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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 47 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 227 126 259
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.00% 4.22% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 4.61% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 92 143
10th Percentile £351 £313 £352
25th Percentile £441 £455 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £598
90th Percentile £689 £650 £644
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 1
10th Percentile £15.91 - -
25th Percentile £16.94 £68.26 £56.16
Median hourly rate £26.75 £73.31 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year -63.51% +27.90% +14.66%
75th Percentile £82.25 £78.36 £58.48
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £57.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -20.94% +74.24% -49.23%

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 4,637 2,732 4,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.74% 91.59% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,022 1,747 2,821
10th Percentile £285 £257 £225
25th Percentile £408 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +0.10% -0.99%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £615
90th Percentile £713 £675 £694
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 164 434
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.80 £18.20
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £81.04 £62.31 £62.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -14 116 £565 -1.74% 59
Berkshire -20 79 £575 -4.17% 33
Hampshire +17 67 £525 - 69
Buckinghamshire -2 33 £530 +6.00% 19
Surrey -2 19 £519 -11.32% 20
West Sussex -8 11 £483 -5.76% 7
Kent 0 8 £445 -19.09% 14
East Sussex - 5 £350 - 4
Oxfordshire -17 4 £435 -13.00% 9
Home Counties - 2 £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 19 (8.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.96%) Confluence
3 3 (1.32%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.88%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 27 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (11.01%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (8.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.20%) SAP PSCD
1 5 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.88%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.44%) Primavera
4 1 (0.44%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.44%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.37%) Azure
2 11 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (4.85%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.20%) AWS
5 4 (1.76%) SaaS
6 3 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.88%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.88%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.88%) Serverless
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.44%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.44%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.49%) Firewall
2 13 (5.73%) LAN
2 13 (5.73%) WAN
3 10 (4.41%) BGP
3 10 (4.41%) OSPF
4 7 (3.08%) Structured Cabling
4 7 (3.08%) VPN
5 6 (2.64%) IPsec
5 6 (2.64%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.76%) ATM
6 4 (1.76%) Intranet
7 3 (1.32%) MPLS
7 3 (1.32%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.88%) DHCP
8 2 (0.88%) DNS
8 2 (0.88%) NAS
8 2 (0.88%) SAN
8 2 (0.88%) VoIP
8 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.85%) Power BI
2 4 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.32%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 18 (7.93%) JIRA
2 3 (1.32%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 92 (40.53%) Social Skills
2 62 (27.31%) Finance
3 37 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.01%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (9.69%) Public Sector
6 21 (9.25%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.17%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.85%) Retail
8 11 (4.85%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.08%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.76%) Law
10 4 (1.76%) Legal
10 4 (1.76%) Military
11 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Banking
12 2 (0.88%) Billing
12 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.44%) Marketing
13 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 63 (27.75%) Project Manager
2 40 (17.62%) Lead
3 25 (11.01%) Senior
4 18 (7.93%) Analyst
5 14 (6.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 14 (6.17%) Senior Manager
5 14 (6.17%) Senior Project Manager
6 13 (5.73%) PMO Lead
7 12 (5.29%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.41%) Consultant
8 10 (4.41%) Coordinator
8 10 (4.41%) Delivery Manager
9 9 (3.96%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.52%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.52%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.08%) Administrator
11 7 (3.08%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.08%) Network Manager
11 7 (3.08%) SAP Consultant
11 7 (3.08%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.20%) ADO
2 3 (1.32%) CSS
2 3 (1.32%) JSON
2 3 (1.32%) Middleware
2 3 (1.32%) XML
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.88%) REST
3 2 (0.88%) SOAP
3 2 (0.88%) YAML
4 1 (0.44%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.44%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.44%) EDI
4 1 (0.44%) IDoc
4 1 (0.44%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.61%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.64%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.64%) PMI
3 6 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.64%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.32%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.88%) CCTV
7 2 (0.88%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.88%) NHS
7 2 (0.88%) PKI
7 2 (0.88%) Replication
7 2 (0.88%) Wiki
8 1 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.17%) Windows
2 5 (2.20%) Linux
3 4 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.44%) Debian
5 1 (0.44%) Solaris
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (37.89%) Project Management
2 71 (31.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (25.11%) Agile
4 44 (19.38%) PRINCE2
5 33 (14.54%) Change Management
5 33 (14.54%) Migration
6 30 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (12.78%) Budget Management
8 26 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (9.25%) Change Control
10 21 (9.25%) Waterfall
11 19 (8.37%) ERP
12 18 (7.93%) Resource Allocation
13 17 (7.49%) Project Governance
13 17 (7.49%) Risk Management
13 17 (7.49%) Service Management
14 16 (7.05%) User Acceptance Testing
14 16 (7.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.20%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.76%) Python
3 3 (1.32%) SQL
4 2 (0.88%) Bicep
4 2 (0.88%) C#
4 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.44%) Bash
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) Perl
5 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (37.00%) Security Cleared
2 67 (29.52%) SC Cleared
3 37 (16.30%) PMP
4 28 (12.33%) PMI Certification
5 26 (11.45%) Degree
6 23 (10.13%) DV Cleared
7 10 (4.41%) APMP
8 7 (3.08%) CCNA
8 7 (3.08%) CCNP
8 7 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.64%) MAPM
10 5 (2.20%) CISM
10 5 (2.20%) CISSP
11 4 (1.76%) HNC
12 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.44%) MCSE
13 1 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (19.38%) PMO
2 16 (7.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.17%) NIST
4 11 (4.85%) GDPR
5 7 (3.08%) QA
5 7 (3.08%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.76%) P3O
7 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.88%) NCSC
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.44%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.44%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.88%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.88%) vSphere
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.88%) CEMLI
2 2 (0.88%) PaperCut
2 2 (0.88%) SCCM
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.44%) Nagios
3 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.44%) SELinux
3 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.93%) SAP
3 13 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.85%) Oracle
5 10 (4.41%) Cisco
6 9 (3.96%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.64%) Aruba
7 6 (2.64%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.76%) VMware
9 3 (1.32%) Citrix
10 2 (0.88%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.88%) Meraki
10 2 (0.88%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.44%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.44%) F5
11 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.44%) Splunk
11 1 (0.44%) Symantec