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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 38 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 205 176 244
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.67% 5.25% 4.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 5.88% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 114 138
10th Percentile £370 £350 £314
25th Percentile £463 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £609
90th Percentile £666 £650 £688
England median daily rate £520 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -4.59% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 8
10th Percentile - £13.25 £24.30
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.75 £48.68
Median hourly rate £17.50 £57.15 £71.83
Median % change year-on-year -69.38% -20.45% +47.52%
75th Percentile £33.06 £69.59 £78.00
90th Percentile £40.65 £75.13 £78.60
England median hourly rate £43.12 £35.00 £54.99
% change year-on-year +23.20% -36.35% -5.20%

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 3,699 2,991 4,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 89.15% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,812
10th Percentile £231 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 116 256
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.64 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.93 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -13 110 £550 - 63
Berkshire -22 69 £575 - 28
Hampshire +10 59 £538 -0.92% 38
Buckinghamshire +11 35 £518 -1.43% 22
Kent +7 18 £500 -11.11% 16
Surrey -16 9 £450 -21.74% 25
West Sussex 0 8 £525 +28.05% 15
Oxfordshire -8 6 £435 -19.07% 14
East Sussex +5 4 - - 10
Home Counties - 1 £700 -
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 17 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.34%) Confluence
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.98%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.49%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.49%) Camunda
Applications
1 26 (12.68%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (7.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.98%) Primavera
4 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.29%) Azure
2 11 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.88%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.44%) SaaS
6 3 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.46%) OCI
6 3 (1.46%) Oracle CX
7 2 (0.98%) AWS
8 1 (0.49%) Alation
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.49%) Collibra
8 1 (0.49%) GCP
8 1 (0.49%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.49%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.49%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.49%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.41%) Firewall
2 6 (2.93%) LAN
3 5 (2.44%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (2.44%) WAN
4 4 (1.95%) BGP
4 4 (1.95%) IPsec
4 4 (1.95%) OSPF
5 2 (0.98%) DNS
5 2 (0.98%) Intranet
5 2 (0.98%) NAS
5 2 (0.98%) SAN
5 2 (0.98%) VoIP
6 1 (0.49%) Broadband
6 1 (0.49%) DHCP
6 1 (0.49%) Internet
6 1 (0.49%) ISDN
6 1 (0.49%) MPLS
6 1 (0.49%) Network Security
6 1 (0.49%) PSTN
6 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.88%) Power BI
2 4 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.49%) GIS
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) QGIS
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 70 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.98%) Finance
3 19 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.83%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (6.34%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.85%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.41%) Retail
9 6 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.44%) Law
10 5 (2.44%) Legal
10 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.95%) Military
12 3 (1.46%) Electronics
12 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.98%) Automotive
13 2 (0.98%) Banking
13 2 (0.98%) Local Government
13 2 (0.98%) Marketing
13 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (29.76%) Project Manager
2 23 (11.22%) Architect
3 22 (10.73%) Lead
4 21 (10.24%) Service Architect
5 18 (8.78%) Analyst
6 14 (6.83%) Senior
7 12 (5.85%) Oracle Project Manager
8 11 (5.37%) Administrator
9 10 (4.88%) Coordinator
9 10 (4.88%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.88%) PMO Lead
10 9 (4.39%) IT Project Manager
11 8 (3.90%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.90%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (3.41%) Programme Manager
13 6 (2.93%) Business Analyst
13 6 (2.93%) Data Analyst
13 6 (2.93%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.93%) Support Officer
14 5 (2.44%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.95%) ADO
3 1 (0.49%) EDI
3 1 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.49%) Middleware
3 1 (0.49%) REST
3 1 (0.49%) SOAP
3 1 (0.49%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.41%) Onboarding
1 7 (3.41%) PMI
2 6 (2.93%) e-Learning
2 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.95%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.95%) Security Posture
4 4 (1.95%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.98%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.98%) NHS
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.41%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Linux
2 3 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.98%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.49%) Solaris
4 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.15%) Project Management
2 59 (28.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 55 (26.83%) Agile
4 35 (17.07%) PRINCE2
5 31 (15.12%) Service Management
6 30 (14.63%) Waterfall
7 29 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (13.17%) ITIL
9 23 (11.22%) Migration
9 23 (11.22%) Project Governance
10 22 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 21 (10.24%) IT4IT
11 21 (10.24%) Service Design
12 20 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.78%) Change Management
14 17 (8.29%) ERP
15 15 (7.32%) Change Control
15 15 (7.32%) Process Improvement
16 13 (6.34%) Risk Management
16 13 (6.34%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.46%) Python
1 3 (1.46%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.49%) Bash
3 1 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 55 (26.83%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.24%) PMI Certification
3 21 (10.24%) PMP
4 19 (9.27%) Degree
5 18 (8.78%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.41%) APMP
7 6 (2.93%) CCNA
7 6 (2.93%) CCNP
7 6 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.44%) MAPM
9 2 (0.98%) CBAP
10 1 (0.49%) CCDA
10 1 (0.49%) CCDP
10 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.49%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.56%) PMO
2 21 (10.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.95%) GDPR
4 4 (1.95%) P3O
4 4 (1.95%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.95%) QA
5 2 (0.98%) COBIT
5 2 (0.98%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.98%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.98%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.98%) PSD2
6 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.46%) vSphere
4 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.46%) SCCM
2 2 (0.98%) CEMLI
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.98%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.49%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.49%) Ansible
3 1 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.49%) Nagios
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.49%) SELinux
3 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (19.02%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.71%) Oracle
3 8 (3.90%) Cisco
3 8 (3.90%) VMware
4 6 (2.93%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.93%) SAP
5 5 (2.44%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.44%) Workday
6 4 (1.95%) Aruba
6 4 (1.95%) Citrix
6 4 (1.95%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.95%) Remedy
6 4 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.98%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.98%) Juniper
7 2 (0.98%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.98%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.49%) Meraki
8 1 (0.49%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.49%) Splunk