Project Management Contracts in the City of London

Project Management
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 26 18
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 156 257 349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 7.19% 7.44% 8.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.96% 8.14% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 178 237
10th Percentile £330 £386 £363
25th Percentile £430 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +12.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £665 £700 £638
90th Percentile £787 £800 £713
Central London median daily rate £544 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -5.43% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £41.23
25th Percentile £19.92 £50.25 £51.69
Median hourly rate £20.61 £51.50 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.99% -14.88% +76.64%
75th Percentile £21.29 £52.75 £64.81
90th Percentile - - £68.98
Central London median hourly rate £26.80 £51.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year -47.96% -14.88% +112.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,960 3,158 3,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.36% 91.43% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,368 2,123 2,906
10th Percentile £350 £363 £381
25th Percentile £454 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £824 £780
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 46
10th Percentile £19.98 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £25.44
Median hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -14.63% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £54.88
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in the City of London

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Moorgate 0 3 £200 -54.29%
Project Management
Central London

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 15 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.28%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.56%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.28%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.64%) Primavera
3 1 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.64%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.10%) Azure
2 14 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.85%) WhatsApp
6 5 (3.21%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.56%) GitHub
7 4 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.92%) SaaS
8 3 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.28%) AWS
9 2 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.28%) GCP
9 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.28%) OCI
9 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.64%) Asana
10 1 (0.64%) Slack
10 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.64%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.56%) Firewall
2 3 (1.92%) VoIP
3 2 (1.28%) PBX
3 2 (1.28%) PSTN
3 2 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.64%) Intranet
4 1 (0.64%) Network Security
4 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.56%) MySQL
1 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.28%) Metadata
2 2 (1.28%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.64%) Big Data
3 1 (0.64%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (7.69%) JIRA
2 4 (2.56%) GitLab
3 3 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.28%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.28%) Git
4 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.28%) Postman
4 2 (1.28%) Subversion
4 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.64%) AppScan
5 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 65 (41.67%) Finance
2 53 (33.97%) Social Skills
3 24 (15.38%) Banking
4 23 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (14.10%) Legal
6 15 (9.62%) Marketing
7 13 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 10 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.85%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.21%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.56%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.56%) Law
13 3 (1.92%) Advertising
13 3 (1.92%) Front Office
14 2 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.28%) International Banking
14 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 2 (1.28%) Public Speaking
14 2 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (39.74%) Project Manager
2 14 (8.97%) Senior
3 12 (7.69%) Analyst
4 11 (7.05%) IT Manager
5 10 (6.41%) Lead
6 9 (5.77%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (5.77%) Senior Manager
6 9 (5.77%) Technical Manager
7 7 (4.49%) Developer
7 7 (4.49%) Technical Project Manager
8 6 (3.85%) Architect
8 6 (3.85%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (3.85%) Scrum Master
8 6 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (3.21%) Consultant
9 5 (3.21%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (3.21%) Microsoft 365 Architect
9 5 (3.21%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.21%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.56%) CSS
2 3 (1.92%) EDI
2 3 (1.92%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (1.92%) jQuery
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.28%) ADO
3 2 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.28%) Laravel
3 2 (1.28%) React
3 2 (1.28%) Vue
4 1 (0.64%) HTML
4 1 (0.64%) PySpark
4 1 (0.64%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.64%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.49%) Management Information System
1 7 (4.49%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.21%) Photography
3 3 (1.92%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.92%) Social Media
4 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.28%) NHS
4 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.64%) CMDB
5 1 (0.64%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.64%) HACMP
5 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.64%) PMI
5 1 (0.64%) Smart Energy
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.21%) Linux
2 3 (1.92%) Windows
3 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.64%) AIX
4 1 (0.64%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.38%) Agile
2 36 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (17.31%) PRINCE2
4 24 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.74%) Change Management
6 22 (14.10%) Project Delivery
7 20 (12.82%) ITIL
8 18 (11.54%) Scrum
8 18 (11.54%) Waterfall
9 17 (10.90%) Migration
9 17 (10.90%) Risk Management
10 14 (8.97%) Budget Management
10 14 (8.97%) Computer Science
11 12 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
11 12 (7.69%) Programme Management
12 11 (7.05%) DevOps
13 9 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (5.77%) Decision-Making
13 9 (5.77%) Information Security
13 9 (5.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.41%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.21%) SQL
3 4 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.56%) Python
4 2 (1.28%) Bash
4 2 (1.28%) PHP
5 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.64%) Java
5 1 (0.64%) JCL
5 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (19.23%) Degree
2 12 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
3 11 (7.05%) PMP
4 9 (5.77%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.92%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.28%) APMP
6 2 (1.28%) CAPM
6 2 (1.28%) CCNA
6 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.28%) FFIEC
6 2 (1.28%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.64%) CISSP
7 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.64%) MBA
7 1 (0.64%) SANS
7 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.18%) PMO
2 11 (7.05%) QA
3 9 (5.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.28%) Basel III
6 2 (1.28%) COBIT
6 2 (1.28%) EMIR
6 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.28%) NIST
6 2 (1.28%) P3O
6 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.64%) GAAP
7 1 (0.64%) GxP
7 1 (0.64%) IFRS
7 1 (0.64%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.64%) NFS
2 1 (0.64%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.64%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (5.13%) PingFederate
2 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.28%) Ansible
3 2 (1.28%) Grafana
3 2 (1.28%) Graylog
3 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.28%) Nagios
3 2 (1.28%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.28%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.28%) Puppet
3 2 (1.28%) Terraform
4 1 (0.64%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.64%) Nessus
4 1 (0.64%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.64%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 34 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.05%) SAP
3 6 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.21%) Oracle
5 4 (2.56%) Cisco
5 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.92%) Adobe
6 3 (1.92%) Arista
6 3 (1.92%) Proofpoint
6 3 (1.92%) Symantec
6 3 (1.92%) Workday
7 2 (1.28%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.28%) BT
7 2 (1.28%) Radianz
7 2 (1.28%) Refinitiv
7 2 (1.28%) Reuters
7 2 (1.28%) Splunk
8 1 (0.64%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.64%) Meraki
8 1 (0.64%) Zoho