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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 896 984 1,347
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.11% 7.72% 7.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.76% 8.39% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 583 934
10th Percentile £357 £308 £325
25th Percentile £425 £419 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £669 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £774 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 50
10th Percentile £27.85 £22.27 £19.86
25th Percentile £30.38 £28.00 £22.69
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.11 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +20.18% -26.26%
75th Percentile £47.00 £45.75 £49.69
90th Percentile £57.10 £51.67 £55.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -14.69% +21.46% -22.20%

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 15,557 11,724 15,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.03% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,420 7,969 11,310
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 170 331
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £23.05 £19.96
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +19.22% -25.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.08 £63.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.82% -12.53% -6.67%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -12 129 £613 +11.36% 63
West London -29 19 £455 +33.82% 28
South London -2 14 £650 +53.30% 7
East London -12 4 £495 - 22
North London +3 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 64 (7.14%) Confluence
2 29 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.34%) CMS
4 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.45%) Apache
5 4 (0.45%) nginx
6 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.33%) Moodle
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.59%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (6.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.00%) Trello
7 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.67%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.33%) InVision
10 3 (0.33%) Sketch
11 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.22%) InDesign
12 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.34%) Loan IQ
2 9 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.00%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.45%) ProductWriter
4 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 3 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.22%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.22%) Endur
5 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.15%) Azure
2 55 (6.14%) AWS
3 54 (6.03%) SaaS
4 38 (4.24%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (2.46%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.67%) Asana
9 13 (1.45%) GCP
10 11 (1.23%) Google Workspace
11 10 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.00%) BigCommerce
12 9 (1.00%) Figma
13 7 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.78%) OCI
14 6 (0.67%) GitHub
14 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.67%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.56%) Network Security
2 12 (1.34%) Firewall
3 11 (1.23%) WAN
4 7 (0.78%) LAN
5 5 (0.56%) Internet
5 5 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.45%) Broadband
6 4 (0.45%) DNS
7 3 (0.33%) DKIM
7 3 (0.33%) DMARC
7 3 (0.33%) Intranet
7 3 (0.33%) Multicast
7 3 (0.33%) VPN
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.22%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.22%) Junos
8 2 (0.22%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenScape
8 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.02%) Power BI
2 16 (1.79%) Tableau
3 12 (1.34%) Metadata
4 11 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.67%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.45%) Big Data
9 3 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.22%) DataStage
10 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.22%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 10g
11 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 130 (14.51%) JIRA
2 14 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.33%) GitLab
4 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.22%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.11%) Ant
6 1 (0.11%) Appium
6 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.11%) JUnit
6 1 (0.11%) LSMW
6 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.11%) Subversion
6 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 422 (47.10%) Social Skills
2 364 (40.63%) Finance
3 148 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.38%) Banking
5 91 (10.16%) Organisational Skills
6 89 (9.93%) Public Sector
7 84 (9.38%) Marketing
8 61 (6.81%) Retail
9 49 (5.47%) Legal
10 43 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (3.35%) Investment Banking
13 28 (3.13%) Financial Institution
14 23 (2.57%) Front Office
15 19 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 18 (2.01%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 13 (1.45%) Advertising
20 11 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 367 (40.96%) Project Manager
2 111 (12.39%) Analyst
3 98 (10.94%) Senior
4 87 (9.71%) Business Analyst
5 84 (9.38%) Lead
6 72 (8.04%) Senior Manager
7 58 (6.47%) Senior Project Manager
8 50 (5.58%) IT Manager
9 45 (5.02%) IT Project Manager
10 41 (4.58%) Programme Manager
11 33 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
11 33 (3.68%) Technical Manager
12 29 (3.24%) Infrastructure Manager
13 28 (3.13%) Developer
13 28 (3.13%) Migration Manager
14 27 (3.01%) Migration Project Manager
15 26 (2.90%) Technical Project Manager
16 24 (2.68%) Consultant
17 23 (2.57%) Architect
18 22 (2.46%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.01%) REST
2 12 (1.34%) HTML
3 11 (1.23%) SOAP
4 9 (1.00%) Middleware
4 9 (1.00%) VML
5 7 (0.78%) .NET
5 7 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.78%) CSS
5 7 (0.78%) Web Services
6 6 (0.67%) React
6 6 (0.67%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.67%) XML
7 4 (0.45%) ADO
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.45%) RESTful
8 3 (0.33%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.33%) OAuth
8 3 (0.33%) pytest
8 3 (0.33%) XSLT
9 2 (0.22%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.47%) Onboarding
2 44 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.79%) PMI
4 33 (3.68%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.56%) Web Conferencing
10 12 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.34%) Social Media
11 10 (1.12%) FMCG
12 9 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.00%) CMDB
13 8 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.89%) Tandem
14 7 (0.78%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.56%) Windows
2 11 (1.23%) Linux
3 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) AIX
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (40.74%) Agile
2 338 (37.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 235 (26.23%) Project Delivery
4 175 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (16.74%) PRINCE2
6 147 (16.41%) Migration
7 126 (14.06%) Waterfall
8 123 (13.73%) Decision-Making
9 122 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 112 (12.50%) Change Management
12 105 (11.72%) Scrum
13 94 (10.49%) Risk Management
14 78 (8.71%) Business Analysis
15 76 (8.48%) Roadmaps
16 74 (8.26%) Analytics
17 73 (8.15%) AI
18 72 (8.04%) Budget Management
19 67 (7.48%) Programme Management
20 66 (7.37%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 48 (5.36%) SQL
2 25 (2.79%) Python
3 12 (1.34%) Java
4 8 (0.89%) C#
5 7 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.67%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.56%) C++
7 5 (0.56%) R
8 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.22%) Korn
9 2 (0.22%) VBA
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) Go
10 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.11%) Perl
10 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.11%) SOQL
10 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (16.74%) PMP
2 135 (15.07%) PMI Certification
3 131 (14.62%) Degree
4 86 (9.60%) Security Cleared
5 65 (7.25%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.67%) CBAP
8 15 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.56%) APMP
10 13 (1.45%) CISSP
10 13 (1.45%) IIBA
11 12 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.23%) CISM
13 7 (0.78%) APMG
14 6 (0.67%) MBA
15 5 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (11.61%) PMO
2 71 (7.92%) QA
3 38 (4.24%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.91%) GDPR
5 23 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.01%) NIST
7 14 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.23%) SLA
9 8 (0.89%) EMIR
9 8 (0.89%) MiFID
10 7 (0.78%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.56%) WCAG
13 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.45%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.22%) IFRS
15 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.45%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.67%) RSA Archer
1 6 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.45%) Terraform
3 3 (0.33%) Consul
3 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.33%) Packer
4 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
5 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 111 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.03%) SAP
3 53 (5.92%) ServiceNow
4 44 (4.91%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.79%) Oracle
6 26 (2.90%) Adobe
7 21 (2.34%) Google
8 19 (2.12%) Workday
9 15 (1.67%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.45%) Sitecore
11 10 (1.12%) Cisco
11 10 (1.12%) NEC
12 8 (0.89%) Databricks
13 7 (0.78%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.67%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.56%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.56%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.56%) IBM
15 5 (0.56%) Juniper
16 4 (0.45%) CheckPoint