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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 25 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 -6 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 810 1,081 1,504
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.47% 7.78% 8.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 8.60% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 608 1,017
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £772 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 38
10th Percentile £17.00 £21.36 £18.75
25th Percentile £24.53 £30.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £35.75 £35.00 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +13.53% -20.95%
75th Percentile £45.50 £39.04 £52.06
90th Percentile £63.88 £50.21 £55.75
England median hourly rate £44.00 £35.00 £38.06
% change year-on-year +25.71% -8.04% -20.71%

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 13,486 12,571 16,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.07% 90.51% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,936 7,985 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 158 330
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.81 £19.52
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +15.40% -19.12%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.11 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £79.13 £72.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.34
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.59% +3.81%

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 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 30 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 30 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 -12 134 £550 -4.35% 60
West London -29 15 £455 +33.82% 29
South London -7 7 £500 -28.57% 16
East London -5 6 £495 +16.47% 27
North London +3 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 58 (7.16%) Confluence
2 29 (3.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.49%) CMS
3 4 (0.49%) nginx
4 3 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 88 (10.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (7.90%) Microsoft Project
3 58 (7.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 54 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (3.21%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.48%) Trello
7 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.37%) InVision
9 3 (0.37%) Sketch
10 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.25%) InDesign
10 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.60%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.49%) Shopify
6 3 (0.37%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 3 (0.37%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.37%) ProductWriter
6 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.25%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.26%) Azure
2 49 (6.05%) AWS
3 47 (5.80%) Power Platform
4 24 (2.96%) SaaS
5 23 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (1.85%) Asana
8 12 (1.48%) Smartsheet
9 9 (1.11%) Figma
10 8 (0.99%) ChatGPT
10 8 (0.99%) GitHub
11 7 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.86%) Google Workspace
11 7 (0.86%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.86%) Serverless
12 6 (0.74%) GCP
12 6 (0.74%) Slack
13 5 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.62%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.84%) Firewall
2 14 (1.73%) WAN
3 9 (1.11%) LAN
4 8 (0.99%) Network Security
5 6 (0.74%) Internet
6 5 (0.62%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.49%) VPN
7 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.37%) Broadband
8 3 (0.37%) MVNO
8 3 (0.37%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.37%) SSL
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
9 2 (0.25%) DMZ
9 2 (0.25%) DNS
9 2 (0.25%) ISDN
9 2 (0.25%) Junos
9 2 (0.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.31%) Power BI
2 21 (2.59%) Tableau
3 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.48%) Metadata
5 10 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.37%) Big Data
7 3 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.25%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.25%) DataStage
8 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.25%) Power Query
9 1 (0.12%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.12%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.12%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.12%) Spotfire
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.12%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 130 (16.05%) JIRA
2 9 (1.11%) Git
3 4 (0.49%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.25%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.25%) GitLab
4 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.12%) Ant
5 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.12%) ERwin
5 1 (0.12%) JUnit
5 1 (0.12%) LSMW
5 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.12%) Toad
General
1 421 (51.98%) Social Skills
2 353 (43.58%) Finance
3 136 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (13.58%) Banking
5 73 (9.01%) Public Sector
6 68 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
7 52 (6.42%) Retail
8 51 (6.30%) Marketing
9 47 (5.80%) Legal
10 35 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
11 34 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (4.20%) Investment Banking
12 27 (3.33%) Front Office
13 22 (2.72%) Financial Institution
14 21 (2.59%) Telecoms
15 19 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (2.10%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.98%) Advertising
18 13 (1.60%) Billing
19 12 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 333 (41.11%) Project Manager
2 123 (15.19%) Analyst
3 87 (10.74%) Business Analyst
3 87 (10.74%) Senior
4 76 (9.38%) Lead
5 52 (6.42%) Senior Manager
6 47 (5.80%) IT Manager
7 41 (5.06%) IT Project Manager
8 40 (4.94%) Senior Project Manager
9 33 (4.07%) Consultant
10 31 (3.83%) Infrastructure Manager
11 28 (3.46%) Delivery Manager
12 26 (3.21%) Technical Manager
13 25 (3.09%) Developer
14 24 (2.96%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 23 (2.84%) Programme Manager
16 22 (2.72%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (2.47%) Technical Project Manager
18 19 (2.35%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.36%) REST
2 10 (1.23%) SOAP
3 9 (1.11%) .NET
4 8 (0.99%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.86%) Middleware
5 7 (0.86%) RESTful
5 7 (0.86%) XML
6 6 (0.74%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.74%) HTML
6 6 (0.74%) LangChain
7 5 (0.62%) ADO
7 5 (0.62%) Entity Framework
7 5 (0.62%) LlamaIndex
7 5 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.62%) React
7 5 (0.62%) Web Services
8 4 (0.49%) CSS
8 4 (0.49%) NHibernate
8 4 (0.49%) Playwright
8 4 (0.49%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 30 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.09%) PMI
6 16 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 14 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.11%) Derivative
9 9 (1.11%) Digital Media
9 9 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.11%) Social Media
10 8 (0.99%) Reinsurance
10 8 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
11 7 (0.86%) Credit Risk
11 7 (0.86%) Market Risk
11 7 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.85%) Windows
2 10 (1.23%) Linux
3 5 (0.62%) Unix
3 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (41.23%) Agile
2 320 (39.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 206 (25.43%) Project Delivery
4 191 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (18.77%) PRINCE2
6 133 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 132 (16.30%) Migration
8 105 (12.96%) Waterfall
9 103 (12.72%) Change Management
10 99 (12.22%) Risk Management
11 97 (11.98%) Scrum
12 92 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 91 (11.23%) Decision-Making
14 80 (9.88%) Business Analysis
15 77 (9.51%) Requirements Gathering
16 73 (9.01%) Budget Management
17 67 (8.27%) Project Governance
18 61 (7.53%) Roadmaps
19 57 (7.04%) SDLC
20 56 (6.91%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 53 (6.54%) SQL
2 25 (3.09%) Python
3 13 (1.60%) C#
4 8 (0.99%) Java
5 7 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.49%) VBA
7 3 (0.37%) C++
7 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.37%) R
8 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.25%) Go
8 2 (0.25%) Korn
8 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.12%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 150 (18.52%) Degree
2 131 (16.17%) PMP
3 129 (15.93%) PMI Certification
4 66 (8.15%) Security Cleared
5 50 (6.17%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.85%) CBAP
9 15 (1.85%) IIBA
10 13 (1.60%) APMP
11 10 (1.23%) CISSP
12 9 (1.11%) CISM
12 9 (1.11%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.86%) CFA
13 7 (0.86%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.74%) MBA
15 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.00%) PMO
2 48 (5.93%) QA
3 38 (4.69%) GDPR
4 32 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 28 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.35%) NIST
7 17 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.48%) GRC
9 11 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 10 (1.23%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.62%) EMIR
11 5 (0.62%) WCAG
12 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.49%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.49%) MiFID
12 4 (0.49%) PSD2
13 3 (0.37%) Basel III
13 3 (0.37%) SEPA
14 2 (0.25%) IFRS
System Software
1 12 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.62%) Docker
3 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.86%) Terraform
2 3 (0.37%) Consul
2 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.37%) Packer
2 3 (0.37%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.12%) Ansible
3 1 (0.12%) Argo
3 1 (0.12%) CASB
3 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.12%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.12%) Control-M
3 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.12%) logstash
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.42%) SAP
3 38 (4.69%) Salesforce
4 36 (4.44%) Oracle
5 34 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.35%) Adobe
7 14 (1.73%) Google
7 14 (1.73%) Workday
8 11 (1.36%) Cisco
8 11 (1.36%) Planview
9 10 (1.23%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.11%) Databricks
11 8 (0.99%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.86%) NEC
12 7 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.74%) Murex
14 5 (0.62%) Guidewire
14 5 (0.62%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.62%) IBM
14 5 (0.62%) Juniper