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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 51 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 -13 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 233 117 248
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.90% 3.99% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 4.36% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 86 143
10th Percentile £351 £308 £356
25th Percentile £441 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £600
90th Percentile £680 £653 £638
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £36.30 - -
25th Percentile £39.31 £68.26 £16.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £73.31 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +318.91% -61.11%
75th Percentile £82.25 £78.36 £18.75
90th Percentile £87.83 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +96.97% -47.20%

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 4,809 2,681 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.43% 91.41% 83.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 1,727 2,687
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £412 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 174 443
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.05 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.10% -43.06% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £61.71 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.25 £28.48 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.88% -21.97% -2.14%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -15 111 £550 - 83
Hampshire +13 71 £525 -2.33% 52
Berkshire -10 70 £575 -5.15% 34
Buckinghamshire -16 36 £535 +2.59% 35
Surrey 0 20 £513 +0.99% 22
Kent +3 14 £445 -7.29% 10
West Sussex -19 10 £483 -5.76% 6
Oxfordshire -25 5 £320 -11.72% 18
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 5
Home Counties - 1 - -
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 18 (7.73%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.43%) Confluence
3 3 (1.29%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.86%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.73%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (6.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.43%) BASE24
3 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Primavera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.01%) Azure
2 12 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (5.15%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.58%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.72%) AWS
5 4 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.72%) SaaS
6 2 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.86%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.86%) Serverless
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.43%) IaaS
7 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.15%) LAN
2 17 (7.30%) Firewall
3 14 (6.01%) WAN
4 10 (4.29%) BGP
4 10 (4.29%) OSPF
5 8 (3.43%) VPN
6 6 (2.58%) IPsec
6 6 (2.58%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.58%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (1.72%) ATM
7 4 (1.72%) MPLS
8 3 (1.29%) 2G
8 3 (1.29%) 5G
8 3 (1.29%) Intranet
8 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.86%) NAS
9 2 (0.86%) NGN
9 2 (0.86%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.15%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.43%) MS Access
5 1 (0.43%) QualityStage
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.86%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) Postman
General
1 84 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.32%) Finance
3 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.30%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 19 (8.15%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (6.87%) Retail
8 14 (6.01%) Manufacturing
9 13 (5.58%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.15%) Military
13 4 (1.72%) Legal
14 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.29%) Law
14 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.86%) Banking
15 2 (0.86%) Billing
16 1 (0.43%) Local Government
16 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (24.89%) Project Manager
2 39 (16.74%) Lead
3 27 (11.59%) Senior
4 22 (9.44%) Analyst
5 15 (6.44%) Senior Manager
5 15 (6.44%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (6.01%) Architect
7 12 (5.15%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 11 (4.72%) Consultant
8 11 (4.72%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.29%) PMO Lead
10 9 (3.86%) Coordinator
10 9 (3.86%) IT Project Manager
11 8 (3.43%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.43%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 8 (3.43%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
11 8 (3.43%) Network Manager
11 8 (3.43%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) ADO
1 4 (1.72%) JSON
1 4 (1.72%) Middleware
1 4 (1.72%) XML
2 3 (1.29%) CSS
2 3 (1.29%) REST
3 2 (0.86%) .NET
3 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.86%) RESTful
3 2 (0.86%) SOAP
3 2 (0.86%) YAML
4 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.43%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.43%) EDI
4 1 (0.43%) IDoc
4 1 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.43%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.73%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.86%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.72%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.86%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.86%) PKI
9 2 (0.86%) PMI
9 2 (0.86%) Replication
9 2 (0.86%) Wiki
10 1 (0.43%) CCTV
10 1 (0.43%) CMDB
10 1 (0.43%) iSeries
10 1 (0.43%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.87%) Windows
2 8 (3.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.15%) Linux
4 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.33%) Project Management
2 70 (30.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 65 (27.90%) Agile
4 36 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (12.88%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (12.45%) Change Management
6 29 (12.45%) PRINCE2
6 29 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (12.02%) Migration
8 27 (11.59%) Budget Management
9 26 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (9.87%) Waterfall
11 22 (9.44%) ERP
12 20 (8.58%) Change Control
13 19 (8.15%) Resource Allocation
13 19 (8.15%) User Acceptance Testing
14 18 (7.73%) ITIL
15 17 (7.30%) Service Delivery
15 17 (7.30%) Validation
16 15 (6.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.58%) SQL
2 5 (2.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.29%) C#
3 3 (1.29%) Python
4 2 (0.86%) Bicep
4 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.86%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 86 (36.91%) Security Cleared
2 69 (29.61%) SC Cleared
3 26 (11.16%) PMP
4 23 (9.87%) DV Cleared
5 21 (9.01%) Degree
6 18 (7.73%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.00%) CCNP
7 7 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.58%) CCNA
9 5 (2.15%) CISM
9 5 (2.15%) CISSP
10 4 (1.72%) APMP
10 4 (1.72%) HNC
11 2 (0.86%) MAPM
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.43%) CCSK
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.59%) PMO
2 20 (8.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (7.73%) NIST
4 10 (4.29%) GDPR
5 7 (3.00%) QA
5 7 (3.00%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.86%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.43%) P3O
7 1 (0.43%) RMADS
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.86%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.86%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.43%) Nagios
4 1 (0.43%) SCOM
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.87%) SAP
3 13 (5.58%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.72%) Cisco
5 8 (3.43%) CheckPoint
5 8 (3.43%) Oracle
6 6 (2.58%) Aruba
6 6 (2.58%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.15%) VMware
8 3 (1.29%) Nokia
9 2 (0.86%) F5
9 2 (0.86%) Juniper
9 2 (0.86%) Meraki
9 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.86%) Okta
10 1 (0.43%) Arista
10 1 (0.43%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.43%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.43%) Tagetik
10 1 (0.43%) Virgin Media