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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 821 1,161 1,589
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.87% 7.35% 7.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% 8.21% 8.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 680 1,092
10th Percentile £332 £325 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 21
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £25.38
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.25 £27.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +7.80%
75th Percentile £43.00 £38.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £48.75 £61.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £33.93 £45.00
% change year-on-year +17.89% -24.60% +2.27%

All Process and 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 12,890 14,145 17,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.23% 89.50% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,461 9,134 12,846
10th Percentile £335 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -3.21% -3.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 170 241
10th Percentile £18.06 £17.25 £18.57
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £37.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +3.36% -6.97%
75th Percentile £47.38 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.80 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -8 136 £525 -12.50% 76
West London -14 16 £465 -15.45% 67
South London -7 8 £500 +5.26% 44
East London +5 7 £520 +9.82% 57
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 55 (6.70%) Confluence
2 39 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.85%) CMS
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.49%) nginx
5 1 (0.12%) Apache
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (10.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (8.77%) Microsoft Project
3 64 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (3.17%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.71%) Trello
7 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.49%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 2 (0.24%) InVision
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.24%) Sketch
11 1 (0.12%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.12%) Notion
11 1 (0.12%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 26 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.97%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.61%) Eloqua
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.61%) Workfront
6 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.37%) Endur
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.37%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.37%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.24%) ResourceLink
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 65 (7.92%) Azure
2 58 (7.06%) AWS
3 46 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 31 (3.78%) SaaS
5 28 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.07%) Asana
7 15 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.46%) GCP
8 12 (1.46%) GitHub
9 11 (1.34%) Serverless
9 11 (1.34%) Smartsheet
10 10 (1.22%) Google Workspace
11 9 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (0.85%) ChatGPT
13 7 (0.85%) Figma
13 7 (0.85%) OCI
13 7 (0.85%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.05%) Firewall
2 10 (1.22%) WAN
3 9 (1.10%) Network Security
4 7 (0.85%) LAN
5 6 (0.73%) VPN
6 5 (0.61%) DNS
6 5 (0.61%) SSL
6 5 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.49%) Internet
7 4 (0.49%) Multicast
7 4 (0.49%) S/MIME
7 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.37%) MVNO
8 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.24%) ATM
9 2 (0.24%) DHCP
9 2 (0.24%) DMZ
9 2 (0.24%) HTTP
9 2 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.99%) Power BI
2 27 (3.29%) Tableau
3 17 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.10%) Metadata
5 7 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.85%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.49%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.37%) Big Data
8 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.37%) DB2
8 3 (0.37%) MySQL
8 3 (0.37%) Power Query
8 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.24%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 136 (16.57%) JIRA
2 9 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.85%) Git
4 6 (0.73%) SpecFlow
5 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.61%) JUnit
6 4 (0.49%) Maven
7 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) Ant
8 1 (0.12%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.12%) ERwin
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Subversion
8 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.12%) Toad
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 401 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 352 (42.87%) Finance
3 141 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (14.37%) Banking
5 68 (8.28%) Marketing
6 58 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 49 (5.97%) Legal
7 49 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
8 43 (5.24%) Retail
9 37 (4.51%) Front Office
9 37 (4.51%) Investment Banking
10 32 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.44%) Manufacturing
14 19 (2.31%) Financial Institution
15 18 (2.19%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.83%) Advertising
18 14 (1.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 292 (35.57%) Project Manager
2 105 (12.79%) Analyst
3 78 (9.50%) Lead
4 76 (9.26%) Business Analyst
5 75 (9.14%) Senior
6 46 (5.60%) Consultant
7 44 (5.36%) IT Manager
8 40 (4.87%) Senior Manager
9 33 (4.02%) IT Project Manager
10 29 (3.53%) Senior Project Manager
11 24 (2.92%) Developer
11 24 (2.92%) Technical Manager
12 23 (2.80%) Infrastructure Manager
12 23 (2.80%) Programme Manager
13 21 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (2.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 19 (2.31%) Security Manager
15 18 (2.19%) SAP Manager
16 17 (2.07%) Transformation Manager
17 16 (1.95%) Banking Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.07%) .NET
2 16 (1.95%) AngularJS
3 11 (1.34%) React
3 11 (1.34%) REST
4 10 (1.22%) RESTful
5 8 (0.97%) HTML
6 7 (0.85%) .NET Framework
6 7 (0.85%) Entity Framework
6 7 (0.85%) Middleware
7 6 (0.73%) LangChain
7 6 (0.73%) NHibernate
7 6 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (0.73%) Playwright
7 6 (0.73%) Web Services
8 5 (0.61%) XML
9 4 (0.49%) CSS
9 4 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.49%) SOAP
9 4 (0.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.75%) Onboarding
2 38 (4.63%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.17%) PMI
4 25 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.58%) Reinsurance
9 12 (1.46%) Social Media
10 11 (1.34%) Derivative
10 11 (1.34%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.34%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.10%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
13 8 (0.97%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.31%) Windows
2 14 (1.71%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Unix
4 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (38.61%) Agile
2 264 (32.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 193 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (20.58%) Project Delivery
5 142 (17.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 138 (16.81%) PRINCE2
7 126 (15.35%) Change Management
8 110 (13.40%) Risk Management
9 109 (13.28%) Migration
10 92 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (11.08%) Scrum
12 84 (10.23%) Waterfall
13 78 (9.50%) Decision-Making
14 65 (7.92%) Business Analysis
15 64 (7.80%) Requirements Gathering
16 60 (7.31%) Budget Management
17 58 (7.06%) Roadmaps
18 53 (6.46%) Programme Management
19 52 (6.33%) Data Analysis
19 52 (6.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.19%) SQL
2 39 (4.75%) Python
3 19 (2.31%) Java
4 14 (1.71%) C#
5 11 (1.34%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.22%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.61%) VBA
9 3 (0.37%) C++
10 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.24%) Go
10 2 (0.24%) Korn
10 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.24%) VB
11 1 (0.12%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.12%) R
11 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 165 (20.10%) Degree
2 127 (15.47%) PMI Certification
3 125 (15.23%) PMP
4 63 (7.67%) Security Cleared
5 50 (6.09%) SC Cleared
6 25 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.97%) CISM
10 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.85%) CISSP
11 7 (0.85%) FFIEC
12 5 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.61%) CFA
12 5 (0.61%) IIBA
13 4 (0.49%) APMP
13 4 (0.49%) ISEB
13 4 (0.49%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.65%) PMO
2 33 (4.02%) QA
3 29 (3.53%) GDPR
4 21 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.19%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (1.83%) NIST
8 13 (1.58%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.46%) GRC
10 9 (1.10%) MiFID
11 8 (0.97%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.85%) APQC
12 7 (0.85%) EMIR
13 6 (0.73%) ISO 20022
14 4 (0.49%) Basel III
14 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.49%) PSD2
15 3 (0.37%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.37%) IEC 61508
15 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 15 (1.83%) Docker
2 12 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 7 (0.85%) Terraform
2 6 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (0.49%) Kibana
3 4 (0.49%) logstash
4 3 (0.37%) Consul
4 3 (0.37%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.37%) Packer
4 3 (0.37%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.24%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.24%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.12%) CASB
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 140 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.40%) SAP
3 46 (5.60%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.38%) Oracle
5 30 (3.65%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.41%) Google
7 16 (1.95%) Adobe
8 11 (1.34%) Cisco
9 10 (1.22%) Workday
10 8 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.97%) Databricks
10 8 (0.97%) Planview
11 6 (0.73%) Alteryx
12 5 (0.61%) Arista
12 5 (0.61%) CyberArk
12 5 (0.61%) HubSpot
12 5 (0.61%) NEC
12 5 (0.61%) VMware
13 4 (0.49%) Charles River
13 4 (0.49%) Cvent