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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -28 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 868 964 1,129
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.33% 7.18% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 7.77% 7.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 603 727
10th Percentile £350 £320 £315
25th Percentile £435 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £752 £775 £750
England median daily rate £519 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.83% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 34
10th Percentile £28.00 £20.24 £20.58
25th Percentile £29.15 £26.88 £27.82
Median hourly rate £40.96 £36.00 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -3.10% -4.74%
75th Percentile £57.88 £51.25 £49.69
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £43.83 £42.07 £38.12
% change year-on-year +4.18% +10.36% -3.62%

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 17,896 12,411 14,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.21% 92.39% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,750 8,257 10,026
10th Percentile £362 £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 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 255 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.72 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -23 119 £600 +10.09% 124
West London -10 33 £653 +26.39% 36
South London -5 10 £575 +21.05% 17
East London -2 3 £550 +5.77% 25
North London - 1 £450 - 5
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 46 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.15%) Confluence
3 23 (2.65%) CMS
4 17 (1.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.69%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
7 5 (0.58%) Moodle
8 4 (0.46%) Apache
8 4 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (6.80%) Microsoft Project
4 57 (6.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.81%) Trello
7 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 12 (1.38%) Adobe Campaign
2 9 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.92%) Magento
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.69%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.69%) Shopify
5 4 (0.46%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) Endur
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.35%) Workfront
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.23%) Findur
7 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 79 (9.10%) Azure
2 64 (7.37%) SaaS
3 54 (6.22%) AWS
4 52 (5.99%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.07%) Smartsheet
7 13 (1.50%) Asana
8 12 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.27%) GCP
10 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (0.81%) Amazon S3
11 7 (0.81%) Entra ID
11 7 (0.81%) GitHub
11 7 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.69%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.69%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.69%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.96%) Network Security
2 6 (0.69%) LAN
2 6 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (0.69%) WAN
2 6 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.58%) 3GPP
3 5 (0.58%) 4G
3 5 (0.58%) 5G
3 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.58%) LTE
3 5 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (0.58%) Wireless
3 5 (0.58%) Wireshark
4 4 (0.46%) DKIM
4 4 (0.46%) DMARC
4 4 (0.46%) DNS
4 4 (0.46%) Firewall
4 4 (0.46%) Multicast
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.07%) Power BI
2 12 (1.38%) Tableau
3 10 (1.15%) Metadata
4 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.69%) Big Data
5 6 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.46%) Power Query
7 4 (0.46%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.35%) QlikView
9 2 (0.23%) DataStage
9 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.23%) Looker
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 105 (12.10%) JIRA
2 20 (2.30%) Git
3 16 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.04%) Subversion
5 6 (0.69%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) LSMW
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 385 (44.35%) Social Skills
2 341 (39.29%) Finance
3 142 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.33%) Marketing
5 106 (12.21%) Banking
6 81 (9.33%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (8.18%) Public Sector
8 60 (6.91%) Retail
9 44 (5.07%) Legal
10 30 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (3.11%) Investment Banking
12 26 (3.00%) Front Office
13 25 (2.88%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (2.65%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.38%) Manufacturing
18 10 (1.15%) Law
18 10 (1.15%) Local Government
18 10 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 352 (40.55%) Project Manager
2 96 (11.06%) Senior
3 79 (9.10%) Senior Manager
4 78 (8.99%) Lead
5 72 (8.29%) Analyst
6 57 (6.57%) Senior Project Manager
7 53 (6.11%) Programme Manager
8 47 (5.41%) Business Analyst
9 46 (5.30%) IT Manager
10 37 (4.26%) Technical Manager
11 36 (4.15%) IT Project Manager
12 35 (4.03%) Delivery Manager
13 30 (3.46%) Technical Project Manager
14 27 (3.11%) Developer
15 26 (3.00%) Consultant
16 25 (2.88%) Infrastructure Manager
17 21 (2.42%) Digital Project Manager
17 21 (2.42%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 19 (2.19%) Transformation Manager
19 17 (1.96%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.61%) REST
2 13 (1.50%) VML
3 12 (1.38%) ADO
4 11 (1.27%) Web Services
5 10 (1.15%) HTML
6 9 (1.04%) Middleware
7 8 (0.92%) React
8 7 (0.81%) SOAP
9 6 (0.69%) .NET
9 6 (0.69%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.69%) XML
10 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
11 4 (0.46%) CSS
11 4 (0.46%) OAuth
11 4 (0.46%) pytest
11 4 (0.46%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.46%) Terraform
12 3 (0.35%) HTML5
12 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.30%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.61%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.00%) PMI
6 23 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.73%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.61%) Social Media
9 13 (1.50%) FMCG
9 13 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.38%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.15%) CMDB
12 10 (1.15%) Credit Risk
12 10 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
13 9 (1.04%) Derivative
13 9 (1.04%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.96%) Linux
2 15 (1.73%) Windows
3 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (45.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 383 (44.12%) Agile
3 252 (29.03%) Project Delivery
4 199 (22.93%) PRINCE2
5 137 (15.78%) Migration
5 137 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (15.32%) Change Management
7 122 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (13.71%) Waterfall
10 117 (13.48%) Decision-Making
11 110 (12.67%) Scrum
12 104 (11.98%) AI
13 98 (11.29%) Risk Management
14 91 (10.48%) Analytics
15 83 (9.56%) Programme Management
16 81 (9.33%) Roadmaps
17 76 (8.76%) DevOps
18 62 (7.14%) Project Governance
19 60 (6.91%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 42 (4.84%) SQL
2 32 (3.69%) Python
3 10 (1.15%) Java
4 9 (1.04%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.81%) C#
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) Bash
8 3 (0.35%) R
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.35%) VBA
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) Korn
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
10 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.12%) RPG
10 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 182 (20.97%) PMP
2 152 (17.51%) PMI Certification
3 122 (14.06%) Degree
4 84 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 61 (7.03%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (0.92%) APMG
10 8 (0.92%) APMP
10 8 (0.92%) CISSP
10 8 (0.92%) MBA
11 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CISM
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (13.94%) PMO
2 53 (6.11%) QA
3 37 (4.26%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.96%) GDPR
5 16 (1.84%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.50%) SLA
7 10 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.92%) GRC
8 8 (0.92%) NIST
8 8 (0.92%) P3O
9 7 (0.81%) FINREP
10 6 (0.69%) COREP
10 6 (0.69%) EMIR
10 6 (0.69%) MiFID
11 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.46%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.35%) GxP
13 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.35%) WCAG
14 2 (0.23%) ITGC
System Software
1 15 (1.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.58%) Ansible
2 5 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
2 5 (0.58%) Puppet
2 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
3 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.46%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.76%) ServiceNow
3 38 (4.38%) SAP
4 33 (3.80%) Adobe
4 33 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.23%) Oracle
6 26 (3.00%) Google
7 20 (2.30%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.38%) Cisco
9 11 (1.27%) VMware
10 10 (1.15%) Murex
11 9 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.04%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.04%) NEC
12 8 (0.92%) Workday
13 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.81%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.69%) GoldenSource
14 6 (0.69%) Optimizely
14 6 (0.69%) Planview