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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 25 20
Rank change year-on-year -18 -5 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 794 1,069 1,505
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.47% 7.75% 8.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 8.57% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 601 1,017
10th Percentile £349 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -0.45%
75th Percentile £661 £642 £675
90th Percentile £750 £770 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 38
10th Percentile £17.00 £20.75 £18.75
25th Percentile £24.56 £30.25 £22.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +13.53% -20.95%
75th Percentile £44.25 £39.00 £52.06
90th Percentile £62.75 £46.75 £55.75
England median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +28.99% -13.75% -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 13,214 12,475 16,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.00% 90.45% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,766 7,927 11,738
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 320
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.84
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 £550 -4.35% 53
West London -25 15 £455 +33.82% 24
South London -5 7 £500 -28.57% 21
East London -7 6 £495 +16.47% 32
North London +5 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 58 (7.30%) Confluence
2 30 (3.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) nginx
4 3 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 87 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (7.93%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (6.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (3.27%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.51%) Trello
7 5 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
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%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.39%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.50%) Shopify
6 3 (0.38%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.38%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 74 (9.32%) Azure
2 49 (6.17%) AWS
3 47 (5.92%) Power Platform
4 24 (3.02%) SaaS
5 23 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.76%) Asana
8 12 (1.51%) Smartsheet
9 8 (1.01%) ChatGPT
9 8 (1.01%) Figma
9 8 (1.01%) GitHub
10 7 (0.88%) Google Workspace
10 7 (0.88%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.88%) Serverless
11 6 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.76%) GCP
11 6 (0.76%) Slack
12 5 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.90%) Firewall
2 14 (1.76%) WAN
3 9 (1.13%) LAN
4 8 (1.01%) Network Security
5 6 (0.76%) Internet
6 5 (0.63%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.50%) VPN
7 4 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.38%) Broadband
8 3 (0.38%) MVNO
8 3 (0.38%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.38%) SSL
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
9 2 (0.25%) DMZ
9 2 (0.25%) DNS
9 2 (0.25%) ISDN
9 2 (0.25%) Multicast
9 2 (0.25%) SSH
9 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.42%) Power BI
2 21 (2.64%) Tableau
3 13 (1.64%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.51%) Metadata
5 10 (1.26%) 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%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.25%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.25%) DataStage
8 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.25%) Power Query
9 1 (0.13%) DB2
9 1 (0.13%) DTS
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.13%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 126 (15.87%) JIRA
2 9 (1.13%) 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 (0.13%) Ant
5 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.13%) ERwin
5 1 (0.13%) JUnit
5 1 (0.13%) LSMW
5 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 411 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 352 (44.33%) Finance
3 134 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (13.10%) Banking
5 74 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 66 (8.31%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (6.17%) Marketing
7 49 (6.17%) Retail
8 47 (5.92%) Legal
9 34 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
10 33 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (4.03%) Investment Banking
12 26 (3.27%) Front Office
13 21 (2.64%) Financial Institution
13 21 (2.64%) Telecoms
14 19 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (2.27%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.89%) Advertising
17 13 (1.64%) Billing
18 12 (1.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 322 (40.55%) Project Manager
2 118 (14.86%) Analyst
3 84 (10.58%) Senior
4 83 (10.45%) Business Analyst
5 75 (9.45%) Lead
6 49 (6.17%) Senior Manager
7 48 (6.05%) IT Manager
8 42 (5.29%) IT Project Manager
9 37 (4.66%) Senior Project Manager
10 33 (4.16%) Consultant
11 31 (3.90%) Infrastructure Manager
12 27 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
13 25 (3.15%) Developer
13 25 (3.15%) Technical Manager
14 24 (3.02%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 23 (2.90%) Programme Manager
16 22 (2.77%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
18 19 (2.39%) Security Manager
18 19 (2.39%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.39%) REST
2 10 (1.26%) SOAP
3 9 (1.13%) .NET
4 8 (1.01%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.88%) Middleware
5 7 (0.88%) RESTful
5 7 (0.88%) XML
6 6 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.76%) HTML
6 6 (0.76%) LangChain
7 5 (0.63%) ADO
7 5 (0.63%) Entity Framework
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.63%) React
7 5 (0.63%) Web Services
8 4 (0.50%) CSS
8 4 (0.50%) NHibernate
8 4 (0.50%) Playwright
8 4 (0.50%) VML
9 3 (0.38%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.92%) Onboarding
2 40 (5.04%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (3.27%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.15%) PMI
6 17 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.01%) Derivative
10 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
10 8 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.01%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.01%) Social Media
11 7 (0.88%) NHS
11 7 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 7 (0.88%) Tandem
11 7 (0.88%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.02%) Windows
2 10 (1.26%) Linux
3 6 (0.76%) Unix
4 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) AIX
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (40.68%) Agile
2 316 (39.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 201 (25.31%) Project Delivery
4 191 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (18.64%) PRINCE2
6 128 (16.12%) Migration
6 128 (16.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 104 (13.10%) Change Management
8 101 (12.72%) Waterfall
9 100 (12.59%) Risk Management
10 96 (12.09%) Scrum
11 90 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (10.96%) Decision-Making
13 76 (9.57%) Business Analysis
14 74 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
15 72 (9.07%) Budget Management
16 65 (8.19%) Project Governance
17 60 (7.56%) Roadmaps
18 57 (7.18%) SDLC
19 56 (7.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.68%) SQL
2 25 (3.15%) Python
3 13 (1.64%) C#
4 8 (1.01%) Java
5 7 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.50%) VBA
7 3 (0.38%) C++
7 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.38%) R
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%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.13%) Perl
9 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 152 (19.14%) Degree
2 130 (16.37%) PMI Certification
3 129 (16.25%) PMP
4 66 (8.31%) Security Cleared
5 50 (6.30%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.89%) CBAP
9 15 (1.89%) IIBA
10 12 (1.51%) APMP
11 10 (1.26%) CISSP
12 9 (1.13%) CISM
12 9 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.88%) CFA
13 7 (0.88%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.76%) MBA
15 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (9.82%) PMO
2 48 (6.05%) QA
3 39 (4.91%) GDPR
4 30 (3.78%) Data Quality
5 27 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.27%) NIST
7 17 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.51%) GRC
9 11 (1.39%) 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%) MiFID
12 4 (0.50%) PSD2
13 3 (0.38%) Basel III
13 3 (0.38%) SEPA
14 2 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (1.51%) 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%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Packer
2 3 (0.38%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.13%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Argo
3 1 (0.13%) CASB
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.13%) Control-M
3 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.13%) logstash
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 117 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.55%) SAP
3 38 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.53%) Oracle
5 32 (4.03%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.14%) Adobe
7 14 (1.76%) Google
7 14 (1.76%) Workday
8 11 (1.39%) Cisco
9 10 (1.26%) CyberArk
9 10 (1.26%) Planview
10 9 (1.13%) Databricks
11 8 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.88%) NEC
12 7 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.76%) IBM
14 5 (0.63%) Guidewire
14 5 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.63%) Juniper
14 5 (0.63%) Murex