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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 861 960 1,139
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.29% 7.16% 7.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.81% 7.75% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 599 732
10th Percentile £349 £318 £315
25th Percentile £434 £449 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% -0.68%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 34
10th Percentile £28.00 £20.24 £20.58
25th Percentile £29.15 £26.88 £27.82
Median hourly rate £40.96 £36.00 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +13.78% -3.10% -4.74%
75th Percentile £57.88 £51.25 £49.69
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £42.65 £43.54 £38.12
% change year-on-year -2.04% +14.21% -4.16%

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 17,903 12,394 14,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.46% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,241 10,033
10th Percentile £361 £325 £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 £688
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 287 256 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -22 121 £600 +11.11% 121
West London -11 33 £653 +26.39% 36
South London -7 10 £575 +21.05% 17
East London -4 3 £550 +5.77% 25
North London - 1 £450 - 5
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 46 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.18%) Confluence
3 23 (2.67%) CMS
4 17 (1.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.70%) WordPress
7 5 (0.58%) JBoss
7 5 (0.58%) Moodle
8 4 (0.46%) Apache
8 4 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) Appian
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 72 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (6.74%) Microsoft Project
4 57 (6.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (2.21%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.81%) Trello
7 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.35%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 12 (1.39%) Adobe Campaign
2 9 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.93%) Magento
4 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.70%) ProductWriter
4 6 (0.70%) Shopify
5 4 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.35%) Endur
6 3 (0.35%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.35%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.35%) Workfront
7 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.23%) Changepoint
7 2 (0.23%) Findur
7 2 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (8.59%) Azure
2 65 (7.55%) SaaS
3 53 (6.16%) Power Platform
4 50 (5.81%) AWS
5 29 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.09%) Smartsheet
8 13 (1.51%) Asana
9 12 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (1.28%) GCP
11 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (0.93%) Entra ID
13 7 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.81%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.81%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.70%) BigCommerce
14 6 (0.70%) GitHub
14 6 (0.70%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.70%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.97%) Network Security
2 6 (0.70%) LAN
2 6 (0.70%) WAN
2 6 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (0.58%) 3GPP
3 5 (0.58%) 4G
3 5 (0.58%) 5G
3 5 (0.58%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.58%) LTE
3 5 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (0.58%) Wireless
3 5 (0.58%) Wireshark
4 4 (0.46%) DKIM
4 4 (0.46%) DMARC
4 4 (0.46%) DNS
4 4 (0.46%) Firewall
4 4 (0.46%) Multicast
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.23%) Power BI
2 13 (1.51%) Tableau
3 10 (1.16%) Metadata
4 9 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.70%) Big Data
5 6 (0.70%) Data Lake
5 6 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.46%) Power Query
7 4 (0.46%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.35%) QlikView
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.23%) DataStage
9 2 (0.23%) Looker
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.12%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 101 (11.73%) JIRA
2 20 (2.32%) Git
3 16 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.05%) Subversion
5 6 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.35%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) LSMW
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.12%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.12%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 379 (44.02%) Social Skills
2 341 (39.61%) Finance
3 142 (16.49%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (12.43%) Marketing
5 105 (12.20%) Banking
6 80 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (8.25%) Public Sector
8 59 (6.85%) Retail
9 45 (5.23%) Legal
10 31 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (3.14%) Investment Banking
12 26 (3.02%) Front Office
13 24 (2.79%) Financial Institution
14 23 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.67%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.39%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.16%) Law
17 10 (1.16%) Local Government
17 10 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 347 (40.30%) Project Manager
2 96 (11.15%) Senior
3 80 (9.29%) Lead
4 79 (9.18%) Senior Manager
5 71 (8.25%) Analyst
6 57 (6.62%) Senior Project Manager
7 50 (5.81%) Programme Manager
8 46 (5.34%) Business Analyst
9 45 (5.23%) IT Manager
10 36 (4.18%) Technical Manager
11 35 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
11 35 (4.07%) IT Project Manager
12 29 (3.37%) Technical Project Manager
13 27 (3.14%) Consultant
13 27 (3.14%) Developer
14 25 (2.90%) Infrastructure Manager
15 21 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
15 21 (2.44%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 19 (2.21%) Transformation Manager
17 17 (1.97%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.74%) REST
2 13 (1.51%) VML
3 12 (1.39%) ADO
4 11 (1.28%) Web Services
5 10 (1.16%) HTML
6 9 (1.05%) Middleware
7 8 (0.93%) React
8 7 (0.81%) SOAP
9 6 (0.70%) .NET
9 6 (0.70%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.70%) XML
10 5 (0.58%) FastAPI
10 5 (0.58%) OAuth
11 4 (0.46%) CSS
11 4 (0.46%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.46%) Terraform
12 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.35%) pytest
12 3 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.23%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.53%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.02%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.02%) PMI
5 23 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 14 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.63%) FMCG
7 14 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.63%) Social Media
8 12 (1.39%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
10 10 (1.16%) Credit Risk
11 9 (1.05%) CMDB
11 9 (1.05%) Derivative
11 9 (1.05%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.97%) Linux
2 14 (1.63%) Windows
3 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.58%) Unix
5 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (45.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 378 (43.90%) Agile
3 251 (29.15%) Project Delivery
4 196 (22.76%) PRINCE2
5 137 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (15.45%) Change Management
7 131 (15.21%) Migration
8 122 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 118 (13.70%) Waterfall
10 116 (13.47%) Decision-Making
11 109 (12.66%) Scrum
12 105 (12.20%) AI
13 97 (11.27%) Risk Management
14 91 (10.57%) Analytics
15 84 (9.76%) Programme Management
16 82 (9.52%) Roadmaps
17 73 (8.48%) DevOps
18 63 (7.32%) Project Governance
19 61 (7.08%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (4.53%) SQL
2 33 (3.83%) Python
3 11 (1.28%) Java
4 9 (1.05%) TypeScript
5 7 (0.81%) C#
6 5 (0.58%) C++
7 4 (0.46%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.35%) Bash
8 3 (0.35%) R
8 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.35%) VBA
9 2 (0.23%) C
9 2 (0.23%) Korn
9 2 (0.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.12%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.12%) COBOL
10 1 (0.12%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.12%) RPG
10 1 (0.12%) X++
Qualifications
1 179 (20.79%) PMP
2 150 (17.42%) PMI Certification
3 122 (14.17%) Degree
4 84 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 61 (7.08%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 11 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (0.93%) APMG
10 8 (0.93%) APMP
10 8 (0.93%) MBA
11 7 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.81%) CISSP
12 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CISM
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (14.05%) PMO
2 54 (6.27%) QA
3 35 (4.07%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 16 (1.86%) GDPR
5 12 (1.39%) SLA
6 10 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.93%) GRC
7 8 (0.93%) P3O
8 7 (0.81%) FINREP
8 7 (0.81%) NIST
9 6 (0.70%) COREP
9 6 (0.70%) EMIR
9 6 (0.70%) MiFID
10 5 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.46%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.35%) GxP
12 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.35%) WCAG
13 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.12%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
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
1 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.46%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.46%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.69%) ServiceNow
3 38 (4.41%) SAP
4 34 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.83%) Adobe
6 29 (3.37%) Oracle
7 26 (3.02%) Google
8 20 (2.32%) Sitecore
9 12 (1.39%) Cisco
10 10 (1.16%) Murex
10 10 (1.16%) VMware
11 9 (1.05%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.05%) NEC
12 8 (0.93%) Workday
13 7 (0.81%) Guidewire
14 6 (0.70%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.70%) GoldenSource
14 6 (0.70%) Optimizely
14 6 (0.70%) Planview