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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 52 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 247 115 246
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.06% 3.81% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 4.15% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 79 145
10th Percentile £356 £312 £361
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £600
90th Percentile £690 £651 £638
England median daily rate £514 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.10% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 1
10th Percentile £36.50 - -
25th Percentile £43.94 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £51.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.80% +191.43% -61.11%
75th Percentile £83.65 - £18.75
90th Percentile £87.83 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £33.47
% change year-on-year -43.08% +94.23% -41.80%

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 4,917 2,768 4,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.81% 91.59% 82.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,124 1,751 2,740
10th Percentile £280 £250 £262
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.15% -1.33%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £661 £700
England median daily rate £517 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.67% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 202 472
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £22.18 £15.12 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82.25 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +70.91% -27.15% +7.43%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -6 118 £550 +0.59% 67
Hampshire +11 68 £525 -2.33% 46
Berkshire -12 68 £575 +4.55% 36
Buckinghamshire 0 45 £537 +0.52% 20
Surrey -8 23 £513 -10.87% 19
West Sussex -10 21 £483 -5.76% 6
Kent +10 11 £410 -14.58% 12
Oxfordshire -31 5 £320 -11.72% 14
Home Counties -2 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 4
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 16 (6.48%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.45%) Confluence
3 3 (1.21%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.81%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (12.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (7.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (3.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.81%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.40%) BASE24
4 1 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.40%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.12%) Azure
2 13 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.24%) AWS
4 8 (3.24%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.21%) SaaS
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.81%) Serverless
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.40%) dbt
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.69%) LAN
2 17 (6.88%) Firewall
3 15 (6.07%) WAN
4 12 (4.86%) VPN
5 8 (3.24%) BGP
5 8 (3.24%) OSPF
6 6 (2.43%) DNS
6 6 (2.43%) IPsec
6 6 (2.43%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.02%) MPLS
8 4 (1.62%) ATM
8 4 (1.62%) DHCP
8 4 (1.62%) Intranet
8 4 (1.62%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (1.21%) 2G
9 3 (1.21%) 5G
9 3 (1.21%) NGN
9 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.26%) Power BI
2 4 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.40%) MS Access
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.40%) QualityStage
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (9.72%) JIRA
2 3 (1.21%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 86 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 63 (25.51%) Finance
3 41 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.36%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (6.88%) Retail
8 15 (6.07%) Manufacturing
9 13 (5.26%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.83%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.02%) Military
12 4 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.21%) Law
13 3 (1.21%) Legal
13 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Banking
14 2 (0.81%) Billing
15 1 (0.40%) Local Government
15 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (19.84%) Project Manager
2 38 (15.38%) Lead
3 31 (12.55%) Senior
4 26 (10.53%) Analyst
5 17 (6.88%) Architect
6 13 (5.26%) Senior Manager
6 13 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (4.86%) Business Analyst
7 12 (4.86%) IT Manager
7 12 (4.86%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 11 (4.45%) Consultant
8 11 (4.45%) Delivery Manager
9 10 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.05%) PMO Lead
10 9 (3.64%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 9 (3.64%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
10 9 (3.64%) IT Project Manager
10 9 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.24%) ERP Architect
11 8 (3.24%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.62%) JSON
1 4 (1.62%) Middleware
1 4 (1.62%) XML
2 3 (1.21%) .NET
2 3 (1.21%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.21%) CSS
2 3 (1.21%) REST
2 3 (1.21%) RESTful
3 2 (0.81%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.81%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.81%) ADO
3 2 (0.81%) Blazor
3 2 (0.81%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (0.81%) SOAP
3 2 (0.81%) YAML
4 1 (0.40%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.40%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.64%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.64%) Virtual Team
4 6 (2.43%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.43%) PKI
4 6 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.62%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.81%) FMCG
7 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) PMI
7 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) Replication
7 2 (0.81%) Wiki
8 1 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.69%) Windows
2 9 (3.64%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.83%) Linux
4 2 (0.81%) Debian
4 2 (0.81%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (33.20%) Project Management
2 76 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (27.13%) Agile
4 39 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (13.77%) Change Management
6 33 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.96%) Migration
8 31 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (11.74%) Budget Management
10 28 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (11.34%) PRINCE2
11 27 (10.93%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (8.91%) ERP
12 22 (8.91%) ITIL
12 22 (8.91%) Validation
12 22 (8.91%) Waterfall
13 21 (8.50%) Change Control
14 20 (8.10%) Resource Allocation
15 17 (6.88%) Budgeting
15 17 (6.88%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.05%) SQL
2 6 (2.43%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.62%) C#
4 3 (1.21%) Python
5 2 (0.81%) Bicep
5 2 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.81%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (39.27%) Security Cleared
2 79 (31.98%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.74%) DV Cleared
4 23 (9.31%) PMP
5 20 (8.10%) Degree
6 14 (5.67%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.83%) CCNP
8 7 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.02%) APMP
9 5 (2.02%) CISM
9 5 (2.02%) CISSP
10 4 (1.62%) CCNA
10 4 (1.62%) HNC
11 3 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.81%) MAPM
12 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.40%) ISEB
13 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.57%) PMO
2 21 (8.50%) NIST
3 20 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.26%) QA
5 12 (4.86%) GDPR
6 7 (2.83%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.81%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.40%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.40%) P3O
8 1 (0.40%) RMADS
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.43%) VMware NSX
3 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.81%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.40%) SCOM
4 1 (0.40%) Terraform
4 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.29%) SAP
3 16 (6.48%) ServiceNow
4 12 (4.86%) Cisco
5 10 (4.05%) Oracle
6 8 (3.24%) CheckPoint
6 8 (3.24%) VMware
7 7 (2.83%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.02%) Aruba
9 4 (1.62%) Tagetik
10 3 (1.21%) F5
10 3 (1.21%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.21%) Juniper
10 3 (1.21%) Nokia
11 2 (0.81%) Citrix
11 2 (0.81%) Meraki
11 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.81%) Okta
11 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds