Project Delivery Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 33 49 35
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 87 106 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.52% 4.45% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.38% 5.03% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 73 152
10th Percentile £408 £358 £326
25th Percentile £444 £450 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £576 £578
90th Percentile £775 £638 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £20.16 - -
25th Percentile - - £16.24
Median hourly rate £26.92 - £17.48
75th Percentile £35.00 - £18.72
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -46.15% +46.07% +4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,107 3,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.53% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,446 2,363
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.81
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.25
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +14 27 £525 - 15
Birmingham +2 27 £490 -2.00% 28
Coventry +22 16 £563 +40.63% 9
Staffordshire +4 5 - - 10
Solihull -14 4 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £575 - 13
Wolverhampton +5 1 £525 -12.50%
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.15%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.30%) Primavera
2 2 (2.30%) SAP CO
2 2 (2.30%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.30%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (2.30%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.15%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.15%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.15%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.90%) Azure
2 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.45%) AWS
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.39%) Firewall
2 12 (13.79%) VPN
2 12 (13.79%) WAN
3 11 (12.64%) LAN
4 9 (10.34%) SD-WAN
5 7 (8.05%) Network Security
6 6 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (6.90%) DHCP
6 6 (6.90%) DNS
6 6 (6.90%) Internet
7 5 (5.75%) MPLS
7 5 (5.75%) PBX
7 5 (5.75%) VoIP
7 5 (5.75%) WLAN
8 4 (4.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (3.45%) SAN
9 3 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.60%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
2 3 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 27 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.24%) Finance
3 10 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.49%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.75%) Law
6 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Automotive
8 2 (2.30%) German Language
8 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.15%) Legal
9 1 (1.15%) Police
9 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (31.03%) Project Manager
2 18 (20.69%) Senior
3 11 (12.64%) Analyst
3 11 (12.64%) Senior Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Senior Project Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Architect
5 5 (5.75%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (5.75%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.75%) PMO Analyst
5 5 (5.75%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.60%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.60%) Consultant
6 4 (4.60%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (4.60%) Lead
6 4 (4.60%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (4.60%) Senior PMO
6 4 (4.60%) Senior PMO Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Network Engineer
7 3 (3.45%) Product Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.90%) Web Services
2 1 (1.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.15%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.15%) BAPI
2 1 (1.15%) CSS
2 1 (1.15%) HTML
2 1 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.15%) REST
2 1 (1.15%) SOAP
2 1 (1.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.75%) PMI
3 3 (3.45%) NHS
4 2 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.30%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) FMCG
5 1 (1.15%) IoT
5 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.15%) PKI
5 1 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.13%) Project Management
2 31 (35.63%) Agile
3 20 (22.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (16.09%) Change Management
6 13 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (13.79%) Decision-Making
7 12 (13.79%) PRINCE2
7 12 (13.79%) Resource Management
8 11 (12.64%) Analytics
9 10 (11.49%) ITIL
9 10 (11.49%) Programme Management
10 9 (10.34%) Risk Management
11 8 (9.20%) Data Analysis
11 8 (9.20%) Data Analytics
11 8 (9.20%) Mentoring
12 7 (8.05%) Asset Management
12 7 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
12 7 (8.05%) Network Architecture
12 7 (8.05%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.60%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) Apex Code
2 1 (1.15%) C#
2 1 (1.15%) Java
2 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (16.09%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (10.34%) Degree
3 7 (8.05%) PMI Certification
3 7 (8.05%) PMP
3 7 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.90%) CCNP
5 5 (5.75%) CCIE
5 5 (5.75%) CCIE Data Center
5 5 (5.75%) CCNA
5 5 (5.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) APMG
7 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.15%) MCDST
7 1 (1.15%) MCP
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) PMO
2 4 (4.60%) QA
3 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.45%) SLA
4 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Ansible
1 3 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (14.94%) Cisco
2 8 (9.20%) CheckPoint
3 5 (5.75%) Infoblox
3 5 (5.75%) Juniper
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
3 5 (5.75%) Symantec
3 5 (5.75%) Zscaler
4 4 (4.60%) F5
4 4 (4.60%) SAP
5 3 (3.45%) McAfee
5 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.15%) Adobe
7 1 (1.15%) Planview
7 1 (1.15%) Salesforce