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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 899 999 1,371
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.18% 7.90% 7.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 8.61% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 591 939
10th Percentile £350 £310 £325
25th Percentile £437 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £668 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 53
10th Percentile £27.55 £26.25 £20.03
25th Percentile £32.94 £32.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.11 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +20.18% -20.73%
75th Percentile £44.00 £44.61 £50.00
90th Percentile £51.35 £51.18 £57.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -14.69% +21.46% -23.76%

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 15,475 11,601 15,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.22% 91.69% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,379 7,867 11,338
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £803 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 165 333
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.18 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.50 £66.95
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.03 £34.11
% change year-on-year +24.90% -6.10% -9.05%

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 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 10 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 10 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 -12 135 £569 +3.41% 118
West London -31 18 £465 +36.76% 27
South London -6 14 £650 +53.30% 9
East London -13 4 £495 -0.50% 21
North London +2 1 £550 +10.00% 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 68 (7.56%) Confluence
2 30 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.22%) CMS
4 4 (0.44%) Apache
4 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.44%) nginx
5 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.11%) Moodle
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 83 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (7.68%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.89%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.22%) Trello
7 7 (0.78%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.33%) InDesign
10 3 (0.33%) InVision
10 3 (0.33%) Sketch
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.33%) Loan IQ
2 9 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.89%) Shopify
4 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.33%) ProductWriter
5 3 (0.33%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.22%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.12%) Azure
2 56 (6.23%) AWS
3 44 (4.89%) SaaS
4 43 (4.78%) Power Platform
5 25 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (2.11%) Smartsheet
7 16 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.56%) Asana
9 10 (1.11%) GCP
10 9 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (1.00%) Figma
11 8 (0.89%) BigCommerce
11 8 (0.89%) Google Workspace
11 8 (0.89%) OpenShift
12 7 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.78%) GitHub
12 7 (0.78%) OCI
13 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.56%) Firewall
2 13 (1.45%) WAN
3 12 (1.33%) Network Security
4 8 (0.89%) LAN
5 6 (0.67%) Internet
5 6 (0.67%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.44%) Broadband
7 3 (0.33%) Intranet
7 3 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.33%) VPN
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) DNS
8 2 (0.22%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.22%) Junos
8 2 (0.22%) Multicast
8 2 (0.22%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenScape
8 2 (0.22%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.45%) Power BI
2 18 (2.00%) Tableau
3 11 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.22%) Metadata
4 7 (0.78%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.78%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (0.44%) Big Data
7 3 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.33%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.22%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.22%) DataStage
8 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 133 (14.79%) JIRA
2 14 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.44%) 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%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.11%) Subversion
6 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 440 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 378 (42.05%) Finance
3 156 (17.35%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.46%) Banking
5 90 (10.01%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (9.12%) Public Sector
7 80 (8.90%) Marketing
8 60 (6.67%) Retail
9 52 (5.78%) Legal
10 41 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (4.00%) Investment Banking
13 28 (3.11%) Financial Institution
14 27 (3.00%) Front Office
15 18 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.89%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.67%) Advertising
18 14 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
19 13 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 10 (1.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 377 (41.94%) Project Manager
2 117 (13.01%) Analyst
3 101 (11.23%) Senior
4 92 (10.23%) Business Analyst
5 78 (8.68%) Lead
6 72 (8.01%) Senior Manager
7 56 (6.23%) Senior Project Manager
8 49 (5.45%) IT Manager
9 45 (5.01%) IT Project Manager
10 39 (4.34%) Programme Manager
11 36 (4.00%) Technical Manager
12 34 (3.78%) Infrastructure Manager
13 33 (3.67%) Delivery Manager
14 29 (3.23%) Technical Project Manager
15 27 (3.00%) Developer
15 27 (3.00%) Migration Manager
16 26 (2.89%) Architect
16 26 (2.89%) Consultant
16 26 (2.89%) Migration Project Manager
17 25 (2.78%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.00%) REST
2 12 (1.33%) SOAP
3 10 (1.11%) HTML
4 9 (1.00%) .NET
4 9 (1.00%) AngularJS
4 9 (1.00%) Middleware
5 8 (0.89%) VML
5 8 (0.89%) Web Services
6 7 (0.78%) CSS
6 7 (0.78%) React
6 7 (0.78%) XML
7 6 (0.67%) RESTful
7 6 (0.67%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.44%) ADO
8 4 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.33%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.33%) Bootstrap
9 3 (0.33%) pytest
10 2 (0.22%) WCF
10 2 (0.22%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.67%) PMI
4 32 (3.56%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.34%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.45%) Web Conferencing
11 11 (1.22%) Social Media
12 9 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.00%) CMDB
12 9 (1.00%) Derivative
12 9 (1.00%) FMCG
12 9 (1.00%) NHS
13 8 (0.89%) Digital Media
13 8 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.45%) Windows
2 10 (1.11%) Linux
3 6 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.33%) 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
1 371 (41.27%) Agile
2 348 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 232 (25.81%) Project Delivery
4 190 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
5 161 (17.91%) PRINCE2
6 140 (15.57%) Migration
7 124 (13.79%) Waterfall
8 119 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 116 (12.90%) Scrum
10 114 (12.68%) Decision-Making
11 108 (12.01%) Change Management
12 101 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 97 (10.79%) Risk Management
14 84 (9.34%) Business Analysis
15 77 (8.57%) Roadmaps
16 74 (8.23%) Analytics
17 72 (8.01%) AI
18 70 (7.79%) Requirements Gathering
19 68 (7.56%) Budget Management
19 68 (7.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (5.67%) SQL
2 25 (2.78%) Python
3 11 (1.22%) Java
4 10 (1.11%) C#
5 9 (1.00%) 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%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.22%) VBA
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.11%) Go
10 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.11%) Perl
10 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 159 (17.69%) PMP
2 145 (16.13%) PMI Certification
3 134 (14.91%) Degree
4 83 (9.23%) Security Cleared
5 66 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 17 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.67%) CBAP
8 15 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.67%) IIBA
9 14 (1.56%) APMP
10 13 (1.45%) CISSP
11 11 (1.22%) CISM
11 11 (1.22%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (0.78%) MBA
14 6 (0.67%) APMG
15 5 (0.56%) CFA
16 4 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.12%) PMO
2 64 (7.12%) QA
3 37 (4.12%) GDPR
4 34 (3.78%) Data Quality
5 24 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.11%) NIST
7 13 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.22%) SLA
9 10 (1.11%) EMIR
9 10 (1.11%) MiFID
10 9 (1.00%) GRC
11 7 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.56%) WCAG
13 4 (0.44%) Basel III
14 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.22%) IFRS
15 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.44%) Docker
3 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.78%) RSA Archer
2 5 (0.56%) Terraform
3 3 (0.33%) Consul
3 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.33%) Packer
3 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) CASB
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
5 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 116 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.23%) ServiceNow
3 54 (6.01%) SAP
4 46 (5.12%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.89%) Oracle
6 26 (2.89%) Adobe
7 20 (2.22%) Google
8 17 (1.89%) Workday
9 15 (1.67%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.45%) Cisco
11 11 (1.22%) Sitecore
12 10 (1.11%) NEC
13 9 (1.00%) Databricks
14 7 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.78%) Avaloq
14 7 (0.78%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.78%) Planview
15 6 (0.67%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.56%) Bloomberg
16 5 (0.56%) VMware