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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 41 47
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 50 29 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.37% 3.70% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.44% 4.48% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 21 20
10th Percentile £328 £263 £469
25th Percentile £360 £375 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £490 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.45% -18.33% +17.07%
75th Percentile £505 £525 £650
90th Percentile £632 £588 £685
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.99
Median hourly rate - £39.68 £21.52
Median % change year-on-year - +84.43% -
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £38.24 £64.00
% change year-on-year +63.44% -40.25% +57.13%

All Process and 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 672 648 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.61% 82.65% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 402 541
10th Percentile £223 £267 £213
25th Percentile £341 £360 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £626 £625 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 34 48
10th Percentile £15.71 £12.75 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.03 £16.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.66 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% -35.78% +48.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £41.61 £53.75
90th Percentile - £50.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery 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 17 September 2025.

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
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 17 September 2025. 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 +1 33 £420 -0.18% 13
Nottinghamshire +2 10 £513 +32.26% 7
Derbyshire -1 4 £650 +13.04% 21
Lincolnshire +4 1 - - 8
Leicestershire -1 1 £738 - 19
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 3 (6.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.00%) InDesign
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Sprinklr
1 2 (4.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.00%) Azure
2 2 (4.00%) AWS
2 2 (4.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) DMZ
1 2 (4.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Gradle
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.00%) Maven
3 1 (2.00%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.00%) Ranorex
General
1 21 (42.00%) Finance
2 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.00%) Banking
4 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Legal
5 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Retail
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (12.00%) Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Project Change Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Senior
5 3 (6.00%) Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Change Project Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Lead
5 3 (6.00%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Product Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Tester
6 2 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) Flash
2 2 (4.00%) RESTful
2 2 (4.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.00%) CSS
3 1 (2.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) Blog
3 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.00%) Social Media
3 1 (2.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Linux
1 3 (6.00%) OpenVMS
1 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (30.00%) Project Management
3 13 (26.00%) Business Strategy
4 12 (24.00%) Agile
5 11 (22.00%) Change Management
5 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
6 10 (20.00%) Budget Management
6 10 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 9 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (16.00%) Project Governance
9 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.00%) Resource Allocation
10 5 (10.00%) Programme Management
10 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.00%) Waterfall
11 4 (8.00%) B2B
11 4 (8.00%) Customer Insight
11 4 (8.00%) Product Management
11 4 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) SQL
2 2 (4.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.00%) PMP
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) PMO
2 3 (6.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) Basel III
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) MiFID
3 1 (2.00%) NIST
3 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) Oracle
2 3 (6.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (6.00%) SAP
3 2 (4.00%) Avaya
3 2 (4.00%) Genesys
3 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Adobe
4 1 (2.00%) Facebook
4 1 (2.00%) Instagram
4 1 (2.00%) Siemens
4 1 (2.00%) Twitter
4 1 (2.00%) VMware
4 1 (2.00%) Workday
4 1 (2.00%) YouTube