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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 820 1,042 1,447
As % of all contract jobs in London 5.24% 7.69% 7.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.80% 8.48% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 595 980
10th Percentile £350 £308 £352
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £749 £754 £765
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 41
10th Percentile £17.00 £30.28 £19.38
25th Percentile £24.61 £32.25 £22.34
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +19.36% -25.99%
75th Percentile £42.88 £42.57 £49.08
90th Percentile £54.13 £51.92 £55.00
England median hourly rate £39.75 £38.11 £38.12
% change year-on-year +4.30% -0.03% -23.76%

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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -16 132 £550 -4.35% 74
West London -35 12 £428 +25.74% 31
South London -9 8 £625 -10.71% 11
East London -8 5 £495 +16.47% 36
North London +3 1 £550 +10.00% 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 60 (7.32%) Confluence
2 29 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.85%) CMS
4 4 (0.49%) Apache
4 4 (0.49%) nginx
5 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (7.93%) Microsoft Project
3 54 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (2.44%) MS Visio
6 11 (1.34%) Trello
7 7 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.73%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.37%) InVision
10 3 (0.37%) Sketch
11 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.24%) InDesign
11 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.12%) ProjectWise
12 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.59%) Loan IQ
3 6 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.49%) Shopify
5 3 (0.37%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 3 (0.37%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.37%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.24%) ProductWriter
6 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.24%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 72 (8.78%) Azure
2 50 (6.10%) AWS
3 45 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 27 (3.29%) SaaS
5 22 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.71%) Asana
8 11 (1.34%) Smartsheet
9 9 (1.10%) GCP
10 8 (0.98%) Figma
10 8 (0.98%) Google Workspace
10 8 (0.98%) OpenShift
11 7 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.85%) Serverless
12 6 (0.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.73%) GitHub
12 6 (0.73%) Slack
12 6 (0.73%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.56%) Firewall
2 15 (1.83%) WAN
3 10 (1.22%) LAN
4 8 (0.98%) Network Security
5 6 (0.73%) Internet
6 5 (0.61%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.49%) Broadband
7 4 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (0.49%) VPN
8 3 (0.37%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.37%) SSL
8 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.24%) DHCP
9 2 (0.24%) DMZ
9 2 (0.24%) DNS
9 2 (0.24%) Intranet
9 2 (0.24%) ISDN
9 2 (0.24%) Multicast
9 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.00%) Power BI
2 18 (2.20%) Tableau
3 13 (1.59%) Metadata
4 11 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.73%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.37%) Big Data
6 3 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.24%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.24%) DataStage
7 2 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.24%) Power Query
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.12%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.12%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.12%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 117 (14.27%) JIRA
2 12 (1.46%) Git
3 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.24%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.24%) GitLab
4 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.24%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.12%) Ant
5 1 (0.12%) Appium
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
1 416 (50.73%) Social Skills
2 361 (44.02%) Finance
3 135 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (13.05%) Banking
5 79 (9.63%) Public Sector
6 73 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (7.32%) Retail
8 56 (6.83%) Marketing
9 50 (6.10%) Legal
10 41 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
12 34 (4.15%) Investment Banking
13 25 (3.05%) Front Office
14 23 (2.80%) Financial Institution
15 17 (2.07%) Manufacturing
15 17 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 14 (1.71%) Advertising
18 13 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (1.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 345 (42.07%) Project Manager
2 118 (14.39%) Analyst
3 89 (10.85%) Senior
4 85 (10.37%) Business Analyst
5 78 (9.51%) Lead
6 60 (7.32%) Senior Manager
7 50 (6.10%) Senior Project Manager
8 47 (5.73%) IT Manager
9 43 (5.24%) IT Project Manager
10 32 (3.90%) Infrastructure Manager
11 31 (3.78%) Delivery Manager
12 30 (3.66%) Technical Manager
13 29 (3.54%) Consultant
14 25 (3.05%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 25 (3.05%) Programme Manager
15 23 (2.80%) Developer
15 23 (2.80%) Technical Project Manager
16 21 (2.56%) Security Manager
16 21 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
17 20 (2.44%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.46%) REST
2 11 (1.34%) SOAP
3 8 (0.98%) .NET
4 7 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 7 (0.85%) XML
5 6 (0.73%) HTML
5 6 (0.73%) Middleware
5 6 (0.73%) Web Services
6 5 (0.61%) React
6 5 (0.61%) RESTful
7 4 (0.49%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.49%) ADO
7 4 (0.49%) CSS
7 4 (0.49%) VML
8 3 (0.37%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.37%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.37%) LangChain
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.24%) Hugging Face
9 2 (0.24%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.22%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.29%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (2.68%) PMI
7 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.34%) Social Media
12 10 (1.22%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
13 9 (1.10%) Derivative
13 9 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.98%) Reinsurance
15 7 (0.85%) CMDB
15 7 (0.85%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.83%) Windows
2 10 (1.22%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Unix
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) AIX
4 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (40.85%) Agile
2 321 (39.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 203 (24.76%) Project Delivery
4 180 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 156 (19.02%) PRINCE2
6 131 (15.98%) Migration
7 129 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 109 (13.29%) Waterfall
9 100 (12.20%) Change Management
10 99 (12.07%) Scrum
11 97 (11.83%) Risk Management
12 96 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 93 (11.34%) Decision-Making
14 83 (10.12%) Business Analysis
15 71 (8.66%) Requirements Gathering
16 69 (8.41%) Budget Management
17 67 (8.17%) Roadmaps
18 63 (7.68%) Project Governance
19 61 (7.44%) AI
20 60 (7.32%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 49 (5.98%) SQL
2 28 (3.41%) Python
3 12 (1.46%) C#
4 9 (1.10%) Java
5 7 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.37%) C++
6 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.37%) R
6 3 (0.37%) VBA
7 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.24%) Go
7 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.12%) Korn
8 1 (0.12%) Perl
8 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.12%) SOQL
8 1 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 138 (16.83%) Degree
2 129 (15.73%) PMP
3 126 (15.37%) PMI Certification
4 72 (8.78%) Security Cleared
5 55 (6.71%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.20%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.83%) CBAP
7 15 (1.83%) IIBA
8 13 (1.59%) APMP
8 13 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.22%) CISM
9 10 (1.22%) CISSP
9 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.85%) FFIEC
10 7 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (0.61%) CRISC
12 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (10.00%) PMO
2 51 (6.22%) QA
3 36 (4.39%) GDPR
4 28 (3.41%) Data Quality
5 26 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (2.56%) NIST
7 15 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (1.71%) GRC
9 12 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 10 (1.22%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.73%) EMIR
12 5 (0.61%) MiFID
12 5 (0.61%) WCAG
13 4 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.49%) SLA
14 3 (0.37%) Basel III
14 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 2 (0.24%) COBIT
15 2 (0.24%) GAAP
15 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 11 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.61%) Docker
3 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) PowerHA
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.85%) 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%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.34%) SAP
3 40 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 38 (4.63%) Salesforce
5 29 (3.54%) Oracle
6 19 (2.32%) Adobe
7 14 (1.71%) Google
7 14 (1.71%) Workday
8 11 (1.34%) CyberArk
8 11 (1.34%) Databricks
9 10 (1.22%) Cisco
9 10 (1.22%) Planview
10 8 (0.98%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.85%) Avaloq
11 7 (0.85%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.73%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.73%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.73%) IBM
12 6 (0.73%) Murex
12 6 (0.73%) NEC