Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in the South East

Project Delivery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 52 37
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 292 139 256
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.46% 4.09% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.48% 4.54% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 93 146
10th Percentile £323 £307 £360
25th Percentile £445 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £477
Median % change year-on-year - +10.06% -5.54%
75th Percentile £615 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £650 £644
England median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile £43.25 £52.92 -
25th Percentile £53.25 £55.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £60.58 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +34.53% +52.97% -20.78%
75th Percentile £87.12 £65.37 £62.78
90th Percentile £89.23 £68.24 £63.17
England median hourly rate £50.00 £65.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.17% +85.94% -45.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,325 3,063 4,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.31% 90.04% 82.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,362 1,906 2,678
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £670 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 266 405
10th Percentile £15.74 £13.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £25.18 £15.13 £18.35
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.25 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +136.56% -57.63% +9.75%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the South East

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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
Thames Valley +1 148 £570 +8.57% 54
Berkshire +2 98 £575 +9.52% 27
Hampshire -12 69 £525 -2.33% 41
Buckinghamshire 0 41 £575 +0.66% 16
Surrey -1 32 £525 -8.70% 31
West Sussex -13 22 £483 -3.40% 6
Kent +10 13 £400 -16.67% 5
Oxfordshire -25 9 £275 -19.41% 13
Middlesex - 2 - - 2
Home Counties -1 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 5
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.79%) Confluence
2 9 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (8.22%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.68%) Houdini
5 2 (0.68%) NUKE
6 1 (0.34%) CATIA
6 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Primavera
1 6 (2.05%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.03%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.68%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.75%) Azure
2 15 (5.14%) AWS
2 15 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (4.79%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.37%) GCP
7 4 (1.37%) IaaS
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.03%) SaaS
9 2 (0.68%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.68%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Serverless
9 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.19%) LAN
2 18 (6.16%) Firewall
3 17 (5.82%) WAN
4 16 (5.48%) VPN
5 14 (4.79%) DNS
6 9 (3.08%) BGP
6 9 (3.08%) MPLS
6 9 (3.08%) SD-WAN
6 9 (3.08%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.40%) DHCP
7 7 (2.40%) OSPF
8 6 (2.05%) IPsec
9 5 (1.71%) 2G
9 5 (1.71%) 5G
9 5 (1.71%) Network Security
9 5 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.37%) Intranet
10 4 (1.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.45%) Power BI
2 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.34%) EDMS
5 1 (0.34%) MS Access
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) QualityStage
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 35 (11.99%) JIRA
2 6 (2.05%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.34%) MSI
4 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 115 (39.38%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.95%) Finance
3 51 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.01%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (6.85%) Retail
6 20 (6.85%) Telecoms
7 16 (5.48%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.40%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.05%) Military
10 5 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.71%) Legal
11 2 (0.68%) Billing
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Local Government
11 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Advertising
12 1 (0.34%) Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (19.86%) Project Manager
2 39 (13.36%) Lead
3 33 (11.30%) Senior
4 31 (10.62%) Analyst
5 30 (10.27%) Architect
6 16 (5.48%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.48%) IT Manager
7 15 (5.14%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.79%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (4.45%) Consultant
10 12 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 11 (3.77%) IT Project Manager
11 11 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 10 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
13 9 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (3.08%) ERP Architect
13 9 (3.08%) Network Architect
14 8 (2.74%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.71%) REST
2 4 (1.37%) .NET
2 4 (1.37%) JSON
2 4 (1.37%) XML
2 4 (1.37%) YAML
3 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.03%) CSS
3 3 (1.03%) LDAP
3 3 (1.03%) Middleware
3 3 (1.03%) OAuth
3 3 (1.03%) OpenID
3 3 (1.03%) RESTful
3 3 (1.03%) SAML
4 2 (0.68%) Blazor
4 2 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.68%) OpenConfig
4 2 (0.68%) RESTCONF
4 2 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.68%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.85%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.42%) PKI
5 9 (3.08%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.40%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.05%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.37%) PMI
9 4 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.37%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.68%) FMCG
11 2 (0.68%) Replication
11 2 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.56%) Windows
2 10 (3.42%) Linux
2 10 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.68%) Debian
3 2 (0.68%) Unix
4 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (36.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 92 (31.51%) Agile
3 85 (29.11%) Project Management
4 56 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (16.78%) Change Management
6 43 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 39 (13.36%) ITIL
9 38 (13.01%) PRINCE2
10 34 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (11.64%) Migration
11 33 (11.30%) Budget Management
12 30 (10.27%) Roadmaps
12 30 (10.27%) Waterfall
13 29 (9.93%) User Acceptance Testing
14 26 (8.90%) ERP
14 26 (8.90%) Service Management
14 26 (8.90%) Validation
15 24 (8.22%) Decision-Making
16 22 (7.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.11%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.42%) Python
2 10 (3.42%) SQL
3 4 (1.37%) C#
3 4 (1.37%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.03%) Bash
5 2 (0.68%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.68%) Bicep
5 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (38.70%) Security Cleared
2 85 (29.11%) SC Cleared
3 40 (13.70%) DV Cleared
4 36 (12.33%) Degree
5 28 (9.59%) PMP
6 19 (6.51%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.40%) CCNP
9 7 (2.40%) CISSP
10 5 (1.71%) APMP
10 5 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.71%) CISM
10 5 (1.71%) HNC
10 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.37%) CCIE
11 4 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.03%) MCSA
12 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.96%) PMO
2 25 (8.56%) NIST
3 21 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (5.82%) QA
5 12 (4.11%) GDPR
6 7 (2.40%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.37%) NCSC
8 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.68%) SLA
10 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.34%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.34%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.40%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.03%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.71%) Terraform
3 4 (1.37%) Ansible
3 4 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.68%) NSN NetAct
5 2 (0.68%) SCOM
5 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.34%) SCCM
6 1 (0.34%) WMI
Vendors
1 65 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 20 (6.85%) SAP
4 14 (4.79%) VMware
5 13 (4.45%) Cisco
6 10 (3.42%) Oracle
7 7 (2.40%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.05%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.05%) F5
8 6 (2.05%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.71%) Juniper
9 5 (1.71%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.37%) Citrix
10 4 (1.37%) Tagetik
11 3 (1.03%) Adobe
11 3 (1.03%) Aruba
11 3 (1.03%) Nokia
11 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.03%) Workday
12 2 (0.68%) Foundry