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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 229 210
Rank change year-on-year -95 -19 -25
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 244 324 467
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 1.05% 1.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.24% 3.32% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 228 375
10th Percentile £419 £450 £409
25th Percentile £463 £490 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £719
90th Percentile £850 £766 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £68.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £63.70 -

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 10,884 9,753 12,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.43% 31.57% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,816 5,825 8,793
10th Percentile £285 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 306 467
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.23 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.45% +3.78% +50.85%
75th Percentile £53.44 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.70 £75.16 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £26.64 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.96% -15.73% +50.85%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 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
London -26 177 £600 - 173
North of England -47 27 £575 +17.35% 46
South East -21 15 £560 -2.18% 51
Yorkshire -24 13 £563 +16.99% 12
North West -44 13 £563 +14.80% 32
Midlands -35 9 £431 -21.59% 22
East Midlands -15 6 £431 -21.59% 5
South West +1 4 £588 -8.74% 12
East of England -14 4 £460 +2.22% 19
West Midlands -33 3 £506 -10.00% 17
North East - 1 £600 - 2
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 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.05%) CMS
3 4 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.64%) Confluence
4 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.23%) Sketch
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (12.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (5.33%) Endur
3 5 (2.05%) SAP HCM
4 4 (1.64%) SAP PS
5 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.41%) Maximo
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.41%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.41%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 59 (24.18%) Azure
2 44 (18.03%) AWS
3 18 (7.38%) GCP
4 13 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.69%) Snowflake
7 7 (2.87%) GitHub
8 6 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.46%) SaaS
8 6 (2.46%) Serverless
9 5 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
9 5 (2.05%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.64%) Figma
10 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.23%) Firewall
2 2 (0.82%) VPN
3 1 (0.41%) BGP
3 1 (0.41%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.41%) IGMP
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) Multicast
3 1 (0.41%) Network Security
3 1 (0.41%) OSPF
3 1 (0.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.69%) Power BI
2 8 (3.28%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.64%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.64%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.64%) Metadata
5 4 (1.64%) MySQL
5 4 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (1.64%) Star Schema
6 3 (1.23%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.23%) DB2
6 3 (1.23%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.23%) Power Query
7 2 (0.82%) Redis
7 2 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.92%) Git
2 9 (3.69%) JIRA
3 5 (2.05%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.05%) Cucumber
3 5 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.05%) Postman
3 5 (2.05%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.64%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.64%) ERwin
4 4 (1.64%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (1.64%) Selenium
5 3 (1.23%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.82%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.82%) GitLab
6 2 (0.82%) Gradle
7 1 (0.41%) Ant
7 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.41%) MLflow
7 1 (0.41%) Snyk
7 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 106 (43.44%) Finance
2 72 (29.51%) Social Skills
3 20 (8.20%) Banking
4 17 (6.97%) Front Office
5 14 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.92%) Retail
7 10 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.87%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.87%) Marketing
10 4 (1.64%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.64%) Publishing
11 3 (1.23%) Back Office
11 3 (1.23%) Military
12 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.82%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (28.69%) Developer
2 37 (15.16%) Senior
3 28 (11.48%) Analyst
4 24 (9.84%) Architect
5 22 (9.02%) Lead
6 18 (7.38%) Business Analyst
7 17 (6.97%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.15%) Consultant
9 14 (5.74%) Java Developer
10 13 (5.33%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.51%) SAP Consultant
12 10 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.69%) Data Engineer
14 8 (3.28%) Senior Software Engineer
15 7 (2.87%) .NET Developer
15 7 (2.87%) Endur Business Analyst
15 7 (2.87%) Implementation Analyst
15 7 (2.87%) OpenLink Analyst
15 7 (2.87%) OpenLink Business Analyst
15 7 (2.87%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.66%) .NET
2 22 (9.02%) React
3 13 (5.33%) Node.js
4 12 (4.92%) .NET Core
4 12 (4.92%) Kafka
5 11 (4.51%) CSS
5 11 (4.51%) HTML
5 11 (4.51%) RESTful
6 9 (3.69%) Next.js
6 9 (3.69%) REST
7 6 (2.46%) SOAP
8 5 (2.05%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.05%) Gherkin
8 5 (2.05%) PySpark
8 5 (2.05%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.64%) HATEOAS
9 4 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.64%) Spring
10 3 (1.23%) JSON
10 3 (1.23%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.43%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.46%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.05%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.64%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.23%) CMDB
7 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.23%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.23%) IoT
7 3 (1.23%) Life Science
7 3 (1.23%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.82%) Digital Currency
8 2 (0.82%) FMCG
8 2 (0.82%) PMI
8 2 (0.82%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.64%) Linux
2 3 (1.23%) Unix
3 2 (0.82%) Android
3 2 (0.82%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (31.56%) Agile
2 45 (18.44%) CI/CD
3 38 (15.57%) DevOps
4 35 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (13.52%) Software Engineering
6 27 (11.07%) Scrum
7 26 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (9.84%) AI
8 24 (9.84%) Analytics
8 24 (9.84%) Kanban
8 24 (9.84%) Migration
9 22 (9.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (8.20%) Data Governance
11 19 (7.79%) Data Modelling
11 19 (7.79%) Use Case
12 18 (7.38%) Mentoring
12 18 (7.38%) Test Automation
13 17 (6.97%) Full-Stack Development
13 17 (6.97%) Infrastructure as Code
13 17 (6.97%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.21%) SQL
2 40 (16.39%) Python
3 34 (13.93%) Java
4 30 (12.30%) C#
5 23 (9.43%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.15%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.69%) Kotlin
8 6 (2.46%) C++
9 5 (2.05%) Scala
10 3 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.23%) Go
11 2 (0.82%) C
11 2 (0.82%) R
11 2 (0.82%) Rust
11 2 (0.82%) VBA
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Korn
12 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.41%) Ruby
12 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (9.43%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.97%) Degree
3 16 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.87%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.82%) CBAP
7 2 (0.82%) MCP
7 2 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CCIE
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.10%) GDPR
2 9 (3.69%) QA
3 8 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.64%) NIST
6 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.23%) WCAG
7 2 (0.82%) EU AI Act
7 2 (0.82%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.41%) EMIR
8 1 (0.41%) GRC
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.41%) MiFID
8 1 (0.41%) PSD2
System Software
1 20 (8.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.38%) Terraform
3 2 (0.82%) Ansible
4 1 (0.41%) Argo
4 1 (0.41%) Grafana
4 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (13.52%) SAP
2 18 (7.38%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.97%) Databricks
4 7 (2.87%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.05%) Google
7 4 (1.64%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.64%) IBM
7 4 (1.64%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.23%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.23%) Blue Prism
8 3 (1.23%) Genesys
8 3 (1.23%) GoldenSource
8 3 (1.23%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.82%) Adobe
9 2 (0.82%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.82%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.82%) Informatica
9 2 (0.82%) Oracle
9 2 (0.82%) Progress