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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 39 41
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 309 174 206
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.67% 5.00% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 5.60% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 114 108
10th Percentile £363 £315 £355
25th Percentile £463 £460 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +5.39% -7.27%
75th Percentile £627 £575 £612
90th Percentile £700 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 7
10th Percentile £46.25 - £15.05
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.91 £16.25
Median hourly rate £77.00 £23.01 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +234.64% -56.17% -26.91%
75th Percentile £87.83 £48.41 £62.99
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.16 £66.82
England median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £38.24
% change year-on-year -12.00% +63.44% -39.54%

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 5,318 3,106 3,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.41% 89.20% 82.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,176 1,936 2,273
10th Percentile £280 £220 £255
25th Percentile £425 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £591 £625
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 635 304 248
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.33 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.77 £15.50 £30.41
Median hourly rate £51.50 £20.73 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +148.43% -63.85% +8.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £71.41
90th Percentile £87.56 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.61% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -5 147 £550 +4.27% 218
Berkshire -4 91 £550 +1.85% 119
Hampshire -13 74 £602 +11.98% 109
Buckinghamshire 0 43 £552 -8.06% 63
Surrey +12 42 £525 +6.33% 68
West Sussex -6 25 £492 +31.07% 39
Kent -1 14 £400 -21.95% 32
Oxfordshire -26 13 £275 -14.06% 39
Middlesex - 3 £450 - 5
Home Counties -1 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 (5.50%) Confluence
2 9 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (8.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.77%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (2.59%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.65%) Houdini
6 2 (0.65%) NUKE
7 1 (0.32%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.62%) Primavera
2 5 (1.62%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.97%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.65%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.32%) BASE24
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.32%) Maximo
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.32%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.15%) Azure
2 19 (6.15%) AWS
3 18 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.53%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.56%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.62%) GCP
6 5 (1.62%) IaaS
7 4 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.29%) SaaS
8 3 (0.97%) Azure AKS
8 3 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.97%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.65%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.65%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.18%) LAN
2 14 (4.53%) DNS
3 12 (3.88%) WAN
4 11 (3.56%) Firewall
4 11 (3.56%) VPN
5 8 (2.59%) DHCP
6 6 (1.94%) MPLS
6 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.62%) 2G
7 5 (1.62%) 5G
7 5 (1.62%) Network Security
7 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.29%) BGP
8 4 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.29%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.29%) IPsec
8 4 (1.29%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.29%) SSL
8 4 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.97%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.24%) Power BI
2 7 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.32%) EDMS
5 1 (0.32%) Metadata
5 1 (0.32%) QualityStage
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (11.00%) JIRA
2 6 (1.94%) MSI
3 4 (1.29%) Git
4 3 (0.97%) GitLab
5 2 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.32%) Gatling
6 1 (0.32%) JMeter
6 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 136 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.65%) Finance
3 48 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.65%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (9.39%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (8.09%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.12%) Manufacturing
8 19 (6.15%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.53%) Retail
10 10 (3.24%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.91%) Legal
12 6 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.94%) Military
13 5 (1.62%) Local Government
14 4 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.97%) Automotive
16 2 (0.65%) Back Office
16 2 (0.65%) Banking
17 1 (0.32%) Billing
Job Titles
1 61 (19.74%) Project Manager
2 42 (13.59%) Architect
3 35 (11.33%) Lead
3 35 (11.33%) Senior
4 30 (9.71%) Analyst
5 20 (6.47%) IT Manager
6 16 (5.18%) Consultant
7 15 (4.85%) Business Analyst
7 15 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (4.85%) Senior Manager
8 14 (4.53%) IT Project Manager
8 14 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.88%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (2.91%) Network Architect
11 8 (2.59%) ERP Architect
11 8 (2.59%) SAP Consultant
11 8 (2.59%) Service Manager
11 8 (2.59%) Transition Manager
12 7 (2.27%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.59%) Terraform
2 4 (1.29%) .NET
2 4 (1.29%) REST
3 3 (0.97%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.97%) LDAP
3 3 (0.97%) OAuth
3 3 (0.97%) OpenID
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.97%) RESTful
3 3 (0.97%) SAML
3 3 (0.97%) YAML
4 2 (0.65%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.65%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.65%) ADO
4 2 (0.65%) Blazor
4 2 (0.65%) JSON
4 2 (0.65%) Middleware
4 2 (0.65%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.83%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.50%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (2.91%) Operational Technology
6 9 (2.91%) PKI
7 7 (2.27%) PMI
8 6 (1.94%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.94%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.94%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.62%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.65%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.65%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.39%) Windows
2 12 (3.88%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.56%) Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Debian
4 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.65%) Unix
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (47.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 103 (33.33%) Agile
3 84 (27.18%) Project Management
4 74 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (17.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 49 (15.86%) Change Management
7 46 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (14.24%) ITIL
9 42 (13.59%) PRINCE2
10 38 (12.30%) Service Management
11 36 (11.65%) Roadmaps
12 35 (11.33%) Risk Management
13 34 (11.00%) ITSM
14 33 (10.68%) Migration
14 33 (10.68%) Waterfall
15 31 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (10.03%) ERP
15 31 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
16 29 (9.39%) Decision-Making
17 26 (8.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.83%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.91%) Python
3 7 (2.27%) SQL
4 4 (1.29%) Bash
4 4 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.65%) C#
5 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.32%) ABAP
6 1 (0.32%) Bicep
6 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (41.10%) Security Cleared
2 83 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 55 (17.80%) DV Cleared
4 43 (13.92%) Degree
5 21 (6.80%) PMI Certification
5 21 (6.80%) PMP
6 13 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 9 (2.91%) Azure Certification
9 8 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.94%) CISSP
11 5 (1.62%) APMP
11 5 (1.62%) CCNP
11 5 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.29%) ACCA
12 4 (1.29%) CCIE
12 4 (1.29%) CIMA
12 4 (1.29%) HNC
12 4 (1.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.06%) PMO
2 20 (6.47%) NIST
3 18 (5.83%) QA
4 15 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.24%) GDPR
6 5 (1.62%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.29%) GRC
7 4 (1.29%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.65%) GMP
9 2 (0.65%) GxP
9 2 (0.65%) NCSC
9 2 (0.65%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.32%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.32%) IFRS
10 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.27%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.97%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.65%) Docker
5 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Firmware
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.94%) WMI
3 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.29%) Ansible
4 4 (1.29%) SCOM
5 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.97%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.65%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.65%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.65%) NSN NetAct
6 2 (0.65%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) Argo
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (23.95%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.44%) SAP
2 23 (7.44%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.15%) VMware
4 13 (4.21%) Oracle
5 10 (3.24%) Cisco
6 6 (1.94%) F5
6 6 (1.94%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.94%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.94%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.62%) Citrix
7 5 (1.62%) Juniper
7 5 (1.62%) Workday
8 4 (1.29%) Tagetik
9 3 (0.97%) Databricks
9 3 (0.97%) Google
9 3 (0.97%) Nokia
9 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.97%) Splunk
10 2 (0.65%) Foundry