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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 27 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 906 1,151 1,579
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.74% 7.07% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.28% 7.92% 8.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 703 1,115
10th Percentile £333 £315 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £700 £650 £666
90th Percentile £775 £750 £760
England median daily rate £521 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.86% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 19
10th Percentile £17.00 £20.10 £21.40
25th Percentile £24.58 £26.68 £26.75
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -11.21% +66.45%
75th Percentile £48.63 £42.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £63.88 £64.00 £72.50
England median hourly rate £36.00 £36.17 £40.50
% change year-on-year -0.46% -10.70% +20.90%

All Process and 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 12,450 14,539 19,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.59% 89.26% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,239 9,698 14,258
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 180 225
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 -4 162 £550 -4.35% 236
West London -12 23 £520 +48.57% 71
South London -8 10 £475 -5.00% 39
East London +8 8 £510 -15.00% 48
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (5.08%) Confluence
2 39 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.55%) CMS
4 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.22%) Apache
5 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 72 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (6.73%) Microsoft Project
4 51 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (2.43%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.77%) Trello
7 6 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.11%) Notion
9 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 28 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.77%) Workfront
5 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (0.55%) Endur
7 4 (0.44%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.44%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.44%) Shopify
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.22%) ResourceLink
9 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 87 (9.60%) Azure
2 58 (6.40%) AWS
3 37 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 36 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (3.53%) SaaS
6 25 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.88%) GCP
8 15 (1.66%) Asana
8 15 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (1.66%) GitHub
9 13 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.10%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.10%) OneDrive
10 10 (1.10%) Smartsheet
11 9 (0.99%) Serverless
12 8 (0.88%) OCI
13 7 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (0.77%) Lucidchart
14 6 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.86%) Firewall
2 16 (1.77%) VPN
3 7 (0.77%) DNS
4 5 (0.55%) Network Security
4 5 (0.55%) SSL
5 4 (0.44%) S/MIME
5 4 (0.44%) WAN
5 4 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.33%) LAN
6 3 (0.33%) Multicast
6 3 (0.33%) MVNO
6 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.22%) ATM
7 2 (0.22%) BGP
7 2 (0.22%) HTTP
7 2 (0.22%) MPLS
7 2 (0.22%) OSPF
7 2 (0.22%) SSH
7 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.75%) Power BI
2 17 (1.88%) Tableau
3 15 (1.66%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.10%) Data Lake
4 10 (1.10%) Metadata
5 7 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.77%) SAP HANA
6 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.44%) DB2
8 4 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.44%) MySQL
9 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.22%) Big Data
10 2 (0.22%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.22%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 139 (15.34%) JIRA
2 10 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.88%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.44%) Git
5 4 (0.44%) JUnit
5 4 (0.44%) Maven
6 3 (0.33%) Postman
7 2 (0.22%) Ant
7 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.22%) MSI
7 2 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.22%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.11%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) JMeter
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 439 (48.45%) Social Skills
2 385 (42.49%) Finance
3 144 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (13.47%) Banking
5 92 (10.15%) Marketing
6 60 (6.62%) Legal
7 50 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (4.97%) Front Office
9 41 (4.53%) Public Sector
10 40 (4.42%) Retail
11 31 (3.42%) Investment Banking
12 30 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (2.54%) Financial Institution
16 21 (2.32%) Back Office
17 20 (2.21%) Manufacturing
18 19 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
19 17 (1.88%) Billing
20 15 (1.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 294 (32.45%) Project Manager
2 116 (12.80%) Analyst
3 91 (10.04%) Lead
4 78 (8.61%) Business Analyst
5 70 (7.73%) Senior
6 48 (5.30%) IT Manager
7 47 (5.19%) Consultant
8 37 (4.08%) Senior Manager
9 30 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
10 27 (2.98%) Developer
11 26 (2.87%) IT Project Manager
11 26 (2.87%) Programme Manager
11 26 (2.87%) Technical Manager
12 22 (2.43%) Architect
13 20 (2.21%) Business Manager
13 20 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (1.88%) Technical Project Manager
15 16 (1.77%) Transformation Manager
16 15 (1.66%) Security Manager
16 15 (1.66%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.21%) .NET
2 18 (1.99%) HTML
3 17 (1.88%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.32%) CSS
4 12 (1.32%) REST
5 9 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
5 9 (0.99%) RESTful
6 8 (0.88%) .NET Framework
6 8 (0.88%) Entity Framework
6 8 (0.88%) NHibernate
6 8 (0.88%) Playwright
6 8 (0.88%) React
7 7 (0.77%) ADO
8 6 (0.66%) Middleware
9 5 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (0.55%) JSON
9 5 (0.55%) LangChain
9 5 (0.55%) Web Services
10 4 (0.44%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.08%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.43%) PMI
5 20 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 18 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 14 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.43%) Market Risk
11 12 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.32%) Credit Risk
11 12 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.32%) Social Media
11 12 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.21%) Digital Media
13 10 (1.10%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.10%) Fixed Income
14 9 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
15 8 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.87%) Windows
2 19 (2.10%) Linux
3 6 (0.66%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.44%) Unix
6 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.11%) Android
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (35.76%) Agile
2 247 (27.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 218 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (18.43%) Project Delivery
5 138 (15.23%) Risk Management
6 137 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 133 (14.68%) Change Management
8 130 (14.35%) PRINCE2
9 111 (12.25%) Migration
10 98 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 95 (10.49%) Scrum
12 74 (8.17%) Decision-Making
12 74 (8.17%) Waterfall
13 69 (7.62%) Data Analysis
14 68 (7.51%) Programme Management
15 66 (7.28%) Requirements Gathering
16 65 (7.17%) Roadmaps
17 61 (6.73%) DevOps
18 55 (6.07%) Analytics
18 55 (6.07%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 60 (6.62%) SQL
2 42 (4.64%) Python
3 27 (2.98%) Java
4 16 (1.77%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.66%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.43%) C#
7 10 (1.10%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.55%) PHP
8 5 (0.55%) VBA
9 4 (0.44%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.22%) ABAP
10 2 (0.22%) Bicep
10 2 (0.22%) Haskell
10 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.22%) VB
11 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.11%) C++
11 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.11%) RPG
Qualifications
1 193 (21.30%) Degree
2 141 (15.56%) PMP
3 135 (14.90%) PMI Certification
4 59 (6.51%) Security Cleared
5 45 (4.97%) SC Cleared
6 34 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.99%) CISM
11 8 (0.88%) CISSP
12 6 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.66%) CISA
12 6 (0.66%) CRISC
12 6 (0.66%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.66%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.06%) PMO
2 29 (3.20%) GDPR
3 28 (3.09%) QA
4 22 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.10%) NIST
6 17 (1.88%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.77%) PCI DSS
8 14 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (1.32%) MiFID
10 11 (1.21%) EMIR
11 9 (0.99%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.88%) GRC
13 7 (0.77%) APQC
14 6 (0.66%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.66%) SLA
15 4 (0.44%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.44%) PSD2
15 4 (0.44%) SEPA
16 3 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 19 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.77%) Docker
3 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.44%) vSphere
6 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (0.66%) ITRS Geneos
3 6 (0.66%) SCCM
3 6 (0.66%) Terraform
4 5 (0.55%) Kibana
4 5 (0.55%) logstash
5 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.33%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.22%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.22%) WSUS
8 1 (0.11%) Ansible
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.11%) QRadar
8 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 165 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 81 (8.94%) SAP
3 41 (4.53%) Salesforce
4 40 (4.42%) Oracle
5 29 (3.20%) Google
6 19 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.66%) Adobe
8 14 (1.55%) Databricks
8 14 (1.55%) Workday
9 8 (0.88%) Alteryx
9 8 (0.88%) VMware
10 7 (0.77%) Cisco
11 6 (0.66%) Citrix
11 6 (0.66%) Planview
12 5 (0.55%) Charles River
12 5 (0.55%) Solace
13 4 (0.44%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.44%) HP
13 4 (0.44%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.44%) Sitecore