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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 883 933 1,144
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.35% 6.91% 7.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 7.47% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 579 713
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £436 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £673 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £787 £750
England median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.48% -0.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 39 29
10th Percentile £28.00 £19.59 £20.10
25th Percentile £31.01 £24.61 £26.68
Median hourly rate £41.44 £34.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.12% +4.32% -16.11%
75th Percentile £58.31 £49.75 £42.75
90th Percentile £69.85 £64.00 £64.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £36.24 £38.12
% change year-on-year +31.07% -4.93% -4.70%

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 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -19 133 £560 -1.54% 136
West London -6 37 £680 +30.77% 46
South London -8 12 £613 +28.95% 19
East London 0 6 £550 +7.84% 25
North London - 1 £450 - 4
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 50 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 41 (4.64%) Confluence
3 22 (2.49%) CMS
4 18 (2.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.68%) WordPress
7 5 (0.57%) Apache
7 5 (0.57%) JBoss
7 5 (0.57%) Moodle
8 4 (0.45%) SAS
8 4 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.11%) Appian
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 77 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (6.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (6.68%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.93%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.68%) Trello
7 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 13 (1.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.02%) Magento
4 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.68%) Shopify
5 5 (0.57%) ProductWriter
6 4 (0.45%) Endur
6 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.45%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.34%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.34%) Workfront
8 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.23%) Findur
8 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.17%) Azure
2 62 (7.02%) SaaS
3 54 (6.12%) AWS
4 53 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 33 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.93%) Smartsheet
8 14 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.47%) Asana
10 12 (1.36%) GCP
11 11 (1.25%) Entra ID
12 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.79%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.79%) GitHub
13 7 (0.79%) Google Workspace
13 7 (0.79%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.68%) BigCommerce
15 5 (0.57%) PowerApps
15 5 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.27%) Network Security
2 10 (1.13%) WAN
3 8 (0.91%) 3GPP
3 8 (0.91%) 4G
3 8 (0.91%) 5G
3 8 (0.91%) Firewall
3 8 (0.91%) LTE
3 8 (0.91%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (0.91%) Wireshark
4 7 (0.79%) LAN
4 7 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.79%) Wireless
5 6 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (0.57%) BGP
6 5 (0.57%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.45%) DKIM
7 4 (0.45%) DMARC
7 4 (0.45%) DNS
7 4 (0.45%) Multicast
7 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.10%) Power BI
2 13 (1.47%) Tableau
3 10 (1.13%) Metadata
4 9 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.68%) Big Data
6 6 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.57%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.57%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.45%) Power Query
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.34%) QlikView
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) Looker
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.11%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 113 (12.80%) JIRA
2 22 (2.49%) Git
3 16 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.02%) Subversion
5 6 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.34%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.11%) LSMW
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 403 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 360 (40.77%) Finance
3 141 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (12.46%) Banking
5 102 (11.55%) Marketing
6 78 (8.83%) Organisational Skills
7 70 (7.93%) Public Sector
8 59 (6.68%) Retail
9 44 (4.98%) Legal
10 38 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.40%) Investment Banking
12 28 (3.17%) Front Office
12 28 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 27 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.15%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (1.25%) Law
16 11 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.13%) Local Government
17 10 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 349 (39.52%) Project Manager
2 97 (10.99%) Senior
3 84 (9.51%) Lead
4 78 (8.83%) Senior Manager
5 70 (7.93%) Analyst
6 56 (6.34%) Senior Project Manager
7 49 (5.55%) IT Manager
8 47 (5.32%) Business Analyst
9 46 (5.21%) Programme Manager
10 38 (4.30%) Delivery Manager
11 36 (4.08%) Technical Manager
12 34 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
13 30 (3.40%) Consultant
14 29 (3.28%) Technical Project Manager
15 25 (2.83%) Developer
16 22 (2.49%) Infrastructure Manager
17 21 (2.38%) Digital Project Manager
18 19 (2.15%) Change Manager
19 18 (2.04%) Infrastructure Project Manager
20 17 (1.93%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.70%) REST
2 13 (1.47%) ADO
2 13 (1.47%) VML
3 11 (1.25%) Web Services
4 9 (1.02%) HTML
4 9 (1.02%) Middleware
5 8 (0.91%) React
6 7 (0.79%) SOAP
7 6 (0.68%) .NET
7 6 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.68%) pytest
7 6 (0.68%) XML
8 5 (0.57%) FastAPI
8 5 (0.57%) OAuth
9 4 (0.45%) Terraform
10 3 (0.34%) CSS
10 3 (0.34%) HTML5
10 3 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (0.34%) RESTful
10 3 (0.34%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.44%) Management Information System
2 47 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 46 (5.21%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (2.60%) PMI
7 19 (2.15%) Virtual Team
8 18 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.70%) FMCG
10 14 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.47%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.47%) Social Media
12 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
13 11 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.13%) Derivative
15 9 (1.02%) Credit Risk
15 9 (1.02%) Life Science
15 9 (1.02%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.27%) Linux
1 20 (2.27%) Windows
2 7 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (0.57%) Unix
3 5 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (48.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 391 (44.28%) Agile
3 259 (29.33%) Project Delivery
4 194 (21.97%) PRINCE2
5 142 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (15.86%) Migration
7 133 (15.06%) Change Management
8 129 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 124 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 123 (13.93%) Waterfall
11 122 (13.82%) Decision-Making
12 117 (13.25%) AI
13 115 (13.02%) Scrum
14 97 (10.99%) Risk Management
15 92 (10.42%) Analytics
16 89 (10.08%) Roadmaps
17 87 (9.85%) Programme Management
18 79 (8.95%) DevOps
19 75 (8.49%) Project Governance
20 64 (7.25%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (4.53%) SQL
2 35 (3.96%) Python
3 11 (1.25%) Java
4 9 (1.02%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.79%) C#
6 5 (0.57%) Bash
6 5 (0.57%) C++
7 4 (0.45%) Korn
8 3 (0.34%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.34%) VBA
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.23%) R
10 1 (0.11%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.11%) RPG
10 1 (0.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 174 (19.71%) PMP
2 150 (16.99%) PMI Certification
3 126 (14.27%) Degree
4 91 (10.31%) Security Cleared
5 68 (7.70%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (0.91%) APMG
10 8 (0.91%) MBA
11 7 (0.79%) APMP
11 7 (0.79%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.68%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.68%) CISSP
12 6 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.57%) CISM
13 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (14.50%) PMO
2 54 (6.12%) QA
3 35 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.81%) GDPR
5 9 (1.02%) SLA
6 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.91%) P3O
7 7 (0.79%) FINREP
8 6 (0.68%) COREP
8 6 (0.68%) GRC
9 5 (0.57%) EMIR
9 5 (0.57%) MiFID
9 5 (0.57%) NIST
10 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.45%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.34%) GxP
11 3 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (0.57%) Ansible
1 5 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
1 5 (0.57%) Puppet
1 5 (0.57%) Red Hat Satellite
2 4 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.34%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.44%) ServiceNow
3 39 (4.42%) SAP
4 35 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.62%) Adobe
6 27 (3.06%) Oracle
7 22 (2.49%) Google
8 20 (2.27%) Sitecore
9 14 (1.59%) VMware
10 12 (1.36%) Cisco
11 10 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.02%) Alteryx
12 9 (1.02%) Murex
12 9 (1.02%) NEC
13 8 (0.91%) Ericsson
13 8 (0.91%) Nokia
13 8 (0.91%) Planview
14 7 (0.79%) Guidewire
14 7 (0.79%) Workday
15 5 (0.57%) GoldenSource