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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 21 42
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 54 34 25
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.90% 5.93% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 6.87% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 22 17
10th Percentile - £324 £254
25th Percentile £199 £422 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £449 £489
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -8.28% -17.64%
75th Percentile £479 £519 £550
90th Percentile £514 £553 £588
England median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £31.80 - -
25th Percentile £33.01 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £35.02 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% - -
75th Percentile £37.03 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £38.24 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £60.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -38.33% +76.47% -47.08%

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 860 495 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 77.97% 86.39% 78.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 329 414
10th Percentile £200 £211 £200
25th Percentile £388 £322 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £433 £419
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +3.35% -9.51%
75th Percentile £544 £523 £550
90th Percentile £619 £590 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 36 55
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.81 £11.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £20.20 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.51% +18.79% -17.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.15 £37.99 £35.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%

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 May 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 18 May 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 -11 17 £200 -56.75% 12
Derbyshire 0 15 £488 +11.43% 5
Northamptonshire -5 15 £455 +1.79% 3
Lincolnshire -13 4 £480 -6.34% 3
Leicestershire -6 3 £468 -36.54% 4
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 10 (18.52%) Confluence
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.70%) AWS
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Batch
5 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.70%) IaaS
5 2 (3.70%) PaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.85%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) BGP
1 2 (3.70%) OSPF
1 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.70%) VLAN
1 2 (3.70%) VPN
1 2 (3.70%) WAN
2 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Tableau
2 5 (9.26%) Power BI
3 2 (3.70%) Power Query
3 2 (3.70%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.81%) Banking
5 7 (12.96%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) Retail
8 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Architect
2 7 (12.96%) Deskside Support
2 7 (12.96%) Desktop Support
2 7 (12.96%) IT Support
2 7 (12.96%) Payments Architect
2 7 (12.96%) Payments Solutions Architect
2 7 (12.96%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Fraud Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Operations Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Senior
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Lead
5 3 (5.56%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) CSS
1 2 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 7 (12.96%) Product Ownership
3 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.70%) EMV
5 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
2 4 (7.41%) Windows 7
2 4 (7.41%) Windows 8
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (31.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 16 (29.63%) DevOps
3 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) Project Management
5 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (24.07%) Agile
7 9 (16.67%) Architectural Design
7 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.96%) Coaching
8 7 (12.96%) Logistics
8 7 (12.96%) PRINCE2
8 7 (12.96%) Records Management
8 7 (12.96%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (12.96%) Technical Architecture
9 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.26%) Migration
10 5 (9.26%) Project Governance
11 4 (7.41%) Asset Management
11 4 (7.41%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) PMP
5 2 (3.70%) CCNA
5 2 (3.70%) CCNP
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) PMO
2 3 (5.56%) QA
3 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.70%) PSD2
4 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) HP
3 3 (5.56%) Cisco
4 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.70%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Citrix
5 1 (1.85%) Google
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) TSYS
5 1 (1.85%) VMware