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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 43 48
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 35 27 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.76% 3.36% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.55% 4.31% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 27
10th Percentile £333 £256 £403
25th Percentile £417 £368 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £463 £613
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% -24.49% +36.11%
75th Percentile £519 £508 £675
90th Percentile £547 £588 £730
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%

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 534 626 879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 87.83% 77.96% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 429 685
10th Percentile £225 £200 £223
25th Percentile £326 £275 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £518 £550 £588
90th Percentile £588 £623 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 56 49
10th Percentile £13.81 £11.33 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.42 £12.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £16.82 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -26.89% +15.00%
75th Percentile £21.79 £26.15 £51.50
90th Percentile £34.91 £38.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

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 30 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 30 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 -4 11 £445 +2.24% 53
Nottinghamshire +8 10 £430 +56.36% 59
Derbyshire +8 7 £425 -26.09% 94
Lincolnshire - 5 £513 - 44
Leicestershire +5 1 £738 - 51
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 5 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.86%) InDesign
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.86%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (5.71%) Sprinklr
2 1 (2.86%) Actimize
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) SaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) DMZ
1 2 (5.71%) Internet
2 1 (2.86%) DHCP
2 1 (2.86%) DNS
2 1 (2.86%) LAN
2 1 (2.86%) WAN
2 1 (2.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
2 2 (5.71%) Git
2 2 (5.71%) Gradle
2 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.71%) Maven
3 1 (2.86%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (2.86%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.86%) NetBeans
3 1 (2.86%) Ranorex
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Automotive
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Legal
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Marketing
6 1 (2.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Consultant
2 5 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.71%) HR Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (5.71%) Lead
4 2 (5.71%) QA Tester
4 2 (5.71%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Senior QA Tester
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Tester
4 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) RESTful
1 2 (5.71%) Web Services
2 1 (2.86%) CSS
2 1 (2.86%) Flash
2 1 (2.86%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.86%) POSIX
2 1 (2.86%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Blog
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Agile
1 12 (34.29%) Project Management
2 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.14%) Project Planning
4 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
4 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 5 (14.29%) Migration
5 5 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 4 (11.43%) Budgeting
6 4 (11.43%) Business Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (11.43%) System Testing
7 3 (8.57%) Agile Project Management
7 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
7 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
7 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.57%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Java
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) C
2 1 (2.86%) C++
2 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) CBAP
5 1 (2.86%) CCNA
5 1 (2.86%) CCNP
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.86%) IIBA
5 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.86%) MBA
5 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.86%) PMP
5 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
5 1 (2.86%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) QA
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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.86%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) SCOM
1 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle
2 3 (8.57%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) Avaya
3 2 (5.71%) Genesys
4 1 (2.86%) Adobe
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) Facebook
4 1 (2.86%) Instagram
4 1 (2.86%) QNX
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) Twitter
4 1 (2.86%) VMware
4 1 (2.86%) YouTube