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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 25 28
Rank change year-on-year -26 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 860 1,003 1,119
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.31% 7.39% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 8.01% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 620 744
10th Percentile £351 £313 £310
25th Percentile £445 £437 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £528 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -1.86% -4.02%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £762 £775 £750
England median daily rate £520 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +1.51% -2.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 37
10th Percentile £28.00 £20.24 £21.59
25th Percentile £32.75 £27.75 £30.16
Median hourly rate £40.96 £36.48 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% -0.05% -8.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.59 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.95 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.96 £43.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year -4.91% +13.00% -8.80%

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 17,780 12,524 14,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.22% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,742 8,379 10,498
10th Percentile £363 £326 £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 £651 £675 £688
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 281 240 232
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -14.29% -20.20%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -6.98%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -28 116 £600 +6.67% 51
West London -14 27 £625 +28.21% 25
South London -13 12 £575 +15.00% 12
East London -2 3 £550 +5.77% 24
North London - 1 £450 - 3
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 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.65%) Confluence
3 22 (2.56%) CMS
4 11 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.58%) 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%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 59 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (6.86%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (2.09%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.58%) 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 10 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.93%) Adobe Campaign
2 8 (0.93%) Magento
3 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
3 6 (0.70%) Shopify
4 5 (0.58%) 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%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 76 (8.84%) Azure
2 62 (7.21%) SaaS
3 52 (6.05%) AWS
4 44 (5.12%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.98%) Smartsheet
8 13 (1.51%) Asana
8 13 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.40%) GCP
10 8 (0.93%) Amazon S3
10 8 (0.93%) Entra ID
10 8 (0.93%) GitHub
10 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.70%) BigCommerce
13 5 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (0.58%) Serverless
13 5 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.74%) Network Security
2 8 (0.93%) LAN
2 8 (0.93%) WAN
3 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.58%) Wireless
4 4 (0.47%) DKIM
4 4 (0.47%) DMARC
4 4 (0.47%) DNS
4 4 (0.47%) Firewall
4 4 (0.47%) Intranet
4 4 (0.47%) Multicast
4 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.35%) VPN
6 2 (0.23%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.23%) BGP
6 2 (0.23%) Internet
6 2 (0.23%) LTE
6 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.30%) Power BI
2 10 (1.16%) Tableau
3 9 (1.05%) Metadata
4 8 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.35%) QlikView
9 3 (0.35%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.23%) Big Data
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.23%) Power Query
11 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.12%) Looker
Development Applications
1 97 (11.28%) JIRA
2 18 (2.09%) Git
3 15 (1.74%) 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
1 374 (43.49%) Social Skills
2 325 (37.79%) Finance
3 129 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.44%) Marketing
5 94 (10.93%) Banking
6 85 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
7 66 (7.67%) Public Sector
8 63 (7.33%) Retail
9 46 (5.35%) Legal
10 37 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
11 26 (3.02%) Front Office
12 25 (2.91%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.79%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 353 (41.05%) Project Manager
2 94 (10.93%) Senior
3 81 (9.42%) Analyst
4 80 (9.30%) Lead
5 78 (9.07%) Senior Manager
6 64 (7.44%) Senior Project Manager
7 58 (6.74%) Business Analyst
8 50 (5.81%) Programme Manager
9 45 (5.23%) IT Manager
10 39 (4.53%) Technical Manager
11 38 (4.42%) IT Project Manager
12 33 (3.84%) Technical Project Manager
13 29 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
14 27 (3.14%) Infrastructure Manager
15 25 (2.91%) Developer
16 24 (2.79%) Consultant
17 23 (2.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 22 (2.56%) Digital Project Manager
19 21 (2.44%) Migration Manager
20 20 (2.33%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.74%) REST
2 13 (1.51%) VML
3 11 (1.28%) ADO
4 9 (1.05%) HTML
5 8 (0.93%) Middleware
5 8 (0.93%) React
5 8 (0.93%) SOAP
6 6 (0.70%) Web Services
6 6 (0.70%) XML
7 5 (0.58%) .NET
7 5 (0.58%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
7 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.47%) OAuth
9 3 (0.35%) CSS
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.35%) RESTful
9 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.35%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.77%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.37%) Data Centre
5 26 (3.02%) PMI
6 22 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.09%) Social Media
8 16 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.74%) FMCG
10 14 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.40%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.28%) IoT
14 10 (1.16%) Credit Risk
14 10 (1.16%) Market Risk
14 10 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.40%) Windows
2 8 (0.93%) Linux
3 5 (0.58%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (41.40%) Agile
2 353 (41.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 236 (27.44%) Project Delivery
4 178 (20.70%) PRINCE2
5 139 (16.16%) Migration
6 133 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (14.65%) Change Management
8 125 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (13.95%) Waterfall
10 119 (13.84%) Decision-Making
11 115 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (12.33%) Scrum
13 103 (11.98%) AI
14 99 (11.51%) Risk Management
15 80 (9.30%) Analytics
16 72 (8.37%) DevOps
17 71 (8.26%) Programme Management
18 67 (7.79%) Roadmaps
19 64 (7.44%) Business Analysis
20 63 (7.33%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (4.77%) SQL
2 30 (3.49%) Python
3 11 (1.28%) Java
4 10 (1.16%) TypeScript
5 6 (0.70%) C#
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) R
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.23%) VBA
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
10 1 (0.12%) Korn
10 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.12%) RPG
10 1 (0.12%) SOQL
10 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 165 (19.19%) PMP
2 141 (16.40%) PMI Certification
3 118 (13.72%) Degree
4 73 (8.49%) Security Cleared
5 53 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.09%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (1.05%) CISSP
8 9 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 7 (0.81%) APMG
11 6 (0.70%) APMP
11 6 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.70%) CISM
11 6 (0.70%) MBA
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.58%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (13.14%) PMO
2 56 (6.51%) QA
3 32 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.86%) GDPR
5 14 (1.63%) SLA
6 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.16%) NIST
8 9 (1.05%) GRC
9 7 (0.81%) EMIR
9 7 (0.81%) MiFID
10 6 (0.70%) FINREP
11 5 (0.58%) COREP
11 5 (0.58%) P3O
12 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.35%) GxP
13 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.35%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.23%) COBIT
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.70%) 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%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.12%) Puppet
5 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (14.30%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.81%) ServiceNow
3 41 (4.77%) SAP
4 34 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.26%) Adobe
6 24 (2.79%) Oracle
7 23 (2.67%) Google
8 18 (2.09%) Sitecore
9 9 (1.05%) Murex
10 8 (0.93%) Cisco
10 8 (0.93%) NEC
11 7 (0.81%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.81%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.81%) VMware
11 7 (0.81%) Workday
12 6 (0.70%) Databricks
13 5 (0.58%) Wrike
13 5 (0.58%) Zscaler