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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 894 977 1,336
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.08% 7.71% 7.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.73% 8.37% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 578 926
10th Percentile £359 £308 £325
25th Percentile £426 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £668 £638 £670
90th Percentile £750 £772 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 51
10th Percentile £27.85 £22.27 £19.92
25th Percentile £30.38 £29.00 £23.05
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.56 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% +18.43% -26.26%
75th Percentile £47.00 £45.47 £49.38
90th Percentile £57.10 £51.59 £55.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -14.69% +21.46% -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 15,599 11,674 15,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.69% 92.11% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,450 7,939 11,295
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £757 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 173 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +20.00% -26.28%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.65 £66.25
England median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.58
% change year-on-year +44.50% -14.41% -5.13%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -16 129 £613 +11.36% 70
West London -31 19 £455 +11.66% 29
South London -4 14 £650 +53.30% 5
East London -14 4 £495 - 23
North London +3 1 £550 +10.00% 2
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 64 (7.16%) Confluence
2 30 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.34%) CMS
4 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.45%) Apache
5 4 (0.45%) nginx
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.34%) Moodle
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (7.49%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.01%) Trello
7 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.67%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.34%) InVision
10 3 (0.34%) Sketch
11 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.22%) InDesign
12 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.34%) Loan IQ
2 9 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.01%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.45%) ProductWriter
4 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 3 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.22%) Endur
5 2 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.17%) Azure
2 55 (6.15%) AWS
3 54 (6.04%) SaaS
4 38 (4.25%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (2.57%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.68%) Asana
9 13 (1.45%) GCP
10 11 (1.23%) Google Workspace
11 10 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.01%) BigCommerce
12 9 (1.01%) Figma
13 7 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.78%) OCI
14 6 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.67%) GitHub
14 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.57%) Network Security
2 12 (1.34%) Firewall
3 11 (1.23%) WAN
4 7 (0.78%) LAN
5 5 (0.56%) Internet
5 5 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.45%) Broadband
6 4 (0.45%) DNS
7 3 (0.34%) DKIM
7 3 (0.34%) DMARC
7 3 (0.34%) Intranet
7 3 (0.34%) Multicast
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.22%) Junos
8 2 (0.22%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenScape
8 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.03%) Power BI
2 16 (1.79%) Tableau
3 12 (1.34%) Metadata
4 11 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.67%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.45%) Big Data
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.22%) DataStage
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 10g
11 1 (0.11%) QlikView
11 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 130 (14.54%) JIRA
2 14 (1.57%) Git
3 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.34%) GitLab
4 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.11%) Ant
6 1 (0.11%) Appium
6 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) JUnit
6 1 (0.11%) LSMW
6 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.11%) Subversion
6 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 420 (46.98%) Social Skills
2 361 (40.38%) Finance
3 148 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (11.30%) Banking
5 90 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
5 90 (10.07%) Public Sector
6 84 (9.40%) Marketing
7 62 (6.94%) Retail
8 49 (5.48%) Legal
9 42 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
10 35 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (3.36%) Investment Banking
12 28 (3.13%) Financial Institution
13 22 (2.46%) Front Office
14 19 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 18 (2.01%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 13 (1.45%) Advertising
19 11 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 366 (40.94%) Project Manager
2 111 (12.42%) Analyst
3 97 (10.85%) Senior
4 87 (9.73%) Business Analyst
5 84 (9.40%) Lead
6 71 (7.94%) Senior Manager
7 57 (6.38%) Senior Project Manager
8 50 (5.59%) IT Manager
9 45 (5.03%) IT Project Manager
10 41 (4.59%) Programme Manager
11 33 (3.69%) Delivery Manager
12 32 (3.58%) Technical Manager
13 29 (3.24%) Infrastructure Manager
14 28 (3.13%) Developer
15 27 (3.02%) Migration Manager
16 26 (2.91%) Migration Project Manager
17 25 (2.80%) Technical Project Manager
18 24 (2.68%) Consultant
19 23 (2.57%) Architect
20 22 (2.46%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.01%) REST
2 12 (1.34%) HTML
3 11 (1.23%) SOAP
4 9 (1.01%) Middleware
4 9 (1.01%) VML
5 7 (0.78%) .NET
5 7 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.78%) CSS
5 7 (0.78%) Web Services
6 6 (0.67%) React
6 6 (0.67%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.67%) XML
7 4 (0.45%) ADO
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.45%) RESTful
8 3 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.34%) OAuth
8 3 (0.34%) pytest
8 3 (0.34%) XSLT
9 2 (0.22%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 44 (4.92%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.80%) PMI
4 33 (3.69%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 26 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.34%) Social Media
11 10 (1.12%) FMCG
12 9 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.01%) CMDB
13 8 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.89%) Tandem
14 7 (0.78%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.57%) Windows
2 11 (1.23%) Linux
3 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) AIX
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (40.72%) Agile
2 337 (37.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 234 (26.17%) Project Delivery
4 175 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 147 (16.44%) Migration
7 125 (13.98%) Waterfall
8 123 (13.76%) Decision-Making
9 122 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 112 (12.53%) Change Management
12 105 (11.74%) Scrum
13 95 (10.63%) Risk Management
14 78 (8.72%) Business Analysis
15 75 (8.39%) Roadmaps
16 74 (8.28%) Analytics
17 73 (8.17%) AI
18 72 (8.05%) Budget Management
19 67 (7.49%) Programme Management
20 66 (7.38%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 48 (5.37%) SQL
2 25 (2.80%) Python
3 12 (1.34%) Java
4 8 (0.89%) C#
5 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.67%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.56%) C++
7 5 (0.56%) R
8 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.22%) Korn
9 2 (0.22%) VBA
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) Go
10 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.11%) Perl
10 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.11%) SOQL
10 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (16.78%) PMP
2 135 (15.10%) PMI Certification
3 129 (14.43%) Degree
4 84 (9.40%) Security Cleared
5 63 (7.05%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.68%) CBAP
8 15 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.57%) APMP
10 13 (1.45%) CISSP
10 13 (1.45%) IIBA
11 11 (1.23%) CISM
11 11 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.78%) APMG
13 6 (0.67%) MBA
14 5 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (11.63%) PMO
2 71 (7.94%) QA
3 38 (4.25%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.91%) GDPR
5 23 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.01%) NIST
7 14 (1.57%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.23%) SLA
9 8 (0.89%) EMIR
9 8 (0.89%) MiFID
10 7 (0.78%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.56%) WCAG
13 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.45%) Basel III
14 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.45%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.67%) RSA Archer
1 6 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.45%) Terraform
3 3 (0.34%) Consul
3 3 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.34%) Packer
4 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
5 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 112 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.04%) SAP
3 53 (5.93%) ServiceNow
4 44 (4.92%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.80%) Oracle
6 26 (2.91%) Adobe
7 21 (2.35%) Google
8 19 (2.13%) Workday
9 15 (1.68%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.45%) Sitecore
11 10 (1.12%) Cisco
11 10 (1.12%) NEC
12 8 (0.89%) Databricks
13 7 (0.78%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.67%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.56%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.56%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.56%) IBM
15 5 (0.56%) Juniper
16 4 (0.45%) Murex