Project Management Contracts in London

Project Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 971 1,341 1,817
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.73% 7.52% 6.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.40% 8.49% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 928 1,291
10th Percentile £307 £325 £363
25th Percentile £416 £427 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +4.63%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £770 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £527
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.40% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 50 37
10th Percentile £21.46 £19.86 £21.25
25th Percentile £27.75 £22.69 £25.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £31.71 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.68% -26.26% -3.37%
75th Percentile £45.18 £48.19 £66.75
90th Percentile £51.51 £55.00 £79.80
England median hourly rate £46.18 £38.12 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.14% -22.20% +48.48%

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 11,566 15,789 24,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.49% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,853 11,316 17,713
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 325 278
10th Percentile £16.37 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -25.25% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.86 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.30 £76.78
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 -1 197 £550 -0.18% 99
West London +2 30 £339 -32.25% 42
East London +1 14 £495 -23.85% 18
South London -4 5 £424 -32.16% 10
North London -6 1 £500 -6.98% 4
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (5.05%) Confluence
2 28 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.65%) CMS
4 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.51%) Drupal
5 5 (0.51%) WordPress
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.21%) CICS
7 2 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) Camunda
8 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.10%) Facebook Platform
8 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 56 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.96%) Trello
6 18 (1.85%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.51%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.41%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.31%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.10%) FileZilla
12 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.10%) Revit
12 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 19 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.82%) SAP ERP
4 7 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.41%) Endur
6 4 (0.41%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.31%) SAP GRC
7 3 (0.31%) Shopify
7 3 (0.31%) Workfront
8 2 (0.21%) CiviCRM
8 2 (0.21%) ION Anvil
8 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.21%) Maximo
8 2 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.21%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 92 (9.47%) Azure
2 59 (6.08%) AWS
3 40 (4.12%) SaaS
4 34 (3.50%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (2.27%) GCP
8 15 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.03%) GitHub
11 9 (0.93%) Google Workspace
11 9 (0.93%) OCI
11 9 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (0.82%) Asana
12 8 (0.82%) IaaS
12 8 (0.82%) Lucidchart
12 8 (0.82%) Miro
12 8 (0.82%) PaaS
12 8 (0.82%) Smartsheet
13 7 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.88%) Firewall
2 15 (1.54%) VPN
3 11 (1.13%) Network Security
4 10 (1.03%) WAN
5 9 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
6 8 (0.82%) DNS
7 7 (0.72%) LAN
8 6 (0.62%) Wireless
9 5 (0.51%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.41%) DHCP
10 4 (0.41%) HTTP
10 4 (0.41%) Internet
10 4 (0.41%) SSL
11 3 (0.31%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.31%) Skype
11 3 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.21%) BGP
12 2 (0.21%) EIGRP
12 2 (0.21%) OSPF
12 2 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.19%) Power BI
2 19 (1.96%) Tableau
3 10 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 9 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 7 (0.72%) Metadata
5 7 (0.72%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.51%) MySQL
7 5 (0.51%) Power Query
7 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.31%) Big Data
9 3 (0.31%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.31%) DB2
9 3 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.31%) MS Access
9 3 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 125 (12.87%) JIRA
2 9 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 7 (0.72%) Git
4 5 (0.51%) GitLab
5 3 (0.31%) MSI
5 3 (0.31%) Postman
5 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.21%) Ant
6 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.21%) JUnit
6 2 (0.21%) Maven
6 2 (0.21%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.21%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.10%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.10%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 473 (48.71%) Social Skills
2 381 (39.24%) Finance
3 203 (20.91%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (11.43%) Banking
5 102 (10.50%) Marketing
6 73 (7.52%) Legal
7 67 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 43 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
9 41 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (3.91%) Front Office
11 35 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (3.50%) Retail
13 29 (2.99%) Local Government
14 28 (2.88%) Investment Banking
15 23 (2.37%) Telecoms
16 22 (2.27%) Financial Institution
17 21 (2.16%) Back Office
17 21 (2.16%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
19 14 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 328 (33.78%) Project Manager
2 146 (15.04%) Analyst
3 86 (8.86%) Business Analyst
4 80 (8.24%) Senior
5 68 (7.00%) Lead
6 45 (4.63%) Consultant
7 42 (4.33%) Senior Manager
8 38 (3.91%) IT Manager
8 38 (3.91%) Technical Manager
9 35 (3.60%) Architect
10 34 (3.50%) Senior Project Manager
11 29 (2.99%) Programme Manager
12 28 (2.88%) Infrastructure Manager
13 26 (2.68%) PMO Analyst
14 25 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
14 25 (2.57%) IT Project Manager
14 25 (2.57%) Technical Project Manager
15 24 (2.47%) Developer
16 21 (2.16%) Business Manager
16 21 (2.16%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.34%) .NET
1 13 (1.34%) CSS
1 13 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (1.24%) HTML
3 10 (1.03%) OAuth
3 10 (1.03%) SAML
4 9 (0.93%) REST
5 8 (0.82%) ADO
6 6 (0.62%) OpenID
7 5 (0.51%) Bootstrap
7 5 (0.51%) JSON
7 5 (0.51%) Spring
7 5 (0.51%) Web Services
8 4 (0.41%) LDAP
8 4 (0.41%) Middleware
8 4 (0.41%) React
8 4 (0.41%) SOAP
8 4 (0.41%) XML
9 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.94%) Onboarding
2 43 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.44%) PMI
9 13 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.24%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.13%) NHS
12 10 (1.03%) Market Risk
12 10 (1.03%) Social Media
12 10 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.93%) Fixed Income
13 9 (0.93%) IoT
13 9 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.91%) Windows
2 13 (1.34%) Linux
3 9 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.21%) Android
7 2 (0.21%) Unix
8 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.10%) SUSE
8 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (31.82%) Agile
2 264 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
3 260 (26.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 150 (15.45%) Project Delivery
5 121 (12.46%) Risk Management
6 117 (12.05%) Change Management
7 106 (10.92%) PRINCE2
8 100 (10.30%) Migration
9 94 (9.68%) Decision-Making
9 94 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 93 (9.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (9.47%) Scrum
12 88 (9.06%) Analytics
13 82 (8.44%) Waterfall
14 72 (7.42%) ITIL
14 72 (7.42%) Roadmaps
15 69 (7.11%) DevOps
16 61 (6.28%) Budget Management
16 61 (6.28%) Data Analysis
17 59 (6.08%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 54 (5.56%) SQL
2 39 (4.02%) Python
3 24 (2.47%) Java
4 18 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 8 (0.82%) PHP
5 8 (0.82%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.82%) R
6 6 (0.62%) Bash
6 6 (0.62%) C#
7 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
7 5 (0.51%) VBA
8 4 (0.41%) Bicep
8 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.31%) C
9 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.31%) Groovy
9 3 (0.31%) RPG
9 3 (0.31%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.10%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 170 (17.51%) Degree
2 107 (11.02%) PMI Certification
3 103 (10.61%) PMP
4 64 (6.59%) Security Cleared
5 49 (5.05%) SC Cleared
6 27 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 22 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 10 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.03%) CISSP
11 8 (0.82%) CISA
11 8 (0.82%) CISM
12 7 (0.72%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.62%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.62%) FFIEC
13 6 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.51%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.21%) PMO
2 50 (5.15%) QA
3 39 (4.02%) GDPR
4 25 (2.57%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.75%) NIST
7 15 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.03%) MiFID
8 10 (1.03%) SLA
9 8 (0.82%) EMIR
10 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.62%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.51%) GRC
12 5 (0.51%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.41%) COBIT
13 4 (0.41%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.31%) COSO
14 3 (0.31%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.03%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.41%) vSphere
6 3 (0.31%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.31%) OpenDJ
6 3 (0.31%) OpenIDM
6 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.21%) IAG
7 2 (0.21%) Lustre
7 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.10%) RACF
8 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.65%) Terraform
3 15 (1.54%) SCCM
4 13 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.41%) Ansible
7 3 (0.31%) Grafana
7 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.21%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.21%) Podman
9 1 (0.10%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.10%) Packer
9 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) WSUS
9 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 151 (15.55%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.21%) SAP
3 43 (4.43%) Oracle
4 38 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 25 (2.57%) Google
6 23 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 19 (1.96%) Workday
8 18 (1.85%) Adobe
9 17 (1.75%) Cisco
10 13 (1.34%) Planview
11 10 (1.03%) Databricks
11 10 (1.03%) IBM
12 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.82%) Splunk
13 6 (0.62%) Ariba
13 6 (0.62%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.62%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.51%) Apple
14 5 (0.51%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.51%) Murex