Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 29 52
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 77 26 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.36% 4.68% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.81% 5.39% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 21 8
10th Percentile £217 £275 £425
25th Percentile £359 £363 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £499 £488 £531
90th Percentile £589 £530 £599
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £21.60 £32.09 -
25th Percentile £25.13 £33.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.09 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +60.40% -
75th Percentile £50.50 £38.20 £23.75
90th Percentile £62.20 £39.09 -
England median hourly rate £40.78 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +16.51% -30.00% -13.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 785 482 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.23% 86.85% 83.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 287 430
10th Percentile £190 £250 £206
25th Percentile £350 £340 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -5.50% -2.17%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £559
90th Percentile £625 £637 £673
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 23 45
10th Percentile £15.15 £15.48 £11.46
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +12.50% +18.84%
75th Percentile £24.36 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 January 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +10 42 £420 -0.59% 10
Nottinghamshire +6 19 £415 -17.41% 16
Derbyshire -6 7 £600 +37.14% 15
Lincolnshire -7 7 £590 +9.77% 8
Leicestershire -10 2 £459 +104.00% 8
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (16.88%) Confluence
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.60%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.30%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.79%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.60%) Azure
3 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.30%) Amazon Glacier
4 1 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.30%) AWS
4 1 (1.30%) AWS Data Pipeline
4 1 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.69%) Tableau
2 6 (7.79%) Power BI
3 1 (1.30%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.30%) Metadata
3 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (20.78%) JIRA
General
1 30 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.57%) Finance
3 16 (20.78%) Banking
4 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (12.99%) Manufacturing
6 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.19%) Marketing
9 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.60%) Automotive
11 1 (1.30%) Local Government
11 1 (1.30%) Publishing
11 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.58%) Architect
3 10 (12.99%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (11.69%) Analyst
5 7 (9.09%) Payments Architect
5 7 (9.09%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 6 (7.79%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.79%) Lead
7 5 (6.49%) Deskside Support
7 5 (6.49%) Desktop Support
7 5 (6.49%) IT Support
7 5 (6.49%) Technical Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.19%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Payments Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Payments Business Analyst
8 4 (5.19%) Senior
8 4 (5.19%) Senior Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) CSS
1 2 (2.60%) Flash
1 2 (2.60%) HTML
2 1 (1.30%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.30%) Kafka
2 1 (1.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.19%) Robotics
4 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) EMV
5 2 (2.60%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.60%) PMI
5 2 (2.60%) SCADA
6 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) NHS
6 1 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 5 (6.49%) OpenVMS
2 5 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.19%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.90%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.90%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (27.27%) Project Management
3 19 (24.68%) Agile
4 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (14.29%) Change Management
6 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (14.29%) DevOps
6 11 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
8 9 (11.69%) Records Management
8 9 (11.69%) Regulatory Compliance
8 9 (11.69%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (10.39%) Architectural Design
9 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
9 8 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (9.09%) Logistics
10 7 (9.09%) PRINCE2
10 7 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.09%) SQL
2 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.60%) Python
4 1 (1.30%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (1.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) PMI Certification
1 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.09%) PMP
3 6 (7.79%) Degree
4 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.60%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) CBAP
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.60%) MCP
7 1 (1.30%) CISM
7 1 (1.30%) CISSP
7 1 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.30%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) PMO
1 6 (7.79%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.19%) PSD2
3 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.60%) ISO 8583
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.30%) GRC
5 1 (1.30%) ISO 19650
5 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.19%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
3 4 (5.19%) Cisco
3 4 (5.19%) VMware
4 3 (3.90%) HP
5 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) SAP
5 2 (2.60%) Workday
6 1 (1.30%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.30%) Databricks
6 1 (1.30%) Google
6 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.30%) Siemens
6 1 (1.30%) TSYS