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

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,210 1,695 2,820
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.86% 6.71% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.77% 7.37% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1,206 1,913
10th Percentile £310 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +7.32%
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 £22.87
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% +61.82%
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 15,579 22,987 35,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.96% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,152 16,646 26,360
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £447 £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 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 266 401
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +3.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.75
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +6 187 £550 -4.35% 83
West London +5 48 £500 -18.03% 54
East London +8 26 £600 +7.62% 23
South London +1 12 £550 - 16
North London - 3 £425 - 7
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 80 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.40%) CMS
3 27 (2.23%) Confluence
3 27 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.99%) Drupal
5 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
6 4 (0.33%) SAS
7 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.17%) WordPress
9 1 (0.083%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.083%) CICS
9 1 (0.083%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.083%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.083%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.083%) Kentico
Applications
1 86 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
2 69 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
5 28 (2.31%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.99%) 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 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.40%) Loan IQ
3 10 (0.83%) Workfront
4 6 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.41%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.41%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
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%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 110 (9.09%) Azure
2 58 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (3.39%) AWS
4 40 (3.31%) Power Platform
5 35 (2.89%) SaaS
6 19 (1.57%) GCP
7 16 (1.32%) Slack
7 16 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (1.24%) GitHub
8 15 (1.24%) Google Workspace
9 14 (1.16%) OCI
9 14 (1.16%) WhatsApp
10 13 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (1.07%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.91%) Entra ID
13 10 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.58%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.07%) WAN
2 11 (0.91%) Firewall
2 11 (0.91%) Structured Cabling
3 9 (0.74%) Internet
3 9 (0.74%) VoIP
3 9 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.50%) FIX Connectivity
5 6 (0.50%) LAN
6 5 (0.41%) 5G
6 5 (0.41%) Broadband
6 5 (0.41%) Network Security
6 5 (0.41%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.33%) DNS
7 4 (0.33%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.25%) DHCP
8 3 (0.25%) SAN
8 3 (0.25%) VPN
9 2 (0.17%) FTP
9 2 (0.17%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.89%) Power BI
2 25 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.07%) Tableau
5 10 (0.83%) GIS
6 9 (0.74%) Big Data
6 9 (0.74%) Data Mining
6 9 (0.74%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.66%) Metadata
7 8 (0.66%) 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 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.33%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.25%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.25%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.25%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 98 (8.10%) JIRA
2 8 (0.66%) GitLab
3 7 (0.58%) Git
4 5 (0.41%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.41%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.41%) LoadRunner
4 5 (0.41%) 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
1 476 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 388 (32.07%) Finance
3 207 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.10%) Banking
5 95 (7.85%) Marketing
6 82 (6.78%) Public Sector
7 76 (6.28%) Legal
8 69 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
10 48 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (3.64%) Retail
12 40 (3.31%) Telecoms
13 35 (2.89%) Local Government
14 27 (2.23%) Manufacturing
15 26 (2.15%) Financial Institution
15 26 (2.15%) Front Office
15 26 (2.15%) Investment Banking
16 24 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.57%) Law
17 19 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 436 (36.03%) Project Manager
2 131 (10.83%) Analyst
3 97 (8.02%) Lead
4 87 (7.19%) Senior
5 84 (6.94%) Business Analyst
6 76 (6.28%) Consultant
7 62 (5.12%) IT Manager
8 56 (4.63%) Senior Manager
9 51 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
10 49 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
11 45 (3.72%) Programme Manager
12 40 (3.31%) Technical Manager
13 37 (3.06%) Security Manager
14 36 (2.98%) Architect
15 31 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
16 29 (2.40%) Developer
17 28 (2.31%) Infrastructure Manager
17 28 (2.31%) Technical Project Manager
18 27 (2.23%) Security Project Manager
19 24 (1.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.32%) XML
2 12 (0.99%) EDI
3 8 (0.66%) .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 (0.41%) HTML
7 4 (0.33%) Laravel
7 4 (0.33%) OAuth
7 4 (0.33%) Vue
8 3 (0.25%) jQuery
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 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 33 (2.73%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
4 23 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 21 (1.74%) Data Centre
5 21 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (1.65%) PMI
7 17 (1.40%) Social Media
8 16 (1.32%) FMCG
8 16 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (0.99%) Derivative
10 12 (0.99%) NHS
11 11 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.74%) Fixed Income
13 9 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 7 (0.58%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.48%) Windows
2 22 (1.82%) Linux
3 8 (0.66%) Android
4 7 (0.58%) Unix
4 7 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.17%) zOS
8 1 (0.083%) AIX
8 1 (0.083%) VMS
8 1 (0.083%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (35.29%) Agile
2 251 (20.74%) Project Delivery
3 242 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 184 (15.21%) PRINCE2
6 153 (12.64%) Risk Management
7 151 (12.48%) Change Management
8 140 (11.57%) Migration
9 133 (10.99%) Scrum
10 102 (8.43%) Decision-Making
11 100 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (8.02%) Waterfall
13 94 (7.77%) Programme Management
14 81 (6.69%) Budget Management
15 78 (6.45%) Business Case
16 77 (6.36%) Business Analysis
17 76 (6.28%) Analytics
18 72 (5.95%) ITIL
19 66 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
20 65 (5.37%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 61 (5.04%) SQL
2 36 (2.98%) Python
3 20 (1.65%) JavaScript
3 20 (1.65%) PowerShell
4 12 (0.99%) Java
5 10 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 9 (0.74%) PL/SQL
7 8 (0.66%) C#
8 7 (0.58%) XPath
8 7 (0.58%) XQuery
9 6 (0.50%) Bash
9 6 (0.50%) R
9 6 (0.50%) Scala
10 5 (0.41%) PHP
11 4 (0.33%) Go
11 4 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.25%) VBA
13 2 (0.17%) ABAP
13 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 217 (17.93%) Degree
2 106 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 88 (7.27%) PMI Certification
4 86 (7.11%) PMP
5 73 (6.03%) SC Cleared
6 41 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.98%) DV Cleared
8 32 (2.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 27 (2.23%) CISSP
10 22 (1.82%) CISM
10 22 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (1.16%) CISA
13 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (0.66%) 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
1 118 (9.75%) PMO
2 77 (6.36%) QA
3 31 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.07%) SLA
7 10 (0.83%) GDPR
8 9 (0.74%) NIST
9 7 (0.58%) P3O
10 6 (0.50%) Basel III
10 6 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.41%) EMIR
11 5 (0.41%) IFRS
12 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.33%) GRC
12 4 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.25%) COREP
13 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 23 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.41%) Docker
4 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.17%) HDFS
6 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.17%) XenApp
6 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.083%) ACF2
7 1 (0.083%) Firmware
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.083%) NFS
7 1 (0.083%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.083%) RACF
7 1 (0.083%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.083%) vCloud
7 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.66%) PingFederate
2 8 (0.66%) Terraform
3 5 (0.41%) Ansible
3 5 (0.41%) SCCM
4 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.17%) CASB
5 2 (0.17%) Grafana
5 2 (0.17%) Graylog
5 2 (0.17%) Nagios
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Identity Management
5 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.17%) Puppet
6 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.083%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 205 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.42%) SAP
3 60 (4.96%) Oracle
4 30 (2.48%) Adobe
4 30 (2.48%) Google
4 30 (2.48%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.40%) Cisco
7 12 (0.99%) Databricks
7 12 (0.99%) VMware
7 12 (0.99%) Workday
8 9 (0.74%) Bloomberg
9 8 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
10 7 (0.58%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.58%) Foundry
10 7 (0.58%) IBM
10 7 (0.58%) Okta
10 7 (0.58%) Palantir
10 7 (0.58%) Splunk
11 6 (0.50%) Fortinet