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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 865 880 1,148
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.28% 6.54% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 7.07% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 547 685
10th Percentile £350 £333 £315
25th Percentile £438 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £671 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 37 28
10th Percentile £28.00 £17.00 £19.78
25th Percentile £30.90 £24.50 £29.55
Median hourly rate £53.00 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.62% -1.43% -11.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £52.00 £44.25
90th Percentile £69.95 £64.25 £58.33
England median hourly rate £53.37 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.39% +0.71% -15.97%

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 17,955 12,445 14,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.75% 92.54% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,784 8,216 9,548
10th Percentile £358 £330 £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 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 243 183
10th Percentile £16.18 £17.26 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £32.81 £30.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% -14.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -18 130 £555 -3.48% 174
West London -10 37 £680 +30.77% 46
South London -3 12 £650 +36.84% 13
East London +3 6 £495 +18.92% 13
North London - 1 £450 - 1
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 48 (5.55%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.28%) Confluence
3 22 (2.54%) CMS
4 19 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.69%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
7 5 (0.58%) Moodle
8 4 (0.46%) SAS
8 4 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
Applications
1 84 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (8.32%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (7.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (6.71%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.97%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.81%) Trello
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.23%) Windchill
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (1.50%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.04%) Magento
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.58%) ProductWriter
6 4 (0.46%) Endur
6 4 (0.46%) Shopify
6 4 (0.46%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
8 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.23%) Findur
8 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.23%) Workfront
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
9 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.36%) Azure
2 58 (6.71%) SaaS
3 55 (6.36%) Power Platform
4 49 (5.66%) AWS
5 33 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.62%) Asana
7 14 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.50%) GCP
9 12 (1.39%) Smartsheet
10 11 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (1.04%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.92%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.81%) Snowflake
15 6 (0.69%) Adobe Analytics
16 5 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
16 5 (0.58%) GitHub
16 5 (0.58%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.58%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.31%) Network Security
2 10 (1.16%) WAN
3 9 (1.04%) Firewall
4 8 (0.92%) 3GPP
4 8 (0.92%) 4G
4 8 (0.92%) 5G
4 8 (0.92%) LTE
4 8 (0.92%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (0.92%) Wireshark
5 7 (0.81%) LAN
5 7 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.69%) Wireless
7 5 (0.58%) BGP
7 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
7 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.46%) DKIM
8 4 (0.46%) DMARC
8 4 (0.46%) DNS
8 4 (0.46%) Multicast
9 3 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.32%) Power BI
2 12 (1.39%) Tableau
3 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.04%) Metadata
4 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.58%) Big Data
5 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
5 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.46%) Power Query
7 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.35%) QlikView
7 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.23%) DataStage
8 2 (0.23%) Looker
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 108 (12.49%) JIRA
2 21 (2.43%) Git
3 14 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.92%) Subversion
5 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.12%) LSMW
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 391 (45.20%) Social Skills
2 360 (41.62%) Finance
3 136 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.37%) Banking
5 97 (11.21%) Marketing
6 69 (7.98%) Organisational Skills
7 65 (7.51%) Public Sector
8 55 (6.36%) Retail
9 51 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (5.55%) Legal
11 28 (3.24%) Telecoms
12 27 (3.12%) Investment Banking
12 27 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (3.01%) Front Office
14 18 (2.08%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.62%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.50%) Law
17 12 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
18 9 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 350 (40.46%) Project Manager
2 92 (10.64%) Senior
3 85 (9.83%) Lead
4 72 (8.32%) Senior Manager
5 66 (7.63%) Analyst
6 52 (6.01%) Senior Project Manager
7 50 (5.78%) Programme Manager
8 46 (5.32%) IT Manager
9 43 (4.97%) Business Analyst
10 40 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
11 37 (4.28%) Technical Manager
12 32 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
13 31 (3.58%) Technical Project Manager
14 29 (3.35%) Consultant
15 23 (2.66%) Developer
16 19 (2.20%) Digital Project Manager
17 18 (2.08%) Infrastructure Manager
18 16 (1.85%) Change Manager
18 16 (1.85%) Coordinator
19 15 (1.73%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.50%) ADO
2 11 (1.27%) VML
3 9 (1.04%) REST
4 8 (0.92%) Web Services
5 7 (0.81%) Middleware
5 7 (0.81%) pytest
5 7 (0.81%) React
6 6 (0.69%) HTML
6 6 (0.69%) SOAP
6 6 (0.69%) Terraform
7 5 (0.58%) .NET
7 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
7 5 (0.58%) OAuth
7 5 (0.58%) XML
8 4 (0.46%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.35%) DAO
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.35%) XSLT
10 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.55%) Management Information System
2 45 (5.20%) Onboarding
2 45 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.24%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.43%) PMI
6 19 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 16 (1.85%) Fixed Income
8 15 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.50%) Derivative
9 13 (1.50%) FMCG
9 13 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.39%) Social Media
11 10 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.16%) Life Science
11 10 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.04%) CMDB
12 9 (1.04%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.43%) Linux
2 17 (1.97%) Windows
3 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (49.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 366 (42.31%) Agile
3 254 (29.36%) Project Delivery
4 194 (22.43%) PRINCE2
5 136 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
6 131 (15.14%) Change Management
7 130 (15.03%) Migration
8 127 (14.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 124 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 123 (14.22%) Decision-Making
11 116 (13.41%) AI
11 116 (13.41%) Waterfall
12 110 (12.72%) Scrum
13 100 (11.56%) Risk Management
14 88 (10.17%) Analytics
15 87 (10.06%) Roadmaps
16 84 (9.71%) Programme Management
17 82 (9.48%) Project Governance
18 76 (8.79%) DevOps
19 70 (8.09%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.39%) SQL
2 31 (3.58%) Python
3 10 (1.16%) Java
4 7 (0.81%) C#
4 7 (0.81%) TypeScript
5 6 (0.69%) Bash
6 4 (0.46%) C++
6 4 (0.46%) Korn
6 4 (0.46%) VBA
7 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.12%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) COBOL
9 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.12%) RPG
9 1 (0.12%) VB
9 1 (0.12%) VB6
9 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 172 (19.88%) PMP
2 146 (16.88%) PMI Certification
3 125 (14.45%) Degree
4 90 (10.40%) Security Cleared
5 69 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.08%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (1.04%) CISSP
9 9 (1.04%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.92%) CISM
11 7 (0.81%) APMP
11 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.58%) CAPM
12 5 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.58%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (14.10%) PMO
2 49 (5.66%) QA
3 36 (4.16%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.97%) GDPR
5 14 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.92%) NIST
7 8 (0.92%) P3O
7 8 (0.92%) SLA
8 7 (0.81%) FINREP
8 7 (0.81%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) COREP
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.46%) EMIR
10 4 (0.46%) MiFID
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.58%) Ansible
1 5 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
1 5 (0.58%) Puppet
1 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
2 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 149 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.97%) ServiceNow
3 40 (4.62%) SAP
4 28 (3.24%) Adobe
4 28 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.54%) Oracle
6 21 (2.43%) Google
7 16 (1.85%) Sitecore
8 13 (1.50%) VMware
9 12 (1.39%) Cisco
10 10 (1.16%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.16%) NEC
11 9 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.04%) Murex
11 9 (1.04%) Planview
12 8 (0.92%) Ericsson
12 8 (0.92%) Nokia
12 8 (0.92%) Workday
13 7 (0.81%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.69%) Wrike