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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 885 990 1,380
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.17% 7.81% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 8.53% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 587 947
10th Percentile £350 £310 £325
25th Percentile £436 £420 £435
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 £753 £767
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 54
10th Percentile £28.90 £26.38 £20.09
25th Percentile £33.28 £32.06 £23.75
Median hourly rate £37.54 £37.56 £32.36
Median % change year-on-year -0.04% +16.07% -19.11%
75th Percentile £45.13 £44.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £51.95 £51.11 £59.25
England median hourly rate £40.25 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -13.07% +21.46% -22.20%

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 15,294 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.42% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,270 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £753 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.50 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -12 133 £550 - 118
West London -32 16 £455 +34.32% 27
South London -7 13 £650 +53.30% 9
East London -11 5 £510 +3.03% 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 65 (7.34%) Confluence
2 26 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.13%) CMS
4 4 (0.45%) Apache
4 4 (0.45%) nginx
5 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
3 55 (6.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.81%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.24%) Trello
7 7 (0.79%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.34%) InDesign
10 3 (0.34%) InVision
10 3 (0.34%) Sketch
11 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Loan IQ
2 9 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.79%) Shopify
4 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.34%) ProductWriter
5 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.25%) Azure
2 56 (6.33%) AWS
3 43 (4.86%) SaaS
4 42 (4.75%) Power Platform
5 22 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.03%) Smartsheet
7 16 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (1.58%) Asana
9 9 (1.02%) Figma
9 9 (1.02%) GCP
10 8 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.90%) Google Workspace
10 8 (0.90%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (0.79%) BigCommerce
11 7 (0.79%) GitHub
11 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.79%) OCI
12 6 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.58%) Firewall
2 13 (1.47%) WAN
3 11 (1.24%) Network Security
4 8 (0.90%) LAN
5 6 (0.68%) Internet
5 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.45%) Broadband
7 3 (0.34%) Intranet
7 3 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) DMZ
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.23%) Junos
8 2 (0.23%) Multicast
8 2 (0.23%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenScape
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.29%) Power BI
2 18 (2.03%) Tableau
3 11 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.24%) Metadata
4 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
4 7 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (0.45%) Big Data
7 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.34%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.23%) DataStage
8 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.11%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.11%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.11%) Power Query
9 1 (0.11%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 128 (14.46%) JIRA
2 13 (1.47%) Git
3 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.34%) GitLab
4 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) 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 (49.72%) Social Skills
2 378 (42.71%) Finance
3 153 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (12.77%) Banking
5 89 (10.06%) Organisational Skills
6 83 (9.38%) Public Sector
7 76 (8.59%) Marketing
8 57 (6.44%) Retail
9 53 (5.99%) Legal
10 40 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 35 (3.95%) Investment Banking
13 27 (3.05%) Financial Institution
13 27 (3.05%) Front Office
14 18 (2.03%) Telecoms
15 17 (1.92%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.69%) Advertising
16 15 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 372 (42.03%) Project Manager
2 117 (13.22%) Analyst
3 101 (11.41%) Senior
4 91 (10.28%) Business Analyst
5 76 (8.59%) Lead
6 72 (8.14%) Senior Manager
7 56 (6.33%) Senior Project Manager
8 49 (5.54%) IT Manager
9 45 (5.08%) IT Project Manager
10 37 (4.18%) Programme Manager
11 35 (3.95%) Technical Manager
12 33 (3.73%) Infrastructure Manager
13 32 (3.62%) Delivery Manager
14 28 (3.16%) Technical Project Manager
15 27 (3.05%) Consultant
15 27 (3.05%) Developer
15 27 (3.05%) Migration Manager
16 26 (2.94%) Architect
16 26 (2.94%) Migration Project Manager
17 24 (2.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.15%) REST
2 12 (1.36%) SOAP
3 9 (1.02%) .NET
3 9 (1.02%) AngularJS
3 9 (1.02%) HTML
3 9 (1.02%) Middleware
4 8 (0.90%) Web Services
4 8 (0.90%) XML
5 7 (0.79%) CSS
5 7 (0.79%) React
5 7 (0.79%) VML
6 6 (0.68%) RESTful
6 6 (0.68%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.45%) ADO
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.34%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.34%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.34%) pytest
9 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (0.23%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.50%) PMI
3 31 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.39%) Data Centre
5 25 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.81%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.24%) Social Media
11 9 (1.02%) CMDB
11 9 (1.02%) Derivative
11 9 (1.02%) NHS
12 8 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.90%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.90%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.47%) Windows
2 10 (1.13%) Linux
3 6 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.34%) 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
1 370 (41.81%) Agile
2 341 (38.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 228 (25.76%) Project Delivery
4 192 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (18.31%) PRINCE2
6 138 (15.59%) Migration
7 124 (14.01%) Waterfall
8 122 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 114 (12.88%) Scrum
10 111 (12.54%) Change Management
10 111 (12.54%) Decision-Making
11 100 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 96 (10.85%) Risk Management
13 82 (9.27%) Business Analysis
14 75 (8.47%) Roadmaps
15 72 (8.14%) AI
15 72 (8.14%) Analytics
16 69 (7.80%) Requirements Gathering
17 68 (7.68%) Budget Management
18 66 (7.46%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (5.76%) SQL
2 25 (2.82%) Python
3 11 (1.24%) Java
4 10 (1.13%) C#
5 9 (1.02%) JavaScript
6 6 (0.68%) TypeScript
7 5 (0.56%) C++
7 5 (0.56%) R
8 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.23%) Korn
9 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.23%) 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
1 157 (17.74%) PMP
2 143 (16.16%) PMI Certification
3 132 (14.92%) Degree
4 81 (9.15%) Security Cleared
5 64 (7.23%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 17 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.69%) CBAP
8 15 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (1.58%) APMP
9 14 (1.58%) IIBA
10 12 (1.36%) CISSP
10 12 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.13%) CISM
12 8 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (0.79%) MBA
14 6 (0.68%) APMG
15 5 (0.56%) CFA
16 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (11.07%) PMO
2 58 (6.55%) QA
3 37 (4.18%) GDPR
4 34 (3.84%) Data Quality
5 24 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.15%) NIST
7 12 (1.36%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.13%) EMIR
8 10 (1.13%) SLA
9 9 (1.02%) MiFID
10 8 (0.90%) GRC
10 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.56%) WCAG
12 4 (0.45%) Basel III
13 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS
14 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.45%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) 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 (0.79%) RSA Archer
2 5 (0.56%) Terraform
3 3 (0.34%) Consul
3 3 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.34%) Packer
3 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.23%) 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
1 111 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.21%) ServiceNow
3 53 (5.99%) SAP
4 45 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.84%) Oracle
6 25 (2.82%) Adobe
7 19 (2.15%) Google
8 17 (1.92%) Workday
9 15 (1.69%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.47%) Cisco
11 10 (1.13%) Sitecore
12 9 (1.02%) Databricks
13 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.79%) Avaloq
13 7 (0.79%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.79%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.79%) Planview
14 6 (0.68%) NEC
15 5 (0.56%) IBM
15 5 (0.56%) VMware