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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 870 986 1,370
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.20% 7.80% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.80% 8.53% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 593 935
10th Percentile £350 £310 £325
25th Percentile £425 £419 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £657
90th Percentile £750 £755 £766
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 51
10th Percentile £26.65 £26.38 £19.92
25th Percentile £32.94 £30.69 £23.05
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.74 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +15.86% -19.72%
75th Percentile £44.00 £42.57 £50.00
90th Percentile £51.35 £50.33 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £42.79 £38.12
% change year-on-year -6.51% +12.24% -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 14,995 11,556 15,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.68% 91.45% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,050 7,835 11,420
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 169 333
10th Percentile £18.11 £19.16 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £69.90
England median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -12 135 £550 - 118
West London -27 15 £428 +25.74% 27
South London -8 11 £650 +4.00% 9
East London -12 5 £510 +3.03% 21
North London +2 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 65 (7.47%) Confluence
2 28 (3.22%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.03%) CMS
4 4 (0.46%) Apache
4 4 (0.46%) nginx
5 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 84 (9.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (8.05%) Microsoft Project
3 57 (6.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.30%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.26%) Trello
7 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.80%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.34%) InDesign
11 3 (0.34%) InVision
11 3 (0.34%) Sketch
12 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 12 (1.38%) Loan IQ
2 9 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.69%) Shopify
4 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.34%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.23%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.23%) ProductWriter
6 2 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.23%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 73 (8.39%) Azure
2 55 (6.32%) AWS
3 42 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.37%) SaaS
5 21 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (2.07%) Smartsheet
7 17 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.49%) Asana
9 9 (1.03%) Figma
9 9 (1.03%) GCP
10 8 (0.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.92%) Google Workspace
10 8 (0.92%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.80%) GitHub
11 7 (0.80%) OCI
12 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.69%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.84%) WAN
2 14 (1.61%) Firewall
3 11 (1.26%) LAN
3 11 (1.26%) Network Security
4 6 (0.69%) Internet
4 6 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (0.46%) Broadband
7 3 (0.34%) Intranet
7 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.34%) VPN
7 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) DHCP
8 2 (0.23%) DMZ
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) IOS XR
8 2 (0.23%) ISDN
8 2 (0.23%) Multicast
8 2 (0.23%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.37%) Power BI
2 18 (2.07%) Tableau
3 12 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.26%) Metadata
5 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.46%) Big Data
6 4 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.34%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.23%) DataStage
8 2 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.23%) Power Query
8 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.11%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.11%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 129 (14.83%) JIRA
2 13 (1.49%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 4 (0.46%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.34%) GitLab
4 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.23%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.11%) Ant
6 1 (0.11%) Appium
6 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
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%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.11%) Subversion
6 1 (0.11%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
6 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 435 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 369 (42.41%) Finance
3 151 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.87%) Banking
5 91 (10.46%) Organisational Skills
6 88 (10.11%) Public Sector
7 71 (8.16%) Marketing
8 57 (6.55%) Retail
9 49 (5.63%) Legal
10 40 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (3.91%) Investment Banking
13 28 (3.22%) Financial Institution
14 25 (2.87%) Front Office
15 18 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.95%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.72%) Advertising
18 12 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 10 (1.15%) Law
Job Titles
1 377 (43.33%) Project Manager
2 118 (13.56%) Analyst
3 99 (11.38%) Senior
4 89 (10.23%) Business Analyst
5 70 (8.05%) Senior Manager
6 69 (7.93%) Lead
7 56 (6.44%) Senior Project Manager
8 49 (5.63%) IT Manager
9 46 (5.29%) IT Project Manager
10 37 (4.25%) Programme Manager
11 36 (4.14%) Infrastructure Manager
12 35 (4.02%) Technical Manager
13 32 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
14 28 (3.22%) Consultant
14 28 (3.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 28 (3.22%) Technical Project Manager
15 26 (2.99%) Migration Manager
16 25 (2.87%) Developer
16 25 (2.87%) Migration Project Manager
17 23 (2.64%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.95%) REST
2 12 (1.38%) SOAP
3 9 (1.03%) HTML
3 9 (1.03%) Web Services
4 8 (0.92%) .NET
4 8 (0.92%) AngularJS
4 8 (0.92%) Middleware
4 8 (0.92%) XML
5 7 (0.80%) CSS
5 7 (0.80%) RESTful
6 6 (0.69%) React
6 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.69%) VML
7 5 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.46%) ADO
9 3 (0.34%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.34%) Bootstrap
9 3 (0.34%) pytest
10 2 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (0.23%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 54 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.10%) PMI
6 25 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.61%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
11 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.26%) Social Media
12 10 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.92%) CMDB
14 8 (0.92%) Digital Media
14 8 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (0.92%) NHS
14 8 (0.92%) Tandem
15 7 (0.80%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.84%) Windows
2 10 (1.15%) Linux
3 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.11%) AIX
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (41.84%) Agile
2 336 (38.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 227 (26.09%) Project Delivery
4 188 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
5 162 (18.62%) PRINCE2
6 141 (16.21%) Migration
7 125 (14.37%) Waterfall
8 123 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 114 (13.10%) Scrum
10 107 (12.30%) Change Management
11 106 (12.18%) Decision-Making
12 97 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (11.03%) Risk Management
14 85 (9.77%) Business Analysis
15 73 (8.39%) Roadmaps
16 70 (8.05%) Requirements Gathering
17 69 (7.93%) Analytics
17 69 (7.93%) Time Management
18 67 (7.70%) AI
19 66 (7.59%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 52 (5.98%) SQL
2 25 (2.87%) Python
3 9 (1.03%) C#
3 9 (1.03%) Java
3 9 (1.03%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.57%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.46%) C++
5 4 (0.46%) R
6 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.23%) Korn
7 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.23%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) C
8 1 (0.11%) Go
8 1 (0.11%) Perl
8 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 151 (17.36%) PMP
2 140 (16.09%) PMI Certification
3 135 (15.52%) Degree
4 84 (9.66%) Security Cleared
5 65 (7.47%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.72%) CBAP
8 15 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.72%) IIBA
9 14 (1.61%) APMP
10 12 (1.38%) CISSP
10 12 (1.38%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.15%) CISM
12 8 (0.92%) MBA
13 7 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (0.57%) APMG
14 5 (0.57%) CFA
15 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.38%) PMO
2 55 (6.32%) QA
3 38 (4.37%) GDPR
4 33 (3.79%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.07%) NIST
7 12 (1.38%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (1.15%) SLA
9 9 (1.03%) GRC
10 8 (0.92%) EMIR
11 7 (0.80%) MiFID
12 5 (0.57%) WCAG
13 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.34%) Basel III
13 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.23%) IFRS
14 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.11%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.80%) RSA Archer
2 5 (0.57%) Terraform
3 3 (0.34%) Consul
3 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.34%) Packer
3 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) Ansible
5 1 (0.11%) CASB
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
5 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.09%) ServiceNow
3 52 (5.98%) SAP
4 44 (5.06%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.91%) Oracle
6 24 (2.76%) Adobe
7 18 (2.07%) Google
8 17 (1.95%) Workday
9 14 (1.61%) Cisco
9 14 (1.61%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.03%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.03%) Databricks
11 8 (0.92%) Sitecore
12 7 (0.80%) Avaloq
12 7 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.80%) Palo Alto
12 7 (0.80%) Planview
13 6 (0.69%) NEC
14 5 (0.57%) IBM
14 5 (0.57%) VMware