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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 822 1,180 1,564
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.75% 7.56% 8.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 8.42% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 687 1,072
10th Percentile £333 £320 £351
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £668 £640 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
England median daily rate £523 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 23
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £25.55
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.25 £27.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -9.21% +8.57%
75th Percentile £43.00 £38.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £59.75 £43.75 £61.00
England median hourly rate £40.50 £34.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -23.33% +2.70%

All Process and 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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 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 -8 138 £523 -12.88% 72
West London -15 17 £465 -1.06% 66
South London -6 8 £500 +2.51% 86
East London +2 7 £520 +9.82% 57
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 55 (6.69%) Confluence
2 36 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.97%) CMS
4 4 (0.49%) nginx
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 91 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (8.76%) Microsoft Project
3 66 (8.03%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (3.28%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.82%) Trello
7 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.36%) InVision
9 3 (0.36%) Sketch
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 26 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.97%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.61%) Workfront
6 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.49%) Eloqua
6 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.36%) Endur
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.36%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.36%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.36%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 64 (7.79%) Azure
2 52 (6.33%) AWS
3 49 (5.96%) Power Platform
4 31 (3.77%) SaaS
5 26 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.31%) Asana
7 15 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.58%) GitHub
9 12 (1.46%) GCP
10 11 (1.34%) Google Workspace
10 11 (1.34%) Smartsheet
11 8 (0.97%) ChatGPT
11 8 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.97%) Figma
11 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (0.97%) Serverless
12 7 (0.85%) OCI
12 7 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.73%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.80%) Firewall
2 10 (1.22%) Network Security
2 10 (1.22%) WAN
3 7 (0.85%) LAN
4 5 (0.61%) VPN
4 5 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.49%) DNS
5 4 (0.49%) Internet
5 4 (0.49%) Multicast
5 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (0.36%) MVNO
6 3 (0.36%) S/MIME
6 3 (0.36%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.36%) SSL
7 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.24%) DMZ
7 2 (0.24%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.24%) ISDN
7 2 (0.24%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.24%) OpenScape
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.35%) Power BI
2 27 (3.28%) Tableau
3 17 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.58%) Metadata
5 10 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.85%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.61%) Big Data
8 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.36%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.36%) DB2
9 3 (0.36%) MySQL
9 3 (0.36%) Power Query
9 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.36%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 139 (16.91%) JIRA
2 9 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.85%) Git
4 6 (0.73%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.24%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.24%) JUnit
5 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.12%) ERwin
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) JMeter
6 1 (0.12%) LSMW
6 1 (0.12%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
6 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.12%) Toad
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 399 (48.54%) Social Skills
2 346 (42.09%) Finance
3 148 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (13.63%) Banking
5 67 (8.15%) Marketing
6 60 (7.30%) Public Sector
7 48 (5.84%) Legal
8 47 (5.72%) Retail
9 45 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (4.50%) Investment Banking
11 33 (4.01%) Front Office
12 32 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (2.55%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.43%) Financial Institution
16 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
17 17 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.82%) Advertising
18 15 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 302 (36.74%) Project Manager
2 101 (12.29%) Analyst
3 77 (9.37%) Senior
4 71 (8.64%) Business Analyst
5 66 (8.03%) Lead
6 48 (5.84%) IT Manager
7 42 (5.11%) Consultant
7 42 (5.11%) Senior Manager
8 38 (4.62%) IT Project Manager
9 30 (3.65%) Senior Project Manager
10 26 (3.16%) Infrastructure Manager
11 25 (3.04%) Technical Manager
12 24 (2.92%) Developer
12 24 (2.92%) Programme Manager
13 23 (2.80%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 21 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
15 18 (2.19%) Technical Project Manager
16 17 (2.07%) SAP Manager
16 17 (2.07%) Security Manager
16 17 (2.07%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.70%) .NET
2 13 (1.58%) AngularJS
3 10 (1.22%) HTML
3 10 (1.22%) RESTful
4 8 (0.97%) React
4 8 (0.97%) REST
5 7 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 7 (0.85%) Entity Framework
5 7 (0.85%) XML
6 6 (0.73%) LangChain
6 6 (0.73%) Middleware
6 6 (0.73%) NHibernate
6 6 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (0.73%) Playwright
6 6 (0.73%) Web Services
7 5 (0.61%) CSS
8 4 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
8 4 (0.49%) SOAP
9 3 (0.36%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.23%) Onboarding
2 39 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
3 26 (3.16%) PMI
4 25 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.58%) Reinsurance
10 12 (1.46%) Social Media
10 12 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.34%) Derivative
11 11 (1.34%) Digital Media
11 11 (1.34%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.09%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
14 8 (0.97%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.19%) Windows
2 14 (1.70%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Unix
4 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (38.69%) Agile
2 272 (33.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 194 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (20.44%) Project Delivery
5 144 (17.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 142 (17.27%) PRINCE2
7 120 (14.60%) Change Management
8 115 (13.99%) Migration
9 106 (12.90%) Risk Management
10 96 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (10.71%) Scrum
12 83 (10.10%) Waterfall
13 82 (9.98%) Decision-Making
14 65 (7.91%) Roadmaps
15 61 (7.42%) Budget Management
15 61 (7.42%) Requirements Gathering
16 60 (7.30%) Analytics
16 60 (7.30%) Business Analysis
17 55 (6.69%) Business Intelligence
18 54 (6.57%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.06%) SQL
2 34 (4.14%) Python
3 14 (1.70%) C#
4 13 (1.58%) Java
5 9 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
6 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.61%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.61%) VBA
7 3 (0.36%) C++
8 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.24%) Go
8 2 (0.24%) Korn
8 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.24%) R
8 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.24%) VB
9 1 (0.12%) ABAP
9 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 173 (21.05%) Degree
2 128 (15.57%) PMI Certification
3 125 (15.21%) PMP
4 59 (7.18%) Security Cleared
5 47 (5.72%) SC Cleared
6 26 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.85%) CISM
11 7 (0.85%) CISSP
11 7 (0.85%) FFIEC
12 6 (0.73%) CFA
13 5 (0.61%) APMP
13 5 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.61%) MBA
13 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.49%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.76%) PMO
2 33 (4.01%) QA
3 30 (3.65%) GDPR
4 26 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.70%) NIST
8 12 (1.46%) GRC
8 12 (1.46%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.09%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.85%) APQC
11 6 (0.73%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.49%) Basel III
12 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.49%) MiFID
12 4 (0.49%) PSD2
13 3 (0.36%) EMIR
13 3 (0.36%) IEC 61508
13 3 (0.36%) SEPA
13 3 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.46%) Docker
2 11 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 7 (0.85%) Terraform
2 6 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.49%) Kibana
3 4 (0.49%) logstash
4 3 (0.36%) Consul
4 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.36%) Packer
4 3 (0.36%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.24%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) CASB
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 129 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.39%) SAP
3 46 (5.60%) Salesforce
4 35 (4.26%) Oracle
5 29 (3.53%) Google
6 27 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.19%) Adobe
8 11 (1.34%) Cisco
9 10 (1.22%) Databricks
10 9 (1.09%) Workday
11 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.97%) Planview
12 6 (0.73%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.61%) Arista
13 5 (0.61%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.61%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.61%) IBM
13 5 (0.61%) VMware
14 4 (0.49%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.49%) Solace