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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 29 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,200 1,684 2,817
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.84% 6.70% 7.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.75% 7.36% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,200 1,921
10th Percentile £310 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 34 85
10th Percentile £20.03 £22.65 £22.48
25th Percentile £23.75 £30.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £32.50 £42.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -5.06% +49.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 £66.56 £49.25
90th Percentile £54.70 £86.00 £61.80
England median hourly rate £38.12 £48.50 £31.70
% change year-on-year -21.40% +53.00% +17.58%

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 15,493 22,867 35,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.25% 90.91% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,090 16,561 26,167
10th Percentile £340 £375 £393
25th Percentile £445 £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 £778
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 265 394
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +9.09% +8.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.26
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
Central London +3 186 £544 -5.43% 83
West London +5 47 £500 -18.03% 54
East London +7 26 £600 +11.11% 24
South London -2 11 £550 - 18
North London - 3 £425 - 8
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 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.42%) CMS
3 27 (2.25%) Confluence
4 26 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.00%) Drupal
6 5 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (0.42%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.33%) SAS
8 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.17%) WordPress
10 1 (0.083%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.083%) CICS
10 1 (0.083%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.083%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.083%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.083%) Kentico
Applications
1 84 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (2.25%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.58%) InDesign
7 7 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.33%) Trello
9 3 (0.25%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.17%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.17%) Sketch
11 1 (0.083%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.083%) OmniGraffle
11 1 (0.083%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.33%) Loan IQ
3 10 (0.83%) Workfront
4 6 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.42%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.33%) SAP QM
6 4 (0.33%) Shopify
6 4 (0.33%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.25%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.25%) Endur
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 108 (9.00%) Azure
2 57 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (3.42%) AWS
4 40 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 35 (2.92%) SaaS
6 19 (1.58%) GCP
7 16 (1.33%) Slack
7 16 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (1.25%) GitHub
8 15 (1.25%) Google Workspace
9 14 (1.17%) OCI
9 14 (1.17%) WhatsApp
10 13 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (1.08%) OneDrive
11 11 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.92%) Entra ID
12 10 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.58%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.00%) WAN
2 11 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
3 10 (0.83%) Firewall
4 9 (0.75%) Internet
4 9 (0.75%) VoIP
4 9 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.58%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
7 5 (0.42%) 5G
7 5 (0.42%) Broadband
7 5 (0.42%) LAN
7 5 (0.42%) Network Security
7 5 (0.42%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.33%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.25%) DNS
9 3 (0.25%) SAN
9 3 (0.25%) VPN
10 2 (0.17%) MPLS
10 2 (0.17%) OSPF
10 2 (0.17%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.92%) Power BI
2 25 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.08%) Tableau
5 10 (0.83%) GIS
6 9 (0.75%) Big Data
6 9 (0.75%) Data Mining
6 9 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.67%) Metadata
7 8 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 7 (0.58%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (0.58%) MySQL
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.33%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.25%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.25%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 98 (8.17%) JIRA
2 8 (0.67%) GitLab
3 7 (0.58%) Git
4 5 (0.42%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.42%) LoadRunner
4 5 (0.42%) NeoLoad
5 4 (0.33%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.25%) Maven
6 3 (0.25%) Postman
7 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.17%) Subversion
7 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 472 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 386 (32.17%) Finance
3 207 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (8.00%) Banking
5 95 (7.92%) Marketing
6 81 (6.75%) Public Sector
7 75 (6.25%) Legal
8 68 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
10 47 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
11 43 (3.58%) Retail
12 40 (3.33%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.83%) Local Government
14 27 (2.25%) Manufacturing
15 26 (2.17%) Front Office
16 25 (2.08%) Financial Institution
16 25 (2.08%) Investment Banking
17 24 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.58%) Law
18 19 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 433 (36.08%) Project Manager
2 131 (10.92%) Analyst
3 97 (8.08%) Lead
4 86 (7.17%) Senior
5 84 (7.00%) Business Analyst
6 76 (6.33%) Consultant
7 62 (5.17%) IT Manager
8 55 (4.58%) Senior Manager
9 49 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
9 49 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
10 45 (3.75%) Programme Manager
11 40 (3.33%) Technical Manager
12 37 (3.08%) Security Manager
13 36 (3.00%) Architect
14 31 (2.58%) Senior Project Manager
15 29 (2.42%) Developer
16 28 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
16 28 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
17 27 (2.25%) Security Project Manager
18 24 (2.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.33%) XML
2 12 (1.00%) EDI
3 8 (0.67%) .NET
4 7 (0.58%) ADO
4 7 (0.58%) CSS
5 6 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (0.50%) SailPoint
5 6 (0.50%) Web Services
6 5 (0.42%) HTML
7 4 (0.33%) Laravel
7 4 (0.33%) OAuth
7 4 (0.33%) Vue
8 3 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.25%) Murex MxML
8 3 (0.25%) PySpark
8 3 (0.25%) React
8 3 (0.25%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.25%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.25%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.67%) Management Information System
2 31 (2.58%) Product Ownership
3 24 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 21 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 20 (1.67%) PMI
6 20 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.42%) Social Media
8 16 (1.33%) FMCG
8 16 (1.33%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.00%) NHS
11 11 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.92%) Derivative
11 11 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.67%) Fixed Income
14 8 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 7 (0.58%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.42%) Windows
2 22 (1.83%) Linux
3 8 (0.67%) Android
4 7 (0.58%) Unix
5 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.17%) zOS
9 1 (0.083%) AIX
9 1 (0.083%) VMS
9 1 (0.083%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (34.92%) Agile
2 248 (20.67%) Project Delivery
3 239 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 178 (14.83%) PRINCE2
6 152 (12.67%) Risk Management
7 148 (12.33%) Change Management
8 139 (11.58%) Migration
9 131 (10.92%) Scrum
10 99 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 97 (8.08%) Decision-Making
12 94 (7.83%) Waterfall
13 93 (7.75%) Programme Management
14 80 (6.67%) Budget Management
15 77 (6.42%) Business Analysis
16 76 (6.33%) Analytics
17 75 (6.25%) Business Case
18 71 (5.92%) ITIL
19 66 (5.50%) Business Intelligence
20 63 (5.25%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 60 (5.00%) SQL
2 36 (3.00%) Python
3 20 (1.67%) JavaScript
4 19 (1.58%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.00%) Java
6 10 (0.83%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.75%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.67%) C#
9 7 (0.58%) XPath
9 7 (0.58%) XQuery
10 6 (0.50%) Bash
10 6 (0.50%) R
10 6 (0.50%) Scala
11 5 (0.42%) PHP
12 4 (0.33%) Go
12 4 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.25%) VBA
14 2 (0.17%) ABAP
14 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 214 (17.83%) Degree
2 102 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 86 (7.17%) PMI Certification
4 84 (7.00%) PMP
5 70 (5.83%) SC Cleared
6 41 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (2.75%) DV Cleared
8 31 (2.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 27 (2.25%) CISSP
10 22 (1.83%) CISM
10 22 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (1.17%) CISA
13 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (0.67%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.58%) MBA
15 7 (0.58%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.58%) PMO
2 77 (6.42%) QA
3 31 (2.58%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.00%) SLA
7 10 (0.83%) GDPR
8 9 (0.75%) NIST
9 6 (0.50%) Basel III
9 6 (0.50%) P3O
9 6 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.42%) EMIR
10 5 (0.42%) IFRS
11 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.25%) COREP
12 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.42%) Docker
4 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.17%) HDFS
5 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.17%) XenApp
5 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.083%) ACF2
6 1 (0.083%) Firmware
6 1 (0.083%) NFS
6 1 (0.083%) PowerHA
6 1 (0.083%) RACF
6 1 (0.083%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.083%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.67%) PingFederate
2 8 (0.67%) Terraform
3 5 (0.42%) Ansible
4 4 (0.33%) SCCM
5 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.17%) CASB
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Graylog
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
6 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Puppet
7 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.083%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.083%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 202 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.50%) SAP
3 60 (5.00%) Oracle
4 30 (2.50%) Adobe
4 30 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.42%) Google
6 26 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.42%) Cisco
8 12 (1.00%) Databricks
8 12 (1.00%) Workday
9 11 (0.92%) VMware
10 9 (0.75%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
12 7 (0.58%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.58%) Foundry
12 7 (0.58%) IBM
12 7 (0.58%) Okta
12 7 (0.58%) Palantir
12 7 (0.58%) Splunk
13 6 (0.50%) Dell