Critical Path Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South East

Critical Path Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Critical Path Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 167 197
Rank change year-on-year -9 +30 +50
Contract jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.14% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.15% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £513 - £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £407
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +23.00% +18.69%
75th Percentile £550 - £504
90th Percentile - - £554
England median daily rate £538 £400 £595
% change year-on-year +34.38% -32.77% +32.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £49.61 - -
25th Percentile £54.68 - -
Median hourly rate £63.74 - -
75th Percentile £72.18 - -
90th Percentile £76.87 - -
England median hourly rate £63.74 £40.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +59.34% -18.37% +108.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Critical Path Analysis 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,746 3,265 4,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.98% 88.34% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,453 2,038 2,852
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 122 230
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.43 £18.91
25th Percentile £17.07 £25.99 £27.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +37.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.76 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Critical Path Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Path Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Critical Path Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Critical Path Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Critical Path Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Critical Path Analysis

Critical Path Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Path Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Path Analysis in the South East

Critical Path Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Path Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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 Sussex - 3 £525 -
Berkshire -2 2 - -
Thames Valley -9 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £550 -
Critical Path Analysis
England

Critical Path Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Primavera
General
1 1 (14.29%) Environmental Health
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Planner
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
1 6 (85.71%) Project Planning
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Earned Value Management
2 5 (71.43%) Monte Carlo Method
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Levelling
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) MAPM
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) SAP