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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -17 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 887 976 1,333
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.00% 7.78% 7.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 8.44% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 575 920
10th Percentile £363 £306 £325
25th Percentile £426 £416 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £672 £640 £665
90th Percentile £750 £772 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 27 50
10th Percentile £27.70 £21.46 £19.86
25th Percentile £28.00 £27.75 £22.69
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +16.68% -26.26%
75th Percentile £47.75 £45.18 £48.19
90th Percentile £57.20 £51.51 £55.00
England median hourly rate £37.58 £46.18 £38.12
% change year-on-year -18.62% +21.14% -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 15,703 11,565 15,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.59% 92.19% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,518 7,845 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 169 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.37 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +15.25% -22.62%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.75 £47.56
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.93
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -20 125 £625 +13.64% 121
West London -27 18 £428 +26.20% 25
South London -7 14 £650 +53.30% 7
East London -15 3 £523 +5.56% 17
North London +3 1 £550 +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 59 (6.65%) Confluence
2 29 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.35%) CMS
4 6 (0.68%) Apache
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.34%) Moodle
6 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.11%) SAS
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 74 (8.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (7.33%) Microsoft Project
3 56 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.92%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.90%) Trello
8 6 (0.68%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.56%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.23%) InDesign
11 2 (0.23%) InVision
11 2 (0.23%) Sketch
12 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Loan IQ
2 10 (1.13%) Shopify
3 9 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.45%) ProductWriter
5 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.34%) Endur
5 3 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
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 75 (8.46%) Azure
2 57 (6.43%) SaaS
3 52 (5.86%) AWS
4 37 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 30 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (2.48%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.47%) Asana
8 13 (1.47%) GCP
9 11 (1.24%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.13%) BigCommerce
10 10 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.90%) Figma
12 7 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.79%) OCI
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.68%) GitHub
13 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.69%) Network Security
2 10 (1.13%) Firewall
2 10 (1.13%) WAN
3 6 (0.68%) LAN
4 5 (0.56%) Internet
4 5 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.45%) Broadband
5 4 (0.45%) DNS
6 3 (0.34%) DKIM
6 3 (0.34%) DMARC
6 3 (0.34%) Intranet
7 2 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.23%) DMZ
7 2 (0.23%) ISDN
7 2 (0.23%) Junos
7 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.23%) VPN
7 2 (0.23%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.95%) Power BI
2 13 (1.47%) Tableau
3 11 (1.24%) Metadata
4 10 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.68%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (0.45%) Big Data
9 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.23%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.11%) Cognos Query Studio
11 1 (0.11%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 10g
11 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 123 (13.87%) JIRA
2 14 (1.58%) 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
5 2 (0.23%) Subversion
5 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.11%) Ant
6 1 (0.11%) Appium
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%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 411 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 356 (40.14%) Finance
3 145 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (10.94%) Banking
5 93 (10.48%) Organisational Skills
6 87 (9.81%) Public Sector
7 83 (9.36%) Marketing
8 60 (6.76%) Retail
9 49 (5.52%) Legal
10 43 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (3.27%) Financial Institution
13 27 (3.04%) Investment Banking
14 22 (2.48%) Front Office
15 16 (1.80%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.80%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (1.58%) Advertising
17 14 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 363 (40.92%) Project Manager
2 112 (12.63%) Analyst
3 97 (10.94%) Senior
4 87 (9.81%) Business Analyst
4 87 (9.81%) Lead
5 73 (8.23%) Senior Manager
6 59 (6.65%) Senior Project Manager
7 51 (5.75%) IT Manager
8 45 (5.07%) IT Project Manager
9 41 (4.62%) Programme Manager
10 32 (3.61%) Delivery Manager
11 31 (3.49%) Technical Manager
12 28 (3.16%) Developer
12 28 (3.16%) Infrastructure Manager
13 27 (3.04%) Migration Manager
14 26 (2.93%) Migration Project Manager
15 25 (2.82%) Architect
15 25 (2.82%) Technical Project Manager
16 23 (2.59%) Consultant
17 22 (2.48%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.14%) REST
2 13 (1.47%) SOAP
3 11 (1.24%) HTML
4 10 (1.13%) VML
5 9 (1.01%) Middleware
6 7 (0.79%) .NET
6 7 (0.79%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.79%) Web Services
7 6 (0.68%) CSS
7 6 (0.68%) SailPoint
7 6 (0.68%) XML
8 5 (0.56%) React
9 4 (0.45%) ADO
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.45%) RESTful
10 3 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (0.34%) OAuth
10 3 (0.34%) pytest
10 3 (0.34%) XSLT
11 2 (0.23%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.52%) Onboarding
2 45 (5.07%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.72%) PMI
3 33 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.27%) Data Centre
5 27 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.47%) Social Media
8 13 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
9 11 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.13%) FMCG
11 9 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.01%) CMDB
12 8 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.90%) Tandem
13 7 (0.79%) Credit Risk
13 7 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.58%) Windows
2 6 (0.68%) Linux
3 5 (0.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.45%) Unix
5 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (40.70%) Agile
2 336 (37.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 236 (26.61%) Project Delivery
4 173 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (16.80%) PRINCE2
6 148 (16.69%) Migration
7 126 (14.21%) Waterfall
8 125 (14.09%) Decision-Making
9 123 (13.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 114 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (12.74%) Change Management
12 103 (11.61%) Scrum
13 94 (10.60%) Risk Management
14 78 (8.79%) Roadmaps
15 77 (8.68%) Business Analysis
16 73 (8.23%) Analytics
16 73 (8.23%) Budget Management
17 72 (8.12%) AI
18 68 (7.67%) Programme Management
18 68 (7.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (5.41%) SQL
2 24 (2.71%) Python
3 12 (1.35%) Java
4 8 (0.90%) C#
5 6 (0.68%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.68%) TypeScript
6 5 (0.56%) C++
6 5 (0.56%) R
7 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (0.23%) Korn
8 2 (0.23%) VBA
9 1 (0.11%) C
9 1 (0.11%) Go
9 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.11%) Perl
9 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.11%) SOQL
9 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (16.91%) PMP
2 132 (14.88%) PMI Certification
3 129 (14.54%) Degree
4 83 (9.36%) Security Cleared
5 60 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.69%) CBAP
9 14 (1.58%) APMP
9 14 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.47%) CISSP
11 12 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.35%) IIBA
12 11 (1.24%) CISM
13 7 (0.79%) APMG
14 6 (0.68%) MBA
15 5 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (0.45%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (12.06%) PMO
2 71 (8.00%) QA
3 39 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.95%) GDPR
5 23 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.03%) NIST
7 13 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.24%) SLA
9 8 (0.90%) EMIR
9 8 (0.90%) MiFID
10 7 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.68%) GRC
12 5 (0.56%) WCAG
13 4 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.45%) Basel III
14 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.23%) ITGC
15 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) Docker
3 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
3 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (0.56%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
Vendors
1 112 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.09%) ServiceNow
3 52 (5.86%) SAP
4 42 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.72%) Oracle
6 26 (2.93%) Adobe
7 22 (2.48%) Google
8 19 (2.14%) Workday
9 15 (1.69%) CyberArk
10 14 (1.58%) Sitecore
11 11 (1.24%) NEC
12 10 (1.13%) Cisco
13 8 (0.90%) Databricks
14 7 (0.79%) Avaloq
15 6 (0.68%) Atlassian
15 6 (0.68%) Bloomberg
15 6 (0.68%) Guidewire
15 6 (0.68%) Palo Alto
16 5 (0.56%) IBM
16 5 (0.56%) Murex