London Project & Delivery: Agile, Stakeholder Management, JIRA Lead 442 Roles -- January 2026

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London's January 2026 Project and Delivery market tracked 442 roles across 340+ employers, with programme and project manager roles split near-evenly and hybrid work arrangements leading at 49% among tracked postings.

This report analyzes 442 Project & Delivery job postings from 338+ companies tracked via direct employer career pages and job board aggregators. Our coverage skews toward tech-forward and scaling companies; large enterprises using enterprise hiring platforms may be underrepresented. Coverage varies by section and is noted throughout.

Key Takeaways for Hiring Managers

1.0Programme manager talent pool may be tightening With programme manager roles at 45% of tracked postings and the APM reporting that 56% of businesses anticipate difficulty attracting project management talent, competition for experienced programme managers is likely increasing. Consider whether role requirements can flex on years of experience to widen the candidate pool.

1.1Fully onsite requirements limit your candidate reach Only 5% of tracked London delivery roles require full-time onsite attendance, while 49% are hybrid and 33% flexible. Mandating fully onsite work places your roles in a small minority and may reduce the available candidate pool in a market where some form of flexibility is the default.

1.2Consumer Tech is gaining as an employer brand competitor Consumer Tech rose by 10 percentage points month-on-month among tracked roles with industry data, suggesting product-led companies are expanding delivery teams. If your organization competes for the same talent pool, consider how your employer value proposition compares to fast-growing consumer technology firms.

Compensation

Compensation data excluded due to low disclosure rates in markets without pay transparency legislation.

Employers Hiring for Project & Delivery Roles

Low

High

Market interpretation: Google and JPMorganChase co-lead among tracked employers at 12 roles each, followed by WPP at 9. New entrants this month include Google, Turner & Townsend (a construction and infrastructure project management consultancy), and Suade (a fintech/regtech firm). The mix of technology, financial services, professional services, and built-environment employers reflects London's cross-sector demand for delivery professionals.

Industry Distribution

35% of roles with industry data

Low

High

Among the 35% of tracked roles with industry metadata, Professional Services leads at 28%, consistent with London's large consulting and advisory sector. Consumer Tech surged by 10 percentage points month-on-month to 12%, while Professional Services declined by 6 percentage points in the most recent month, though single-month movements should be interpreted cautiously. Financial Services and Fintech together account for 23%, reflecting the combined strength of London's banking and financial technology sectors in driving delivery hiring.

Role Specialization

Low

High

Programme manager leads at 45% of tracked delivery roles, narrowly ahead of project manager at 42%. The 9 percentage point month-on-month gain for programme manager may indicate growing demand for portfolio-level coordination among tracked employers, though this is based on a single month's movement. Delivery manager holds a steady 11% share, while scrum master declined by 4 percentage points to just 2%, possibly reflecting a broader shift away from dedicated Agile ceremony roles toward integrated delivery responsibilities.

Seniority Distribution

Junior: 0-2 years | Mid-Level: 3-5 years | Senior: 6-10 years | Staff/Principal: 11+ years (IC track) | Director+: Management track

Low

High

Senior-to-Junior Ratio

8:1

Senior+ roles per Junior role

Entry Accessibility Rate

31%

Junior + Mid-Level roles combined

Senior roles account for 53% of tracked postings, followed by Mid-Level (22%), Director+ (11%), Junior (9%), and Staff/Principal (5%). The 8:1 senior-to-junior ratio suggests a competitive but moderately accessible market, with the 31% entry accessibility rate indicating that nearly a third of tracked roles may be open to candidates with fewer than three years of experience.

Company Maturity

31% of roles with company age data

31%Growth Stage

Mature (>15 yrs)63%

Growth (6-15 yrs)31%

Young (<=5 yrs)6%

Among the 31% of tracked roles with company maturity data, mature companies (over 15 years old) account for 63%, with growth-stage firms at 31% and young companies at just 6%. This distribution is consistent with the nature of delivery and programme management roles, which tend to be more prevalent in established organizations with complex, multi-workstream project portfolios.

Ownership Type

34% of roles with ownership data

38%Private

Public42%

Private38%

Subsidiary20%

Among the 34% of tracked roles with ownership data, public companies account for 42%, slightly ahead of private companies at 38%. The 20% subsidiary share may reflect the structure of large enterprise groups, such as holding companies and conglomerates, where delivery roles sit within operating subsidiaries rather than the parent entity.

Employer Size Distribution

31% of roles with company size data

73%Enterprise

Enterprise (1,000+)72%

Scale-up (50-1,000)18%

Startup (<50)10%

Among the 31% of tracked roles with company size data, enterprise employers (1,000+ employees) account for 73% of delivery postings. This concentration is consistent with the demand pattern for programme and project managers, who are more commonly needed in larger organizations managing complex, interdependent project portfolios. Scale-ups at 18% and startups at 10% make up the remainder.

Working Arrangement

Onsite: office full-time | Hybrid: mix of office and remote | Remote: work from anywhere | Flexible: employee chooses arrangement

98% of roles with known working arrangement

13%Remote

Hybrid49%

Flexible33%

Remote13%

Onsite5%

Based on 56 ATS-sourced roles with full job descriptions, hybrid leads at 49% and flexible accounts for 33%, while fully remote is limited to 13% and onsite to 5%. The low remote share among London delivery roles likely reflects the stakeholder-facing nature of programme and project management, where in-person collaboration with sponsors, steering groups, and cross-functional teams remains a common expectation.

Skills Demand

40% of roles with skills data

Low

High

Skills insight: Among the 40% of tracked roles (179 postings) with skills data, Agile (26%) and stakeholder management (25%) are nearly tied as the most requested capabilities. JIRA (16%) and risk management (15%) follow, with the top skill pairs, risk management plus stakeholder management at 12%, and Agile plus JIRA and Agile plus Scrum each at 10%, suggesting employers most value combined delivery methodology and stakeholder relationship skills. PRINCE2 persists at 4%, reflecting UK governance standards and the continued relevance of structured project methodologies in London's enterprise and public-sector delivery landscape.

Market Context

1.Cross-Sector Delivery Demand in London Among tracked roles with industry data (35% coverage), Professional Services (28%), Financial Services (12%), and Fintech (11%) together account for over half of London's delivery postings, indicating that demand for project and delivery professionals extends well beyond the technology sector.

2.Programme and Project Manager Roles Near Parity Programme Manager (45%) and Project Manager (42%) roles are near-evenly split among tracked London delivery postings. This balance may reflect the mix of large-scale transformation programmes and tactical project execution across London's financial services, professional services, and technology employers.

3.AI Reshaping Project Management Workflows Across the profession, 54% of project managers now use AI for risk management and 53% for task automation, likely shifting the role toward strategic oversight and stakeholder engagement (PMI/TechTarget, 2026).

4.London Delivery Roles Favour Hybrid and Flexible Arrangements Among direct employer postings with known working arrangements, 49% of London delivery roles are hybrid and 33% are flexible, with only 5% requiring full-time onsite presence. This pattern is consistent with the nature of delivery work, which involves coordinating across distributed teams while maintaining stakeholder proximity.

5.Cautious but Specialized UK Hiring Indeed's 2026 UK Jobs and Hiring Trends report indicates that while overall hiring caution persists, specialized roles including project delivery continue to show resilience as companies prioritize execution capacity (Indeed Hiring Lab UK, December 2025).

Methodology

This report analyzes direct employer job postings for Project & Delivery roles in London during January 2026.

Data collection:

1.Over 400 roles from 340+ employers aggregated from multiple sources
2.Recruitment agency postings identified and excluded (5% of raw data)
3.Jobs deduplicated across sources to avoid double-counting

Classification:

1.Roles classified using an LLM-powered taxonomy
2.Subfamily, seniority, skills, and working arrangement extracted
3.Employer metadata enriched from company databases where available

Limitations:

1.Not a complete census of the market - some roles may not be captured
2.Skills analysis based on 179 roles with skill data (40% coverage)
3.Salary data not included due to low disclosure rates
4.Working arrangement based on 56 ATS-sourced roles (Adzuna excluded due to truncated descriptions)

Data coverage:

55%

Seniority coverage

Roles with seniority level classified

98%

Arrangement coverage

Roles with working arrangement known

40%

Skills coverage

Roles with skills extracted from description

43%

Employer metadata

Roles with enriched company data

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