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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 795 1,104 1,485
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.64% 7.86% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.17% 8.71% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 624 1,007
10th Percentile £350 £313 £357
25th Percentile £421 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £657 £650 £675
90th Percentile £744 £750 £758
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 32
10th Percentile £17.00 £20.75 £16.57
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.27 £24.81
Median hourly rate £34.00 £34.50 £36.92
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -6.55% -1.55%
75th Percentile £41.63 £37.70 £52.75
90th Percentile £59.38 £43.28 £57.25
England median hourly rate £44.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +30.88% -20.00% +5.49%

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 12,887 12,677 16,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.35% 90.27% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,501 8,101 11,545
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 155 258
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.52
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.50 £54.03
90th Percentile £69.30 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -14 128 £525 -12.50% 55
West London -23 16 £465 +19.23% 21
South London -8 7 £500 -11.15% 16
East London -6 6 £495 +4.21% 32
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 (6.92%) Confluence
2 32 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.50%) CMS
3 4 (0.50%) nginx
4 3 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 87 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (8.05%) Microsoft Project
3 58 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.65%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.51%) Trello
7 5 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.50%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.38%) InVision
9 3 (0.38%) Sketch
10 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.25%) InDesign
10 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.13%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 23 (2.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.01%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.63%) Workfront
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.38%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Shopify
6 3 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 68 (8.55%) Azure
2 50 (6.29%) Power Platform
3 46 (5.79%) AWS
4 23 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (2.89%) SaaS
5 17 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (2.01%) Asana
7 14 (1.76%) Smartsheet
8 9 (1.13%) GCP
9 8 (1.01%) ChatGPT
9 8 (1.01%) GitHub
10 7 (0.88%) Figma
10 7 (0.88%) Google Workspace
10 7 (0.88%) OCI
10 7 (0.88%) OpenShift
10 7 (0.88%) Serverless
10 7 (0.88%) Slack
11 6 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (0.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.89%) Firewall
2 12 (1.51%) WAN
3 9 (1.13%) LAN
3 9 (1.13%) Network Security
4 5 (0.63%) Internet
5 4 (0.50%) Multicast
5 4 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (0.50%) VPN
5 4 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.38%) MVNO
6 3 (0.38%) S/MIME
6 3 (0.38%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.38%) SSL
6 3 (0.38%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.25%) DMZ
7 2 (0.25%) IOS XR
7 2 (0.25%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.25%) OpenScape
7 2 (0.25%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.66%) Power BI
2 22 (2.77%) Tableau
3 14 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.64%) Metadata
5 11 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.38%) Big Data
7 3 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.38%) Power Query
7 3 (0.38%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.25%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.25%) DataStage
8 2 (0.25%) DB2
8 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.13%) DTS
9 1 (0.13%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.13%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.13%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 134 (16.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.13%) Git
3 4 (0.50%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.25%) GitLab
5 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.13%) Ant
6 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.13%) ERwin
6 1 (0.13%) JUnit
6 1 (0.13%) LSMW
6 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.13%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.13%) Toad
General
1 403 (50.69%) Social Skills
2 339 (42.64%) Finance
3 142 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (12.83%) Banking
5 76 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 60 (7.55%) Organisational Skills
7 56 (7.04%) Marketing
8 53 (6.67%) Retail
9 50 (6.29%) Legal
10 32 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (3.77%) Investment Banking
11 30 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (3.27%) Front Office
13 22 (2.77%) Financial Institution
14 20 (2.52%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (2.39%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.89%) Advertising
17 12 (1.51%) Billing
18 11 (1.38%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 311 (39.12%) Project Manager
2 111 (13.96%) Analyst
3 77 (9.69%) Lead
4 76 (9.56%) Business Analyst
4 76 (9.56%) Senior
5 49 (6.16%) IT Manager
6 44 (5.53%) Senior Manager
7 40 (5.03%) IT Project Manager
8 37 (4.65%) Consultant
9 32 (4.03%) Senior Project Manager
10 29 (3.65%) Infrastructure Manager
11 25 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
12 23 (2.89%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 23 (2.89%) Programme Manager
12 23 (2.89%) Technical Manager
13 22 (2.77%) Developer
14 18 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
15 17 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.14%) Technical Project Manager
16 16 (2.01%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.26%) REST
2 9 (1.13%) SOAP
3 8 (1.01%) .NET
3 8 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 8 (1.01%) HTML
4 7 (0.88%) RESTful
4 7 (0.88%) XML
5 6 (0.75%) LangChain
5 6 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.63%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.63%) ADO
6 5 (0.63%) Entity Framework
6 5 (0.63%) Middleware
6 5 (0.63%) React
6 5 (0.63%) Web Services
7 4 (0.50%) CSS
7 4 (0.50%) NHibernate
7 4 (0.50%) Playwright
8 3 (0.38%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.38%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.91%) Onboarding
2 42 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.65%) PMI
4 28 (3.52%) Data Protection Act
5 27 (3.40%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.27%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.38%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.13%) Social Media
12 8 (1.01%) Derivative
12 8 (1.01%) Digital Media
12 8 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (0.88%) NHS
13 7 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.14%) Windows
2 11 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.63%) Unix
4 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (38.87%) Agile
2 308 (38.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 205 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
4 190 (23.90%) Project Delivery
5 153 (19.25%) PRINCE2
6 136 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 121 (15.22%) Migration
8 109 (13.71%) Change Management
9 102 (12.83%) Risk Management
10 97 (12.20%) Scrum
11 95 (11.95%) Waterfall
12 86 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 85 (10.69%) Decision-Making
14 74 (9.31%) Budget Management
15 65 (8.18%) Business Analysis
16 63 (7.92%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.67%) Project Governance
18 60 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
19 58 (7.30%) Programme Management
20 57 (7.17%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 55 (6.92%) SQL
2 26 (3.27%) Python
3 10 (1.26%) C#
3 10 (1.26%) Java
4 8 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.50%) VBA
6 2 (0.25%) C++
6 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.25%) Go
6 2 (0.25%) Korn
6 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.25%) R
6 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.25%) VB
7 1 (0.13%) Perl
7 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (18.99%) Degree
2 137 (17.23%) PMI Certification
3 132 (16.60%) PMP
4 69 (8.68%) Security Cleared
5 54 (6.79%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.38%) APMP
9 11 (1.38%) CBAP
10 10 (1.26%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.26%) IIBA
11 9 (1.13%) CISM
11 9 (1.13%) CISSP
12 8 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 7 (0.88%) CFA
13 7 (0.88%) FFIEC
14 6 (0.75%) MBA
15 5 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.69%) PMO
2 44 (5.53%) QA
3 36 (4.53%) GDPR
4 28 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 26 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (2.01%) NIST
8 12 (1.51%) GRC
9 11 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.13%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.63%) EMIR
11 5 (0.63%) WCAG
12 4 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.50%) PSD2
13 3 (0.38%) Basel III
13 3 (0.38%) MiFID
13 3 (0.38%) SEPA
14 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 10 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.63%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.88%) Terraform
2 3 (0.38%) Consul
2 3 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.38%) Packer
2 3 (0.38%) RSA Archer
3 2 (0.25%) Ansible
3 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
3 2 (0.25%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.13%) Argo
4 1 (0.13%) CASB
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.13%) Control-M
4 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.13%) SCCM
4 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 110 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 56 (7.04%) SAP
3 39 (4.91%) Salesforce
4 35 (4.40%) Oracle
5 31 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.14%) Adobe
6 17 (2.14%) Google
7 14 (1.76%) Workday
8 12 (1.51%) Cisco
9 11 (1.38%) Planview
10 9 (1.13%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.01%) Databricks
12 7 (0.88%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.88%) NEC
13 6 (0.75%) IBM
13 6 (0.75%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.63%) Arista
14 5 (0.63%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.63%) VMware