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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 25 30
Rank change year-on-year -26 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 860 996 1,095
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 7.33% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 7.95% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 618 727
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £441 £435 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 37
10th Percentile £28.00 £20.24 £21.50
25th Percentile £32.75 £27.75 £30.16
Median hourly rate £40.96 £36.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -1.37% -9.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.95 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £42.25 £42.07 £38.12
% change year-on-year +0.43% +10.36% -11.35%

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 17,817 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,764 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.89 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.81 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -27 114 £625 +14.68% 48
West London -14 28 £625 +28.21% 32
South London -14 12 £575 +15.00% 13
East London -3 3 £550 +5.77% 25
North London - 1 £450 - 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 46 (5.35%) SharePoint
2 39 (4.53%) Confluence
3 23 (2.67%) CMS
4 13 (1.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.58%) Moodle
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.23%) JBoss
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 67 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 59 (6.86%) Microsoft Project
4 57 (6.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.09%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.58%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.58%) Trello
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 10 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.05%) Adobe Campaign
3 8 (0.93%) Magento
4 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.70%) Shopify
5 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.47%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.35%) Endur
7 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
8 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
8 2 (0.23%) Findur
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (9.07%) Azure
2 63 (7.33%) SaaS
3 54 (6.28%) AWS
4 46 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.98%) Smartsheet
8 13 (1.51%) Asana
8 13 (1.51%) GCP
9 12 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.93%) Amazon S3
10 8 (0.93%) Entra ID
10 8 (0.93%) GitHub
10 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.81%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.70%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.70%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.86%) Network Security
2 8 (0.93%) LAN
2 8 (0.93%) WAN
3 6 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (0.58%) Wireless
5 4 (0.47%) DKIM
5 4 (0.47%) DMARC
5 4 (0.47%) DNS
5 4 (0.47%) Firewall
5 4 (0.47%) Intranet
5 4 (0.47%) Multicast
5 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 2 (0.23%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.23%) BGP
7 2 (0.23%) Internet
7 2 (0.23%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.23%) LTE
7 2 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.53%) Power BI
2 12 (1.40%) Tableau
3 9 (1.05%) Metadata
4 8 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
5 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.47%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.35%) Big Data
7 3 (0.35%) QlikView
8 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.23%) DataStage
8 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.23%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.23%) Looker
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.23%) Power Query
9 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 95 (11.05%) JIRA
2 19 (2.21%) Git
3 15 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.05%) Subversion
5 6 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 371 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 328 (38.14%) Finance
3 131 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.44%) Marketing
5 91 (10.58%) Banking
6 83 (9.65%) Organisational Skills
7 65 (7.56%) Public Sector
8 62 (7.21%) Retail
9 47 (5.47%) Legal
10 36 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
11 25 (2.91%) Front Office
11 25 (2.91%) Investment Banking
12 24 (2.79%) Financial Institution
12 24 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 347 (40.35%) Project Manager
2 94 (10.93%) Senior
3 81 (9.42%) Lead
4 77 (8.95%) Senior Manager
5 75 (8.72%) Analyst
6 63 (7.33%) Senior Project Manager
7 53 (6.16%) Business Analyst
8 51 (5.93%) Programme Manager
9 46 (5.35%) IT Manager
10 40 (4.65%) Technical Manager
11 38 (4.42%) IT Project Manager
12 33 (3.84%) Technical Project Manager
13 29 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
14 27 (3.14%) Infrastructure Manager
15 26 (3.02%) Developer
16 25 (2.91%) Consultant
17 23 (2.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 21 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
18 21 (2.44%) Migration Manager
19 20 (2.33%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.74%) REST
2 13 (1.51%) VML
3 11 (1.28%) ADO
4 9 (1.05%) HTML
5 8 (0.93%) Middleware
5 8 (0.93%) React
5 8 (0.93%) SOAP
6 6 (0.70%) .NET
6 6 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.70%) Web Services
6 6 (0.70%) XML
7 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
7 5 (0.58%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.47%) OAuth
9 3 (0.35%) CSS
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5
9 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.35%) RESTful
9 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.47%) Onboarding
2 41 (4.77%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.77%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.02%) PMI
5 19 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.98%) Social Media
7 15 (1.74%) FMCG
8 14 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.51%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.40%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.28%) IoT
11 11 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
12 10 (1.16%) CMDB
13 9 (1.05%) Credit Risk
13 9 (1.05%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.40%) Windows
2 11 (1.28%) Linux
3 5 (0.58%) Unix
4 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (41.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 357 (41.51%) Agile
3 235 (27.33%) Project Delivery
4 181 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 135 (15.70%) Migration
6 134 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (14.65%) Change Management
8 120 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 119 (13.84%) Waterfall
10 118 (13.72%) Decision-Making
11 114 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (12.33%) Scrum
13 102 (11.86%) AI
14 97 (11.28%) Risk Management
15 83 (9.65%) Analytics
16 74 (8.60%) Programme Management
17 71 (8.26%) DevOps
18 69 (8.02%) Roadmaps
19 60 (6.98%) Business Analysis
20 59 (6.86%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 43 (5.00%) SQL
2 31 (3.60%) Python
3 11 (1.28%) Java
4 10 (1.16%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.81%) C#
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) R
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.23%) VBA
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
10 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 168 (19.53%) PMP
2 145 (16.86%) PMI Certification
3 118 (13.72%) Degree
4 77 (8.95%) Security Cleared
5 56 (6.51%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (1.16%) CISSP
8 10 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 7 (0.81%) APMG
10 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.81%) CISM
11 6 (0.70%) MBA
11 6 (0.70%) RIBA
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (13.26%) PMO
2 57 (6.63%) QA
3 33 (3.84%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.98%) GDPR
5 15 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.63%) SLA
7 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.16%) NIST
9 9 (1.05%) GRC
10 7 (0.81%) EMIR
10 7 (0.81%) FINREP
10 7 (0.81%) MiFID
10 7 (0.81%) P3O
11 6 (0.70%) COREP
12 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.47%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.35%) GxP
13 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.47%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.35%) Ansible
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.23%) Puppet
4 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (0.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (14.30%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 42 (4.88%) SAP
4 34 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.26%) Adobe
6 25 (2.91%) Oracle
7 24 (2.79%) Google
8 19 (2.21%) Sitecore
9 9 (1.05%) Cisco
10 8 (0.93%) Guidewire
10 8 (0.93%) Murex
10 8 (0.93%) NEC
10 8 (0.93%) VMware
10 8 (0.93%) Workday
11 7 (0.81%) Alteryx
11 7 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.81%) CyberArk
12 6 (0.70%) Databricks
12 6 (0.70%) GoldenSource
13 5 (0.58%) Optimizely