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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 25 25
Rank change year-on-year -23 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 858 959 1,183
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.49% 7.65% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 8.28% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 580 804
10th Percentile £356 £310 £301
25th Percentile £425 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 52
10th Percentile £28.00 £26.25 £19.98
25th Percentile £30.38 £33.25 £23.40
Median hourly rate £39.50 £43.08 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +32.97% -23.33%
75th Percentile £55.75 £51.59 £48.75
90th Percentile £58.25 £63.75 £54.85
England median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £37.00
% change year-on-year -22.25% +25.14% -17.78%

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 16,970 11,588 15,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,314 7,764 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 214 312
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +14.34% -26.88%
75th Percentile £59.85 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -14 128 £560 -2.61% 46
West London -27 20 £550 +18.92% 23
South London 0 11 £688 +62.15% 9
East London -9 5 £523 +16.11% 16
North London +2 2 £500 - 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 44 (5.13%) Confluence
2 43 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.86%) CMS
4 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.70%) Apache
5 6 (0.70%) WordPress
6 4 (0.47%) Moodle
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (8.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (6.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 58 (6.76%) Microsoft Project
3 49 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.58%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.35%) Trello
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 10 (1.17%) Shopify
2 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.93%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
5 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.47%) Endur
5 4 (0.47%) Magento
5 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 2 (0.23%) Findur
7 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (8.16%) Azure
2 56 (6.53%) SaaS
3 50 (5.83%) AWS
4 39 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.10%) Smartsheet
8 10 (1.17%) Asana
8 10 (1.17%) BigCommerce
8 10 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.17%) GCP
9 7 (0.82%) Google Ads
9 7 (0.82%) Google Workspace
10 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (0.70%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.70%) GitHub
10 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.58%) Google Drive
11 5 (0.58%) OCI
12 4 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.52%) Network Security
2 8 (0.93%) WAN
3 7 (0.82%) Firewall
4 6 (0.70%) LAN
5 4 (0.47%) DKIM
5 4 (0.47%) DMARC
5 4 (0.47%) DNS
5 4 (0.47%) Intranet
5 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.23%) BGP
7 2 (0.23%) Broadband
7 2 (0.23%) Multicast
7 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.23%) Wireless
8 1 (0.12%) MVNO
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.31%) Power BI
2 10 (1.17%) Tableau
3 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 7 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (0.82%) Metadata
4 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.35%) QlikView
6 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.23%) Power Query
7 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.12%) Big Data
7 1 (0.12%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 98 (11.42%) JIRA
2 17 (1.98%) Git
3 10 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.58%) Subversion
5 3 (0.35%) GitLab
6 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.12%) Appium
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
General
1 385 (44.87%) Social Skills
2 343 (39.98%) Finance
3 120 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.07%) Organisational Skills
5 92 (10.72%) Marketing
6 90 (10.49%) Banking
7 72 (8.39%) Public Sector
8 60 (6.99%) Retail
9 49 (5.71%) Legal
10 34 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (3.26%) Financial Institution
13 27 (3.15%) Front Office
14 25 (2.91%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.52%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.28%) Advertising
17 11 (1.28%) Billing
17 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 370 (43.12%) Project Manager
2 104 (12.12%) Senior
3 97 (11.31%) Analyst
4 88 (10.26%) Lead
5 77 (8.97%) Senior Manager
6 70 (8.16%) Business Analyst
7 65 (7.58%) Senior Project Manager
8 42 (4.90%) IT Manager
9 39 (4.55%) Programme Manager
10 37 (4.31%) IT Project Manager
11 36 (4.20%) Technical Manager
12 31 (3.61%) Technical Project Manager
13 28 (3.26%) Developer
13 28 (3.26%) Infrastructure Manager
14 26 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
15 25 (2.91%) Architect
16 24 (2.80%) Consultant
17 23 (2.68%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 23 (2.68%) Migration Manager
17 23 (2.68%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.10%) REST
2 13 (1.52%) VML
3 11 (1.28%) SOAP
4 9 (1.05%) Middleware
5 8 (0.93%) HTML
6 6 (0.70%) .NET
6 6 (0.70%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.58%) ADO
7 5 (0.58%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.58%) Web Services
8 4 (0.47%) OAuth
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.47%) React
8 4 (0.47%) XML
9 3 (0.35%) CSS
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.35%) RESTful
10 2 (0.23%) HTML5
10 2 (0.23%) pytest
11 1 (0.12%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 43 (5.01%) Management Information System
3 32 (3.73%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.91%) PMI
5 24 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.10%) Social Media
7 15 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.40%) FMCG
9 12 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.93%) Fixed Income
13 8 (0.93%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.82%) CMDB
14 7 (0.82%) Derivative
14 7 (0.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.52%) Windows
2 7 (0.82%) Linux
3 4 (0.47%) Unix
4 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (39.98%) Agile
2 329 (38.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 242 (28.21%) Project Delivery
4 150 (17.48%) PRINCE2
5 149 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
6 138 (16.08%) Migration
7 122 (14.22%) Decision-Making
8 118 (13.75%) Change Management
9 115 (13.40%) Waterfall
10 113 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 104 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 87 (10.14%) Risk Management
13 86 (10.02%) Scrum
14 85 (9.91%) AI
15 68 (7.93%) Analytics
16 67 (7.81%) Business Analysis
17 64 (7.46%) DevOps
17 64 (7.46%) Requirements Gathering
18 63 (7.34%) Programme Management
19 61 (7.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (5.01%) SQL
2 25 (2.91%) Python
3 11 (1.28%) Java
4 8 (0.93%) C#
5 6 (0.70%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.47%) R
8 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.23%) VBA
9 1 (0.12%) C
9 1 (0.12%) COBOL
9 1 (0.12%) Korn
9 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.12%) RPG
9 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 149 (17.37%) PMP
2 124 (14.45%) PMI Certification
3 116 (13.52%) Degree
4 72 (8.39%) Security Cleared
5 51 (5.94%) SC Cleared
6 14 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.52%) APMP
7 13 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.40%) CBAP
9 11 (1.28%) CISSP
10 10 (1.17%) IIBA
10 10 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 9 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.93%) CISM
12 8 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.82%) APMG
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.58%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (12.94%) PMO
2 61 (7.11%) QA
3 31 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.91%) GDPR
5 17 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.75%) NIST
7 14 (1.63%) SLA
8 8 (0.93%) MiFID
9 7 (0.82%) EMIR
9 7 (0.82%) GRC
10 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.47%) COREP
11 4 (0.47%) FINREP
12 3 (0.35%) GxP
12 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.23%) COBIT
13 2 (0.23%) GAAP
System Software
1 12 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.23%) Firmware
3 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.35%) Ansible
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (0.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) Control-M
5 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.12%) logstash
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.83%) ServiceNow
3 45 (5.24%) SAP
4 44 (5.13%) Salesforce
5 31 (3.61%) Oracle
6 26 (3.03%) Adobe
7 20 (2.33%) Sitecore
8 19 (2.21%) Google
9 12 (1.40%) Workday
10 11 (1.28%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.17%) Murex
12 8 (0.93%) Cisco
12 8 (0.93%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.70%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.70%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.70%) Databricks
13 6 (0.70%) NEC
14 5 (0.58%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.58%) VMware
14 5 (0.58%) Wrike