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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 51 35
Rank change year-on-year +7 -16 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 277 130 256
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.28% 3.88% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 4.29% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 84 151
10th Percentile £340 £311 £355
25th Percentile £450 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £600
90th Percentile £707 £650 £638
England median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 4
10th Percentile £36.23 £52.92 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £55.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £60.58 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +34.53% +52.97% +14.03%
75th Percentile £85.71 £65.37 £62.78
90th Percentile £88.30 £68.24 £63.17
England median hourly rate £44.25 £65.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -31.92% +85.71% -42.86%

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 5,279 3,032 4,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 90.43% 82.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,332 1,894 2,746
10th Percentile £280 £250 £260
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 517 253 442
10th Percentile £15.74 £13.30 £13.00
25th Percentile £24.25 £15.12 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.50 £68.56
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.75 £77.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -2 140 £575 +9.52% 72
Berkshire +3 92 £575 +9.52% 35
Hampshire +6 67 £525 -2.33% 50
Buckinghamshire -2 40 £575 +5.26% 22
Surrey -10 29 £519 -9.78% 23
West Sussex -9 22 £483 -5.76% 9
Kent +8 12 £278 -42.19% 9
Oxfordshire -29 8 £298 -17.93% 18
Home Counties 0 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 - - 4
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 13 (4.69%) Confluence
2 11 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (10.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (5.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.61%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.36%) CATIA
6 1 (0.36%) Houdini
6 1 (0.36%) NUKE
6 1 (0.36%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (1.44%) Primavera
2 4 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.08%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.36%) BASE24
5 1 (0.36%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.80%) Azure
2 14 (5.05%) AWS
2 14 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (5.05%) Entra ID
3 13 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.44%) GCP
7 3 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.08%) SaaS
8 2 (0.72%) Azure AKS
8 2 (0.72%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.72%) Serverless
8 2 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.58%) LAN
2 17 (6.14%) Firewall
2 17 (6.14%) WAN
3 15 (5.42%) VPN
4 13 (4.69%) DNS
5 9 (3.25%) BGP
5 9 (3.25%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.89%) MPLS
6 8 (2.89%) OSPF
7 7 (2.53%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.17%) DHCP
8 6 (2.17%) IPsec
9 5 (1.81%) Intranet
9 5 (1.81%) Network Security
10 4 (1.44%) ATM
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.08%) 2G
11 3 (1.08%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.69%) Power BI
2 4 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.36%) EDMS
4 1 (0.36%) MS Access
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.36%) QualityStage
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 33 (11.91%) JIRA
2 6 (2.17%) Git
3 2 (0.72%) GitLab
3 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.36%) Postman
General
1 107 (38.63%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.55%) Finance
3 42 (15.16%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.72%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 21 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (7.22%) Retail
8 18 (6.50%) Telecoms
9 15 (5.42%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.89%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.17%) Military
12 5 (1.81%) Legal
13 3 (1.08%) Billing
13 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.36%) Advertising
15 1 (0.36%) Banking
15 1 (0.36%) Local Government
15 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (19.49%) Project Manager
2 40 (14.44%) Lead
3 32 (11.55%) Senior
4 30 (10.83%) Analyst
5 27 (9.75%) Architect
6 15 (5.42%) Business Analyst
6 15 (5.42%) IT Manager
7 14 (5.05%) Senior Manager
8 13 (4.69%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (4.33%) Consultant
9 12 (4.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 11 (3.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 10 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
11 10 (3.61%) IT Project Manager
12 9 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (3.25%) ERP Architect
13 8 (2.89%) IT Business Analyst
13 8 (2.89%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.81%) REST
2 4 (1.44%) .NET
2 4 (1.44%) JSON
2 4 (1.44%) XML
2 4 (1.44%) YAML
3 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.08%) CSS
3 3 (1.08%) LDAP
3 3 (1.08%) Middleware
3 3 (1.08%) OAuth
3 3 (1.08%) OpenID
3 3 (1.08%) RESTful
3 3 (1.08%) SAML
4 2 (0.72%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.72%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.72%) ADO
4 2 (0.72%) Blazor
4 2 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.72%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.72%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.22%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.61%) PKI
5 9 (3.25%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.81%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.81%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.44%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.72%) FMCG
10 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.94%) Windows
2 9 (3.25%) Linux
2 9 (3.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.72%) Debian
3 2 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (34.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (29.96%) Project Management
3 82 (29.60%) Agile
4 49 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (15.52%) Change Management
6 40 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (12.27%) ITIL
9 33 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (11.91%) Migration
10 31 (11.19%) Budget Management
10 31 (11.19%) PRINCE2
11 29 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
12 27 (9.75%) Validation
13 26 (9.39%) Roadmaps
13 26 (9.39%) Waterfall
14 24 (8.66%) Change Control
14 24 (8.66%) ERP
15 23 (8.30%) Decision-Making
15 23 (8.30%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.97%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.61%) SQL
3 9 (3.25%) Python
4 4 (1.44%) C#
4 4 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.08%) Bash
6 2 (0.72%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.72%) Bicep
6 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 107 (38.63%) Security Cleared
2 81 (29.24%) SC Cleared
3 37 (13.36%) DV Cleared
4 28 (10.11%) Degree
5 25 (9.03%) PMP
6 15 (5.42%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.53%) CCNP
10 6 (2.17%) CISSP
11 5 (1.81%) APMP
11 5 (1.81%) CISM
11 5 (1.81%) HNC
11 5 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.08%) CCIE
13 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.55%) PMO
2 25 (9.03%) NIST
3 21 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (5.78%) QA
5 12 (4.33%) GDPR
6 7 (2.53%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.44%) NCSC
8 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.72%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.72%) SLA
9 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.36%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.36%) P3O
9 1 (0.36%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.53%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.08%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.81%) Terraform
3 4 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.08%) Ansible
4 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.72%) NSN NetAct
5 2 (0.72%) SCOM
6 1 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.50%) SAP
4 13 (4.69%) Cisco
5 12 (4.33%) VMware
6 10 (3.61%) Oracle
7 7 (2.53%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.17%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.17%) F5
9 5 (1.81%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.81%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.44%) Citrix
10 4 (1.44%) Juniper
10 4 (1.44%) Tagetik
11 3 (1.08%) Aruba
11 3 (1.08%) Nokia
11 3 (1.08%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.72%) Adobe
12 2 (0.72%) Google
12 2 (0.72%) NEC