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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 23 21
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 799 1,165 1,539
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.55% 7.73% 8.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.08% 8.58% 9.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 668 1,051
10th Percentile £333 £314 £356
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £668 £646 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 23
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.15 £25.55
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.27 £27.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -9.21% +4.83%
75th Percentile £41.50 £38.38 £54.38
90th Percentile £58.25 £42.81 £61.00
England median hourly rate £40.50 £35.00 £46.06
% change year-on-year +15.71% -24.00% +3.93%

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 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -12 136 £523 -12.88% 43
West London -22 17 £475 +21.79% 22
South London 0 9 £500 -0.10% 32
East London 0 5 £520 +9.47% 24
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 (6.88%) Confluence
2 33 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.00%) CMS
4 4 (0.50%) nginx
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 87 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (8.39%) Microsoft Project
3 64 (8.01%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (6.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (3.75%) MS Visio
6 16 (2.00%) Trello
7 6 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.63%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.38%) InVision
10 3 (0.38%) Sketch
11 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.25%) InDesign
11 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.13%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.13%) Notion
12 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.00%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.63%) Workfront
6 4 (0.50%) Eloqua
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.38%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.38%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
8 2 (0.25%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 63 (7.88%) Azure
2 52 (6.51%) Power Platform
3 46 (5.76%) AWS
4 26 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.13%) SaaS
6 20 (2.50%) Asana
7 15 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.50%) Smartsheet
9 11 (1.38%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.25%) GCP
10 10 (1.25%) GitHub
11 8 (1.00%) ChatGPT
11 8 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.00%) Figma
11 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.00%) Serverless
12 7 (0.88%) OCI
12 7 (0.88%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (0.75%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.13%) Firewall
2 11 (1.38%) WAN
3 10 (1.25%) Network Security
4 8 (1.00%) LAN
5 6 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.63%) Internet
6 5 (0.63%) VPN
7 4 (0.50%) DNS
7 4 (0.50%) Multicast
7 4 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.38%) MVNO
8 3 (0.38%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.38%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.38%) SSL
9 2 (0.25%) ATM
9 2 (0.25%) Broadband
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
9 2 (0.25%) DMZ
9 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.76%) Power BI
2 25 (3.13%) Tableau
3 16 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.63%) Metadata
5 11 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.63%) SAP HANA
7 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.38%) Big Data
8 3 (0.38%) DB2
8 3 (0.38%) Power Query
8 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.38%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.25%) DataStage
9 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 132 (16.52%) JIRA
2 8 (1.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.88%) Git
4 6 (0.75%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) JUnit
5 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Ant
6 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) JMeter
6 1 (0.13%) LSMW
6 1 (0.13%) Maven
6 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 393 (49.19%) Social Skills
2 337 (42.18%) Finance
3 143 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (13.77%) Banking
5 67 (8.39%) Marketing
6 66 (8.26%) Public Sector
7 49 (6.13%) Legal
7 49 (6.13%) Retail
8 45 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (4.51%) Investment Banking
10 32 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.75%) Front Office
12 29 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.50%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.38%) Manufacturing
15 18 (2.25%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.88%) Advertising
16 15 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 295 (36.92%) Project Manager
2 103 (12.89%) Analyst
3 74 (9.26%) Business Analyst
4 70 (8.76%) Senior
5 62 (7.76%) Lead
6 45 (5.63%) IT Manager
7 39 (4.88%) Senior Manager
8 38 (4.76%) Consultant
9 36 (4.51%) IT Project Manager
10 28 (3.50%) Infrastructure Manager
11 27 (3.38%) Senior Project Manager
11 27 (3.38%) Technical Manager
12 26 (3.25%) Programme Manager
13 23 (2.88%) Developer
13 23 (2.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 21 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
15 20 (2.50%) Technical Project Manager
16 16 (2.00%) Business Manager
17 15 (1.88%) Coordinator
17 15 (1.88%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.50%) .NET
2 11 (1.38%) AngularJS
3 10 (1.25%) HTML
3 10 (1.25%) RESTful
4 7 (0.88%) .NET Framework
4 7 (0.88%) Entity Framework
4 7 (0.88%) XML
5 6 (0.75%) CSS
5 6 (0.75%) LangChain
5 6 (0.75%) NHibernate
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (0.75%) Playwright
5 6 (0.75%) React
5 6 (0.75%) REST
5 6 (0.75%) Web Services
6 4 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.50%) Middleware
6 4 (0.50%) SOAP
7 3 (0.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.50%) PMI
4 26 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
5 25 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.00%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 16 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.63%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.50%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.38%) Social Media
12 10 (1.25%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.25%) Fixed Income
13 9 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.13%) Derivative
14 8 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
15 6 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.00%) Windows
2 14 (1.75%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Unix
4 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) AIX
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) VMS
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (38.17%) Agile
2 280 (35.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 191 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (21.28%) Project Delivery
5 149 (18.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 145 (18.15%) PRINCE2
7 120 (15.02%) Change Management
8 115 (14.39%) Migration
9 102 (12.77%) Risk Management
10 95 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (11.89%) Scrum
11 87 (10.89%) Waterfall
12 81 (10.14%) Decision-Making
13 67 (8.39%) Roadmaps
14 65 (8.14%) Budget Management
15 63 (7.88%) Analytics
16 60 (7.51%) Business Analysis
16 60 (7.51%) Requirements Gathering
17 57 (7.13%) Project Governance
18 56 (7.01%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.38%) SQL
2 31 (3.88%) Python
3 14 (1.75%) C#
4 10 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.13%) Java
6 5 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.50%) VBA
8 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.25%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.25%) C++
9 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.25%) Go
9 2 (0.25%) Korn
9 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.25%) R
9 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.25%) VB
10 1 (0.13%) ABAP
10 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 163 (20.40%) Degree
2 128 (16.02%) PMI Certification
3 124 (15.52%) PMP
4 65 (8.14%) Security Cleared
5 50 (6.26%) SC Cleared
6 23 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 7 (0.88%) CFA
10 7 (0.88%) CISSP
10 7 (0.88%) FFIEC
11 6 (0.75%) CISM
11 6 (0.75%) IIBA
12 5 (0.63%) APMP
12 5 (0.63%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.63%) CBAP
12 5 (0.63%) MBA
12 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.01%) PMO
2 40 (5.01%) QA
3 31 (3.88%) GDPR
4 28 (3.50%) Data Quality
5 21 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.50%) GRC
7 12 (1.50%) NIST
7 12 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.25%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.63%) APQC
10 5 (0.63%) EMIR
10 5 (0.63%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.50%) Basel III
11 4 (0.50%) MiFID
11 4 (0.50%) PSD2
11 4 (0.50%) WCAG
12 3 (0.38%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 11 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.25%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 7 (0.88%) Terraform
2 6 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.50%) Kibana
3 4 (0.50%) logstash
4 3 (0.38%) Consul
4 3 (0.38%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.38%) Packer
4 3 (0.38%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.25%) Ansible
5 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.25%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.13%) CASB
6 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.51%) SAP
3 39 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.01%) Oracle
5 29 (3.63%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.38%) Google
7 16 (2.00%) Adobe
8 12 (1.50%) Cisco
9 11 (1.38%) Workday
10 10 (1.25%) Planview
11 9 (1.13%) Databricks
12 8 (1.00%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.88%) NEC
14 6 (0.75%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.63%) Arista
15 5 (0.63%) CyberArk
15 5 (0.63%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.63%) IBM
15 5 (0.63%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.63%) VMware