Greenfield Project Contract Job Trends in England

Greenfield Project
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Greenfield Project in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Greenfield Project over the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 251 251
Rank change year-on-year -106 0 -67
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 234 240 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.98% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 2.88% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 189 285
10th Percentile £414 £400 £413
25th Percentile £506 £488 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £675 £750 £725
90th Percentile £806 £860 £845
UK median daily rate £560 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.61% - -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £35.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.66% +51.43% -56.25%

All Generic Skills
England

Greenfield Project falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,724 8,331 11,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.44% 34.08% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,075 5,461 7,571
10th Percentile £300 £300 £259
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £669
90th Percentile £747 £775 £787
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 637 315 800
10th Percentile £15.77 £16.70 £12.47
25th Percentile £19.75 £22.61 £15.17
Median hourly rate £44.50 £34.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.99% +25.45% +20.88%
75th Percentile £69.99 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.70 £84.60 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £42.22 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +29.91% +18.18% +22.22%

Greenfield Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Greenfield Project job vacancy trend in England

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Greenfield Project.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Greenfield Project

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greenfield Project in England over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Greenfield Project in England

Greenfield Project
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Greenfield Project.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Greenfield Project

Greenfield Project
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Greenfield Project within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London -52 173 £575 -4.37% 68
South East -35 19 £715 +27.68% 34
North of England -80 15 £550 +12.82% 29
North West -47 11 £550 +22.22% 14
Midlands -66 8 £548 -15.77% 18
South West -28 5 £525 -10.26% 6
West Midlands -56 5 £520 -20.00% 9
Yorkshire -64 4 £600 +26.32% 10
East Midlands -28 3 £675 +28.57% 9
East of England -32 2 £474 +0.80% 3
Greenfield Project
UK

Greenfield Project
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (2.56%) CMS
2 2 (0.85%) Apache
2 2 (0.85%) Camunda
2 2 (0.85%) Confluence
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 20 (8.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.42%) Endur
3 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.43%) Maximo
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.43%) SmartPlant
4 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (24.36%) Azure
2 47 (20.09%) AWS
3 13 (5.56%) GCP
4 10 (4.27%) SaaS
5 9 (3.85%) dbt
5 9 (3.85%) GitHub
6 8 (3.42%) Serverless
7 7 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.14%) PaaS
9 5 (2.14%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.71%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.28%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) BGP
1 3 (1.28%) Firewall
1 3 (1.28%) OSPF
1 3 (1.28%) VPN
1 3 (1.28%) VXLAN
2 2 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (0.85%) WAN
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.43%) IPsec
3 1 (0.43%) IPv6
3 1 (0.43%) LAN
3 1 (0.43%) MPLS
3 1 (0.43%) Multicast
3 1 (0.43%) MVNO
3 1 (0.43%) SNMP
3 1 (0.43%) VoIP
3 1 (0.43%) VSAN
3 1 (0.43%) Wireless
3 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.99%) Oracle Database
2 7 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.14%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.14%) Power BI
4 5 (2.14%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.71%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.28%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.28%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.28%) MySQL
6 3 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.85%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) JIRA
2 6 (2.56%) GitLab
2 6 (2.56%) Postman
3 5 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.71%) Git
5 3 (1.28%) JUnit
5 3 (1.28%) Mockito
6 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.85%) git-flow
6 2 (0.85%) Gradle
6 2 (0.85%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.43%) ERwin
7 1 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 78 (33.33%) Finance
2 68 (29.06%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.69%) Banking
4 15 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.13%) Front Office
6 10 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.27%) Marketing
7 8 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.42%) Publishing
8 5 (2.14%) Retail
9 4 (1.71%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.28%) Billing
10 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.85%) Aviation
11 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Military
11 2 (0.85%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (26.50%) Senior
2 57 (24.36%) Developer
3 27 (11.54%) Architect
4 26 (11.11%) Analyst
5 21 (8.97%) Lead
6 18 (7.69%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.26%) Business Analyst
8 16 (6.84%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (5.98%) Software Engineer
10 13 (5.56%) Consultant
11 12 (5.13%) C# Developer
12 11 (4.70%) C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (4.70%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 10 (4.27%) Data Migration Lead
13 10 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (3.85%) Java Developer
14 9 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (3.85%) Senior Business Analyst
15 7 (2.99%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.12%) React
2 14 (5.98%) .NET
3 13 (5.56%) Spring Boot
4 12 (5.13%) Spring
5 11 (4.70%) REST
5 11 (4.70%) RESTful
6 10 (4.27%) Kafka
6 10 (4.27%) Next.js
6 10 (4.27%) PySpark
7 9 (3.85%) CSS
7 9 (3.85%) HTML
7 9 (3.85%) OAuth
8 8 (3.42%) .NET Framework
8 8 (3.42%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.42%) Node.js
9 7 (2.99%) .NET Core
10 6 (2.56%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.71%) React Native
12 3 (1.28%) Middleware
12 3 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 23 (9.83%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (6.41%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.42%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.14%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.14%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.14%) CMDB
7 4 (1.71%) Equities
7 4 (1.71%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (1.71%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.28%) CCTV
8 3 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.28%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.28%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.28%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.28%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.56%) Linux
2 11 (4.70%) Unix
3 6 (2.56%) Android
3 6 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.85%) Windows
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.07%) Agile
2 38 (16.24%) CI/CD
3 32 (13.68%) DevOps
4 31 (13.25%) Migration
4 31 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (12.39%) AI
6 27 (11.54%) Analytics
7 26 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 26 (11.11%) Software Engineering
8 25 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (9.40%) Data Migration
10 21 (8.97%) Test Automation
11 20 (8.55%) Validation
12 19 (8.12%) Data Engineering
12 19 (8.12%) Data Modelling
13 18 (7.69%) ETL
14 17 (7.26%) Scrum
15 16 (6.84%) Full-Stack Development
15 16 (6.84%) Microservices
16 15 (6.41%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 43 (18.38%) Python
2 27 (11.54%) SQL
3 26 (11.11%) Java
4 22 (9.40%) TypeScript
5 15 (6.41%) C#
6 12 (5.13%) C++
7 8 (3.42%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.14%) Go
9 4 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.71%) Scala
10 3 (1.28%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.85%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.43%) C
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) Korn
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) Rust
12 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 37 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.54%) Degree
3 23 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.85%) CISSP
7 2 (0.85%) VCAP
7 2 (0.85%) VCDX
8 1 (0.43%) CCDA
8 1 (0.43%) CCDP
8 1 (0.43%) CCIE
8 1 (0.43%) CCIP
8 1 (0.43%) CCNA
8 1 (0.43%) CCNP
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.85%) QA
3 5 (2.14%) PMO
4 4 (1.71%) GDPR
4 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.85%) NIST
5 2 (0.85%) WCAG
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.43%) NCSC
6 1 (0.43%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (8.12%) Docker
2 4 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) IAG
4 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.70%) Terraform
3 4 (1.71%) Ansible
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) Argo
5 1 (0.43%) CASB
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (10.68%) SAP
2 17 (7.26%) Databricks
3 12 (5.13%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.13%) Oracle
3 12 (5.13%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.99%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.56%) Google
6 4 (1.71%) Apple
6 4 (1.71%) VMware
6 4 (1.71%) Workday
7 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.85%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.85%) Cisco
7 2 (0.85%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.85%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.85%) Refinitiv
8 1 (0.43%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.43%) Meraki
8 1 (0.43%) Roku
8 1 (0.43%) Talend