Primavera Contract Job Trends in England

Oracle Primavera
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Primavera skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 472 494
Rank change year-on-year -31 +22 +177
Contract jobs citing Primavera 38 22 55
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.080% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.43% 1.09% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 19
10th Percentile £473 £401 -
25th Percentile £513 £450 £65
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £407
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +23.00% -10.46%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £528
90th Percentile £768 £580 £680
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £378
% change year-on-year +7.32% +35.49% -24.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 17
10th Percentile £55.24 £37.00 £39.60
25th Percentile £68.74 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £92.50 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.25% -23.81% +7.91%
75th Percentile £93.75 £60.44 £60.00
90th Percentile - £62.73 £67.20
UK median hourly rate £92.50 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +131.25% -23.81% +7.91%

All Business Application Skills
England

Primavera falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,664 2,021 2,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.42% 7.39% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 1,116 1,604
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.99%
75th Percentile £665 £671 £675
90th Percentile £760 £773 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 50 82
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £27.75
25th Percentile £25.43 £30.43 £47.44
Median hourly rate £46.24 £40.75 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.47% -27.86% +61.40%
75th Percentile £84.75 £67.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.75 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £40.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +4.64% -29.19% +51.45%

Primavera
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Primavera relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Primavera job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Primavera.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Primavera

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Primavera in England over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Primavera in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Primavera.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Primavera

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Primavera in England over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Primavera in England

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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 Primavera within the England region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
South East -10 17 £538 +2.38% 3
Midlands -29 13 £613 +16.67% 7
West Midlands - 12 £613 - 7
South West -1 4 £550 -
London -23 2 £538 +12.33% 5
East of England -23 1 £600 - 1
North West -25 1 - -
East Midlands -26 1 - -
North of England -49 1 - - 1
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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:

Applications
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (5.26%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
1 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 8 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Automotive
4 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.63%) Environmental Health
6 1 (2.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Project Planner
2 6 (15.79%) Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
3 5 (13.16%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Functional Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.53%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) ERP Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Lead
5 2 (5.26%) Oracle Programme Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Facilities Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Network Planner
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle Project Manager
6 1 (2.63%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (5.26%) Middleware
2 2 (5.26%) REST
2 2 (5.26%) SOAP
2 2 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.26%) PMI
2 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) NHS
3 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (39.47%) Project Management
3 11 (28.95%) PRINCE2
4 10 (26.32%) Agile
5 9 (23.68%) Critical Path Analysis
5 9 (23.68%) ERP
5 9 (23.68%) Risk Analysis
6 7 (18.42%) Earned Value Management
6 7 (18.42%) Monte Carlo Method
6 7 (18.42%) Project Planning
7 6 (15.79%) Change Control
7 6 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (13.16%) Impact Assessments
8 5 (13.16%) Programme Delivery
8 5 (13.16%) Resource Management
8 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (13.16%) Waterfall
9 4 (10.53%) Performance Management
9 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) PMO
2 2 (5.26%) P3O
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Oracle
2 9 (23.68%) SAP
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.63%) NEC