Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Project Delivery
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 58 44
Rank change year-on-year -12 -14 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 41 22 71
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.20% 2.16% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.48% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 57
10th Percentile £308 £309 £358
25th Percentile £416 £366 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £497 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.69% -5.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £650
90th Percentile £750 £661 £750
England median daily rate £523 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £15.94 £27.38 £33.45
25th Percentile £16.63 £27.95 £34.86
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.89 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% -18.96% -45.57%
75th Percentile £27.99 £29.84 £37.30
90th Percentile £39.45 £30.40 £40.27
England median hourly rate £45.46 £47.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -4.29% +39.71% -47.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,473 888 1,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 79.02% 87.23% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 461 832
10th Percentile £198 £250 £235
25th Percentile £350 £399 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £477
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% -4.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £576
90th Percentile £675 £694 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 158 515
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.56 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.51 £20.07 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.80 £57.50 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year -62.09% +50.84% +15.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the East of England

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the East of England

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the East of England

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
Hertfordshire -2 26 £600 +92.00% 25
Bedfordshire -4 5 £425 - 5
Essex 0 4 £363 -30.95% 9
Cambridgeshire -7 4 £300 -36.17% 7
Norfolk - 2 £625 - 6
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (4.88%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Anypoint
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.44%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.76%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.44%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.44%) WAN
2 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Project Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Lead
3 4 (9.76%) Administrator
4 3 (7.32%) Salesforce Project Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Senior
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Delivery Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Governance Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Help Desk Administrator
5 2 (4.88%) Lead Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Logistics Administrator
5 2 (4.88%) Project Governance Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Project Leader
5 2 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) JSON
2 1 (2.44%) Middleware
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
1 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (4.88%) NHS
2 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.44%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.44%) Life Science
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) PDA
2 1 (2.44%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.44%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Agile
2 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (14.63%) Business Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (14.63%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Analytics
4 5 (12.20%) CRM
4 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
4 5 (12.20%) Scrum
4 5 (12.20%) SDLC
5 4 (9.76%) Business Transformation
5 4 (9.76%) Change Management
5 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (9.76%) Data Governance
5 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.76%) ITIL
5 4 (9.76%) Migration
5 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
5 4 (9.76%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Java
1 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) PMP
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Salesforce
3 7 (17.07%) SAP
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle
5 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.32%) VMware
6 2 (4.88%) Cisco
7 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
7 1 (2.44%) PTC
7 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.44%) Workday