Project Management Contracts in London

Project Management
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 28 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,270 1,760 2,840
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.26% 6.73% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.18% 7.40% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 1,254 1,902
10th Percentile £313 £364 £372
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £533 £505
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.54% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 35 93
10th Percentile £19.92 £21.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.05 £25.75 £25.68
Median hourly rate £31.71 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.26% -3.37% +66.98%
75th Percentile £49.38 £66.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £80.70 £62.15
England median hourly rate £38.12 £48.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +46.97% +23.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,526 23,775 35,889
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.71% 90.94% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,123 17,148 26,221
10th Percentile £345 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 269 423
10th Percentile £15.95 £18.50 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.62% +5.41% +13.24%
75th Percentile £48.66 £64.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in London

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

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 14 May 2024. 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 +8 193 £550 -6.38% 112
West London +4 48 £500 -16.67% 61
East London +5 29 £620 +24.00% 29
South London +3 14 £625 +13.64% 14
North London - 3 £425 - 12
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 78 (6.14%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.36%) CMS
3 27 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.81%) Confluence
5 10 (0.79%) Drupal
6 5 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.16%) Apache
8 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.16%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) SAS
8 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.079%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.079%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.079%) Kentico
Applications
1 87 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 80 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 57 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (3.94%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (2.20%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.55%) InDesign
7 7 (0.55%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.24%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.24%) Trello
9 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.16%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.16%) Sketch
10 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.079%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.079%) Revit
10 1 (0.079%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 35 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (2.28%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.63%) Workfront
4 7 (0.55%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.47%) SAP SD
6 5 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.31%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.31%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.31%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.24%) Endur
8 3 (0.24%) Primavera
8 3 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
8 3 (0.24%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 103 (8.11%) Azure
2 55 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 37 (2.91%) AWS
5 34 (2.68%) SaaS
6 17 (1.34%) GCP
7 16 (1.26%) Slack
8 15 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 15 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
9 14 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.10%) GitHub
10 12 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (0.94%) OneDrive
11 11 (0.87%) OCI
11 11 (0.87%) WhatsApp
12 10 (0.79%) Entra ID
13 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.55%) Asana
14 7 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.50%) WAN
2 13 (1.02%) LAN
3 11 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
4 10 (0.79%) Firewall
5 9 (0.71%) VoIP
6 8 (0.63%) Internet
6 8 (0.63%) SD-WAN
6 8 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.47%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (0.39%) Broadband
8 5 (0.39%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.39%) VPN
8 5 (0.39%) Wireless
9 4 (0.31%) 5G
9 4 (0.31%) Network Security
10 3 (0.24%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (0.24%) DNS
10 3 (0.24%) OSPF
10 3 (0.24%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.07%) Power BI
2 24 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.50%) SQL Server
4 11 (0.87%) Big Data
4 11 (0.87%) Tableau
5 10 (0.79%) Data Mining
5 10 (0.79%) GIS
6 8 (0.63%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.63%) Metadata
6 8 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 7 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.47%) MySQL
9 5 (0.39%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.24%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.24%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.16%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 105 (8.27%) JIRA
2 8 (0.63%) Git
3 7 (0.55%) TestRail
4 6 (0.47%) GitLab
5 5 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.39%) LoadRunner
5 5 (0.39%) NeoLoad
6 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.24%) Maven
7 3 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.16%) Poetry
8 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.16%) Subversion
8 2 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 495 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 422 (33.23%) Finance
3 213 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (8.98%) Banking
5 99 (7.80%) Marketing
6 86 (6.77%) Public Sector
7 76 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
8 72 (5.67%) Legal
9 55 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
11 44 (3.46%) Retail
12 41 (3.23%) Front Office
13 39 (3.07%) Investment Banking
14 38 (2.99%) Telecoms
15 35 (2.76%) Local Government
16 31 (2.44%) Financial Institution
17 29 (2.28%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 21 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
20 20 (1.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 469 (36.93%) Project Manager
2 126 (9.92%) Analyst
3 105 (8.27%) Lead
4 90 (7.09%) Senior
5 82 (6.46%) Business Analyst
6 71 (5.59%) Consultant
7 60 (4.72%) Senior Manager
8 58 (4.57%) IT Manager
9 49 (3.86%) Delivery Manager
10 45 (3.54%) IT Project Manager
11 44 (3.46%) Programme Manager
12 42 (3.31%) Technical Manager
13 41 (3.23%) Security Manager
14 37 (2.91%) Architect
14 37 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
15 32 (2.52%) Security Project Manager
16 31 (2.44%) Developer
17 27 (2.13%) Technical Project Manager
18 26 (2.05%) Infrastructure Manager
19 23 (1.81%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.26%) XML
2 11 (0.87%) EDI
3 10 (0.79%) ADO
4 9 (0.71%) .NET
5 7 (0.55%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.47%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (0.47%) Web Services
7 5 (0.39%) CSS
8 4 (0.31%) Gherkin
8 4 (0.31%) Jest
8 4 (0.31%) Node.js
8 4 (0.31%) Vue
9 3 (0.24%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.24%) jQuery
9 3 (0.24%) Laravel
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.24%) React
9 3 (0.24%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.24%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 3 (0.24%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 75 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 38 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 28 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
4 25 (1.97%) PMI
5 24 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 24 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 20 (1.57%) Derivative
7 20 (1.57%) Social Media
8 15 (1.18%) FMCG
9 14 (1.10%) Fixed Income
9 14 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (0.94%) NHS
12 11 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (0.71%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (0.71%) Taxonomies
13 9 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 8 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.20%) Windows
2 23 (1.81%) Linux
3 8 (0.63%) Android
4 7 (0.55%) Unix
5 5 (0.39%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.31%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.16%) zOS
9 1 (0.079%) AIX
9 1 (0.079%) VMS
9 1 (0.079%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (33.23%) Agile
2 265 (20.87%) Project Delivery
3 244 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
4 234 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 189 (14.88%) PRINCE2
6 166 (13.07%) Change Management
7 156 (12.28%) Migration
8 154 (12.13%) Risk Management
9 128 (10.08%) Scrum
10 123 (9.69%) Decision-Making
11 104 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 100 (7.87%) Programme Management
13 95 (7.48%) Waterfall
14 86 (6.77%) Budget Management
15 82 (6.46%) Business Case
16 74 (5.83%) Analytics
17 73 (5.75%) Business Analysis
17 73 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
17 73 (5.75%) ITIL
18 70 (5.51%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 56 (4.41%) SQL
2 33 (2.60%) Python
3 23 (1.81%) PowerShell
4 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.10%) C#
6 13 (1.02%) Java
7 12 (0.94%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.55%) XPath
9 7 (0.55%) XQuery
10 6 (0.47%) Bash
10 6 (0.47%) Scala
11 5 (0.39%) R
12 4 (0.31%) Go
12 4 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.24%) PHP
13 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.24%) VBA
14 2 (0.16%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 214 (16.85%) Degree
2 108 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 90 (7.09%) PMI Certification
4 83 (6.54%) PMP
5 77 (6.06%) SC Cleared
6 40 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 34 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 29 (2.28%) CISSP
10 22 (1.73%) CISM
11 18 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
12 17 (1.34%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.10%) CISA
14 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 6 (0.47%) APMP
17 6 (0.47%) Azure Certification
17 6 (0.47%) CCNA
17 6 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (10.24%) PMO
2 76 (5.98%) QA
3 32 (2.52%) Data Quality
4 21 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.18%) SLA
7 11 (0.87%) GDPR
8 8 (0.63%) NIST
9 6 (0.47%) Basel III
9 6 (0.47%) EMIR
9 6 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.39%) IFRS
10 5 (0.39%) P3O
11 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.31%) GRC
11 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.24%) COREP
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 18 (1.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.55%) Docker
3 5 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.079%) ACF2
6 1 (0.079%) Firmware
6 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.079%) NFS
6 1 (0.079%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.079%) RACF
6 1 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.079%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.63%) PingFederate
3 6 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.47%) SCCM
3 6 (0.47%) Terraform
4 4 (0.31%) Ansible
5 3 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.24%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.16%) CASB
6 2 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.16%) Graylog
6 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.16%) Nagios
6 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.16%) Puppet
6 2 (0.16%) TrustSec
6 2 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.079%) SCOM
Vendors
1 211 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 116 (9.13%) SAP
3 57 (4.49%) Oracle
4 31 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 30 (2.36%) Google
6 29 (2.28%) Adobe
7 27 (2.13%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.65%) Cisco
9 12 (0.94%) Bloomberg
10 10 (0.79%) Databricks
10 10 (0.79%) Workday
11 9 (0.71%) VMware
12 8 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.63%) CA Agile Central
13 7 (0.55%) Apple
13 7 (0.55%) Foundry
13 7 (0.55%) IBM
13 7 (0.55%) Okta
13 7 (0.55%) Palantir
13 7 (0.55%) Splunk