Project Delivery Contracts in Somerset

Project Delivery
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 18 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +15
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 3 12 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.91% 5.50% 4.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 7.36% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 8
10th Percentile £330 - £363
25th Percentile £450 £490 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £578 £544
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +6.21% +44.33%
75th Percentile £925 £600 £603
90th Percentile £1,060 - £696
South West median daily rate £500 £530 £516
% change year-on-year -5.66% +2.66% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £90.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £80.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -32.92% +113.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 163 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.63% 74.77% 91.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 92 133
10th Percentile £251 £200 £203
25th Percentile £406 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £675
90th Percentile £775 £613 £738
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 15
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £23.60
25th Percentile - - £34.95
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% -
75th Percentile - £40.00 £62.06
90th Percentile - £61.25 £77.97
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -36.36% -8.33% +23.76%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Somerset

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Somerset

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Somerset

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Somerset

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 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
Bridgwater +3 1 £250 -52.83%
Taunton -1 1 £1,100 +83.33% 3
Bath - 1 - - 52
Project Delivery
South West

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Head of AI
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) A/B Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Decision Tree
2 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Random Forest
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP