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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 796 1,108 1,488
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.61% 7.86% 8.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 8.71% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 626 1,009
10th Percentile £350 £313 £355
25th Percentile £422 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £655 £650 £675
90th Percentile £744 £750 £756
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 30
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.15 £20.95
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.27 £25.60
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -8.61% +0.67%
75th Percentile £41.63 £37.40 £53.25
90th Percentile £59.38 £42.81 £57.75
England median hourly rate £44.00 £33.77 £43.75
% change year-on-year +30.29% -22.81% +8.59%

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 12,967 12,718 16,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.24% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,128 11,528
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 155 254
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £16.78
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £54.03
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
% change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +25.25%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -12 128 £525 -12.50% 54
West London -23 16 £465 +19.23% 21
South London -10 7 £500 -11.15% 16
East London -3 6 £495 +4.21% 33
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 56 (7.04%) Confluence
2 33 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) nginx
4 3 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 88 (11.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (8.17%) Microsoft Project
3 58 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.64%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.63%) Trello
7 5 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.50%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.38%) InVision
9 3 (0.38%) Sketch
10 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.25%) InDesign
10 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.13%) Notion
11 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.01%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.63%) Workfront
5 4 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.38%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Shopify
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.25%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 67 (8.42%) Azure
2 52 (6.53%) Power Platform
3 45 (5.65%) AWS
4 23 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (2.89%) SaaS
5 17 (2.14%) Asana
5 17 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (1.76%) Smartsheet
7 9 (1.13%) GCP
8 8 (1.01%) ChatGPT
8 8 (1.01%) GitHub
8 8 (1.01%) Slack
9 7 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (0.88%) Figma
9 7 (0.88%) Google Workspace
9 7 (0.88%) OCI
9 7 (0.88%) OpenShift
9 7 (0.88%) Serverless
10 6 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (0.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.76%) Firewall
2 11 (1.38%) WAN
3 9 (1.13%) Network Security
4 8 (1.01%) LAN
5 5 (0.63%) Internet
6 4 (0.50%) Multicast
6 4 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.50%) VPN
6 4 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.38%) MVNO
7 3 (0.38%) S/MIME
7 3 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.38%) SSL
8 2 (0.25%) ATM
8 2 (0.25%) Broadband
8 2 (0.25%) DHCP
8 2 (0.25%) DMZ
8 2 (0.25%) DNS
8 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.25%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.78%) Power BI
2 23 (2.89%) Tableau
3 14 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.63%) Metadata
5 11 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.38%) Big Data
7 3 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.38%) Power Query
7 3 (0.38%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.25%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.25%) DataStage
8 2 (0.25%) DB2
8 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.13%) DTS
9 1 (0.13%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.13%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.13%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 134 (16.83%) JIRA
2 9 (1.13%) Git
3 4 (0.50%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Ant
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) JUnit
6 1 (0.13%) LSMW
6 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 401 (50.38%) Social Skills
2 342 (42.96%) Finance
3 143 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (12.94%) Banking
5 76 (9.55%) Public Sector
6 60 (7.54%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (7.04%) Marketing
8 53 (6.66%) Retail
9 50 (6.28%) Legal
10 32 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.77%) Investment Banking
12 29 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (3.39%) Front Office
14 22 (2.76%) Financial Institution
15 20 (2.51%) Telecoms
16 19 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (2.39%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.88%) Advertising
18 12 (1.51%) Billing
19 11 (1.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 312 (39.20%) Project Manager
2 111 (13.94%) Analyst
3 76 (9.55%) Business Analyst
3 76 (9.55%) Lead
3 76 (9.55%) Senior
4 49 (6.16%) IT Manager
5 44 (5.53%) Senior Manager
6 40 (5.03%) IT Project Manager
7 37 (4.65%) Consultant
8 32 (4.02%) Senior Project Manager
9 29 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
10 25 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
11 23 (2.89%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 23 (2.89%) Programme Manager
11 23 (2.89%) Technical Manager
12 22 (2.76%) Developer
13 18 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
14 17 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.14%) Technical Project Manager
15 16 (2.01%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.26%) REST
2 9 (1.13%) SOAP
3 8 (1.01%) .NET
3 8 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.01%) HTML
4 7 (0.88%) RESTful
4 7 (0.88%) XML
5 6 (0.75%) LangChain
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.63%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.63%) ADO
6 5 (0.63%) Entity Framework
6 5 (0.63%) Middleware
6 5 (0.63%) React
6 5 (0.63%) Web Services
7 4 (0.50%) CSS
7 4 (0.50%) NHibernate
7 4 (0.50%) Playwright
8 3 (0.38%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.38%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.90%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.64%) PMI
4 28 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
5 27 (3.39%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.14%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.88%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.38%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.13%) Social Media
12 8 (1.01%) Derivative
12 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
12 8 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (0.88%) NHS
13 7 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.75%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.14%) Windows
2 11 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Unix
4 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (38.82%) Agile
1 309 (38.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 206 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
3 189 (23.74%) Project Delivery
4 153 (19.22%) PRINCE2
5 137 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 123 (15.45%) Migration
7 111 (13.94%) Change Management
8 102 (12.81%) Risk Management
9 96 (12.06%) Scrum
9 96 (12.06%) Waterfall
10 87 (10.93%) Decision-Making
11 86 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (9.30%) Budget Management
13 65 (8.17%) Business Analysis
14 64 (8.04%) Roadmaps
15 61 (7.66%) Project Governance
16 60 (7.54%) Requirements Gathering
17 58 (7.29%) Programme Management
18 57 (7.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.91%) SQL
2 25 (3.14%) Python
3 10 (1.26%) C#
4 9 (1.13%) Java
5 8 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.50%) VBA
7 2 (0.25%) C++
7 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.25%) Go
7 2 (0.25%) Korn
7 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.25%) R
7 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.25%) VB
8 1 (0.13%) Perl
8 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 150 (18.84%) Degree
2 137 (17.21%) PMI Certification
3 132 (16.58%) PMP
4 68 (8.54%) Security Cleared
5 53 (6.66%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.38%) APMP
9 11 (1.38%) CBAP
10 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.26%) IIBA
11 9 (1.13%) CISM
11 9 (1.13%) CISSP
12 8 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (0.88%) CFA
13 7 (0.88%) FFIEC
14 6 (0.75%) MBA
15 5 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.67%) PMO
2 43 (5.40%) QA
3 36 (4.52%) GDPR
4 28 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 26 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (2.01%) NIST
8 12 (1.51%) GRC
9 11 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.13%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.63%) EMIR
11 5 (0.63%) WCAG
12 4 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.50%) PSD2
13 3 (0.38%) Basel III
13 3 (0.38%) MiFID
13 3 (0.38%) SEPA
14 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 10 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) 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%) Terraform
2 3 (0.38%) Consul
2 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Packer
2 3 (0.38%) RSA Archer
3 2 (0.25%) Ansible
3 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (0.25%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.13%) Argo
4 1 (0.13%) CASB
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.13%) Control-M
4 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.13%) SCCM
4 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 112 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.16%) SAP
3 40 (5.03%) Salesforce
4 35 (4.40%) Oracle
5 30 (3.77%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.14%) Adobe
6 17 (2.14%) Google
7 14 (1.76%) Workday
8 11 (1.38%) Cisco
8 11 (1.38%) Planview
9 9 (1.13%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.01%) CyberArk
10 8 (1.01%) Databricks
11 7 (0.88%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.88%) NEC
12 6 (0.75%) IBM
13 5 (0.63%) Arista
13 5 (0.63%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.63%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.63%) VMware