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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 52 51
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 936 1,360 2,040
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.91% 3.71% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 4.31% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 892 1,410
10th Percentile £355 £360 £369
25th Percentile £428 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 52
10th Percentile £34.00 £20.98 £21.24
25th Percentile £55.00 £25.25 £29.48
Median hourly rate £65.00 £33.93 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +91.57% -44.60% +37.64%
75th Percentile £78.36 £54.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £83.50 £68.00 £83.39
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £35.65 £62.50
% change year-on-year +92.85% -42.96% +40.45%

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 21,854 31,539 42,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.92% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,225 20,657 30,069
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 952 2,292 1,514
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
Median % change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -1 471 £565 +2.73% 986
South East -12 120 £550 +10.00% 1,304
Midlands +7 109 £512 -1.06% 787
North of England -16 104 £475 -9.52% 980
South West -5 74 £500 -5.66% 532
West Midlands +6 73 £520 -1.00% 430
North West -10 70 £475 -17.39% 493
East Midlands +15 35 £447 -3.35% 308
Yorkshire -2 30 £500 +5.26% 369
East of England +11 28 £425 -22.73% 605
North East -13 4 £363 -30.95% 121
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 54 (5.77%) Confluence
2 33 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.96%) CMS
5 4 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.21%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.21%) SAS
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.11%) ThingWorx
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.11%) WinCC
7 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (6.20%) Microsoft Project
2 44 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
4 33 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (2.88%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.85%) Trello
7 5 (0.53%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.21%) Open Workbench
9 2 (0.21%) Revit
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 51 (5.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.03%) Oracle EBS
3 15 (1.60%) Oracle EBS R12
4 10 (1.07%) Maximo
5 9 (0.96%) Oracle ASCP
6 7 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.75%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.64%) Endur
7 6 (0.64%) SAP PP
8 4 (0.43%) Aladdin
8 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 3 (0.32%) Actimize
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.32%) Primavera
9 3 (0.32%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.32%) SAP PLM
9 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 142 (15.17%) Azure
2 64 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (5.77%) AWS
4 39 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 36 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (3.42%) IaaS
7 30 (3.21%) SaaS
8 26 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 18 (1.92%) GCP
10 17 (1.82%) OCI
11 16 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.50%) PaaS
13 11 (1.18%) Serverless
14 7 (0.75%) GitHub
14 7 (0.75%) OneDrive
14 7 (0.75%) PowerApps
15 6 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
16 5 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.53%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 66 (7.05%) Firewall
2 35 (3.74%) VPN
3 33 (3.53%) DNS
4 30 (3.21%) Network Security
5 28 (2.99%) MPLS
6 22 (2.35%) BGP
7 21 (2.24%) OSPF
8 15 (1.60%) LAN
8 15 (1.60%) WAN
9 14 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (1.39%) Multicast
11 10 (1.07%) Internet
11 10 (1.07%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.96%) Broadband
12 9 (0.96%) IPv6
13 7 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.75%) IPsec
13 7 (0.75%) VSAN
13 7 (0.75%) Wireless
14 6 (0.64%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.31%) Power BI
2 21 (2.24%) SAP HANA
3 16 (1.71%) Big Data
3 16 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.60%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.64%) Tableau
8 5 (0.53%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.43%) Metadata
9 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.32%) DB2
10 3 (0.32%) GIS
10 3 (0.32%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 86 (9.19%) JIRA
2 15 (1.60%) Git
3 5 (0.53%) GitLab
3 5 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.53%) Subversion
4 3 (0.32%) Selenium
4 3 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.21%) Gradle
5 2 (0.21%) JMeter
5 2 (0.21%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.21%) Maven
5 2 (0.21%) MLflow
5 2 (0.21%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.11%) Gatling
6 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
6 1 (0.11%) RStudio
6 1 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 385 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 346 (36.97%) Finance
3 105 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (8.44%) Banking
5 65 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 51 (5.45%) Telecoms
7 49 (5.24%) Presentation Skills
8 46 (4.91%) Marketing
9 42 (4.49%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (3.10%) Retail
12 25 (2.67%) Legal
13 19 (2.03%) Front Office
14 18 (1.92%) Billing
15 15 (1.60%) Investment Banking
16 14 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (1.28%) Back Office
18 11 (1.18%) Electronics
18 11 (1.18%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 238 (25.43%) Project Manager
2 86 (9.19%) Analyst
3 84 (8.97%) Senior
4 79 (8.44%) Lead
5 75 (8.01%) Consultant
6 68 (7.26%) Architect
7 52 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 51 (5.45%) Delivery Manager
9 35 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 33 (3.53%) Developer
11 31 (3.31%) IT Project Manager
11 31 (3.31%) Network Engineer
12 29 (3.10%) Senior Manager
13 25 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
14 23 (2.46%) Programme Manager
14 23 (2.46%) Technical Manager
15 22 (2.35%) Infrastructure Manager
16 21 (2.24%) Engagement Manager
16 21 (2.24%) SAP Architect
16 21 (2.24%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.78%) Web Services
2 24 (2.56%) .NET
3 13 (1.39%) HTML
3 13 (1.39%) React
4 12 (1.28%) CSS
5 11 (1.18%) .NET Core
6 9 (0.96%) REST
7 8 (0.85%) EntireX
7 8 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.75%) XML
9 6 (0.64%) ADO
9 6 (0.64%) Middleware
9 6 (0.64%) SOAP
10 5 (0.53%) JSON
10 5 (0.53%) RESTful
11 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.43%) jQuery
11 4 (0.43%) Node.js
11 4 (0.43%) Pandas
11 4 (0.43%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.49%) Management Information System
2 33 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 28 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
5 20 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (1.71%) Operational Technology
8 15 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.50%) PMI
10 13 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (0.96%) IoT
14 8 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.85%) Mainframe
15 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
15 7 (0.75%) Life Science
15 7 (0.75%) Market Risk
16 6 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 55 (5.88%) Windows
2 33 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 17 (1.82%) Linux
4 16 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.18%) Unix
5 11 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.53%) Windows 8
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.53%) Windows XP
8 4 (0.43%) Android
8 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.43%) Solaris
9 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.32%) zOS
10 1 (0.11%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (33.23%) Project Management
2 309 (33.01%) Agile
3 279 (29.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 197 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 114 (12.18%) Migration
7 110 (11.75%) Change Management
7 110 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 94 (10.04%) PRINCE2
8 94 (10.04%) Risk Management
9 81 (8.65%) Scrum
10 72 (7.69%) Roadmaps
11 70 (7.48%) Waterfall
12 69 (7.37%) Decision-Making
12 69 (7.37%) DevOps
13 65 (6.94%) Project Governance
14 64 (6.84%) Budget Management
15 63 (6.73%) ITIL
16 61 (6.52%) Business Case
17 58 (6.20%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 64 (6.84%) SQL
2 57 (6.09%) Python
3 37 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 26 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.46%) C#
6 17 (1.82%) Java
7 8 (0.85%) Perl
8 7 (0.75%) Bash
8 7 (0.75%) PHP
9 6 (0.64%) Bicep
9 6 (0.64%) C
10 5 (0.53%) VBA
11 4 (0.43%) C++
11 4 (0.43%) R
12 3 (0.32%) COBOL
12 3 (0.32%) JCL
12 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.32%) VBScript
13 2 (0.21%) REXX
13 2 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 167 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 139 (14.85%) SC Cleared
3 110 (11.75%) Degree
4 65 (6.94%) PMI Certification
5 54 (5.77%) PMP
6 23 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 21 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 16 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (1.60%) CCIE
12 13 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.39%) CCNP
13 11 (1.18%) SAP Certification
14 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 9 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 8 (0.85%) APMP
17 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.53%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.45%) PMO
2 36 (3.85%) QA
3 16 (1.71%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.39%) GDPR
5 11 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.18%) SLA
6 10 (1.07%) MiFID
7 9 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.85%) EMIR
9 6 (0.64%) P3O
10 4 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.43%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.43%) NCSC
10 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.32%) NIST
12 2 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.21%) GxP
12 2 (0.21%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 44 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.82%) vSphere
4 12 (1.28%) Docker
5 10 (1.07%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.43%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.21%) NFS
10 2 (0.21%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.21%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.21%) XenApp
10 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.11%) KVM
11 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 27 (2.88%) Terraform
2 24 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.46%) Ansible
3 23 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.28%) SCCM
5 8 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.75%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.64%) PowerCLI
7 6 (0.64%) VxRail
7 6 (0.64%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.43%) WSUS
9 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.21%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.21%) Nagios
9 2 (0.21%) QRadar
9 2 (0.21%) SELinux
9 2 (0.21%) vRealize
10 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 177 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 113 (12.07%) SAP
3 63 (6.73%) Oracle
4 40 (4.27%) VMware
5 37 (3.95%) Cisco
6 22 (2.35%) IBM
7 21 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.60%) Databricks
10 13 (1.39%) Google
10 13 (1.39%) SolarWinds
11 11 (1.18%) Splunk
11 11 (1.18%) Workday
12 9 (0.96%) Dell
12 9 (0.96%) Planview
13 8 (0.85%) CheckPoint
13 8 (0.85%) Fortinet
13 8 (0.85%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.85%) Software AG
13 8 (0.85%) webMethods