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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 38 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 198 211 262
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.88% 5.13% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.57% 6.03% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 121 165
10th Percentile £325 £363 £303
25th Percentile £463 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% +1.89%
75th Percentile £573 £613 £625
90th Percentile £637 £650 £695
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 10
10th Percentile - £13.25 £13.53
25th Percentile £15.91 £15.50 £21.38
Median hourly rate £17.50 £57.10 £71.83
Median % change year-on-year -69.35% -20.51% +10.51%
75th Percentile £35.38 £62.87 £77.88
90th Percentile £54.83 £65.97 £78.20
England median hourly rate £45.46 £36.80 £54.99
% change year-on-year +23.53% -33.07% -6.41%

All Process and 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 3,554 3,502 4,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.56% 85.08% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,245 2,150 3,095
10th Percentile £220 £260 £216
25th Percentile £394 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £618
90th Percentile £675 £688 £693
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 161 247
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.50 £27.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £58.05 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.39% +10.56% +18.00%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £66.34
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 -7 103 £535 +1.90% 69
Berkshire -15 69 £550 +0.92% 42
Hampshire +12 59 £538 -2.27% 40
Buckinghamshire +9 24 £505 -3.81% 18
Surrey -12 14 £488 -11.36% 45
Kent +5 12 £538 -4.44% 14
Oxfordshire -8 10 £425 -19.05% 13
West Sussex -6 8 £475 +15.85% 17
East Sussex -1 4 - - 5
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 9 (4.55%) Confluence
2 6 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Camunda
Applications
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.01%) Primavera
3 2 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.58%) Azure
2 10 (5.05%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.03%) AWS
5 5 (2.53%) Oracle CX
6 4 (2.02%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.02%) SaaS
7 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.01%) OCI
9 1 (0.51%) Alation
9 1 (0.51%) Collibra
9 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.51%) IaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.51%) PaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.03%) Network Security
2 3 (1.52%) Firewall
2 3 (1.52%) Internet
2 3 (1.52%) NAS
2 3 (1.52%) SAN
3 2 (1.01%) 5G
3 2 (1.01%) Broadband
3 2 (1.01%) DNS
3 2 (1.01%) LAN
3 2 (1.01%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.01%) WAN
3 2 (1.01%) Wireless
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.51%) DHCP
4 1 (0.51%) MPLS
4 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.51%) VLAN
4 1 (0.51%) VoIP
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.05%) Power BI
2 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.01%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) GIS
4 1 (0.51%) Metadata
4 1 (0.51%) QGIS
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 69 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.73%) Finance
3 15 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.07%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.54%) Legal
7 7 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.54%) Retail
8 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.53%) Local Government
10 4 (2.02%) Military
11 3 (1.52%) Electronics
11 3 (1.52%) German Language
11 3 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.01%) Automotive
12 2 (1.01%) Marketing
13 1 (0.51%) Law
13 1 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (25.76%) Project Manager
2 27 (13.64%) Architect
3 25 (12.63%) Service Architect
4 22 (11.11%) Analyst
5 17 (8.59%) Lead
6 14 (7.07%) Senior
7 11 (5.56%) Administrator
8 9 (4.55%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.55%) Consultant
8 9 (4.55%) Oracle Project Manager
8 9 (4.55%) Programme Manager
9 8 (4.04%) Coordinator
9 8 (4.04%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.54%) IT Project Manager
11 6 (3.03%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.03%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
12 5 (2.53%) HR Data Analyst
12 5 (2.53%) Project Officer
12 5 (2.53%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.01%) REST
2 2 (1.01%) SOAP
3 1 (0.51%) ADO
3 1 (0.51%) EDI
3 1 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.51%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.03%) PMI
2 5 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.02%) e-Learning
3 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.02%) Virtual Team
3 4 (2.02%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.01%) Life Science
5 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.54%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Linux
2 3 (1.52%) Unix
3 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (29.80%) Project Management
1 59 (29.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (24.24%) Agile
3 36 (18.18%) ITIL
4 35 (17.68%) Service Management
5 29 (14.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (13.13%) PRINCE2
7 25 (12.63%) IT4IT
7 25 (12.63%) Service Design
8 24 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (12.12%) Project Governance
8 24 (12.12%) Waterfall
9 21 (10.61%) Change Management
9 21 (10.61%) Migration
10 19 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (9.09%) Process Improvement
12 15 (7.58%) ERP
12 15 (7.58%) Risk Management
13 12 (6.06%) Business Case
13 12 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.53%) SQL
2 3 (1.52%) Python
3 2 (1.01%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.51%) Bash
4 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 58 (29.29%) Security Cleared
2 45 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.59%) PMI Certification
3 17 (8.59%) PMP
4 15 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.57%) Degree
6 7 (3.54%) APMP
7 4 (2.02%) CCAB
7 4 (2.02%) CCNA
7 4 (2.02%) CCNP
7 4 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.02%) MAPM
8 3 (1.52%) CCDA
8 3 (1.52%) CCDP
8 3 (1.52%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.01%) CBAP
9 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 22 (11.11%) PMO
3 8 (4.04%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.53%) GDPR
4 5 (2.53%) P3O
4 5 (2.53%) QA
5 4 (2.02%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.01%) COBIT
6 2 (1.01%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.01%) PSD2
6 2 (1.01%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
1 5 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.52%) SCCM
2 2 (1.01%) CEMLI
2 2 (1.01%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.51%) Ansible
3 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.51%) SELinux
Vendors
1 35 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.61%) Oracle
3 9 (4.55%) Cisco
4 7 (3.54%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.54%) VMware
5 6 (3.03%) SAP
6 5 (2.53%) Remedy
6 5 (2.53%) Workday
7 4 (2.02%) Citrix
7 4 (2.02%) Symantec
8 3 (1.52%) Broadcom
8 3 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.52%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.52%) Juniper
8 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.52%) Splunk
9 2 (1.01%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.01%) Dell
9 2 (1.01%) IFS
9 2 (1.01%) SolarWinds