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

6 months to
15 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 850 1,013 1,160
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 7.49% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 8.12% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 623 781
10th Percentile £350 £313 £300
25th Percentile £435 £441 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £540 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.28% +1.89% -5.78%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £523
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.00% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 30 43
10th Percentile £28.00 £25.20 £20.98
25th Percentile £31.56 £33.25 £25.97
Median hourly rate £40.23 £41.06 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +24.15% -21.73%
75th Percentile £57.13 £51.80 £47.63
90th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year -15.73% +16.74% -15.29%

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 17,566 12,468 15,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.16% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,659 8,340 10,970
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £444 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 235 285
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +7.76% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £50.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.55 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -21 123 £600 +4.35% 43
West London -14 24 £575 +21.05% 20
South London -8 11 £650 +30.00% 11
East London -4 3 £550 +7.84% 24
North London -2 1 £450 -10.00% 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 43 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.47%) Confluence
3 18 (2.12%) CMS
4 10 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.71%) WordPress
7 5 (0.59%) Moodle
8 3 (0.35%) Apache
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 74 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (7.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 62 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 58 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (2.00%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.71%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 10 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.94%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.82%) Adobe Campaign
3 7 (0.82%) Magento
4 6 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.71%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.71%) Shopify
5 4 (0.47%) Endur
5 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.24%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.24%) Findur
7 2 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (8.35%) Azure
2 56 (6.59%) SaaS
3 51 (6.00%) AWS
4 41 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 28 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (1.88%) Smartsheet
8 12 (1.41%) Asana
9 11 (1.29%) GCP
10 10 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.94%) GitHub
12 7 (0.82%) Amazon S3
12 7 (0.82%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.82%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.71%) BigCommerce
14 5 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 5 (0.59%) Google Ads
14 5 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.53%) Network Security
2 6 (0.71%) WAN
3 5 (0.59%) Firewall
3 5 (0.59%) LAN
4 4 (0.47%) DKIM
4 4 (0.47%) DMARC
4 4 (0.47%) DNS
4 4 (0.47%) Intranet
4 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.35%) Internet
5 3 (0.35%) Multicast
6 2 (0.24%) BGP
6 2 (0.24%) Broadband
6 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.24%) VPN
6 2 (0.24%) Wireless
7 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.12%) MVNO
7 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.47%) Power BI
2 9 (1.06%) Tableau
3 7 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 7 (0.82%) Metadata
4 5 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.35%) QlikView
6 3 (0.35%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.24%) DataStage
7 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.24%) Power Query
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 95 (11.18%) JIRA
2 17 (2.00%) Git
3 14 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.94%) Subversion
5 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.24%) 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
General
1 368 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 329 (38.71%) Finance
3 124 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.00%) Marketing
5 91 (10.71%) Banking
6 87 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
7 65 (7.65%) Public Sector
8 58 (6.82%) Retail
9 48 (5.65%) Legal
10 39 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
11 31 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (3.29%) Front Office
13 27 (3.18%) Investment Banking
14 24 (2.82%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.53%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.41%) Telecoms
18 11 (1.29%) Law
18 11 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 355 (41.76%) Project Manager
2 100 (11.76%) Senior
3 89 (10.47%) Analyst
4 79 (9.29%) Senior Manager
5 75 (8.82%) Lead
6 65 (7.65%) Senior Project Manager
7 64 (7.53%) Business Analyst
8 44 (5.18%) Programme Manager
9 42 (4.94%) IT Manager
10 35 (4.12%) IT Project Manager
10 35 (4.12%) Technical Manager
11 29 (3.41%) Technical Project Manager
12 28 (3.29%) Delivery Manager
13 27 (3.18%) Developer
14 26 (3.06%) Infrastructure Manager
15 23 (2.71%) Consultant
16 22 (2.59%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 21 (2.47%) Architect
17 21 (2.47%) Migration Project Manager
17 21 (2.47%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.41%) REST
1 12 (1.41%) VML
2 9 (1.06%) HTML
2 9 (1.06%) Middleware
3 7 (0.82%) ADO
3 7 (0.82%) React
4 6 (0.71%) .NET
4 6 (0.71%) SOAP
4 6 (0.71%) XML
5 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.59%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.59%) Web Services
6 4 (0.47%) FastAPI
6 4 (0.47%) OAuth
7 3 (0.35%) CSS
7 3 (0.35%) HTML5
7 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.35%) RESTful
7 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.18%) Onboarding
2 37 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.94%) PMI
5 22 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.12%) Social Media
7 15 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.65%) FMCG
9 13 (1.53%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.18%) Fixed Income
12 10 (1.18%) Market Risk
12 10 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.94%) Derivative
14 8 (0.94%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.29%) 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
1 352 (41.41%) Agile
2 329 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 230 (27.06%) Project Delivery
4 160 (18.82%) PRINCE2
5 140 (16.47%) Migration
6 135 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 121 (14.24%) Change Management
9 120 (14.12%) Decision-Making
10 117 (13.76%) Waterfall
11 116 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (11.53%) Scrum
13 96 (11.29%) Risk Management
14 93 (10.94%) AI
15 77 (9.06%) Analytics
16 68 (8.00%) DevOps
17 67 (7.88%) Requirements Gathering
18 66 (7.76%) Business Analysis
19 65 (7.65%) Programme Management
20 61 (7.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 38 (4.47%) SQL
2 28 (3.29%) Python
3 9 (1.06%) TypeScript
4 8 (0.94%) C#
5 7 (0.82%) Java
6 5 (0.59%) C++
7 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.47%) R
8 3 (0.35%) VBA
9 2 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.12%) C
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
Qualifications
1 154 (18.12%) PMP
2 128 (15.06%) PMI Certification
3 120 (14.12%) Degree
4 66 (7.76%) Security Cleared
5 46 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.76%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.06%) CISSP
10 8 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (0.82%) APMG
11 7 (0.82%) APMP
11 7 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (0.82%) IIBA
12 6 (0.71%) CBAP
12 6 (0.71%) MBA
13 5 (0.59%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.59%) CISM
13 5 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (13.41%) PMO
2 56 (6.59%) QA
3 32 (3.76%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.24%) GDPR
5 15 (1.76%) SLA
6 14 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.18%) NIST
9 8 (0.94%) GRC
9 8 (0.94%) MiFID
10 7 (0.82%) EMIR
11 5 (0.59%) FINREP
11 5 (0.59%) P3O
12 4 (0.47%) COREP
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 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 14 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.24%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) 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%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.35%) Ansible
3 3 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.24%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.12%) logstash
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.53%) ServiceNow
3 38 (4.47%) SAP
4 36 (4.24%) Salesforce
5 29 (3.41%) Oracle
6 28 (3.29%) Adobe
7 22 (2.59%) Google
8 17 (2.00%) Sitecore
9 11 (1.29%) Murex
10 8 (0.94%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.82%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.82%) Cisco
11 7 (0.82%) NEC
11 7 (0.82%) Workday
12 6 (0.71%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.71%) Databricks
12 6 (0.71%) VMware
13 5 (0.59%) Avaloq
13 5 (0.59%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.59%) Wrike