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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 226 218
Rank change year-on-year -80 -8 -38
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 239 323 444
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.78% 1.05% 1.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 3.31% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 224 359
10th Percentile £419 £450 £413
25th Percentile £463 £490 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £733 £650 £719
90th Percentile £850 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £555 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -2.20% +3.18% -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 11,094 9,758 12,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.41% 31.59% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,951 5,821 8,541
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% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 314 461
10th Percentile £13.95 £16.04 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.27 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.13 £44.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.08% -1.12% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £35.13 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.83% -21.07% +27.14%

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 25 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 25 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 -33 170 £606 +1.04% 57
North of England -50 29 £600 +22.45% 22
South East -21 16 £580 +0.87% 41
Yorkshire -20 15 £600 +24.68% 5
North West -37 13 £563 +14.80% 16
Midlands -43 8 £450 -18.18% 14
East Midlands -15 5 £450 -18.18% 4
East of England -14 4 £460 +2.22% 5
South West -7 3 £425 -37.04% 9
West Midlands -30 3 £506 -22.12% 10
North East - 1 £600 - 1
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 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.09%) CMS
3 4 (1.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (12.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.86%) Endur
3 5 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.09%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.84%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.42%) Maximo
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.42%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.42%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 59 (24.69%) Azure
2 43 (17.99%) AWS
3 18 (7.53%) GCP
4 12 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.77%) Snowflake
6 8 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.35%) SaaS
7 7 (2.93%) GitHub
8 6 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (2.51%) Serverless
9 5 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.09%) Azure Machine Learning
9 5 (2.09%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.67%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.26%) Amazon EventBridge
11 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.26%) Firewall
2 2 (0.84%) VPN
3 1 (0.42%) BGP
3 1 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.42%) IGMP
3 1 (0.42%) Internet
3 1 (0.42%) Multicast
3 1 (0.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.42%) OSPF
3 1 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.35%) MongoDB
1 8 (3.35%) Power BI
1 8 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.09%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.67%) Data Vault
4 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.67%) Metadata
4 4 (1.67%) MySQL
4 4 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
4 4 (1.67%) Star Schema
5 3 (1.26%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.26%) DB2
5 3 (1.26%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.26%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.84%) DocumentDB
6 2 (0.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (5.44%) Git
2 9 (3.77%) JIRA
3 5 (2.09%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.09%) Cucumber
3 5 (2.09%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.09%) Postman
3 5 (2.09%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.67%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.67%) ERwin
4 4 (1.67%) PowerDesigner
4 4 (1.67%) Selenium
5 3 (1.26%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.84%) GitLab
6 2 (0.84%) Gradle
7 1 (0.42%) Ant
7 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.42%) MLflow
7 1 (0.42%) Snyk
7 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 101 (42.26%) Finance
2 73 (30.54%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.53%) Front Office
4 17 (7.11%) Banking
5 15 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.35%) Retail
10 7 (2.93%) Marketing
11 4 (1.67%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.67%) Publishing
12 3 (1.26%) Back Office
12 3 (1.26%) Military
13 2 (0.84%) Aviation
13 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.84%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (29.71%) Developer
2 39 (16.32%) Senior
3 30 (12.55%) Analyst
4 21 (8.79%) Architect
4 21 (8.79%) Lead
5 20 (8.37%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.11%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.86%) Consultant
7 14 (5.86%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.44%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.60%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (4.60%) SAP Consultant
10 8 (3.35%) Endur Analyst
10 8 (3.35%) Endur Business Analyst
10 8 (3.35%) Implementation Analyst
10 8 (3.35%) OpenLink Analyst
10 8 (3.35%) OpenLink Business Analyst
10 8 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (2.93%) .NET Developer
11 7 (2.93%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.88%) .NET
2 23 (9.62%) React
3 14 (5.86%) Node.js
4 13 (5.44%) RESTful
5 12 (5.02%) .NET Core
6 11 (4.60%) CSS
6 11 (4.60%) HTML
7 10 (4.18%) Kafka
7 10 (4.18%) REST
8 9 (3.77%) Next.js
9 6 (2.51%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.51%) SOAP
10 5 (2.09%) Gherkin
10 5 (2.09%) PySpark
10 5 (2.09%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.67%) HATEOAS
11 4 (1.67%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.67%) Spring
12 3 (1.26%) JSON
12 3 (1.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.51%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.09%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.67%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.26%) CMDB
7 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.26%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.26%) IoT
7 3 (1.26%) Life Science
7 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.26%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) FMCG
8 2 (0.84%) PMI
8 2 (0.84%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Linux
2 3 (1.26%) Unix
3 2 (0.84%) Android
3 2 (0.84%) Windows
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.47%) Agile
2 45 (18.83%) CI/CD
3 38 (15.90%) DevOps
4 36 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (13.81%) Software Engineering
6 27 (11.30%) Scrum
7 26 (10.88%) Migration
7 26 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (10.04%) Kanban
9 23 (9.62%) Analytics
10 21 (8.79%) AI
10 21 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (7.95%) Full-Stack Development
12 18 (7.53%) Data Governance
12 18 (7.53%) Microservices
13 17 (7.11%) Fintech
13 17 (7.11%) Infrastructure as Code
13 17 (7.11%) Test Automation
13 17 (7.11%) Use Case
14 16 (6.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 43 (17.99%) SQL
2 37 (15.48%) Python
3 34 (14.23%) Java
4 31 (12.97%) C#
5 23 (9.62%) JavaScript
6 16 (6.69%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.77%) Kotlin
8 6 (2.51%) C++
9 3 (1.26%) Go
9 3 (1.26%) Scala
10 2 (0.84%) C
10 2 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.84%) R
10 2 (0.84%) Rust
10 2 (0.84%) VBA
11 1 (0.42%) Groovy
11 1 (0.42%) Korn
11 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.42%) Ruby
11 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (9.21%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.53%) Degree
3 14 (5.86%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.35%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.84%) CBAP
8 2 (0.84%) MCP
8 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CCIE
9 1 (0.42%) CCNP
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.18%) GDPR
2 9 (3.77%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.77%) QA
3 6 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.67%) NIST
5 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.26%) WCAG
6 2 (0.84%) EU AI Act
6 2 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.42%) EMIR
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.42%) MiFID
7 1 (0.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.42%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (8.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (8.37%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.53%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Ansible
4 1 (0.42%) Argo
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (13.81%) SAP
2 18 (7.53%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.28%) Databricks
4 7 (2.93%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.51%) Google
6 5 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.67%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.67%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.26%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.26%) Blue Prism
8 3 (1.26%) Concur
8 3 (1.26%) GoldenSource
8 3 (1.26%) OpenLink
9 2 (0.84%) Adobe
9 2 (0.84%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.84%) Ariba
9 2 (0.84%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle
9 2 (0.84%) Progress