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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 864 992 1,375
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.19% 7.83% 7.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 8.57% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 592 937
10th Percentile £350 £310 £325
25th Percentile £425 £417 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £769 £767
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 50
10th Percentile £26.65 £25.85 £19.86
25th Percentile £32.94 £31.56 £23.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.56 £32.36
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% +16.07% -18.09%
75th Percentile £44.00 £43.97 £50.00
90th Percentile £51.35 £50.57 £60.13
England median hourly rate £40.25 £42.79 £38.12
% change year-on-year -5.93% +12.24% -22.20%

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 14,942 11,579 15,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.72% 91.43% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 7,821 11,436
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +14.75% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 - 118
West London -31 14 £400 +17.65% 27
South London -7 11 £650 +4.00% 9
East London -14 5 £510 +3.03% 21
North London +2 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 (7.29%) Confluence
2 28 (3.24%) 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 85 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (7.99%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.31%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.27%) Trello
7 8 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.35%) InDesign
11 3 (0.35%) InVision
11 3 (0.35%) Sketch
12 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.39%) Loan IQ
2 10 (1.16%) 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 73 (8.45%) Azure
2 51 (5.90%) AWS
3 42 (4.86%) Power Platform
4 39 (4.51%) SaaS
5 21 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.97%) Smartsheet
7 13 (1.50%) Asana
8 9 (1.04%) Figma
8 9 (1.04%) GCP
9 8 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (0.93%) Google Workspace
9 8 (0.93%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.81%) GitHub
10 7 (0.81%) OCI
11 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (0.69%) BigCommerce
11 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 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%) TCP/IP
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.40%) Power BI
2 19 (2.20%) 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
1 127 (14.70%) JIRA
2 13 (1.50%) 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%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) LSMW
5 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.12%) Subversion
5 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.12%) Toad
5 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 429 (49.65%) Social Skills
2 367 (42.48%) Finance
3 148 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (12.62%) Banking
5 89 (10.30%) Organisational Skills
6 86 (9.95%) Public Sector
7 71 (8.22%) Marketing
8 57 (6.60%) Retail
9 47 (5.44%) Legal
10 41 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (3.94%) Investment Banking
13 29 (3.36%) Financial Institution
14 24 (2.78%) Front Office
15 18 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.97%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (1.74%) Advertising
19 11 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 11 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 375 (43.40%) Project Manager
2 118 (13.66%) Analyst
3 96 (11.11%) Senior
4 88 (10.19%) Business Analyst
5 69 (7.99%) Lead
6 68 (7.87%) Senior Manager
7 54 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
8 47 (5.44%) IT Manager
9 44 (5.09%) IT Project Manager
10 37 (4.28%) Programme Manager
11 36 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
12 35 (4.05%) Technical Manager
13 32 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
14 29 (3.36%) Consultant
14 29 (3.36%) Technical Project Manager
15 28 (3.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 25 (2.89%) Developer
16 25 (2.89%) Migration Manager
17 24 (2.78%) Migration Project Manager
18 21 (2.43%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.27%) REST
1 11 (1.27%) SOAP
2 9 (1.04%) HTML
3 8 (0.93%) Middleware
3 8 (0.93%) XML
4 7 (0.81%) CSS
5 6 (0.69%) .NET
5 6 (0.69%) AngularJS
5 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.69%) VML
5 6 (0.69%) Web Services
6 5 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.46%) ADO
7 4 (0.46%) React
7 4 (0.46%) RESTful
8 3 (0.35%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.35%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.35%) pytest
9 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.23%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.82%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.13%) PMI
5 25 (2.89%) Data Protection Act
5 25 (2.89%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.62%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.39%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.27%) Social Media
11 9 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.93%) Derivative
12 8 (0.93%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.93%) NHS
12 8 (0.93%) Tandem
13 7 (0.81%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.74%) Windows
2 10 (1.16%) 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 (41.20%) Agile
2 333 (38.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 227 (26.27%) Project Delivery
4 185 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 141 (16.32%) Migration
7 124 (14.35%) Waterfall
8 121 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 111 (12.85%) Scrum
10 108 (12.50%) Change Management
11 105 (12.15%) Decision-Making
12 95 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 93 (10.76%) Risk Management
14 84 (9.72%) Business Analysis
15 72 (8.33%) Roadmaps
16 70 (8.10%) Analytics
16 70 (8.10%) Requirements Gathering
17 68 (7.87%) Time Management
18 67 (7.75%) Data Migration
19 66 (7.64%) AI
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.13%) SQL
2 24 (2.78%) Python
3 9 (1.04%) C#
4 8 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.81%) Java
6 4 (0.46%) C++
6 4 (0.46%) R
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%) C
9 1 (0.12%) Go
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 148 (17.13%) PMP
2 137 (15.86%) PMI Certification
3 129 (14.93%) Degree
4 82 (9.49%) Security Cleared
5 63 (7.29%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.74%) CBAP
7 15 (1.74%) 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%) APMG
13 5 (0.58%) CFA
13 5 (0.58%) MBA
14 4 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (11.34%) PMO
2 55 (6.37%) QA
3 38 (4.40%) GDPR
4 33 (3.82%) Data Quality
5 22 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.08%) NIST
7 12 (1.39%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.16%) SLA
9 9 (1.04%) GRC
10 8 (0.93%) 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 (1.16%) 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
1 110 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.13%) SAP
3 48 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 45 (5.21%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.94%) Oracle
6 25 (2.89%) Adobe
7 18 (2.08%) Google
8 17 (1.97%) Workday
9 14 (1.62%) Cisco
9 14 (1.62%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.04%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.04%) Databricks
11 8 (0.93%) Sitecore
12 7 (0.81%) Avaloq
12 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.81%) Planview
13 6 (0.69%) Murex
13 6 (0.69%) NEC
14 5 (0.58%) VMware