Project Delivery Contracts in England

Project Delivery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 52 53
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,439 2,200 3,267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.89% 4.35% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 4.82% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,532 2,218
10th Percentile £363 £369 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £686 £623
90th Percentile £738 £790 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 59 61
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £20.00
25th Percentile £23.79 £36.38 £35.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +46.07% +4.09%
75th Percentile £50.88 £67.13 £49.25
90th Percentile £63.70 £83.31 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £38.30 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.08% +46.07% +5.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Project Delivery 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in England.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in England.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +3 669 £550 -8.33% 350
South East +4 252 £500 -4.76% 208
North of England -9 152 £530 +6.00% 211
South West -5 134 £530 +1.44% 129
Midlands +9 113 £525 - 153
North West -7 100 £575 +25.34% 124
West Midlands +16 87 £525 - 87
East of England -21 56 £552 +10.40% 81
Yorkshire -23 38 £460 -16.36% 64
East Midlands +12 25 £475 -9.52% 66
North East +17 14 £500 -20.00% 27
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 61 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.81%) Confluence
4 11 (0.76%) MTS
5 8 (0.56%) CMS
6 7 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.42%) Tornado
8 5 (0.35%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Apache
9 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.28%) CICS
10 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.21%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.21%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 101 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 69 (4.79%) Microsoft Project
4 48 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (2.08%) MS Visio
6 22 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.069%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.069%) InVision
7 1 (0.069%) Sketch
7 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.46%) Loan IQ
3 20 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 14 (0.97%) Endur
6 11 (0.76%) Aligne
6 11 (0.76%) EuroRunner
6 11 (0.76%) Maximo
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle EBS R12
8 8 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.21%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 231 (16.05%) Azure
2 72 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 65 (4.52%) AWS
4 58 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (3.89%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.29%) Entra ID
7 28 (1.95%) IaaS
8 26 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
8 26 (1.81%) SaaS
9 19 (1.32%) GCP
10 15 (1.04%) PaaS
10 15 (1.04%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (0.76%) OneDrive
12 10 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (0.69%) WhatsApp
13 9 (0.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (0.63%) Mimecast
13 9 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.03%) Firewall
2 50 (3.47%) WAN
3 46 (3.20%) VPN
4 42 (2.92%) LAN
5 35 (2.43%) DNS
6 31 (2.15%) Network Security
7 25 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (1.46%) MPLS
9 18 (1.25%) DHCP
10 14 (0.97%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.90%) SAN
11 13 (0.90%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.63%) 4G
12 9 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (0.63%) Internet
12 9 (0.63%) VoIP
13 8 (0.56%) 5G
13 8 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (0.56%) DSL
14 7 (0.49%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.85%) Power BI
3 31 (2.15%) NoSQL
4 22 (1.53%) Metadata
5 20 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.11%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.11%) Data Vault
7 15 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (0.76%) Big Data
8 11 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.63%) GIS
10 9 (0.63%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.63%) RDBMS
11 8 (0.56%) Pentaho
11 8 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
11 8 (0.56%) QlikView
12 7 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
12 7 (0.49%) MySQL
13 6 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 102 (7.09%) JIRA
2 15 (1.04%) Git
3 13 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.69%) GitLab
5 7 (0.49%) Selenium
6 5 (0.35%) Spinnaker
7 4 (0.28%) Gatling
8 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.14%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.14%) JUnit
9 2 (0.14%) RStudio
9 2 (0.14%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 2 (0.14%) TestNG
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
General
1 441 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 422 (29.33%) Finance
3 155 (10.77%) Public Sector
4 153 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
5 83 (5.77%) Telecoms
6 56 (3.89%) Banking
7 51 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
7 51 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 46 (3.20%) Marketing
9 43 (2.99%) Manufacturing
10 39 (2.71%) Retail
11 36 (2.50%) Legal
12 30 (2.08%) Local Government
13 29 (2.02%) Financial Institution
14 28 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 24 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 20 (1.39%) Front Office
17 19 (1.32%) Electronics
17 19 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 402 (27.94%) Project Manager
2 176 (12.23%) Architect
3 156 (10.84%) Senior
4 122 (8.48%) Lead
5 120 (8.34%) Analyst
6 77 (5.35%) Delivery Manager
6 77 (5.35%) Senior Manager
7 74 (5.14%) Business Analyst
8 64 (4.45%) Senior Project Manager
9 62 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
10 59 (4.10%) Consultant
11 58 (4.03%) IT Manager
12 48 (3.34%) Developer
13 40 (2.78%) IT Project Manager
14 39 (2.71%) Programme Manager
15 35 (2.43%) Technical Manager
16 34 (2.36%) Security Manager
17 32 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 31 (2.15%) Project Leader
19 28 (1.95%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.95%) .NET
2 26 (1.81%) XML
3 19 (1.32%) JSON
4 17 (1.18%) REST
5 16 (1.11%) Web Services
6 14 (0.97%) AngularJS
7 13 (0.90%) .NET Framework
7 13 (0.90%) ADO
8 10 (0.69%) Middleware
9 9 (0.63%) Node.js
9 9 (0.63%) Pandas
9 9 (0.63%) React
10 8 (0.56%) HTML
10 8 (0.56%) JSON Schema
10 8 (0.56%) RESTful
10 8 (0.56%) SailPoint
10 8 (0.56%) SOAP
11 7 (0.49%) Django
11 7 (0.49%) LDAP
11 7 (0.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.86%) Management Information System
2 59 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 42 (2.92%) Data Centre
4 28 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 26 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (1.39%) Public Cloud
7 19 (1.32%) PMI
8 17 (1.18%) NHS
8 17 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
8 17 (1.18%) Virtual Team
9 16 (1.11%) Reference Data
10 15 (1.04%) Market Risk
11 13 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.90%) Solar Panel
12 12 (0.83%) FMCG
13 11 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 11 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.76%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.91%) Windows
2 39 (2.71%) Linux
3 31 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.46%) Unix
5 15 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 13 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.63%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.49%) Android
11 7 (0.49%) Solaris
12 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.42%) VMS
13 5 (0.35%) AIX
14 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.28%) zOS
15 3 (0.21%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (40.93%) Project Management
2 551 (38.29%) Agile
3 253 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 216 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (11.67%) Migration
6 166 (11.54%) PRINCE2
7 148 (10.28%) DevOps
8 145 (10.08%) Scrum
9 139 (9.66%) Change Management
10 136 (9.45%) Waterfall
11 128 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 122 (8.48%) Programme Management
12 122 (8.48%) Risk Management
13 107 (7.44%) Decision-Making
14 103 (7.16%) ITIL
15 98 (6.81%) Business Case
16 91 (6.32%) Roadmaps
17 86 (5.98%) Project Planning
18 84 (5.84%) Budget Management
19 81 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 122 (8.48%) SQL
2 59 (4.10%) PowerShell
3 46 (3.20%) Python
4 41 (2.85%) C#
5 34 (2.36%) Java
6 21 (1.46%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.83%) T-SQL
8 11 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.69%) Bash
10 8 (0.56%) Ruby
11 7 (0.49%) Bicep
12 6 (0.42%) C++
13 4 (0.28%) R
13 4 (0.28%) X++
14 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.21%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.14%) Go
15 2 (0.14%) Scala
15 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 262 (18.21%) Security Cleared
2 187 (13.00%) Degree
3 145 (10.08%) SC Cleared
4 100 (6.95%) DV Cleared
5 75 (5.21%) PMI Certification
6 74 (5.14%) PMP
7 33 (2.29%) APMP
8 28 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 19 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.04%) CISA
11 15 (1.04%) CISM
11 15 (1.04%) CISSP
11 15 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.97%) CCNP
13 13 (0.90%) CCNA
14 12 (0.83%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (11.54%) PMO
2 66 (4.59%) QA
3 21 (1.46%) SLA
4 19 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.25%) NIST
6 17 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 16 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.97%) GDPR
9 11 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.35%) GRC
12 4 (0.28%) COREP
12 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.21%) Basel III
13 3 (0.21%) FINREP
13 3 (0.21%) MiFID
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS
14 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 69 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.11%) Docker
5 14 (0.97%) vSphere
6 9 (0.63%) XenApp
7 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.28%) ACF2
8 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.28%) RACF
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.069%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.069%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.069%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (1.67%) Ansible
3 24 (1.67%) Terraform
4 16 (1.11%) SCCM
5 11 (0.76%) Progress Chef
5 11 (0.76%) Puppet
6 8 (0.56%) vRealize
7 7 (0.49%) CFEngine
7 7 (0.49%) PowerBroker
7 7 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.42%) Packer
9 5 (0.35%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.35%) HP Data Protector
9 5 (0.35%) Istio
9 5 (0.35%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.35%) WSUS
10 4 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 253 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 93 (6.46%) SAP
3 67 (4.66%) Oracle
4 61 (4.24%) Cisco
5 45 (3.13%) VMware
6 44 (3.06%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.02%) Juniper
8 23 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.46%) Citrix
10 17 (1.18%) Adobe
10 17 (1.18%) Informatica
11 16 (1.11%) Atlassian
11 16 (1.11%) CheckPoint
11 16 (1.11%) Sparx
12 15 (1.04%) Databricks
13 12 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.76%) Google
14 11 (0.76%) Symantec
15 9 (0.63%) F5
15 9 (0.63%) Progress