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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 29 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,309 1,800 2,817
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.40% 6.72% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.34% 7.38% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 1,276 1,875
10th Percentile £313 £363 £375
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 £668 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
England median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 37 93
10th Percentile £19.86 £21.25 £21.00
25th Percentile £22.69 £25.25 £25.68
Median hourly rate £31.71 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.26% -3.37% +66.98%
75th Percentile £48.19 £66.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £79.80 £60.35
England median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.20% +48.48% +23.83%

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 15,688 24,387 35,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 91.02% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 17,526 26,214
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
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 £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 425
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.56 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%
75th Percentile £47.34 £64.06 £50.75
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +6 197 £551 -6.21% 136
West London +2 45 £500 -16.67% 54
East London +6 30 £650 +26.83% 24
South London +5 14 £625 +13.64% 12
North London - 4 £538 - 16
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 79 (6.04%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.37%) CMS
3 26 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (1.68%) Confluence
5 10 (0.76%) Drupal
6 5 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.23%) Apache
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.15%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) SAS
8 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.15%) WordPress
9 1 (0.076%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.076%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.076%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.076%) Kentico
Applications
1 88 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 83 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (2.22%) MS Visio
6 17 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.53%) InDesign
7 7 (0.53%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.23%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.23%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.15%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.15%) Sketch
10 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.076%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.076%) Revit
Business Applications
1 35 (2.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (2.22%) Loan IQ
3 8 (0.61%) Workfront
4 7 (0.53%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.53%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 5 (0.38%) Primavera
6 5 (0.38%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.38%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.31%) SAP QM
8 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.23%) Endur
8 3 (0.23%) SAP Hybris
8 3 (0.23%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 111 (8.48%) Azure
2 54 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (3.51%) Power Platform
4 41 (3.13%) AWS
5 36 (2.75%) SaaS
6 17 (1.30%) GCP
7 16 (1.22%) GitHub
7 16 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (1.15%) Slack
9 14 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.07%) Google Workspace
10 13 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (0.92%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.84%) OCI
12 11 (0.84%) WhatsApp
13 10 (0.76%) Entra ID
14 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.61%) Asana
16 7 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.30%) WAN
2 13 (0.99%) LAN
3 11 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
4 10 (0.76%) Firewall
5 9 (0.69%) VoIP
6 8 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.53%) Internet
8 6 (0.46%) FIX Connectivity
8 6 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.38%) Network Security
9 5 (0.38%) SNA
9 5 (0.38%) Unified Communications
9 5 (0.38%) VPN
9 5 (0.38%) Wireless
10 4 (0.31%) 5G
11 3 (0.23%) Broadband
11 3 (0.23%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.23%) DNS
11 3 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.98%) Power BI
2 24 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.92%) Big Data
5 10 (0.76%) Data Mining
5 10 (0.76%) GIS
6 9 (0.69%) Tableau
7 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.61%) Metadata
7 8 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.53%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 7 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (0.53%) MySQL
8 7 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.38%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.23%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 110 (8.40%) JIRA
2 9 (0.69%) Git
3 7 (0.53%) TestRail
4 6 (0.46%) GitLab
5 5 (0.38%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.31%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.31%) NeoLoad
6 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.23%) Maven
7 3 (0.23%) Poetry
8 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.15%) Subversion
8 2 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 504 (38.50%) Social Skills
2 438 (33.46%) Finance
3 223 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.79%) Banking
5 103 (7.87%) Marketing
6 89 (6.80%) Public Sector
7 78 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
8 74 (5.65%) Legal
9 60 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
10 52 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (3.44%) Retail
12 44 (3.36%) Front Office
13 38 (2.90%) Investment Banking
13 38 (2.90%) Telecoms
14 34 (2.60%) Local Government
15 33 (2.52%) Financial Institution
16 28 (2.14%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 23 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
19 20 (1.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 476 (36.36%) Project Manager
2 131 (10.01%) Analyst
3 105 (8.02%) Lead
4 91 (6.95%) Senior
5 86 (6.57%) Business Analyst
6 74 (5.65%) Consultant
7 60 (4.58%) Senior Manager
8 59 (4.51%) IT Manager
9 56 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
10 49 (3.74%) Security Manager
11 48 (3.67%) Programme Manager
12 45 (3.44%) Technical Manager
13 44 (3.36%) IT Project Manager
14 39 (2.98%) Architect
14 39 (2.98%) Senior Project Manager
15 35 (2.67%) Developer
15 35 (2.67%) Security Project Manager
16 28 (2.14%) Technical Project Manager
17 26 (1.99%) Infrastructure Manager
18 23 (1.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.38%) XML
2 15 (1.15%) ADO
3 11 (0.84%) .NET
3 11 (0.84%) EDI
4 7 (0.53%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (0.46%) Web Services
6 5 (0.38%) CSS
7 4 (0.31%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.31%) Jest
7 4 (0.31%) Node.js
7 4 (0.31%) Vue
8 3 (0.23%) Lambda Expressions
8 3 (0.23%) LAPP Stack
8 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.23%) Plotly
8 3 (0.23%) React
8 3 (0.23%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.23%) Seaborn
8 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 76 (5.81%) Management Information System
2 35 (2.67%) Product Ownership
3 29 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (1.99%) PMI
5 25 (1.91%) Data Centre
5 25 (1.91%) Onboarding
5 25 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (1.53%) Derivative
6 20 (1.53%) Social Media
7 15 (1.15%) FMCG
8 14 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.07%) Fixed Income
9 13 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 11 (0.84%) Algorithms
11 11 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (0.84%) NHS
12 10 (0.76%) Market Risk
12 10 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 9 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.29%) Windows
2 25 (1.91%) Linux
3 9 (0.69%) Unix
4 8 (0.61%) Android
5 6 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.076%) AIX
9 1 (0.076%) VMS
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.076%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (32.93%) Agile
2 274 (20.93%) Project Delivery
3 256 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
4 244 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 189 (14.44%) PRINCE2
6 170 (12.99%) Change Management
7 160 (12.22%) Migration
8 158 (12.07%) Risk Management
9 129 (9.85%) Scrum
10 125 (9.55%) Decision-Making
11 107 (8.17%) Programme Management
12 106 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 98 (7.49%) Waterfall
14 87 (6.65%) Budget Management
15 82 (6.26%) Business Case
16 77 (5.88%) Roadmaps
17 76 (5.81%) Analytics
18 75 (5.73%) Business Analysis
18 75 (5.73%) DevOps
19 74 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 62 (4.74%) SQL
2 35 (2.67%) Python
3 26 (1.99%) PowerShell
4 20 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.30%) C#
6 14 (1.07%) Java
7 12 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.61%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.53%) Bash
9 7 (0.53%) Scala
9 7 (0.53%) XPath
9 7 (0.53%) XQuery
10 5 (0.38%) R
10 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.31%) Go
11 4 (0.31%) PHP
12 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.23%) VBA
13 2 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 226 (17.27%) Degree
2 113 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 94 (7.18%) PMI Certification
4 88 (6.72%) PMP
5 82 (6.26%) SC Cleared
6 44 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 34 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 29 (2.22%) CISSP
9 22 (1.68%) CISM
10 18 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
10 18 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 14 (1.07%) CISA
12 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.53%) MBA
13 7 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.46%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.38%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (9.93%) PMO
2 74 (5.65%) QA
3 35 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 21 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.15%) SLA
7 10 (0.76%) GDPR
8 7 (0.53%) NIST
9 6 (0.46%) Basel III
9 6 (0.46%) EMIR
10 5 (0.38%) IFRS
10 5 (0.38%) P3O
10 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.31%) GRC
11 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
12 3 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.61%) Docker
3 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.076%) ACF2
6 1 (0.076%) Firmware
6 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.076%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.076%) RACF
6 1 (0.076%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.61%) PingFederate
3 7 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.53%) Terraform
4 6 (0.46%) SCCM
5 4 (0.31%) Ansible
6 3 (0.23%) SCOM
6 3 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.15%) CASB
7 2 (0.15%) Grafana
7 2 (0.15%) Graylog
7 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.15%) Nagios
7 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.15%) Puppet
7 2 (0.15%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (0.15%) TrustSec
7 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 212 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 114 (8.71%) SAP
3 54 (4.13%) Oracle
4 31 (2.37%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.22%) Google
6 27 (2.06%) Adobe
7 26 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.45%) Cisco
9 12 (0.92%) Bloomberg
10 10 (0.76%) Databricks
10 10 (0.76%) Workday
11 9 (0.69%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.61%) VMware
13 7 (0.53%) Apple
13 7 (0.53%) Foundry
13 7 (0.53%) IBM
13 7 (0.53%) Palantir
13 7 (0.53%) Remedy
13 7 (0.53%) Splunk
14 6 (0.46%) Marketo