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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 42 39
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 319 168 210
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.86% 4.80% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 5.38% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 109 110
10th Percentile £363 £322 £362
25th Percentile £450 £480 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +5.39% -7.27%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £617
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 8
10th Percentile £46.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £15.91 £15.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 £30.11 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +155.73% -13.97% -51.28%
75th Percentile £87.83 £45.83 £62.78
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.16 £65.97
England median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +71.43% -42.86%

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 5,287 3,120 3,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.55% 89.17% 82.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,126 1,946 2,189
10th Percentile £275 £216 £255
25th Percentile £419 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.39%
75th Percentile £615 £588 £625
90th Percentile £704 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 640 315 210
10th Percentile £13.44 £13.35 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.91 £30.41
Median hourly rate £48.81 £22.19 £58.43
Median % change year-on-year +119.96% -62.02% +8.34%
75th Percentile £69.77 £49.38 £71.74
90th Percentile £87.84 £69.29 £78.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -5 153 £550 +4.27% 181
Berkshire -1 96 £550 - 77
Hampshire -11 74 £613 +13.95% 92
Buckinghamshire -5 43 £558 -0.89% 60
Surrey +11 42 £525 +27.27% 69
West Sussex -1 28 £500 +11.11% 35
Kent 0 15 £400 -21.95% 21
Oxfordshire -24 14 £275 -14.06% 46
Middlesex - 3 £450 - 4
Isle of Wight - 1 £400 - 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 17 (5.33%) Confluence
2 9 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (7.52%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.88%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.63%) Houdini
5 2 (0.63%) NUKE
6 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.31%) CATIA
6 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.57%) Primavera
3 4 (1.25%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.94%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.31%) BASE24
6 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.31%) Maximo
6 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.87%) Azure
2 22 (6.90%) AWS
3 20 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.39%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.88%) GCP
7 5 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.57%) IaaS
8 4 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.25%) SaaS
9 3 (0.94%) Azure AKS
9 3 (0.94%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.94%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.63%) Azure App Service
10 2 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.63%) GitHub
10 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.02%) DNS
1 16 (5.02%) LAN
2 12 (3.76%) WAN
3 11 (3.45%) Firewall
3 11 (3.45%) VPN
4 10 (3.13%) DHCP
5 6 (1.88%) MPLS
5 6 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.57%) Network Security
6 5 (1.57%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.25%) 2G
7 4 (1.25%) 5G
7 4 (1.25%) BGP
7 4 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.25%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.25%) IPsec
7 4 (1.25%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (1.25%) SSL
7 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.94%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.13%) Power BI
2 7 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.31%) EDMS
5 1 (0.31%) Metadata
5 1 (0.31%) QualityStage
5 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (10.66%) JIRA
2 8 (2.51%) MSI
3 4 (1.25%) Git
4 3 (0.94%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) Gatling
5 2 (0.63%) JMeter
5 2 (0.63%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) Postman
General
1 140 (43.89%) Social Skills
2 72 (22.57%) Finance
3 46 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.03%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (8.15%) Public Sector
7 25 (7.84%) Manufacturing
8 17 (5.33%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.39%) Retail
10 12 (3.76%) Aerospace
11 10 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.82%) Legal
13 7 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.57%) Local Government
15 4 (1.25%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.25%) Military
15 4 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.94%) Automotive
16 3 (0.94%) Billing
17 2 (0.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 63 (19.75%) Project Manager
2 46 (14.42%) Architect
3 40 (12.54%) Senior
4 33 (10.34%) Lead
5 30 (9.40%) Analyst
6 21 (6.58%) IT Manager
7 18 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.70%) Business Analyst
8 15 (4.70%) IT Project Manager
8 15 (4.70%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (4.08%) Consultant
11 12 (3.76%) Senior Project Manager
12 10 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.82%) Network Architect
14 8 (2.51%) ERP Architect
14 8 (2.51%) Infrastructure Architect
14 8 (2.51%) Tester
15 7 (2.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 7 (2.19%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.51%) Terraform
2 4 (1.25%) .NET
2 4 (1.25%) REST
3 3 (0.94%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.94%) LDAP
3 3 (0.94%) OAuth
3 3 (0.94%) OpenID
3 3 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.94%) RESTful
3 3 (0.94%) SAML
3 3 (0.94%) YAML
4 2 (0.63%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.63%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.63%) ADO
4 2 (0.63%) JSON
4 2 (0.63%) Middleware
4 2 (0.63%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.63%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.63%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.96%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.64%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.33%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.82%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.82%) PKI
7 7 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.19%) PMI
7 7 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.88%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.25%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.63%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.34%) Windows
2 13 (4.08%) Linux
3 12 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.63%) Debian
4 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.63%) Unix
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (49.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 107 (33.54%) Agile
3 82 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (25.71%) Project Management
4 53 (16.61%) Change Management
4 53 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 51 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (15.36%) ITIL
7 46 (14.42%) PRINCE2
8 39 (12.23%) Roadmaps
9 38 (11.91%) Service Management
10 37 (11.60%) Risk Management
11 36 (11.29%) ITSM
11 36 (11.29%) Migration
12 34 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (10.66%) Decision-Making
13 33 (10.34%) Waterfall
14 32 (10.03%) ERP
15 31 (9.72%) User Acceptance Testing
16 30 (9.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.27%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.51%) Python
3 7 (2.19%) SQL
4 4 (1.25%) Bash
4 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.31%) ABAP
6 1 (0.31%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 135 (42.32%) Security Cleared
2 88 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 57 (17.87%) DV Cleared
4 47 (14.73%) Degree
5 22 (6.90%) PMI Certification
5 22 (6.90%) PMP
6 11 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.51%) ACCA
9 8 (2.51%) CIMA
9 8 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.57%) APMP
10 5 (1.57%) CCNP
10 5 (1.57%) CISSP
10 5 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.25%) CCIE
11 4 (1.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.46%) PMO
2 23 (7.21%) QA
3 19 (5.96%) NIST
4 14 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.13%) GDPR
6 5 (1.57%) ISO 19650
6 5 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (1.25%) GRC
7 4 (1.25%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.63%) GMP
8 2 (0.63%) GxP
8 2 (0.63%) NCSC
8 2 (0.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) GAAP
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.82%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.94%) OpenAM
6 2 (0.63%) Docker
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.63%) vSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.51%) WMI
3 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.25%) Ansible
4 4 (1.25%) SCOM
4 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.63%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.63%) NSN NetAct
6 2 (0.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) Argo
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 78 (24.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.21%) SAP
2 23 (7.21%) VMware
3 22 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.08%) Oracle
5 10 (3.13%) Cisco
6 6 (1.88%) F5
6 6 (1.88%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.88%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.88%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.57%) Citrix
7 5 (1.57%) Juniper
7 5 (1.57%) Workday
8 4 (1.25%) Tagetik
9 3 (0.94%) Databricks
9 3 (0.94%) Google
9 3 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.94%) Splunk
10 2 (0.63%) Foundry
10 2 (0.63%) Nokia