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 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 255 244
Rank change year-on-year -108 -11 -55
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 231 237 347
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.80% 2.85% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 185 283
10th Percentile £415 £400 £413
25th Percentile £506 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £594 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £697 £750 £738
90th Percentile £825 £854 £838
UK median daily rate £570 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -3.36%
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 12,798 8,317 11,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.03% 34.13% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,139 5,454 7,584
10th Percentile £300 £300 £263
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 £674
90th Percentile £749 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 312 804
10th Percentile £15.97 £16.67 £12.31
25th Percentile £20.31 £22.27 £15.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% +22.32% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.42 £84.90 £67.26
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +36.92% +16.07% +24.53%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -55 173 £575 -5.74% 68
South East -37 21 £715 +27.68% 34
North of England -94 10 £531 +11.84% 29
Midlands -69 7 £548 -15.77% 18
North West -54 6 £513 +13.89% 14
South West -26 5 £525 -10.26% 6
West Midlands -60 4 £520 -20.00% 9
Yorkshire -61 4 £600 +26.32% 10
East Midlands -31 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 7 (3.03%) CMS
2 6 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.87%) Apache
3 2 (0.87%) Camunda
3 2 (0.87%) Confluence
3 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 21 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.03%) Endur
3 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.43%) SmartPlant
4 1 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 57 (24.68%) Azure
2 46 (19.91%) AWS
3 11 (4.76%) GCP
4 10 (4.33%) dbt
4 10 (4.33%) SaaS
5 8 (3.46%) GitHub
6 7 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.03%) Serverless
7 6 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.16%) PaaS
8 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.73%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.30%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.87%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.30%) BGP
1 3 (1.30%) Firewall
1 3 (1.30%) OSPF
1 3 (1.30%) VPN
1 3 (1.30%) VXLAN
2 2 (0.87%) SNMP
2 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (0.87%) WAN
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%) MPLS
3 1 (0.43%) Multicast
3 1 (0.43%) MVNO
3 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.43%) VSAN
3 1 (0.43%) Wireless
3 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.03%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.16%) Power BI
3 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.73%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.73%) Star Schema
5 3 (1.30%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.30%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.30%) MySQL
5 3 (1.30%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.43%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.43%) DB2
7 1 (0.43%) GIS
7 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.46%) JIRA
2 7 (3.03%) Postman
3 5 (2.16%) GitLab
3 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.73%) Git
5 3 (1.30%) JUnit
5 3 (1.30%) Mockito
6 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.87%) git-flow
7 1 (0.43%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.43%) Gradle
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 79 (34.20%) Finance
2 68 (29.44%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.79%) Banking
4 16 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.06%) Front Office
6 11 (4.76%) Marketing
7 10 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.46%) Publishing
9 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.60%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.60%) Retail
11 5 (2.16%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.30%) Billing
13 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.87%) Advertising
14 2 (0.87%) Aviation
14 2 (0.87%) Games
14 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 62 (26.84%) Senior
2 53 (22.94%) Developer
3 29 (12.55%) Architect
4 27 (11.69%) Analyst
5 23 (9.96%) Lead
6 20 (8.66%) Data Engineer
7 17 (7.36%) Business Analyst
8 16 (6.93%) Senior Developer
9 13 (5.63%) Consultant
9 13 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (5.63%) Software Engineer
10 12 (5.19%) C# Developer
11 11 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.76%) Data Migration Lead
11 11 (4.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 10 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.90%) Java Developer
13 9 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (3.90%) Senior Business Analyst
14 8 (3.46%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.09%) React
2 13 (5.63%) .NET
3 11 (4.76%) PySpark
3 11 (4.76%) REST
4 10 (4.33%) RESTful
4 10 (4.33%) Spring
4 10 (4.33%) Spring Boot
5 9 (3.90%) OAuth
6 8 (3.46%) .NET Framework
6 8 (3.46%) CSS
6 8 (3.46%) HTML
6 8 (3.46%) Kafka
6 8 (3.46%) Next.js
7 7 (3.03%) .NET Core
7 7 (3.03%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.60%) Node.js
8 6 (2.60%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.73%) React Native
10 3 (1.30%) Redux
10 3 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.39%) Product Ownership
2 23 (9.96%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (6.49%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.16%) AI Agents
5 5 (2.16%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.16%) CMDB
5 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.73%) Equities
6 4 (1.73%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.30%) CCTV
7 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.30%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.30%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.30%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.30%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.63%) Linux
2 11 (4.76%) Unix
3 6 (2.60%) Android
3 6 (2.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.87%) Windows
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.68%) Agile
2 33 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 33 (14.29%) Migration
3 31 (13.42%) DevOps
4 29 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.12%) AI
6 27 (11.69%) Analytics
7 26 (11.26%) Roadmaps
8 24 (10.39%) Data Migration
8 24 (10.39%) Software Engineering
8 24 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (9.09%) Data Engineering
10 20 (8.66%) Validation
11 19 (8.23%) Data Modelling
11 19 (8.23%) ETL
12 18 (7.79%) Test Automation
13 17 (7.36%) Scrum
14 15 (6.49%) Fintech
14 15 (6.49%) Microservices
14 15 (6.49%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.05%) Python
2 25 (10.82%) SQL
3 24 (10.39%) Java
4 21 (9.09%) TypeScript
5 17 (7.36%) C#
6 12 (5.19%) C++
7 10 (4.33%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.16%) Go
9 4 (1.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.30%) Scala
11 2 (0.87%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.87%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) BrightScript
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) Korn
12 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) Rust
12 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (16.88%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.26%) Degree
2 26 (11.26%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.63%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.87%) CISSP
6 2 (0.87%) VCAP
6 2 (0.87%) VCDX
7 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.43%) CAPM
7 1 (0.43%) CCIE
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.03%) QA
3 5 (2.16%) PMO
4 4 (1.73%) GDPR
4 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.87%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
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
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (7.36%) Docker
2 4 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.30%) 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 23 (9.96%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.76%) Terraform
3 4 (1.73%) Ansible
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) CASB
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (11.26%) SAP
2 17 (7.36%) Databricks
3 12 (5.19%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.19%) Oracle
3 12 (5.19%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.60%) Google
6 4 (1.73%) Apple
6 4 (1.73%) VMware
6 4 (1.73%) Workday
7 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.87%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.87%) Cisco
7 2 (0.87%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.87%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.87%) Refinitiv
8 1 (0.43%) Aruba
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.43%) Talend