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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 47 37
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 233 125 255
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.96% 4.20% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.60% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 94 148
10th Percentile £353 £303 £354
25th Percentile £445 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £600
90th Percentile £686 £650 £640
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile £20.00 - -
25th Percentile £37.00 £68.26 £56.16
Median hourly rate £81.50 £73.31 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +27.90% +14.66%
75th Percentile £82.25 £78.36 £58.48
90th Percentile £87.83 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £60.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -38.33% +76.47% -46.88%

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 4,761 2,716 4,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.85% 91.32% 84.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,093 1,732 2,697
10th Percentile £280 £250 £250
25th Percentile £409 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £665 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 171 434
10th Percentile £15.29 £13.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.37 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -16 113 £565 -1.74% 82
Berkshire -15 77 £575 -4.17% 35
Hampshire +15 71 £525 -2.33% 58
Buckinghamshire -11 36 £535 +1.86% 31
Surrey -3 20 £513 -6.18% 25
Kent +5 14 £445 -7.29% 11
West Sussex -17 10 £483 -5.76% 5
Home Counties - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 2
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 18 (7.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.00%) Confluence
3 3 (1.29%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.86%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 26 (11.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (9.44%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (7.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.58%) SAP PSCD
2 3 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) BASE24
4 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.43%) Primavera
4 1 (0.43%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.15%) Azure
2 11 (4.72%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.15%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.72%) AWS
6 4 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.72%) SaaS
7 2 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.86%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.86%) Serverless
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.43%) OCI
8 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.87%) Firewall
1 16 (6.87%) LAN
2 13 (5.58%) WAN
3 10 (4.29%) BGP
3 10 (4.29%) OSPF
4 7 (3.00%) VPN
5 6 (2.58%) IPsec
5 6 (2.58%) SD-WAN
5 6 (2.58%) Structured Cabling
6 4 (1.72%) ATM
6 4 (1.72%) Intranet
7 3 (1.29%) 2G
7 3 (1.29%) 5G
7 3 (1.29%) MPLS
7 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.86%) NAS
8 2 (0.86%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (0.86%) SAN
8 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.72%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.86%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.43%) MS Access
4 1 (0.43%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 17 (7.30%) JIRA
2 2 (0.86%) Git
General
1 86 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 62 (26.61%) Finance
3 35 (15.02%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.59%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (9.44%) Public Sector
6 20 (8.58%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.01%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.58%) Retail
9 11 (4.72%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.72%) Law
12 4 (1.72%) Legal
12 4 (1.72%) Military
13 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.86%) Banking
14 2 (0.86%) Billing
15 1 (0.43%) Advertising
15 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (26.61%) Project Manager
2 44 (18.88%) Lead
3 27 (11.59%) Senior
4 16 (6.87%) Analyst
4 16 (6.87%) Senior Manager
4 16 (6.87%) Senior Project Manager
5 14 (6.01%) PMO Lead
5 14 (6.01%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 11 (4.72%) Consultant
6 11 (4.72%) IT Manager
7 10 (4.29%) Architect
7 10 (4.29%) Delivery Manager
8 9 (3.86%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.86%) Coordinator
8 9 (3.86%) IT Project Manager
9 8 (3.43%) Network Manager
9 8 (3.43%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (3.00%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.00%) Network Project Manager
10 7 (3.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.15%) ADO
2 4 (1.72%) Middleware
3 3 (1.29%) CSS
3 3 (1.29%) JSON
3 3 (1.29%) XML
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.86%) REST
4 2 (0.86%) SOAP
4 2 (0.86%) YAML
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) A2A Protocol
5 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.43%) EDI
5 1 (0.43%) IDoc
5 1 (0.43%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.86%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.86%) Virtual Team
3 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.58%) PMI
3 6 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.86%) PKI
7 2 (0.86%) Replication
7 2 (0.86%) Wiki
8 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.43%) IoT
8 1 (0.43%) iSeries
8 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.44%) Windows
2 7 (3.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.15%) Linux
4 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (38.63%) Project Management
2 69 (29.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (27.04%) Agile
4 32 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (13.73%) PRINCE2
5 30 (12.88%) Change Management
6 29 (12.45%) Migration
7 28 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (11.59%) Budget Management
9 26 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (10.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (10.30%) Waterfall
11 21 (9.01%) ERP
12 20 (8.58%) Change Control
12 20 (8.58%) Resource Allocation
13 18 (7.73%) Service Management
14 17 (7.30%) ITIL
14 17 (7.30%) Risk Management
14 17 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
15 16 (6.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.72%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.29%) Python
2 3 (1.29%) SQL
3 2 (0.86%) Bicep
3 2 (0.86%) C#
3 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.86%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (38.20%) Security Cleared
2 72 (30.90%) SC Cleared
3 35 (15.02%) PMP
4 27 (11.59%) PMI Certification
5 25 (10.73%) DV Cleared
6 24 (10.30%) Degree
7 8 (3.43%) APMP
8 7 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.58%) CCNA
9 6 (2.58%) CCNP
9 6 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.58%) MAPM
10 5 (2.15%) CISM
10 5 (2.15%) CISSP
11 4 (1.72%) HNC
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.43%) CCSK
12 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.60%) PMO
2 16 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.01%) NIST
4 10 (4.29%) GDPR
5 7 (3.00%) QA
5 7 (3.00%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.86%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.43%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.43%) P3O
7 1 (0.43%) RMADS
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.86%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.86%) NSN NetAct
2 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.43%) Nagios
3 1 (0.43%) SCOM
3 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.87%) SAP
3 13 (5.58%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.86%) Cisco
4 9 (3.86%) Oracle
5 8 (3.43%) CheckPoint
6 6 (2.58%) Aruba
6 6 (2.58%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.72%) VMware
8 3 (1.29%) Nokia
9 2 (0.86%) Meraki
9 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.43%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.43%) F5
10 1 (0.43%) Fiserv
10 1 (0.43%) LogicMonitor
10 1 (0.43%) Okta
10 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.43%) Splunk