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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 228 245
Rank change year-on-year -133 +17 -69
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 232 276 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 1.07% 0.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 3.20% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 206 300
10th Percentile £415 £400 £413
25th Percentile £500 £488 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -2.08% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £743
90th Percentile £850 £851 £853
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -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% -

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 12,313 8,624 11,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.82% 33.55% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,806 5,423 7,703
10th Percentile £290 £281 £256
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £547 £545
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +0.37% -5.22%
75th Percentile £628 £669 £659
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 603 286 783
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.89 £22.99 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.80 £83.71 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.08% +8.33% +33.42%

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 7 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 7 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 -54 176 £568 -5.42% 66
North of England -86 15 £550 +12.24% 37
South East -34 14 £683 +21.88% 26
North West -46 11 £550 +15.79% 18
Midlands -64 10 £516 -13.96% 19
West Midlands -54 6 £516 -20.58% 10
South West -29 5 £525 -10.26% 9
East Midlands -29 4 £563 +2.27% 8
Yorkshire -64 4 £600 +26.32% 10
East of England -25 1 £488 +3.72% 6
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 5 (2.16%) CMS
2 4 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.86%) Camunda
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
1 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (8.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.88%) Endur
3 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.43%) Maximo
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.43%) SmartPlant
4 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.14%) Azure
2 40 (17.24%) AWS
3 15 (6.47%) GCP
4 10 (4.31%) SaaS
5 9 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.16%) dbt
7 5 (2.16%) GitHub
7 5 (2.16%) PaaS
7 5 (2.16%) Serverless
7 5 (2.16%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.72%) Azure Machine Learning
8 4 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.29%) Firewall
1 3 (1.29%) VPN
2 2 (0.86%) WAN
3 1 (0.43%) BGP
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
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%) OSPF
3 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.43%) SNMP
3 1 (0.43%) VSAN
3 1 (0.43%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.43%) Wireless
3 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.02%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.02%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.59%) Star Schema
4 5 (2.16%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.72%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.72%) Metadata
5 4 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.29%) Power BI
6 3 (1.29%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.86%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.86%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.43%) DB2
8 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.74%) JIRA
2 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.16%) Postman
3 4 (1.72%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.72%) ERwin
3 4 (1.72%) Git
3 4 (1.72%) GitLab
3 4 (1.72%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (1.29%) JUnit
4 3 (1.29%) Mockito
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.86%) Gradle
5 2 (0.86%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.43%) git-flow
6 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (34.05%) Finance
2 67 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.33%) Front Office
4 15 (6.47%) Banking
4 15 (6.47%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.88%) Marketing
5 9 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.45%) Publishing
7 7 (3.02%) Retail
8 4 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Advertising
10 2 (0.86%) Billing
10 2 (0.86%) Games
10 2 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Private Banking
10 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (25.43%) Senior
2 55 (23.71%) Developer
3 26 (11.21%) Analyst
4 24 (10.34%) Architect
5 20 (8.62%) Lead
6 17 (7.33%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.33%) Software Engineer
7 16 (6.90%) Consultant
7 16 (6.90%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.47%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (6.03%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.17%) C# Developer
11 11 (4.74%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.74%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 10 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.88%) Data Migration Lead
13 9 (3.88%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (3.88%) Java Developer
13 9 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (3.88%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.90%) .NET
1 16 (6.90%) React
2 11 (4.74%) Next.js
2 11 (4.74%) RESTful
2 11 (4.74%) Spring Boot
3 10 (4.31%) Kafka
3 10 (4.31%) Spring
4 9 (3.88%) .NET Core
4 9 (3.88%) CSS
4 9 (3.88%) HTML
4 9 (3.88%) Node.js
4 9 (3.88%) REST
5 8 (3.45%) .NET Framework
5 8 (3.45%) AngularJS
5 8 (3.45%) OAuth
5 8 (3.45%) PySpark
6 6 (2.59%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.72%) React Native
8 3 (1.29%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (1.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.48%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.59%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.16%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.72%) CMDB
6 4 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.29%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.29%) CCTV
7 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.29%) Equities
7 3 (1.29%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.29%) Life Science
7 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.29%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.60%) Linux
2 11 (4.74%) Unix
3 5 (2.16%) Android
3 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.86%) Windows
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.29%) Agile
2 35 (15.09%) CI/CD
3 32 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (13.36%) DevOps
5 27 (11.64%) Analytics
5 27 (11.64%) Migration
6 26 (11.21%) AI
6 26 (11.21%) Software Engineering
7 25 (10.78%) Roadmaps
7 25 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (8.62%) Data Migration
8 20 (8.62%) Fintech
8 20 (8.62%) Test Automation
9 19 (8.19%) Scrum
10 18 (7.76%) Kanban
10 18 (7.76%) Validation
11 17 (7.33%) Mentoring
12 16 (6.90%) Full-Stack Development
13 15 (6.47%) Data Modelling
13 15 (6.47%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.38%) Python
2 29 (12.50%) SQL
3 27 (11.64%) Java
4 19 (8.19%) TypeScript
5 17 (7.33%) C#
6 12 (5.17%) C++
7 7 (3.02%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.16%) Go
8 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.72%) Scala
10 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.86%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.43%) BrightScript
11 1 (0.43%) Groovy
11 1 (0.43%) Korn
11 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.43%) R
11 1 (0.43%) Rust
11 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 35 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.64%) Degree
3 22 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.86%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.86%) CISSP
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.43%) CAPM
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.43%) PMP
8 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.03%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.31%) QA
3 5 (2.16%) PMO
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
4 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.86%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.86%) NIST
5 2 (0.86%) 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 21 (9.05%) Docker
2 4 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (9.48%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.45%) Terraform
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) Argo
4 1 (0.43%) CASB
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (10.34%) SAP
2 18 (7.76%) Databricks
3 13 (5.60%) Microsoft
4 12 (5.17%) Salesforce
5 11 (4.74%) Oracle
6 7 (3.02%) Google
7 6 (2.59%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.72%) Apple
9 3 (1.29%) Workday
10 2 (0.86%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.86%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.86%) Cisco
10 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.86%) Informatica
10 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.86%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.86%) VMware
11 1 (0.43%) Arista
11 1 (0.43%) Concur
11 1 (0.43%) OpenAI