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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 866 987 1,371
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.25% 7.74% 7.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.85% 8.47% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 591 929
10th Percentile £350 £308 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £768
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 49
10th Percentile £26.65 £26.25 £19.81
25th Percentile £32.94 £32.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.11 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +20.18% -19.72%
75th Percentile £44.00 £44.61 £50.00
90th Percentile £51.35 £51.18 £58.00
England median hourly rate £40.25 £42.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -5.29% +11.49% -23.77%

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 14,808 11,647 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.77% 91.28% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,938 7,820 11,448
10th Percentile £351 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 341
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £76.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -11 136 £550 - 100
West London -30 14 £400 +17.65% 25
South London -9 10 £650 +4.00% 8
East London -13 5 £510 +3.03% 22
North London +1 1 £550 +10.00% 4
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 63 (7.27%) Confluence
2 29 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.04%) CMS
4 4 (0.46%) Apache
4 4 (0.46%) nginx
5 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.85%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.31%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.27%) Trello
7 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.35%) InDesign
10 3 (0.35%) InVision
10 3 (0.35%) Sketch
11 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.39%) Loan IQ
2 11 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Shopify
4 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.35%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.35%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) Endur
6 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.23%) ProductWriter
6 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.23%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (8.55%) Azure
2 51 (5.89%) AWS
3 42 (4.85%) Power Platform
4 40 (4.62%) SaaS
5 21 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.73%) Smartsheet
8 13 (1.50%) Asana
9 9 (1.04%) Figma
9 9 (1.04%) GCP
10 8 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.92%) GitHub
10 8 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 8 (0.92%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.81%) OCI
12 6 (0.69%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.85%) WAN
2 14 (1.62%) Firewall
3 11 (1.27%) LAN
3 11 (1.27%) Network Security
4 6 (0.69%) Internet
4 6 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.46%) Broadband
7 3 (0.35%) Intranet
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) DMZ
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.23%) ISDN
8 2 (0.23%) Multicast
8 2 (0.23%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenScape
8 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.39%) Power BI
2 19 (2.19%) Tableau
3 12 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (1.39%) Metadata
4 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.46%) Big Data
5 4 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.35%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.23%) DataStage
7 2 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.23%) Power Query
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.12%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 124 (14.32%) JIRA
2 12 (1.39%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.46%) GitLab
3 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.46%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.23%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.12%) Ant
5 1 (0.12%) Appium
5 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.12%) ERwin
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) LSMW
5 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.12%) Toad
5 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 430 (49.65%) Social Skills
2 374 (43.19%) Finance
3 151 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.93%) Banking
5 90 (10.39%) Organisational Skills
6 84 (9.70%) Public Sector
7 67 (7.74%) Marketing
8 58 (6.70%) Retail
9 50 (5.77%) Legal
10 42 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (4.16%) Investment Banking
13 30 (3.46%) Financial Institution
14 25 (2.89%) Front Office
15 18 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.96%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (1.62%) Advertising
19 11 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 11 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 380 (43.88%) Project Manager
2 118 (13.63%) Analyst
3 96 (11.09%) Senior
4 87 (10.05%) Business Analyst
5 68 (7.85%) Lead
6 67 (7.74%) Senior Manager
7 54 (6.24%) Senior Project Manager
8 47 (5.43%) IT Manager
9 44 (5.08%) IT Project Manager
10 38 (4.39%) Programme Manager
11 36 (4.16%) Infrastructure Manager
12 35 (4.04%) Technical Manager
13 31 (3.58%) Consultant
14 30 (3.46%) Delivery Manager
15 29 (3.35%) Technical Project Manager
16 28 (3.23%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 25 (2.89%) Developer
17 25 (2.89%) Migration Manager
18 24 (2.77%) Migration Project Manager
19 22 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.27%) REST
1 11 (1.27%) SOAP
2 8 (0.92%) Middleware
2 8 (0.92%) XML
3 7 (0.81%) HTML
4 6 (0.69%) .NET
4 6 (0.69%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.69%) CSS
4 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.69%) VML
4 6 (0.69%) Web Services
5 5 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.46%) ADO
6 4 (0.46%) React
6 4 (0.46%) RESTful
7 3 (0.35%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.35%) Bootstrap
7 3 (0.35%) pytest
8 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.23%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.35%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.00%) PMI
5 25 (2.89%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.50%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
11 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.15%) Social Media
13 9 (1.04%) CMDB
13 9 (1.04%) Derivative
13 9 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.92%) Digital Media
14 8 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.92%) NHS
14 8 (0.92%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.73%) Windows
2 10 (1.15%) Linux
3 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) AIX
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) VMS
5 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (41.11%) Agile
2 330 (38.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 225 (25.98%) Project Delivery
4 186 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (19.17%) PRINCE2
6 143 (16.51%) Migration
7 124 (14.32%) Waterfall
8 123 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 109 (12.59%) Scrum
10 106 (12.24%) Change Management
11 105 (12.12%) Decision-Making
12 98 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (10.85%) Risk Management
14 83 (9.58%) Business Analysis
15 72 (8.31%) Roadmaps
16 71 (8.20%) Requirements Gathering
17 70 (8.08%) Analytics
18 69 (7.97%) Budget Management
19 67 (7.74%) AI
19 67 (7.74%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.12%) SQL
2 25 (2.89%) Python
3 9 (1.04%) C#
4 7 (0.81%) Java
5 6 (0.69%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.46%) R
7 3 (0.35%) C++
7 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.23%) Korn
8 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.23%) VBA
9 1 (0.12%) Go
9 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 148 (17.09%) PMP
2 137 (15.82%) PMI Certification
3 130 (15.01%) Degree
4 80 (9.24%) Security Cleared
5 61 (7.04%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.73%) CBAP
7 15 (1.73%) IIBA
8 14 (1.62%) APMP
9 12 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.39%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.27%) CISSP
11 9 (1.04%) CISM
12 7 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 5 (0.58%) CFA
13 5 (0.58%) MBA
14 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (11.09%) PMO
2 57 (6.58%) QA
3 39 (4.50%) GDPR
4 33 (3.81%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.19%) NIST
7 12 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.15%) SLA
9 9 (1.04%) GRC
10 8 (0.92%) EMIR
11 7 (0.81%) MiFID
12 5 (0.58%) WCAG
13 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.35%) Basel III
13 3 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS
14 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.69%) RSA Archer
2 5 (0.58%) Terraform
3 3 (0.35%) Consul
3 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.35%) Packer
3 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) CASB
5 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.12%) Control-M
5 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.12%) logstash
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 111 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.24%) SAP
3 48 (5.54%) ServiceNow
4 45 (5.20%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.81%) Oracle
6 24 (2.77%) Adobe
7 17 (1.96%) Workday
8 16 (1.85%) Google
9 14 (1.62%) Cisco
9 14 (1.62%) CyberArk
10 10 (1.15%) Databricks
11 9 (1.04%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.92%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.81%) Avaloq
13 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.81%) Murex
13 7 (0.81%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.81%) Planview
14 6 (0.69%) NEC
15 5 (0.58%) VMware