.21%) Project Delivery
4 167 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (16.97%) PRINCE2
6 145 (16.63%) Migration
7 126 (14.45%) Waterfall
8 118 (13.53%) Decision-Making
9 112 (12.84%) Change Management
10 111 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 110 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 99 (11.35%) Scrum
13 91 (10.44%) Risk Management
14 77 (8.83%) AI
15 72 (8.26%) Analytics
16 71 (8.14%) Roadmaps
17 66 (7.57%) Budget Management
17 66 (7.57%) Business Analysis
17 66 (7.57%) Programme Management
18 65 (7.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.39%) SQL
2 24 (2.75%) Python
3 10 (1.15%) Java
4 8 (0.92%) C#
5 5 (0.57%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.57%) R
5 5 (0.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.46%) C++
7 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.23%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) C
8 1 (0.11%) Korn
8 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 145 (16.63%) PMP
2 128 (14.68%) Degree
3 122 (13.99%) PMI Certification
4 79 (9.06%) Security Cleared
5 57 (6.54%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.83%) APMP
8 15 (1.72%) CBAP
9 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.38%) CISSP
10 12 (1.38%) IIBA
11 11 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.03%) CISM
14 7 (0.80%) APMG
15 6 (0.69%) MBA
15 6 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
17 4 (0.46%) CRISC
17 4 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (12.84%) PMO
2 67 (7.68%) QA
3 38 (4.36%) Data Quality
4 30 (3.44%) GDPR
5 20 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.95%) NIST
7 15 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.26%) SLA
9 7 (0.80%) EMIR
9 7 (0.80%) MiFID
10 6 (0.69%) GRC
10 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.34%) Basel III
11 3 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.34%) WCAG
12 2 (0.23%) COBIT
12 2 (0.23%) COREP
12 2 (0.23%) FINREP
12 2 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.46%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Ansible
4 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
5 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 109 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.96%) ServiceNow
3 50 (5.73%) SAP
4 40 (4.59%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.21%) Oracle
6 26 (2.98%) Adobe
7 20 (2.29%) Google
8 19 (2.18%) Sitecore
9 15 (1.72%) Workday
10 14 (1.61%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.03%) Cisco
11 9 (1.03%) NEC
12 8 (0.92%) Databricks
12 8 (0.92%) Murex
13 6 (0.69%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.69%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.69%) Guidewire
14 5 (0.57%) Alteryx
15 4 (0.46%) IBM
15 4 (0.46%) Planview