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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 25 28
Rank change year-on-year -26 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Project Management 854 1,008 1,124
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.31% 7.41% 6.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 8.04% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 622 750
10th Percentile £355 £313 £310
25th Percentile £450 £437 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +0.47% -4.44%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £765 £775 £750
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 30 37
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.27 £21.59
25th Percentile £32.75 £29.31 £30.16
Median hourly rate £40.96 £40.59 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +11.21% -8.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.80 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.95 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -10.11% +16.74% -11.35%

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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -24 117 £600 +4.35% 56
West London -11 27 £625 +28.21% 23
South London -10 12 £575 +15.00% 10
East London -4 3 £550 +5.77% 18
North London - 1 £450 - 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 46 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.68%) Confluence
3 21 (2.46%) CMS
4 11 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.59%) Apache
7 5 (0.59%) Moodle
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (7.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (6.91%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.47%) Trello
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 11 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.94%) Adobe Campaign
2 8 (0.94%) Magento
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
3 6 (0.70%) Shopify
4 5 (0.59%) Loan IQ
5 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) Endur
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.23%) Findur
7 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 76 (8.90%) Azure
2 61 (7.14%) SaaS
3 51 (5.97%) AWS
4 42 (4.92%) Power Platform
5 30 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.99%) Smartsheet
8 13 (1.52%) Asana
9 12 (1.41%) GCP
10 11 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.05%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.94%) Amazon S3
12 8 (0.94%) GitHub
12 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (0.82%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (0.70%) BigCommerce
15 5 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (0.59%) Serverless
15 5 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.76%) Network Security
2 9 (1.05%) WAN
3 8 (0.94%) LAN
4 5 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.59%) Wireless
5 4 (0.47%) DKIM
5 4 (0.47%) DMARC
5 4 (0.47%) DNS
5 4 (0.47%) Firewall
5 4 (0.47%) Intranet
5 4 (0.47%) Multicast
5 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) Internet
6 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 2 (0.23%) BGP
7 2 (0.23%) Broadband
7 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.12%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.33%) Power BI
2 10 (1.17%) Tableau
3 8 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.94%) Metadata
4 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.35%) QlikView
8 3 (0.35%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.23%) DataStage
9 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.23%) Power Query
10 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.12%) Big Data
10 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.12%) Looker
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 97 (11.36%) JIRA
2 18 (2.11%) Git
3 15 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.05%) Subversion
5 6 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) LSMW
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 372 (43.56%) Social Skills
2 321 (37.59%) Finance
3 127 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.53%) Marketing
5 92 (10.77%) Banking
6 86 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
7 67 (7.85%) Public Sector
8 63 (7.38%) Retail
9 47 (5.50%) Legal
10 39 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (3.04%) Front Office
12 25 (2.93%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.81%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.41%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.29%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 355 (41.57%) Project Manager
2 94 (11.01%) Senior
3 80 (9.37%) Lead
4 78 (9.13%) Analyst
4 78 (9.13%) Senior Manager
5 64 (7.49%) Senior Project Manager
6 55 (6.44%) Business Analyst
7 51 (5.97%) Programme Manager
8 45 (5.27%) IT Manager
9 39 (4.57%) Technical Manager
10 38 (4.45%) IT Project Manager
11 33 (3.86%) Technical Project Manager
12 28 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
13 26 (3.04%) Infrastructure Manager
14 25 (2.93%) Developer
15 22 (2.58%) Consultant
15 22 (2.58%) Digital Project Manager
15 22 (2.58%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 21 (2.46%) Migration Manager
16 21 (2.46%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.76%) REST
2 13 (1.52%) VML
3 9 (1.05%) ADO
3 9 (1.05%) HTML
4 8 (0.94%) Middleware
4 8 (0.94%) React
4 8 (0.94%) SOAP
5 6 (0.70%) Web Services
5 6 (0.70%) XML
6 5 (0.59%) .NET
6 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.59%) FastAPI
6 5 (0.59%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.47%) OAuth
8 3 (0.35%) CSS
8 3 (0.35%) HTML5
8 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.35%) RESTful
8 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.15%) Onboarding
2 39 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 38 (4.45%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.40%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.04%) PMI
6 21 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.11%) Social Media
8 16 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.76%) FMCG
10 14 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.41%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.29%) IoT
14 10 (1.17%) Market Risk
14 10 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
15 8 (0.94%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.41%) Windows
2 7 (0.82%) Linux
3 5 (0.59%) Unix
4 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
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
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (41.57%) Agile
2 341 (39.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 230 (26.93%) Project Delivery
4 175 (20.49%) PRINCE2
5 138 (16.16%) Migration
6 135 (15.81%) Problem-Solving
7 125 (14.64%) Change Management
7 125 (14.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 120 (14.05%) Decision-Making
9 116 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 116 (13.58%) Waterfall
10 105 (12.30%) Scrum
11 101 (11.83%) AI
12 96 (11.24%) Risk Management
13 79 (9.25%) Analytics
14 70 (8.20%) DevOps
15 68 (7.96%) Programme Management
16 66 (7.73%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.14%) Business Analysis
18 60 (7.03%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (4.80%) SQL
2 30 (3.51%) Python
3 10 (1.17%) Java
3 10 (1.17%) TypeScript
4 6 (0.70%) C#
5 5 (0.59%) C++
6 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.35%) R
7 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.23%) C
8 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.23%) VBA
9 1 (0.12%) COBOL
9 1 (0.12%) Korn
9 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.12%) RPG
9 1 (0.12%) SOQL
9 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 162 (18.97%) PMP
2 138 (16.16%) PMI Certification
3 117 (13.70%) Degree
4 70 (8.20%) Security Cleared
5 50 (5.85%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (1.05%) CISSP
8 9 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 7 (0.82%) APMG
10 7 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.70%) APMP
11 6 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.70%) CISM
11 6 (0.70%) MBA
12 5 (0.59%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.59%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (13.47%) PMO
2 56 (6.56%) QA
3 32 (3.75%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.87%) GDPR
5 15 (1.76%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.64%) SLA
7 11 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.17%) NIST
9 9 (1.05%) GRC
10 7 (0.82%) EMIR
10 7 (0.82%) MiFID
11 6 (0.70%) FINREP
12 5 (0.59%) COREP
12 5 (0.59%) P3O
13 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.35%) GxP
14 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
15 2 (0.23%) COBIT
15 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.35%) Ansible
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.12%) logstash
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.74%) ServiceNow
3 41 (4.80%) SAP
4 34 (3.98%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.28%) Adobe
6 26 (3.04%) Oracle
7 23 (2.69%) Google
8 18 (2.11%) Sitecore
9 9 (1.05%) Murex
10 8 (0.94%) NEC
11 7 (0.82%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.82%) Cisco
11 7 (0.82%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.82%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.82%) Workday
12 6 (0.70%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.70%) Databricks
12 6 (0.70%) VMware
13 5 (0.59%) GoldenSource
13 5 (0.59%) Planview