Project Management Contracts in Central London

Project Management
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 189 271 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.88% 7.19% 8.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.70% 7.86% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 187 270
10th Percentile £329 £375 £363
25th Percentile £430 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -
75th Percentile £673 £700 £638
90th Percentile £787 £813 £714
London median daily rate £550 £575 £544
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.75% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £21.23 - £42.63
25th Percentile £23.19 £50.25 £52.19
Median hourly rate £26.80 £51.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.96% -14.88% +142.00%
75th Percentile £30.07 £52.75 £64.81
90th Percentile £31.83 - £68.98
London median hourly rate £31.71 £40.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -21.70% -8.99% +66.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,172 3,446 4,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.58% 91.41% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,542 2,343 3,175
10th Percentile £350 £325 £369
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £679
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £593 £575
% change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 29 44
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.05 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.50 £23.44
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £28.98 £53.75 £55.38
90th Percentile £40.00 £88.30 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.84 £37.17 £37.00
% change year-on-year -25.10% +0.46% +13.85%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Central London

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Central London

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Central London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Central London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Central London

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 18 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
City of London +3 159 £551 -8.25% 93
West End of London +8 10 £324 -37.69% 3
City of Westminster +2 7 £550 -31.25% 1
Camden +1 4 £505 +26.25% 4
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £400 -
Southwark +6 1 £550 +37.50%
Project Management
London

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 18 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) CMS
3 2 (1.06%) Confluence
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) Drupal
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.06%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.53%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.53%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Primavera
3 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.53%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.17%) Azure
2 15 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.35%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.65%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.59%) GitHub
8 3 (1.59%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.06%) AWS
9 2 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.06%) GCP
9 2 (1.06%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.06%) SaaS
10 1 (0.53%) Asana
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.53%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.53%) OCI
10 1 (0.53%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) Firewall
2 3 (1.59%) VoIP
3 2 (1.06%) Network Security
3 2 (1.06%) PBX
3 2 (1.06%) PSTN
3 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.53%) 5G
4 1 (0.53%) Broadband
4 1 (0.53%) Internet
4 1 (0.53%) Intranet
4 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.23%) Power BI
3 6 (3.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 6 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.17%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.59%) MySQL
4 3 (1.59%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.06%) Metadata
5 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 16 (8.47%) JIRA
2 3 (1.59%) GitLab
2 3 (1.59%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.06%) Git
3 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.06%) Subversion
3 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio Team System
3 2 (1.06%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.53%) AppScan
4 1 (0.53%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.53%) Postman
4 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 75 (39.68%) Finance
2 71 (37.57%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.70%) Banking
4 22 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (11.11%) Legal
6 16 (8.47%) Marketing
7 14 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (6.88%) Public Sector
9 8 (4.23%) Law
9 8 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.65%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.65%) Front Office
11 4 (2.12%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.12%) Retail
12 3 (1.59%) Advertising
13 2 (1.06%) International Banking
13 2 (1.06%) Local Government
13 2 (1.06%) Public Speaking
13 2 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (39.15%) Project Manager
2 14 (7.41%) Analyst
3 13 (6.88%) Senior
4 11 (5.82%) IT Manager
4 11 (5.82%) Lead
5 10 (5.29%) Business Analyst
5 10 (5.29%) Consultant
5 10 (5.29%) Senior Manager
6 9 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (4.76%) Technical Manager
6 9 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
7 8 (4.23%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (4.23%) Developer
7 8 (4.23%) Scrum Master
8 7 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
8 7 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
9 6 (3.17%) Architect
10 5 (2.65%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (2.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 5 (2.65%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.70%) XML
2 3 (1.59%) CSS
2 3 (1.59%) EDI
2 3 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (1.59%) jQuery
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.06%) ADO
3 2 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.53%) Laravel
4 1 (0.53%) React
4 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.53%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 5 (2.65%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.65%) Photography
4 4 (2.12%) Social Media
5 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.06%) NHS
6 2 (1.06%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.53%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.53%) Derivative
7 1 (0.53%) HACMP
7 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.53%) PKI
7 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.12%) Linux
2 3 (1.59%) Windows
3 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) AIX
4 1 (0.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (39.15%) Agile
2 36 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (14.29%) Change Management
3 27 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 26 (13.76%) PRINCE2
5 25 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (13.23%) Scrum
6 22 (11.64%) Risk Management
7 21 (11.11%) Migration
8 19 (10.05%) ITIL
9 18 (9.52%) Waterfall
10 14 (7.41%) Budget Management
11 13 (6.88%) Computer Science
12 12 (6.35%) Data Loss Prevention
12 12 (6.35%) DevOps
12 12 (6.35%) Programme Management
13 11 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (5.82%) Decision-Making
13 11 (5.82%) Kanban
14 10 (5.29%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.29%) PowerShell
1 10 (5.29%) SQL
2 6 (3.17%) PL/SQL
2 6 (3.17%) XPath
2 6 (3.17%) XQuery
3 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.59%) Python
4 2 (1.06%) Bash
4 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) JCL
5 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.53%) PHP
5 1 (0.53%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (16.93%) Degree
2 14 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.35%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.29%) PMP
6 7 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.12%) ACCA
8 2 (1.06%) CCNA
8 2 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.06%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) APMP
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CAPM
9 1 (0.53%) CISSP
9 1 (0.53%) MBA
9 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.53%) SANS
9 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.17%) PMO
2 9 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.23%) QA
4 5 (2.65%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.59%) EMIR
7 2 (1.06%) Basel III
7 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.06%) NIST
7 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.53%) COBIT
8 1 (0.53%) GAAP
8 1 (0.53%) GxP
8 1 (0.53%) IFRS
8 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.53%) MiFID
8 1 (0.53%) P3O
8 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.06%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) NFS
2 1 (0.53%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.53%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (4.23%) PingFederate
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Grafana
3 2 (1.06%) Graylog
3 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) Nagios
3 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.06%) Puppet
3 2 (1.06%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.53%) Nessus
4 1 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.53%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 35 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.99%) SAP
3 15 (7.94%) Oracle
4 7 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.12%) Cisco
7 3 (1.59%) Adobe
7 3 (1.59%) Arista
7 3 (1.59%) Proofpoint
7 3 (1.59%) Symantec
7 3 (1.59%) Workday
8 2 (1.06%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.06%) BT
8 2 (1.06%) Radianz
8 2 (1.06%) Refinitiv
8 2 (1.06%) Reuters
8 2 (1.06%) Splunk
9 1 (0.53%) CA
9 1 (0.53%) Dell
9 1 (0.53%) IBM