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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 24 34
Rank change year-on-year -31 +10 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 33 46 30
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.59% 6.07% 4.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 7.10% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 40 22
10th Percentile £340 £322 £272
25th Percentile £363 £360 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £427 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% -12.77% -20.08%
75th Percentile £563 £487 £522
90th Percentile £588 £643 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £39.04 - £39.68
England median hourly rate £50.00 £62.95 £39.68
% change year-on-year -20.57% +58.64% -36.51%

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 952 648 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.78% 85.49% 82.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 455 404
10th Percentile £235 £225 £270
25th Percentile £400 £340 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £410 £455
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -9.89% -9.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £650 £626 £626
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 55 34
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.66 £17.87 £14.74
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +6.85% -38.57%
75th Percentile £26.33 £25.15 £48.06
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.50
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 September 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
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 4 September 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
Nottinghamshire -14 10 £340 -33.66% 32
Derbyshire -4 9 £519 -25.89% 22
Northamptonshire -12 6 £489 +16.31% 8
Lincolnshire -13 6 £500 - 11
Leicestershire -10 2 - - 16
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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.03%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) BASE24
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (3.03%) SAP HR
2 1 (3.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.09%) Nutanix
4 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) DHCP
1 4 (12.12%) DNS
2 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 3 (9.09%) VPN
2 3 (9.09%) WAN
3 2 (6.06%) BGP
3 2 (6.06%) Network Security
3 2 (6.06%) OSPF
3 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
3 2 (6.06%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) LAN
4 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) NonStop SQL
1 2 (6.06%) Power BI
1 2 (6.06%) Power Query
1 2 (6.06%) PowerPivot
2 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Fraud Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Operations Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) IT Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Technical Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Finance Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (33.33%) Agile
3 11 (33.33%) Project Management
4 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
6 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 6 (18.18%) ITIL
6 6 (18.18%) Migration
7 5 (15.15%) Coaching
7 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (15.15%) DevOps
8 4 (12.12%) Demand Management
8 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
8 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
8 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.12%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) CCNA
3 2 (6.06%) CCNP
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.06%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) ACCA
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.03%) CIMA
4 1 (3.03%) CIPFA
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) MCSA
4 1 (3.03%) MCSE
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) PMO
2 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
1 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.12%) Aruba
3 4 (12.12%) VMware
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco
4 2 (6.06%) Fortinet
4 2 (6.06%) SAP
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle
5 1 (3.03%) Siemens
5 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.03%) Workday