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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 265 193
Rank change year-on-year -14 -72 -33
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 210 318 661
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.88% 1.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 2.85% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 259 538
10th Percentile £400 £413 £409
25th Percentile £464 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £597 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% - -
75th Percentile £750 £738 £725
90th Percentile £853 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -4.17% +1.74% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £39.50
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -39.13% -
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £75.50
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +128.57% -39.13% -

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 8,152 11,176 16,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.20% 30.76% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,327 7,323 11,208
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 821 571
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +52.15% -15.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.30 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

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 23 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 23 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 +3 157 £625 -3.81% 423
North of England -3 26 £475 -4.04% 364
North West -12 15 £425 -14.14% 206
South East +50 8 £505 +1.00% 436
Midlands +19 8 £450 -23.08% 257
North East +5 6 £600 -4.00% 45
South West +34 5 £585 +31.83% 144
Yorkshire +12 5 £475 +5.56% 114
West Midlands +15 4 £400 -23.44% 140
East of England +23 3 £479 -45.29% 185
East Midlands +9 3 £450 -28.00% 102
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 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) nginx
3 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.43%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.43%) Sketch
4 2 (0.95%) 1Password
5 1 (0.48%) Notion
Business Applications
1 22 (10.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.38%) Endur
3 5 (2.38%) SAP PS
4 4 (1.90%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.90%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.90%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (1.43%) SAP MDG
5 3 (1.43%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.43%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.95%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.48%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.48%) Primavera
7 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.48%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.48%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.48%) SAP SRM
7 1 (0.48%) Shopify
7 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.76%) AWS
2 35 (16.67%) Azure
3 23 (10.95%) Serverless
4 20 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (7.62%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.67%) GCP
7 12 (5.71%) GitHub
8 11 (5.24%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (4.29%) Figma
10 8 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.81%) SaaS
11 7 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (3.33%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.33%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.86%) PowerApps
13 5 (2.38%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.48%) DNS
2 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.76%) Power BI
2 7 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.86%) Tableau
4 5 (2.38%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.90%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.43%) Big Data
6 3 (1.43%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.95%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.95%) MySQL
7 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.95%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.48%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (4.29%) Git
2 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.90%) Postman
3 3 (1.43%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.95%) GitLab
4 2 (0.95%) JMeter
4 2 (0.95%) Selenium
4 2 (0.95%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.48%) Ant
5 1 (0.48%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.48%) Grunt
5 1 (0.48%) JUnit
5 1 (0.48%) ScalaTest
5 1 (0.48%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.48%) webpack
General
1 75 (35.71%) Finance
2 51 (24.29%) Social Skills
3 36 (17.14%) Front Office
4 31 (14.76%) Banking
5 20 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.62%) Investment Banking
7 10 (4.76%) Retail
8 8 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.33%) Back Office
9 7 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.38%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.38%) Automotive
10 5 (2.38%) Law
11 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.43%) Marketing
13 2 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.95%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.95%) Publishing
14 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (28.57%) Developer
2 36 (17.14%) Senior
3 26 (12.38%) Lead
4 24 (11.43%) Analyst
4 24 (11.43%) Software Engineer
5 20 (9.52%) Senior Developer
6 19 (9.05%) Architect
7 17 (8.10%) Python Developer
8 14 (6.67%) Consultant
9 13 (6.19%) Business Analyst
10 12 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.76%) Senior Python Developer
12 8 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.81%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.81%) React Developer
12 8 (3.81%) SAP Architect
12 8 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (3.33%) AWS Developer
13 7 (3.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 7 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (17.14%) React
2 22 (10.48%) Node.js
3 19 (9.05%) .NET
4 8 (3.81%) Redux
5 7 (3.33%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.33%) HTML
6 6 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
6 6 (2.86%) CSS
6 6 (2.86%) Play Framework
7 5 (2.38%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.38%) JSON
7 5 (2.38%) Kafka
7 5 (2.38%) Next.js
7 5 (2.38%) OpenFin
7 5 (2.38%) XML
8 4 (1.90%) HTML5 Canvas
8 4 (1.90%) WCF
9 3 (1.43%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.43%) RESTful
9 3 (1.43%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.81%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.33%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.86%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.95%) Data Structures
6 2 (0.95%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.95%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) CMDB
7 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.48%) FMCG
7 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.48%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.48%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.48%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.48%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Windows
2 3 (1.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.48%) Android
3 1 (0.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.10%) Agile
2 30 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 28 (13.33%) CI/CD
3 28 (13.33%) DevOps
4 20 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (8.57%) Artificial Intelligence
6 16 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (7.62%) Migration
7 15 (7.14%) Test Automation
8 14 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (5.71%) LLM
10 11 (5.24%) Analytics
10 11 (5.24%) Risk Management
10 11 (5.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (4.76%) Computer Science
11 10 (4.76%) Machine Learning
11 10 (4.76%) Microservices
11 10 (4.76%) Project Delivery
11 10 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.86%) Python
2 36 (17.14%) SQL
3 35 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 33 (15.71%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.05%) C#
6 14 (6.67%) Java
7 9 (4.29%) Scala
8 4 (1.90%) Go
8 4 (1.90%) VBA
9 3 (1.43%) Bash
9 3 (1.43%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.43%) Swift
10 2 (0.95%) Clojure
10 2 (0.95%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.95%) Rust
11 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (6.19%) Degree
1 13 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 12 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.43%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.48%) CFA
6 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.48%) PMP
6 1 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.38%) QA
2 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) Basel II
3 2 (0.95%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) Basel III
4 1 (0.48%) GRC
4 1 (0.48%) IFRS
4 1 (0.48%) MiFID
4 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) IAG
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (8.10%) Terraform
2 13 (6.19%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.90%) Ansible
4 3 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.48%) Grafana
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (14.76%) SAP
2 28 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.76%) Databricks
4 9 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.86%) Google
6 5 (2.38%) Oracle
7 3 (1.43%) Adobe
7 3 (1.43%) Genesys
7 3 (1.43%) IBM
7 3 (1.43%) Netskope
7 3 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.95%) Ariba
8 2 (0.95%) Barracuda Networks
8 2 (0.95%) Datto
8 2 (0.95%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.95%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.95%) Nintex
8 2 (0.95%) Tenable
9 1 (0.48%) Sitecore