Project Delivery Contracts in England

Project Delivery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery 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 61 47 52
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 899 1,463 2,199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.69% 3.93% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.54% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 970 1,535
10th Percentile £350 £363 £369
25th Percentile £430 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +6.67%
75th Percentile £637 £644 £688
90th Percentile £725 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 24 59
10th Percentile £22.52 £20.98 £21.24
25th Percentile £29.84 £24.02 £36.38
Median hourly rate £51.25 £34.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.74% -47.69% +46.07%
75th Percentile £69.69 £49.81 £67.13
90th Percentile £77.59 £63.04 £83.31
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.65 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.76% -45.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery 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 -18 450 £550 - 738
South East -16 122 £550 +10.00% 347
Midlands +10 105 £502 -4.38% 145
North of England -10 105 £490 -7.55% 253
North West -4 70 £475 -17.39% 156
West Midlands -4 65 £525 - 78
South West -9 64 £475 -10.38% 123
East Midlands +17 35 £447 -7.26% 59
Yorkshire -1 29 £506 +10.05% 73
East of England 0 24 £519 -6.32% 102
North East -8 6 £413 -17.50% 29
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
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 60 (6.67%) Confluence
2 28 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.00%) CMS
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.22%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
6 1 (0.11%) IIS
6 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.11%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.11%) WinCC
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (6.34%) Microsoft Project
2 41 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 33 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (3.23%) MS Visio
6 10 (1.11%) Trello
7 4 (0.44%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.22%) Open Workbench
8 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.11%) Oracle EBS
3 24 (2.67%) Oracle EBS R12
4 13 (1.45%) Maximo
5 12 (1.33%) Oracle ASCP
6 8 (0.89%) Endur
7 7 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.67%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (0.44%) SAP PP
10 3 (0.33%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.22%) SAP HCM
11 2 (0.22%) SAP PLM
11 2 (0.22%) SAP SRM
11 2 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (13.90%) Azure
2 57 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (5.45%) AWS
4 35 (3.89%) Power Platform
5 34 (3.78%) IaaS
6 30 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.11%) SaaS
8 27 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 19 (2.11%) GCP
10 17 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (1.56%) PaaS
12 11 (1.22%) OCI
13 10 (1.11%) Serverless
14 9 (1.00%) PowerApps
15 7 (0.78%) GitHub
16 6 (0.67%) OpenShift
17 5 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
17 5 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
17 5 (0.56%) Power Automate
17 5 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 63 (7.01%) Firewall
2 34 (3.78%) VPN
3 30 (3.34%) DNS
3 30 (3.34%) MPLS
4 27 (3.00%) Network Security
5 22 (2.45%) BGP
6 21 (2.34%) OSPF
7 14 (1.56%) LAN
8 13 (1.45%) Multicast
8 13 (1.45%) WAN
9 12 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.00%) Broadband
10 9 (1.00%) IPv6
10 9 (1.00%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.78%) IPsec
11 7 (0.78%) Wireless
12 6 (0.67%) EIGRP
12 6 (0.67%) Internet
13 5 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.67%) Power BI
2 15 (1.67%) Big Data
2 15 (1.67%) Data Lake
2 15 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (0.67%) Tableau
6 5 (0.56%) Metadata
6 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.44%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.33%) GIS
8 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 90 (10.01%) JIRA
2 14 (1.56%) Git
3 5 (0.56%) Subversion
4 4 (0.44%) GitLab
5 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.22%) ERwin
6 2 (0.22%) Jasmine
6 2 (0.22%) JMeter
6 2 (0.22%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.22%) MLflow
6 2 (0.22%) Selenium
6 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.11%) JUnit
7 1 (0.11%) LSMW
7 1 (0.11%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 341 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 326 (36.26%) Finance
3 113 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 60 (6.67%) Banking
6 47 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (4.56%) Telecoms
8 40 (4.45%) Marketing
9 37 (4.12%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (3.23%) Retail
12 27 (3.00%) Legal
13 26 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.78%) Local Government
15 14 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 13 (1.45%) Front Office
17 12 (1.33%) Billing
18 11 (1.22%) Automotive
18 11 (1.22%) Back Office
19 10 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 245 (27.25%) Project Manager
2 81 (9.01%) Senior
3 72 (8.01%) Consultant
4 70 (7.79%) Analyst
5 68 (7.56%) Lead
6 54 (6.01%) Delivery Manager
7 47 (5.23%) Architect
8 41 (4.56%) Business Analyst
9 39 (4.34%) IT Manager
10 34 (3.78%) IT Project Manager
11 33 (3.67%) Senior Manager
12 30 (3.34%) Developer
12 30 (3.34%) Senior Project Manager
13 28 (3.11%) Network Engineer
14 26 (2.89%) Functional Consultant
14 26 (2.89%) Programme Manager
14 26 (2.89%) Technical Manager
15 24 (2.67%) Oracle Consultant
16 23 (2.56%) Infrastructure Manager
17 22 (2.45%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.11%) .NET
2 16 (1.78%) React
3 11 (1.22%) HTML
4 10 (1.11%) CSS
5 8 (0.89%) EntireX
5 8 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.89%) REST
5 8 (0.89%) Spring
5 8 (0.89%) XML
6 7 (0.78%) .NET Core
7 6 (0.67%) ADO
7 6 (0.67%) JSON
7 6 (0.67%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.67%) Web Services
8 5 (0.56%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.56%) RESTful
8 5 (0.56%) SOAP
9 4 (0.44%) jQuery
9 4 (0.44%) Node.js
9 4 (0.44%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.67%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.56%) Data Centre
3 28 (3.11%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.78%) Operational Technology
6 16 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.67%) PMI
8 14 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.56%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (0.89%) IoT
10 8 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (0.78%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.67%) Life Science
12 6 (0.67%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.78%) Windows
2 35 (3.89%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.00%) Linux
4 12 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.89%) Unix
7 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.56%) Windows 8
8 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.56%) Windows XP
9 4 (0.44%) Solaris
10 3 (0.33%) Android
10 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.33%) zOS
11 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (35.15%) Project Management
2 303 (33.70%) Agile
3 250 (27.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 193 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (12.01%) Change Management
6 104 (11.57%) Migration
7 99 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 94 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (10.01%) PRINCE2
10 86 (9.57%) Risk Management
11 82 (9.12%) Waterfall
12 72 (8.01%) Scrum
13 70 (7.79%) Decision-Making
14 68 (7.56%) Budget Management
15 64 (7.12%) DevOps
16 63 (7.01%) Roadmaps
17 61 (6.79%) Business Case
18 59 (6.56%) Analytics
19 58 (6.45%) ITIL
20 57 (6.34%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (5.78%) SQL
2 51 (5.67%) Python
3 32 (3.56%) PowerShell
4 23 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.11%) Java
6 16 (1.78%) C#
7 8 (0.89%) Bash
7 8 (0.89%) Bicep
7 8 (0.89%) Perl
8 7 (0.78%) PHP
9 6 (0.67%) C
10 4 (0.44%) VBA
11 3 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) JCL
11 3 (0.33%) R
11 3 (0.33%) VBScript
12 2 (0.22%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.22%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.22%) COBOL
12 2 (0.22%) REXX
Qualifications
1 147 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 125 (13.90%) SC Cleared
3 109 (12.12%) Degree
4 65 (7.23%) PMI Certification
5 53 (5.90%) PMP
6 23 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.67%) CCIE
9 15 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.67%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.45%) CCNP
12 12 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.33%) SAP Certification
13 9 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.67%) CCNA
14 6 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.56%) APMP
15 5 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.34%) PMO
2 33 (3.67%) QA
3 13 (1.45%) GDPR
4 12 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.33%) SLA
5 10 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.44%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.44%) NCSC
7 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.22%) GxP
9 2 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.22%) MiFID
9 2 (0.22%) NIST
9 2 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 45 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 31 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.67%) vSphere
4 11 (1.22%) Docker
5 8 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.89%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.33%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.22%) NFS
9 2 (0.22%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.11%) KVM
10 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 27 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.89%) Terraform
3 24 (2.67%) Ansible
4 11 (1.22%) SCCM
5 8 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.78%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.67%) VxRail
7 6 (0.67%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.44%) PowerCLI
8 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.44%) WSUS
9 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.22%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.22%) Nagios
9 2 (0.22%) QRadar
9 2 (0.22%) SELinux
9 2 (0.22%) vRealize
10 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.11%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 157 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.57%) SAP
3 63 (7.01%) Oracle
4 38 (4.23%) VMware
5 34 (3.78%) Cisco
6 21 (2.34%) IBM
7 20 (2.22%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.67%) Databricks
8 15 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.45%) Google
9 13 (1.45%) SolarWinds
10 10 (1.11%) Workday
11 9 (1.00%) Dell
11 9 (1.00%) Splunk
12 8 (0.89%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.89%) Planview
12 8 (0.89%) Software AG
12 8 (0.89%) webMethods
13 7 (0.78%) Fortinet
13 7 (0.78%) Red Hat