Greenfield Project Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 257 190
Rank change year-on-year -22 -67 -41
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 216 335 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.89% 0.90% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.60% 2.92% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 272 573
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £505 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £763 £750 £725
90th Percentile £875 £849 £825
UK median daily rate £568 £600 £592
% change year-on-year -5.42% +1.35% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -56.25% +627.27%
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £35.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +128.57% -56.25% +627.27%

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 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Greenfield Project
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Greenfield Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Greenfield Project in England

Greenfield Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Greenfield Project in England.

Daily rate trend for Greenfield Project in England

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greenfield Project in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Greenfield Project in England

Greenfield Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Greenfield Project in England.

Hourly rate trend for Greenfield Project in England

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 1 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
London -22 157 £625 -7.41% 239
North of England -1 27 £475 -4.04% 111
North West -4 15 £425 -14.14% 80
South East +47 10 £505 +1.00% 98
Midlands +23 10 £550 +2.80% 41
West Midlands +18 7 £650 +23.81% 21
North East +5 6 £600 -4.00% 14
Yorkshire +4 6 £475 +5.56% 17
South West +41 5 £585 +31.83% 13
East of England +22 3 £479 -44.49% 21
East Midlands +6 2 £450 -28.00% 17
Greenfield Project
UK

Greenfield Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (1.85%) CMS
2 2 (0.93%) Apache
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) nginx
3 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.93%) 1Password
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.46%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (9.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.31%) Endur
3 4 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.85%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.85%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.39%) SAP MDG
4 3 (1.39%) SAP MM
4 3 (1.39%) SAP PS
4 3 (1.39%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.93%) SAP CAR
5 2 (0.93%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.46%) Primavera
6 1 (0.46%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.46%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.46%) SAP SRM
6 1 (0.46%) Shopify
6 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.00%) AWS
2 35 (16.20%) Azure
3 22 (10.19%) Serverless
4 19 (8.80%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (6.48%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.02%) GitHub
7 12 (5.56%) GCP
7 12 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (3.70%) SaaS
9 7 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (3.24%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.78%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.78%) Figma
10 6 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.78%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.31%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.46%) DNS
2 1 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.70%) Power BI
2 6 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.31%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.85%) Tableau
5 3 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.39%) Big Data
5 3 (1.39%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.93%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.93%) MySQL
6 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.46%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Git
1 7 (3.24%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.85%) Postman
3 3 (1.39%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.39%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.39%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.39%) Selenium
3 3 (1.39%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.93%) GitLab
4 2 (0.93%) JMeter
4 2 (0.93%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.46%) Ant
5 1 (0.46%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.46%) Grunt
5 1 (0.46%) JUnit
5 1 (0.46%) ScalaTest
5 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 72 (33.33%) Finance
2 54 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 35 (16.20%) Banking
3 35 (16.20%) Front Office
4 21 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 10 (4.63%) Retail
7 9 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.78%) Law
10 4 (1.85%) Automotive
10 4 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.39%) Back Office
11 3 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.39%) Marketing
12 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (32.87%) Developer
2 36 (16.67%) Senior
3 24 (11.11%) Lead
3 24 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 22 (10.19%) Senior Developer
5 20 (9.26%) Analyst
6 18 (8.33%) Architect
6 18 (8.33%) Python Developer
7 15 (6.94%) Consultant
8 12 (5.56%) Senior Python Developer
8 12 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (5.09%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 9 (4.17%) Data Engineer
10 9 (4.17%) React Developer
10 9 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (3.70%) Java Developer
12 7 (3.24%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.06%) React
2 22 (10.19%) Node.js
3 19 (8.80%) .NET
4 11 (5.09%) HTML
5 8 (3.70%) Redux
6 7 (3.24%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.24%) CSS
7 6 (2.78%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
7 6 (2.78%) Play Framework
8 5 (2.31%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.31%) JSON
8 5 (2.31%) Next.js
8 5 (2.31%) OpenFin
8 5 (2.31%) XML
9 4 (1.85%) HTML5
9 4 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (1.85%) RESTful
9 4 (1.85%) WCF
10 3 (1.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.24%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.24%) Fixed Income
3 5 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.39%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.39%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.39%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.39%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.93%) Educational Technology
5 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.93%) Market Risk
5 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.46%) CMDB
6 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.46%) FMCG
6 1 (0.46%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.46%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.39%) Apple iOS
1 3 (1.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.46%) Linux
2 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (18.98%) Agile
2 30 (13.89%) CI/CD
2 30 (13.89%) Software Engineering
3 27 (12.50%) DevOps
4 21 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (9.26%) Migration
6 18 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (7.87%) Full-Stack Development
8 15 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (6.48%) Analytics
9 14 (6.48%) Artificial Intelligence
9 14 (6.48%) OO
9 14 (6.48%) Test Automation
10 11 (5.09%) Project Delivery
10 11 (5.09%) Risk Management
11 10 (4.63%) Computer Science
11 10 (4.63%) Decision-Making
11 10 (4.63%) Front End Development
11 10 (4.63%) Machine Learning
11 10 (4.63%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.07%) Python
2 40 (18.52%) TypeScript
3 35 (16.20%) JavaScript
4 34 (15.74%) SQL
5 19 (8.80%) C#
6 17 (7.87%) Java
7 8 (3.70%) Scala
8 4 (1.85%) Go
9 3 (1.39%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.39%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.39%) Swift
9 3 (1.39%) VBA
10 2 (0.93%) Bash
10 2 (0.93%) Clojure
10 2 (0.93%) Rust
11 1 (0.46%) C++
11 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) PHP
11 1 (0.46%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 13 (6.02%) Degree
2 11 (5.09%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.39%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.46%) CFA
7 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.78%) QA
2 5 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.93%) Basel II
4 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) Basel III
5 1 (0.46%) GRC
5 1 (0.46%) IFRS
5 1 (0.46%) MiFID
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (5.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) IAG
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (8.33%) Terraform
2 15 (6.94%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.70%) Ansible
4 5 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.46%) Grafana
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (14.81%) SAP
2 26 (12.04%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.09%) Databricks
4 9 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.78%) Google
5 6 (2.78%) Oracle
6 3 (1.39%) Adobe
6 3 (1.39%) Netskope
6 3 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.93%) Ariba
7 2 (0.93%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (0.93%) Datto
7 2 (0.93%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.93%) Nintex
7 2 (0.93%) Okta
7 2 (0.93%) Tenable
8 1 (0.46%) Calypso
8 1 (0.46%) Murex
8 1 (0.46%) OpenLink