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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 24 25
Rank change year-on-year -22 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 855 949 1,203
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.52% 7.64% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 8.28% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 574 818
10th Percentile £358 £310 £305
25th Percentile £426 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year - +1.99% -4.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £756 £775 £750
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 53
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.27 £20.03
25th Percentile £30.38 £33.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £39.04 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +20.12% -21.69%
75th Percentile £55.75 £50.84 £48.75
90th Percentile £58.25 £63.75 £54.70
England median hourly rate £36.75 £46.24 £37.50
% change year-on-year -20.52% +23.31% -16.67%

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 16,816 11,468 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.31% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,190 7,694 11,171
10th Percentile £360 £340 £343
25th Percentile £436 £425 £445
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 £519 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 206 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +11.48% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -19 131 £575 - 32
West London -25 21 £550 +18.92% 27
South London -3 11 £688 +62.15% 7
East London -9 5 £523 +4.50% 16
North London +2 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 43 (5.03%) Confluence
1 43 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.87%) CMS
3 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.70%) Apache
4 6 (0.70%) WordPress
5 4 (0.47%) Moodle
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 55 (6.43%) Microsoft Project
3 46 (5.38%) 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%) SAP S/4HANA
1 10 (1.17%) Shopify
2 8 (0.94%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
4 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.47%) Endur
5 4 (0.47%) Magento
6 3 (0.35%) 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%) IntelliMatch
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 69 (8.07%) Azure
2 54 (6.32%) SaaS
3 52 (6.08%) AWS
4 37 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.11%) Smartsheet
8 11 (1.29%) GCP
9 10 (1.17%) Asana
9 10 (1.17%) BigCommerce
10 9 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.94%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.82%) Google Ads
13 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.70%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.70%) GitHub
13 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.58%) Google Drive
14 5 (0.58%) OCI
14 5 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.40%) Network Security
2 8 (0.94%) 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%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.23%) BGP
7 2 (0.23%) Broadband
7 2 (0.23%) Internet
7 2 (0.23%) Multicast
7 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.23%) Wireless
8 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.12%) MVNO
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.09%) Power BI
2 9 (1.05%) 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
5 3 (0.35%) QlikView
5 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.35%) SQL Server
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 Vault
7 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (11.35%) JIRA
2 17 (1.99%) Git
3 9 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.58%) Subversion
5 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.47%) 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
1 380 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 340 (39.77%) Finance
3 120 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 90 (10.53%) Marketing
6 89 (10.41%) Banking
7 73 (8.54%) Public Sector
8 61 (7.13%) Retail
9 51 (5.96%) Legal
10 34 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
11 31 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (3.51%) Financial Institution
13 26 (3.04%) Front Office
14 23 (2.69%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.52%) Manufacturing
17 11 (1.29%) Advertising
17 11 (1.29%) Law
17 11 (1.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 372 (43.51%) Project Manager
2 104 (12.16%) Senior
3 93 (10.88%) Analyst
4 88 (10.29%) Lead
5 77 (9.01%) Senior Manager
6 68 (7.95%) Business Analyst
7 65 (7.60%) Senior Project Manager
8 43 (5.03%) IT Manager
9 41 (4.80%) Programme Manager
10 38 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
11 35 (4.09%) Technical Manager
12 30 (3.51%) Technical Project Manager
13 28 (3.27%) Developer
14 27 (3.16%) Infrastructure Manager
15 26 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
16 25 (2.92%) Architect
17 24 (2.81%) Migration Manager
17 24 (2.81%) Migration Project Manager
18 23 (2.69%) Consultant
19 21 (2.46%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.11%) REST
2 13 (1.52%) VML
3 11 (1.29%) SOAP
4 9 (1.05%) Middleware
5 8 (0.94%) 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
9 3 (0.35%) CSS
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.35%) RESTful
9 3 (0.35%) XML
10 2 (0.23%) HTML5
10 2 (0.23%) pytest
11 1 (0.12%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.03%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.63%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.04%) PMI
5 25 (2.92%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.11%) Social Media
8 16 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.64%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.40%) FMCG
11 10 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.94%) Fixed Income
13 8 (0.94%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.82%) CMDB
14 7 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.82%) IoT
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
1 341 (39.88%) Agile
2 327 (38.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 242 (28.30%) Project Delivery
4 149 (17.43%) PRINCE2
5 148 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
6 139 (16.26%) Migration
7 123 (14.39%) Decision-Making
8 116 (13.57%) Change Management
8 116 (13.57%) Waterfall
9 111 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 105 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 88 (10.29%) Risk Management
12 85 (9.94%) Scrum
13 81 (9.47%) AI
14 67 (7.84%) Analytics
15 66 (7.72%) Business Analysis
15 66 (7.72%) Programme Management
16 62 (7.25%) DevOps
16 62 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
17 60 (7.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 43 (5.03%) SQL
2 25 (2.92%) Python
3 11 (1.29%) Java
4 8 (0.94%) 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%) Korn
9 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 150 (17.54%) PMP
2 124 (14.50%) PMI Certification
3 115 (13.45%) Degree
4 72 (8.42%) Security Cleared
5 53 (6.20%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.75%) APMP
6 15 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.40%) CBAP
7 12 (1.40%) CISSP
7 12 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.17%) IIBA
9 9 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.05%) CISM
10 8 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (0.82%) APMG
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.58%) MBA
13 4 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.87%) PMO
2 63 (7.37%) QA
3 32 (3.74%) Data Quality
4 27 (3.16%) GDPR
5 19 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.99%) NIST
7 15 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.40%) SLA
9 8 (0.94%) MiFID
10 7 (0.82%) EMIR
10 7 (0.82%) GRC
11 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.35%) COREP
13 3 (0.35%) FINREP
13 3 (0.35%) GxP
13 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.23%) Basel III
14 2 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 11 (1.29%) 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 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
1 111 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.61%) ServiceNow
3 46 (5.38%) SAP
4 41 (4.80%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.51%) Oracle
6 26 (3.04%) Adobe
7 20 (2.34%) Google
7 20 (2.34%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.40%) CyberArk
8 12 (1.40%) Workday
9 10 (1.17%) Murex
10 8 (0.94%) Cisco
10 8 (0.94%) Guidewire
11 6 (0.70%) Avaloq
11 6 (0.70%) Bloomberg
11 6 (0.70%) Databricks
11 6 (0.70%) NEC
12 5 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.58%) Okta
13 4 (0.47%) VMware