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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 874 944 1,236
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.78% 7.81% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 8.47% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 565 841
10th Percentile £361 £306 £310
25th Percentile £431 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £765
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 52
10th Percentile £27.55 £22.27 £19.98
25th Percentile £28.00 £30.63 £23.40
Median hourly rate £35.50 £38.11 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +19.09% -24.26%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.63 £49.06
90th Percentile £57.30 £63.75 £55.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £38.12
% change year-on-year -22.25% +21.46% -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 16,181 11,140 15,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.43% 92.20% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,808 7,503 11,081
10th Percentile £358 £350 £338
25th Percentile £435 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 182 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.76 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £30.90 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.54% +10.68% -29.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.68 £63.23 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -16 129 £600 +4.35% 97
West London -31 21 £513 +51.29% 20
South London -8 12 £700 +65.09% 13
East London -12 5 £523 +16.11% 12
North London -1 1 £550 +10.00% 8
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 52 (5.95%) Confluence
2 39 (4.46%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.37%) CMS
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.69%) Apache
6 5 (0.57%) WordPress
7 4 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) Moodle
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.29%) Microsoft Project
3 54 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.95%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.69%) Trello
7 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) InDesign
8 1 (0.11%) InVision
8 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.14%) Shopify
3 8 (0.92%) Loan IQ
4 6 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.69%) ProductWriter
5 4 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
5 4 (0.46%) Magento
6 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 3 (0.34%) Endur
6 3 (0.34%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.34%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.34%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 72 (8.24%) Azure
2 53 (6.06%) SaaS
3 50 (5.72%) AWS
4 40 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (2.29%) Smartsheet
7 12 (1.37%) Asana
8 11 (1.26%) GCP
9 10 (1.14%) BigCommerce
9 10 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.92%) Google Workspace
11 7 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (0.80%) GitHub
11 7 (0.80%) Google Ads
12 6 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.57%) Figma
13 5 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.14%) WAN
2 8 (0.92%) Network Security
3 7 (0.80%) Firewall
3 7 (0.80%) LAN
4 4 (0.46%) DKIM
4 4 (0.46%) DMARC
4 4 (0.46%) DNS
4 4 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.34%) Broadband
5 3 (0.34%) Intranet
6 2 (0.23%) BGP
6 2 (0.23%) Internet
6 2 (0.23%) ISDN
6 2 (0.23%) OpenScape
6 2 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.23%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.11%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.23%) Power BI
2 10 (1.14%) Metadata
2 10 (1.14%) Tableau
3 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.34%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.23%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.23%) Power Query
7 2 (0.23%) QlikView
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.11%) Cognos Query Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 113 (12.93%) JIRA
2 17 (1.95%) Git
3 7 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.57%) Subversion
5 4 (0.46%) GitLab
6 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.11%) Appium
8 1 (0.11%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.11%) LSMW
8 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 392 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 351 (40.16%) Finance
3 130 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (10.53%) Banking
4 92 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 89 (10.18%) Marketing
6 78 (8.92%) Public Sector
7 64 (7.32%) Retail
8 54 (6.18%) Legal
9 38 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (3.09%) Financial Institution
12 25 (2.86%) Front Office
12 25 (2.86%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 12 (1.37%) Advertising
15 12 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 360 (41.19%) Project Manager
2 106 (12.13%) Senior
3 105 (12.01%) Analyst
4 88 (10.07%) Lead
5 79 (9.04%) Senior Manager
6 78 (8.92%) Business Analyst
7 65 (7.44%) Senior Project Manager
8 46 (5.26%) IT Manager
9 43 (4.92%) Programme Manager
10 41 (4.69%) IT Project Manager
11 33 (3.78%) Technical Manager
12 32 (3.66%) Developer
13 30 (3.43%) Infrastructure Manager
14 29 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
15 28 (3.20%) Technical Project Manager
16 26 (2.97%) Migration Manager
17 25 (2.86%) Architect
17 25 (2.86%) Consultant
17 25 (2.86%) Migration Project Manager
18 22 (2.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.06%) REST
2 13 (1.49%) VML
3 11 (1.26%) SOAP
4 9 (1.03%) HTML
4 9 (1.03%) Middleware
5 6 (0.69%) SailPoint
6 5 (0.57%) .NET
6 5 (0.57%) ADO
6 5 (0.57%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.57%) CSS
6 5 (0.57%) Web Services
7 4 (0.46%) OAuth
8 3 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.34%) pytest
8 3 (0.34%) React
8 3 (0.34%) RESTful
8 3 (0.34%) XML
9 1 (0.11%) SAML
9 1 (0.11%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 46 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 36 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.55%) PMI
4 28 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 25 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.95%) Social Media
8 16 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.26%) FMCG
11 10 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
12 9 (1.03%) CMDB
13 8 (0.92%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.80%) Derivative
14 7 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.80%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.80%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.49%) Windows
2 6 (0.69%) Linux
3 4 (0.46%) Unix
3 4 (0.46%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (41.76%) Agile
2 332 (37.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 251 (28.72%) Project Delivery
4 165 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
5 154 (17.62%) PRINCE2
6 142 (16.25%) Migration
7 129 (14.76%) Waterfall
8 117 (13.39%) Decision-Making
9 116 (13.27%) Change Management
10 113 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (12.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 100 (11.44%) Scrum
13 90 (10.30%) Risk Management
14 78 (8.92%) AI
15 71 (8.12%) Analytics
16 69 (7.89%) Roadmaps
17 68 (7.78%) Business Analysis
18 67 (7.67%) Programme Management
19 66 (7.55%) Budget Management
19 66 (7.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 49 (5.61%) SQL
2 26 (2.97%) Python
3 10 (1.14%) Java
4 8 (0.92%) C#
5 5 (0.57%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.57%) R
5 5 (0.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (0.46%) C++
7 2 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.23%) VBA
8 1 (0.11%) C
8 1 (0.11%) Korn
8 1 (0.11%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.11%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 148 (16.93%) PMP
2 125 (14.30%) PMI Certification
3 122 (13.96%) Degree
4 80 (9.15%) Security Cleared
5 58 (6.64%) SC Cleared
6 16 (1.83%) APMP
7 15 (1.72%) CBAP
7 15 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.37%) CISSP
8 12 (1.37%) IIBA
9 11 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.26%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.03%) CISM
11 8 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.80%) APMG
13 6 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.57%) MBA
15 4 (0.46%) CRISC
15 4 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (12.93%) PMO
2 66 (7.55%) QA
3 38 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 30 (3.43%) GDPR
5 20 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.95%) NIST
7 15 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.26%) SLA
9 7 (0.80%) EMIR
9 7 (0.80%) GRC
9 7 (0.80%) MiFID
10 6 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.34%) Basel III
11 3 (0.34%) GxP
11 3 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.34%) WCAG
12 2 (0.23%) IFRS
12 2 (0.23%) ITGC
12 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.23%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.46%) RSA Archer
3 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.23%) Ansible
4 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.11%) Control-M
5 1 (0.11%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.11%) logstash
Vendors
1 110 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 50 (5.72%) SAP
4 39 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.20%) Oracle
6 25 (2.86%) Adobe
7 19 (2.17%) Google
7 19 (2.17%) Sitecore
8 15 (1.72%) Workday
9 13 (1.49%) CyberArk
10 9 (1.03%) Cisco
10 9 (1.03%) NEC
11 8 (0.92%) Databricks
11 8 (0.92%) Murex
12 6 (0.69%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.69%) Avaloq
12 6 (0.69%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.69%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.46%) Planview
13 4 (0.46%) VMware