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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -30 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 868 900 1,150
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.30% 6.68% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 7.22% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 556 702
10th Percentile £350 £333 £315
25th Percentile £447 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £668 £700 £650
90th Percentile £750 £781 £750
England median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.86% -0.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 40 29
10th Percentile £28.00 £17.00 £20.10
25th Percentile £30.60 £24.58 £26.68
Median hourly rate £47.46 £34.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.57% -1.43% -11.21%
75th Percentile £60.25 £48.63 £42.75
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.88 £64.00
England median hourly rate £51.50 £36.00 £35.52
% change year-on-year +43.06% +1.37% -12.31%

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 17,959 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £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 £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 252 179
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -17 132 £550 - 212
West London -7 39 £680 +30.77% 50
South London -6 12 £650 +36.84% 25
East London +1 6 £495 -1.00% 23
North London - 1 £450 - 3
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 48 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.61%) Confluence
3 22 (2.53%) CMS
4 18 (2.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.69%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
7 5 (0.58%) Moodle
8 4 (0.46%) SAS
8 4 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
Applications
1 80 (9.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
3 61 (7.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 59 (6.80%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.84%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.69%) Trello
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.23%) Windchill
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 13 (1.50%) Adobe Campaign
2 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.04%) Magento
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.58%) ProductWriter
5 5 (0.58%) Shopify
6 4 (0.46%) Endur
6 4 (0.46%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
7 3 (0.35%) Workfront
8 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
8 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.23%) Findur
8 2 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 81 (9.33%) Azure
2 58 (6.68%) SaaS
3 54 (6.22%) AWS
3 54 (6.22%) Power Platform
4 33 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (1.73%) Smartsheet
7 14 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.50%) Asana
9 11 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.27%) GCP
10 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (0.92%) Google Workspace
12 7 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (0.81%) Amazon S3
12 7 (0.81%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.69%) Google Drive
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.58%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.19%) Network Security
2 9 (1.04%) WAN
3 8 (0.92%) 3GPP
3 8 (0.92%) 4G
3 8 (0.92%) 5G
3 8 (0.92%) Firewall
3 8 (0.92%) LTE
3 8 (0.92%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (0.92%) Wireshark
4 7 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.69%) LAN
5 6 (0.69%) Wireless
6 5 (0.58%) BGP
6 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.46%) DKIM
7 4 (0.46%) DMARC
7 4 (0.46%) DNS
7 4 (0.46%) Multicast
7 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.18%) Power BI
2 12 (1.38%) Tableau
3 10 (1.15%) Metadata
4 9 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.58%) Big Data
7 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.58%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.46%) Power Query
9 3 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.35%) QlikView
10 2 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.23%) DataStage
10 2 (0.23%) Looker
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 111 (12.79%) JIRA
2 21 (2.42%) Git
3 14 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.04%) Subversion
5 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.12%) LSMW
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 390 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 360 (41.47%) Finance
3 137 (15.78%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (12.21%) Banking
5 98 (11.29%) Marketing
6 71 (8.18%) Organisational Skills
7 69 (7.95%) Public Sector
8 57 (6.57%) Retail
9 47 (5.41%) Legal
10 46 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (3.11%) Front Office
12 27 (3.11%) Investment Banking
12 27 (3.11%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.96%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.38%) Law
17 9 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 344 (39.63%) Project Manager
2 96 (11.06%) Senior
3 88 (10.14%) Lead
4 78 (8.99%) Senior Manager
5 67 (7.72%) Analyst
6 55 (6.34%) Senior Project Manager
7 47 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 47 (5.41%) Programme Manager
8 45 (5.18%) Business Analyst
9 40 (4.61%) Delivery Manager
10 36 (4.15%) Technical Manager
11 33 (3.80%) IT Project Manager
12 29 (3.34%) Technical Project Manager
13 28 (3.23%) Consultant
14 23 (2.65%) Developer
15 20 (2.30%) Infrastructure Manager
16 19 (2.19%) Digital Project Manager
17 17 (1.96%) Infrastructure Project Manager
18 16 (1.84%) Change Manager
18 16 (1.84%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.73%) REST
2 13 (1.50%) ADO
3 12 (1.38%) VML
4 11 (1.27%) Web Services
5 9 (1.04%) React
6 8 (0.92%) HTML
7 7 (0.81%) Middleware
7 7 (0.81%) SOAP
8 6 (0.69%) .NET
8 6 (0.69%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.69%) pytest
9 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.58%) OAuth
9 5 (0.58%) XML
10 4 (0.46%) Terraform
11 3 (0.35%) DAO
11 3 (0.35%) HTML5
11 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
11 3 (0.35%) RESTful
11 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.65%) Management Information System
2 46 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 44 (5.07%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.00%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (2.42%) PMI
7 19 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 15 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (1.61%) FMCG
9 14 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.50%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.50%) Social Media
11 12 (1.38%) Derivative
11 12 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.27%) Life Science
13 10 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
14 9 (1.04%) CMDB
14 9 (1.04%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.30%) Linux
2 19 (2.19%) Windows
3 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Unix
4 5 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (49.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 373 (42.97%) Agile
3 251 (28.92%) Project Delivery
4 190 (21.89%) PRINCE2
5 136 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
6 134 (15.44%) Change Management
7 130 (14.98%) Migration
7 130 (14.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 125 (14.40%) Decision-Making
9 124 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 117 (13.48%) Waterfall
11 115 (13.25%) AI
12 112 (12.90%) Scrum
13 95 (10.94%) Risk Management
14 91 (10.48%) Roadmaps
15 89 (10.25%) Analytics
16 84 (9.68%) Programme Management
17 81 (9.33%) Project Governance
18 77 (8.87%) DevOps
19 69 (7.95%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.26%) SQL
2 33 (3.80%) Python
3 12 (1.38%) Java
4 9 (1.04%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.81%) C#
6 5 (0.58%) Bash
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.46%) Korn
8 3 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.35%) VBA
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.23%) R
10 1 (0.12%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
10 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.12%) RPG
10 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 174 (20.05%) PMP
2 148 (17.05%) PMI Certification
3 127 (14.63%) Degree
4 93 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 71 (8.18%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 8 (0.92%) CISSP
9 8 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.81%) APMP
10 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.81%) CISM
10 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.81%) MBA
11 6 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CAPM
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (14.40%) PMO
2 49 (5.65%) QA
3 36 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.96%) GDPR
5 15 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.92%) P3O
7 8 (0.92%) SLA
8 7 (0.81%) FINREP
9 6 (0.69%) COREP
9 6 (0.69%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) NIST
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.46%) EMIR
10 4 (0.46%) MiFID
11 3 (0.35%) GxP
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.58%) Ansible
1 5 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
1 5 (0.58%) Puppet
1 5 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
2 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.35%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 146 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 41 (4.72%) SAP
4 31 (3.57%) Adobe
5 29 (3.34%) Salesforce
6 25 (2.88%) Oracle
7 21 (2.42%) Google
8 19 (2.19%) Sitecore
9 13 (1.50%) VMware
10 12 (1.38%) Cisco
11 10 (1.15%) Atlassian
11 10 (1.15%) NEC
12 9 (1.04%) Alteryx
12 9 (1.04%) Murex
12 9 (1.04%) Planview
13 8 (0.92%) Ericsson
13 8 (0.92%) Nokia
13 8 (0.92%) Workday
14 7 (0.81%) Guidewire
15 5 (0.58%) Optimizely