Project Delivery Contracts in England

Project Delivery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,408 2,116 3,312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.83% 4.30% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 4.77% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 1,465 2,240
10th Percentile £363 £369 £363
25th Percentile £450 £451 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £680 £625
90th Percentile £738 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 57 57
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £20.08
25th Percentile £24.75 £31.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £64.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +43.82% +3.49%
75th Percentile £51.94 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £83.35 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £64.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.30% +43.82% +4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Project Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,802 44,352 63,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 31,133 45,414
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,738
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024. 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 -4 651 £550 -8.33% 345
South East +11 257 £500 -4.76% 200
North of England -12 144 £525 +6.06% 209
South West -2 137 £530 +2.42% 128
Midlands +7 110 £525 -2.33% 168
North West -2 93 £575 +27.78% 123
West Midlands +7 84 £525 -0.94% 92
East of England -24 51 £554 +23.11% 80
Yorkshire -19 37 £470 -14.55% 57
East Midlands +15 25 £489 -17.64% 76
North East +13 14 £500 -30.99% 33
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 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (2.06%) Confluence
4 11 (0.78%) MTS
5 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.50%) CMS
6 6 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.43%) Tornado
7 5 (0.36%) SAS
8 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.28%) CICS
9 3 (0.21%) Apache
9 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.21%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.21%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 111 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 73 (5.18%) Microsoft Project
4 52 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 32 (2.27%) MS Visio
6 27 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.071%) InVision
8 1 (0.071%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 35 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.49%) Loan IQ
3 15 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
3 15 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 14 (0.99%) Endur
5 11 (0.78%) Aligne
5 11 (0.78%) EuroRunner
5 11 (0.78%) Maximo
6 10 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
9 4 (0.28%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.28%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.28%) Shopify
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.21%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 220 (15.63%) Azure
2 72 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
3 59 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 57 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (3.62%) AWS
6 32 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 29 (2.06%) SaaS
8 28 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.92%) IaaS
10 15 (1.07%) GCP
10 15 (1.07%) PaaS
10 15 (1.07%) PowerApps
11 13 (0.92%) WhatsApp
12 12 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (0.71%) OneDrive
13 10 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.64%) Mimecast
15 8 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (0.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (3.98%) Firewall
2 48 (3.41%) WAN
3 45 (3.20%) VPN
4 40 (2.84%) LAN
5 34 (2.41%) DNS
6 28 (1.99%) Network Security
7 25 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (1.35%) DHCP
8 19 (1.35%) MPLS
9 14 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (0.92%) SAN
10 13 (0.92%) TCP/IP
11 11 (0.78%) SD-WAN
12 9 (0.64%) 4G
12 9 (0.64%) Internet
12 9 (0.64%) VoIP
13 8 (0.57%) 5G
13 8 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.50%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.05%) Power BI
3 31 (2.20%) NoSQL
4 22 (1.56%) Metadata
5 18 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.14%) Data Vault
8 15 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (0.85%) Big Data
10 11 (0.78%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.64%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.64%) RDBMS
13 8 (0.57%) GIS
13 8 (0.57%) Pentaho
13 8 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
13 8 (0.57%) QlikView
14 7 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
14 7 (0.50%) MySQL
15 6 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 104 (7.39%) JIRA
2 15 (1.07%) Git
3 10 (0.71%) GitLab
4 8 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.50%) Selenium
6 5 (0.36%) Spinnaker
7 4 (0.28%) Gatling
7 4 (0.28%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.14%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.14%) JUnit
9 2 (0.14%) RStudio
9 2 (0.14%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (0.14%) TestNG
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (0.14%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.071%) Toad
General
1 435 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 417 (29.62%) Finance
3 153 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
6 81 (5.75%) Telecoms
7 57 (4.05%) Banking
8 47 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 46 (3.27%) Marketing
9 46 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (3.05%) Manufacturing
11 38 (2.70%) Retail
12 34 (2.41%) Legal
13 31 (2.20%) Financial Institution
14 29 (2.06%) Local Government
15 27 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.35%) Electronics
18 18 (1.28%) Front Office
18 18 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 385 (27.34%) Project Manager
2 168 (11.93%) Architect
3 160 (11.36%) Senior
4 127 (9.02%) Lead
5 118 (8.38%) Analyst
6 78 (5.54%) Senior Manager
7 77 (5.47%) Delivery Manager
8 74 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 61 (4.33%) Senior Project Manager
10 58 (4.12%) Consultant
10 58 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
11 51 (3.62%) IT Manager
12 49 (3.48%) Developer
13 37 (2.63%) IT Project Manager
13 37 (2.63%) Project Leader
14 36 (2.56%) Programme Manager
15 32 (2.27%) Security Manager
16 31 (2.20%) Technical Manager
17 30 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 25 (1.78%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.13%) .NET
2 28 (1.99%) XML
3 19 (1.35%) JSON
4 18 (1.28%) REST
4 18 (1.28%) Web Services
5 15 (1.07%) AngularJS
6 14 (0.99%) .NET Framework
7 13 (0.92%) ADO
8 10 (0.71%) Middleware
9 9 (0.64%) Node.js
9 9 (0.64%) React
9 9 (0.64%) SailPoint
10 8 (0.57%) HTML
10 8 (0.57%) JSON Schema
10 8 (0.57%) LDAP
10 8 (0.57%) Pandas
10 8 (0.57%) PySpark
10 8 (0.57%) RESTful
10 8 (0.57%) SOAP
11 7 (0.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 64 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 40 (2.84%) Data Centre
4 30 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 26 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.35%) PMI
7 18 (1.28%) NHS
8 17 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
9 16 (1.14%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.14%) Reference Data
10 14 (0.99%) Market Risk
11 13 (0.92%) Solar Panel
11 13 (0.92%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.85%) FMCG
13 11 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.78%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.71%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.57%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 80 (5.68%) Windows
2 36 (2.56%) Linux
3 32 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.14%) Unix
5 15 (1.07%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.57%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.50%) Solaris
11 6 (0.43%) AIX
11 6 (0.43%) Android
11 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.43%) VMS
12 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.28%) zOS
13 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (41.69%) Project Management
2 536 (38.07%) Agile
3 252 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 223 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
5 172 (12.22%) Migration
6 168 (11.93%) PRINCE2
7 145 (10.30%) DevOps
8 142 (10.09%) Scrum
9 141 (10.01%) Change Management
10 131 (9.30%) Waterfall
11 127 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (9.02%) Risk Management
12 113 (8.03%) Programme Management
13 99 (7.03%) Decision-Making
14 98 (6.96%) ITIL
15 93 (6.61%) Business Case
16 90 (6.39%) Project Planning
17 88 (6.25%) Roadmaps
18 81 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
19 78 (5.54%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.45%) SQL
2 62 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 47 (3.34%) Python
4 43 (3.05%) C#
5 35 (2.49%) Java
6 21 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.92%) T-SQL
8 11 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.71%) Bash
10 7 (0.50%) Bicep
11 6 (0.43%) C++
12 5 (0.36%) R
13 4 (0.28%) X++
14 3 (0.21%) Go
14 3 (0.21%) Ruby
14 3 (0.21%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.14%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.14%) Swift
15 2 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 266 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 176 (12.50%) Degree
3 141 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 106 (7.53%) DV Cleared
5 72 (5.11%) PMI Certification
6 71 (5.04%) PMP
7 38 (2.70%) APMP
8 30 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 26 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.07%) CISA
11 15 (1.07%) CISM
11 15 (1.07%) CISSP
12 14 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.99%) CCNP
13 13 (0.92%) CCNA
13 13 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.78%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (12.14%) PMO
2 68 (4.83%) QA
3 21 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.42%) NIST
4 20 (1.42%) SLA
5 16 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.99%) GDPR
7 10 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.36%) Basel III
9 5 (0.36%) GRC
10 4 (0.28%) COREP
10 4 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.21%) FINREP
11 3 (0.21%) GxP
11 3 (0.21%) IFRS
11 3 (0.21%) MiFID
11 3 (0.21%) P3O
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 71 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.14%) Docker
3 16 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.99%) vSphere
5 11 (0.78%) XenApp
6 6 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) ACF2
7 4 (0.28%) Firmware
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) RACF
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.071%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.071%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.071%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.63%) Terraform
4 20 (1.42%) Ansible
5 15 (1.07%) SCCM
6 8 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.57%) vRealize
7 7 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.43%) Packer
8 6 (0.43%) Puppet
9 5 (0.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.36%) Endace
9 5 (0.36%) HP Data Protector
9 5 (0.36%) Istio
9 5 (0.36%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.36%) WSUS
10 4 (0.28%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.21%) PowerBroker
11 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 260 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.82%) SAP
3 66 (4.69%) Cisco
4 63 (4.47%) Oracle
5 47 (3.34%) VMware
6 45 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.34%) Juniper
8 24 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.49%) Citrix
10 17 (1.21%) Adobe
11 16 (1.14%) Informatica
12 15 (1.07%) CheckPoint
12 15 (1.07%) Databricks
12 15 (1.07%) Sparx
13 14 (0.99%) F5
14 12 (0.85%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.78%) Symantec
16 10 (0.71%) Atlassian
17 9 (0.64%) Google
17 9 (0.64%) Splunk