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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Management 805 1,084 1,490
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.52% 7.81% 8.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 8.63% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 615 1,009
10th Percentile £336 £313 £355
25th Percentile £422 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £748 £773 £750
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 24 35
10th Percentile £17.00 £20.75 £17.58
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.26 £23.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.75 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +10.32% -19.23%
75th Percentile £41.63 £39.01 £52.50
90th Percentile £59.38 £47.25 £56.50
England median hourly rate £44.50 £34.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.93% -14.38% -12.09%

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 13,291 12,555 16,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.17% 90.44% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,813 8,005 11,559
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -7.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 154 294
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.61 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £32.98 £35.00 £31.13
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +12.45% -12.32%
75th Percentile £55.25 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.53 £73.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -11 133 £535 -6.96% 57
West London -25 16 £455 +33.82% 22
South London -6 7 £500 -28.57% 18
East London -7 6 £495 +10.00% 28
North London +5 1 £550 - 3
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 (6.96%) Confluence
2 31 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) nginx
4 3 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 89 (11.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (7.58%) Microsoft Project
3 57 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (7.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (3.85%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.49%) Trello
6 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.37%) InVision
8 3 (0.37%) Sketch
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.25%) InDesign
9 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.12%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 22 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.37%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.50%) Shopify
4 4 (0.50%) Workfront
5 3 (0.37%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.37%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.37%) ProductWriter
5 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 71 (8.82%) Azure
2 50 (6.21%) Power Platform
3 49 (6.09%) AWS
4 24 (2.98%) SaaS
5 21 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (1.99%) Asana
6 16 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.49%) Smartsheet
8 8 (0.99%) ChatGPT
8 8 (0.99%) Figma
8 8 (0.99%) GCP
8 8 (0.99%) GitHub
9 7 (0.87%) Google Workspace
9 7 (0.87%) OCI
9 7 (0.87%) OpenShift
9 7 (0.87%) Serverless
9 7 (0.87%) Slack
10 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.62%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.86%) Firewall
2 13 (1.61%) WAN
3 9 (1.12%) LAN
4 8 (0.99%) Network Security
5 5 (0.62%) Internet
6 4 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.50%) VPN
6 4 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.37%) Multicast
7 3 (0.37%) MVNO
7 3 (0.37%) S/MIME
7 3 (0.37%) SSL
7 3 (0.37%) VXLAN
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.71%) Power BI
2 21 (2.61%) Tableau
3 14 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.49%) Metadata
5 10 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.37%) Big Data
7 3 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.37%) 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%) Power Query
9 1 (0.12%) DTS
9 1 (0.12%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.12%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.12%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 132 (16.40%) JIRA
2 9 (1.12%) Git
3 4 (0.50%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.25%) GitLab
4 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Ant
5 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) ERwin
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) LSMW
5 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 410 (50.93%) Social Skills
2 348 (43.23%) Finance
3 136 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.67%) Banking
5 75 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 64 (7.95%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (6.71%) Marketing
8 51 (6.34%) Retail
9 48 (5.96%) Legal
10 33 (4.10%) Investment Banking
10 33 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (3.35%) Front Office
13 22 (2.73%) Financial Institution
14 20 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (2.36%) Telecoms
16 18 (2.24%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.99%) Advertising
18 13 (1.61%) Billing
19 11 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 323 (40.12%) Project Manager
2 111 (13.79%) Analyst
3 82 (10.19%) Senior
4 77 (9.57%) Business Analyst
4 77 (9.57%) Lead
5 49 (6.09%) IT Manager
5 49 (6.09%) Senior Manager
6 42 (5.22%) IT Project Manager
7 37 (4.60%) Consultant
7 37 (4.60%) Senior Project Manager
8 31 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
9 27 (3.35%) Delivery Manager
10 24 (2.98%) Developer
10 24 (2.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 23 (2.86%) Programme Manager
12 22 (2.73%) Technical Manager
13 20 (2.48%) Senior Business Analyst
14 19 (2.36%) Security Manager
15 18 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
16 16 (1.99%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.37%) REST
2 10 (1.24%) SOAP
3 9 (1.12%) .NET
4 8 (0.99%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.87%) HTML
5 7 (0.87%) Middleware
5 7 (0.87%) RESTful
5 7 (0.87%) XML
6 6 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.75%) LangChain
6 6 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.62%) ADO
7 5 (0.62%) Entity Framework
7 5 (0.62%) React
7 5 (0.62%) Web Services
8 4 (0.50%) CSS
8 4 (0.50%) NHibernate
8 4 (0.50%) Playwright
8 4 (0.50%) VML
9 3 (0.37%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 39 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.35%) PMI
3 27 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 26 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.12%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.12%) Reinsurance
10 8 (0.99%) Derivative
10 8 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.99%) Social Media
10 8 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (0.87%) NHS
11 7 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.75%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.99%) Windows
2 9 (1.12%) Linux
3 5 (0.62%) Unix
3 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) Android
4 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 319 (39.63%) Agile
3 201 (24.97%) Project Delivery
4 197 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (18.88%) PRINCE2
6 127 (15.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 122 (15.16%) Migration
8 106 (13.17%) Change Management
9 100 (12.42%) Risk Management
10 96 (11.93%) Scrum
11 94 (11.68%) Waterfall
12 87 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 85 (10.56%) Decision-Making
14 71 (8.82%) Budget Management
15 68 (8.45%) Business Analysis
16 64 (7.95%) Project Governance
17 63 (7.83%) Requirements Gathering
18 61 (7.58%) Roadmaps
19 58 (7.20%) Analytics
20 56 (6.96%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (6.71%) SQL
2 26 (3.23%) Python
3 12 (1.49%) C#
4 9 (1.12%) Java
5 8 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.62%) VBA
7 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.25%) C++
8 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.25%) Go
8 2 (0.25%) Korn
8 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.25%) R
8 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.25%) VB
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 146 (18.14%) Degree
2 133 (16.52%) PMI Certification
2 133 (16.52%) PMP
3 66 (8.20%) Security Cleared
4 50 (6.21%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.36%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.49%) APMP
9 10 (1.24%) CBAP
9 10 (1.24%) IIBA
10 9 (1.12%) CISM
10 9 (1.12%) CISSP
10 9 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.87%) CFA
11 7 (0.87%) FFIEC
11 7 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (0.75%) MBA
13 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.50%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.81%) PMO
2 48 (5.96%) QA
3 40 (4.97%) GDPR
4 30 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 29 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.24%) NIST
7 17 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.49%) GRC
9 11 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.62%) EMIR
11 5 (0.62%) WCAG
12 4 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.50%) MiFID
12 4 (0.50%) PSD2
13 3 (0.37%) Basel III
13 3 (0.37%) SEPA
14 2 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.62%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.87%) Terraform
2 3 (0.37%) Consul
2 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.37%) Packer
2 3 (0.37%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.12%) Ansible
3 1 (0.12%) Argo
3 1 (0.12%) CASB
3 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.12%) Control-M
3 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.83%) SAP
3 41 (5.09%) Salesforce
4 38 (4.72%) Oracle
5 31 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.11%) Adobe
7 15 (1.86%) Google
8 14 (1.74%) Workday
9 12 (1.49%) Cisco
10 10 (1.24%) CyberArk
10 10 (1.24%) Planview
11 9 (1.12%) Databricks
12 8 (0.99%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.87%) NEC
13 7 (0.87%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.75%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.75%) IBM
15 5 (0.62%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.62%) Juniper
15 5 (0.62%) Murex