Project Delivery Contracts in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 40 54
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 -16
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 35 26 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.53% 3.36% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 4.31% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 25
10th Percentile £240 £382 £398
25th Percentile £407 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £482 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -10.33% +18.13%
75th Percentile £505 £540 £650
90th Percentile £523 £588 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £33.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £51.25 £34.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +50.74% -47.69% +46.07%

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 462 603 918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.19% 78.01% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 404 692
10th Percentile £200 £192 £213
25th Percentile £323 £269 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% -7.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £525 £553 £573
90th Percentile £591 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 57 74
10th Percentile - £11.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.36 £17.00 £18.56
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -8.39% +3.10%
75th Percentile £24.54 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £33.15 £45.79 £58.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the East Midlands

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the East Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 10 £447 -8.59% 9
Derbyshire +8 8 £425 -26.09% 16
Nottinghamshire +9 7 £513 +13.89% 12
Lincolnshire - 6 £513 - 4
Leicestershire +9 3 £225 - 18
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 6 (17.14%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.86%) Actimize
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.86%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.86%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.86%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) DHCP
1 1 (2.86%) DNS
1 1 (2.86%) LAN
1 1 (2.86%) WAN
1 1 (2.86%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
2 2 (5.71%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.86%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.86%) NetBeans
General
1 18 (51.43%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.71%) HR Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Site Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Agile Project Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) POSIX
1 1 (2.86%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Agile
1 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (25.71%) Project Management
3 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
4 6 (17.14%) Supplier Management
5 5 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 5 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 5 (14.29%) Migration
5 5 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (11.43%) Business Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) System Testing
7 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
7 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.57%) DevOps
7 3 (8.57%) Fintech
7 3 (8.57%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (8.57%) Waterfall
8 2 (5.71%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Bicep
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) C
2 1 (2.86%) C++
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) CBAP
3 1 (2.86%) CCNA
3 1 (2.86%) CCNP
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) HNC
3 1 (2.86%) HND
3 1 (2.86%) IIBA
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) MBA
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.86%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) NEBOSH
2 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.86%) Basel III
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) MiFID
2 1 (2.86%) MISRA
2 1 (2.86%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.86%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) SCOM
1 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) QNX
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) VMware