Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Project Delivery
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 38 41
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +39
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 137 100 107
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 4.40% 4.33% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 5.04% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 64 74
10th Percentile £329 £403 £407
25th Percentile £401 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £528 £516
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +2.23% +3.20%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £575
90th Percentile £638 £679 £676
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £22.78 £24.19 £21.04
25th Percentile £28.06 £25.07 £21.12
Median hourly rate £45.50 £29.31 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.22% +30.28% -10.07%
75th Percentile £69.99 £35.23 £27.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £37.90 £29.58
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.89% -36.36% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,693 1,983 2,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.51% 85.88% 84.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,246 1,518
10th Percentile £250 £250 £262
25th Percentile £375 £375 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 71 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.31 £17.00 £17.07
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.78 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
West Midlands -18 79 £525 -8.38% 101
East Midlands +10 58 £423 -11.05% 83
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.03%) Confluence
2 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.46%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.46%) CMS
3 2 (1.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.46%) Trello
6 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.73%) iTrent
2 1 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.73%) Primavera
2 1 (0.73%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.73%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.11%) Azure
2 4 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (2.92%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.19%) AWS
3 3 (2.19%) Intacct
3 3 (2.19%) OCI
3 3 (2.19%) SaaS
4 2 (1.46%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (1.46%) GCP
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.73%) Amazon Glacier
5 1 (0.73%) Asana
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.73%) iPaaS
5 1 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.73%) Serverless
5 1 (0.73%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.38%) DNS
1 6 (4.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 6 (4.38%) VPN
1 6 (4.38%) WAN
2 5 (3.65%) BGP
2 5 (3.65%) LAN
2 5 (3.65%) MPLS
3 4 (2.92%) BIG-IP
3 4 (2.92%) DMZ
3 4 (2.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (2.92%) Firewall
3 4 (2.92%) HTTP
3 4 (2.92%) SSL
3 4 (2.92%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.92%) Wireshark
4 3 (2.19%) IPsec
4 3 (2.19%) Junos
4 3 (2.19%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.19%) VLAN
5 2 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.92%) Power BI
3 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.46%) Tableau
4 1 (0.73%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.73%) Metadata
4 1 (0.73%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.73%) Git
3 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (52.55%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.55%) Finance
3 15 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.49%) Banking
4 13 (9.49%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.76%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.92%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.92%) Local Government
8 4 (2.92%) Marketing
9 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.19%) Automotive
9 3 (2.19%) Back Office
9 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Law
9 3 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.46%) Legal
10 2 (1.46%) Police
10 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (34.31%) Project Manager
2 13 (9.49%) Analyst
3 11 (8.03%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.30%) IT Manager
4 10 (7.30%) IT Project Manager
4 10 (7.30%) Lead
5 9 (6.57%) Technical Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Technical Project Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Architect
7 7 (5.11%) Change Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Project Leader
8 6 (4.38%) Senior
8 6 (4.38%) Service Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Service Transition Manager
8 6 (4.38%) Transition Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Network Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.92%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.46%) Flash
3 1 (0.73%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (0.73%) Kafka
3 1 (0.73%) MUnit
3 1 (0.73%) RAML
3 1 (0.73%) REST
3 1 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.14%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.38%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.92%) Robotics
6 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.19%) PKI
6 3 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.46%) CMDB
7 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.46%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.46%) PMI
7 2 (1.46%) SCADA
7 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.73%) NHS
8 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Replication
8 1 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Linux
1 6 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (4.38%) Windows
2 5 (3.65%) OpenVMS
2 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (31.39%) Project Management
3 39 (28.47%) Agile
4 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (16.79%) Change Management
6 20 (14.60%) Decision-Making
6 20 (14.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (11.68%) Scrum
8 15 (10.95%) ERP
8 15 (10.95%) Roadmaps
9 14 (10.22%) Migration
10 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (8.76%) Project Governance
10 12 (8.76%) Waterfall
10 12 (8.76%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (7.30%) Business Strategy
11 10 (7.30%) DevOps
11 10 (7.30%) PRINCE2
11 10 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (6.57%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.84%) Python
1 8 (5.84%) SQL
2 2 (1.46%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.73%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (0.73%) Java
3 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.22%) Degree
3 13 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.03%) PMI Certification
5 10 (7.30%) PMP
6 7 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.19%) CISSP
8 2 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.46%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.46%) CBAP
8 2 (1.46%) CCIE
8 2 (1.46%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.46%) CCNP
8 2 (1.46%) CCSP
8 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.46%) JNCIE
8 2 (1.46%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) PMO
2 9 (6.57%) QA
3 4 (2.92%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.92%) NIST
3 4 (2.92%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.46%) GDPR
4 2 (1.46%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.46%) PSD2
5 1 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.73%) GRC
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 7 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.46%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.73%) Docker
5 1 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (4.38%) Ansible
2 4 (2.92%) SCCM
3 2 (1.46%) Terraform
4 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Cisco
3 8 (5.84%) VMware
4 6 (4.38%) F5
4 6 (4.38%) Oracle
4 6 (4.38%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.65%) Juniper
6 4 (2.92%) Blue Coat
6 4 (2.92%) McAfee
6 4 (2.92%) NetApp
6 4 (2.92%) Sage
6 4 (2.92%) SAP
7 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.19%) Workday
8 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.46%) Meraki
8 2 (1.46%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.46%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.46%) Talend