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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 39 45
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -16
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 174 208 275
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.99% 4.50% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 5.45% 5.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 110 189
10th Percentile £315 £355 £304
25th Percentile £460 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% -7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 10
10th Percentile - £15.05 £13.53
25th Percentile £15.91 £16.25 £21.38
Median hourly rate £23.01 £52.50 £71.83
Median % change year-on-year -56.17% -26.91% +10.51%
75th Percentile £48.41 £62.99 £77.88
90th Percentile £70.16 £66.82 £78.20
England median hourly rate £62.50 £38.24 £64.00
% change year-on-year +63.44% -40.25% +57.13%

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 3,108 3,819 4,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.59% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,283 3,316
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 254 252
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £23.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +4 86 £528 +3.43% 116
Berkshire 0 63 £540 -1.82% 85
Hampshire +10 55 £538 -2.27% 68
Buckinghamshire +1 13 £600 +17.65% 22
Kent +3 12 £513 -8.89% 21
Surrey -5 12 £494 +21.17% 22
Oxfordshire 0 10 £320 -8.57% 12
West Sussex -3 6 £375 -16.67% 8
Home Counties - 1 - -
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.17%) Confluence
2 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Camunda
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.15%) Primavera
3 2 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.57%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.92%) Azure
2 12 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.02%) AWS
3 7 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.87%) Oracle CX
5 4 (2.30%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.72%) SaaS
7 2 (1.15%) Asana
7 2 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.57%) Alation
8 1 (0.57%) Collibra
8 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.57%) IaaS
8 1 (0.57%) PaaS
8 1 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.45%) Network Security
1 6 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.87%) Internet
3 4 (2.30%) Firewall
4 3 (1.72%) LAN
4 3 (1.72%) NAS
4 3 (1.72%) SAN
5 2 (1.15%) 5G
5 2 (1.15%) Broadband
5 2 (1.15%) WAN
5 2 (1.15%) Wireless
6 1 (0.57%) BGP
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.57%) DNS
6 1 (0.57%) MPLS
6 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.57%) VLAN
6 1 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.90%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.57%) GIS
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.57%) QGIS
3 1 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.90%) JIRA
2 2 (1.15%) Selenium
3 1 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 54 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.59%) Finance
3 22 (12.64%) Telecoms
4 12 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.17%) Retail
6 8 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.60%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.45%) Legal
7 6 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.87%) Billing
8 5 (2.87%) Local Government
9 3 (1.72%) Military
10 2 (1.15%) Electronics
10 2 (1.15%) German Language
10 2 (1.15%) Marketing
10 2 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.57%) Automotive
11 1 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (25.29%) Project Manager
2 28 (16.09%) Architect
3 25 (14.37%) Service Architect
4 14 (8.05%) Lead
4 14 (8.05%) Senior
5 13 (7.47%) Analyst
6 9 (5.17%) Consultant
7 8 (4.60%) Programme Manager
8 7 (4.02%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
9 6 (3.45%) Oracle Project Manager
9 6 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (2.87%) Administrator
10 5 (2.87%) Senior Manager
10 5 (2.87%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.30%) IT Trainer
11 4 (2.30%) Oracle Programme Manager
11 4 (2.30%) Systems Accountant
11 4 (2.30%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.72%) REST
2 3 (1.72%) SOAP
3 1 (0.57%) ADO
3 1 (0.57%) EDI
3 1 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.57%) EntireX
3 1 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.57%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
1 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.30%) e-Learning
2 4 (2.30%) Virtual Team
3 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.72%) IoT
3 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.15%) Life Science
4 2 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.57%) EPoS
5 1 (0.57%) PMI
5 1 (0.57%) SCADA
5 1 (0.57%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.57%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.72%) Linux
1 3 (1.72%) Windows
2 2 (1.15%) Unix
3 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
3 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (31.61%) Project Management
3 46 (26.44%) Agile
4 36 (20.69%) ITIL
5 29 (16.67%) Service Management
6 27 (15.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (14.37%) IT4IT
7 25 (14.37%) Service Design
8 22 (12.64%) Waterfall
9 20 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (11.49%) Process Improvement
10 19 (10.92%) PRINCE2
10 19 (10.92%) Project Governance
11 18 (10.34%) Migration
11 18 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (9.77%) Change Management
13 14 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
14 12 (6.90%) ERP
15 11 (6.32%) Risk Management
16 10 (5.75%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.30%) SQL
2 2 (1.15%) Java
3 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.57%) Go
3 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.90%) PMI Certification
4 11 (6.32%) PMP
5 9 (5.17%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.60%) Degree
7 5 (2.87%) APMP
8 4 (2.30%) CCAB
9 3 (1.72%) CCDA
9 3 (1.72%) CCDP
9 3 (1.72%) CCNA
9 3 (1.72%) CCNP
9 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.72%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.60%) PMO
3 5 (2.87%) GDPR
3 5 (2.87%) P3O
4 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.15%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.15%) QA
5 1 (0.57%) COBIT
5 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.57%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.57%) GRC
5 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) AirWatch
1 1 (0.57%) Ansible
1 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.57%) Rancher
1 1 (0.57%) SCCM
1 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (12.07%) Oracle
2 19 (10.92%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.75%) Cisco
4 7 (4.02%) Remedy
4 7 (4.02%) VMware
5 6 (3.45%) IFS
5 6 (3.45%) SAP
6 5 (2.87%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.72%) Broadcom
7 3 (1.72%) Citrix
7 3 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.72%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.72%) Juniper
7 3 (1.72%) Meraki
7 3 (1.72%) Splunk
7 3 (1.72%) Symantec
8 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.15%) Workday
9 1 (0.57%) F5
9 1 (0.57%) Isilon