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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 39 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 296 175 222
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.39% 4.91% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.43% 5.46% 5.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 118 124
10th Percentile £366 £347 £355
25th Percentile £458 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £575 £619
90th Percentile £708 £650 £646
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 6
10th Percentile £44.25 - £16.25
25th Percentile £50.00 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 £15.91 £57.10
Median % change year-on-year +412.26% -72.14% +107.65%
75th Percentile £86.42 £60.58 £63.21
90th Percentile £88.76 £70.16 £67.66
England median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +41.18% -32.00%

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 5,450 3,203 3,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.74% 89.90% 82.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,352 1,999 2,446
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £419 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.35%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £706 £666 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 607 298 316
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.16 £15.16 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £21.74 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +153.02% -62.10% +14.70%
75th Percentile £78.75 £50.00 £70.05
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.49 £76.86
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -10 152 £552 +4.08% 97
Berkshire 0 98 £575 +4.55% 41
Hampshire -18 68 £525 -2.33% 62
Buckinghamshire -11 42 £564 +3.92% 31
Surrey -3 34 £525 -8.70% 36
West Sussex -13 24 £483 +1.68% 7
Kent +5 12 £278 -42.19% 21
Oxfordshire -25 12 £258 -19.53% 26
Middlesex - 2 - - 5
Home Counties +1 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 5
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 (5.74%) Confluence
2 8 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (8.78%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (4.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (2.70%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.68%) Houdini
6 2 (0.68%) NUKE
7 1 (0.34%) CATIA
7 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.03%) Primavera
1 6 (2.03%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.01%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.34%) BASE24
5 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.34%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.91%) Azure
2 18 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (5.74%) AWS
4 15 (5.07%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.36%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.69%) IaaS
8 4 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.35%) GCP
9 3 (1.01%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.01%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.68%) Azure App Service
10 2 (0.68%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.68%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.68%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.42%) LAN
2 16 (5.41%) Firewall
2 16 (5.41%) VPN
3 15 (5.07%) DNS
4 14 (4.73%) WAN
5 9 (3.04%) MPLS
5 9 (3.04%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.70%) DHCP
6 8 (2.70%) SD-WAN
7 7 (2.36%) BGP
8 5 (1.69%) 2G
8 5 (1.69%) 5G
8 5 (1.69%) Network Security
8 5 (1.69%) OSPF
8 5 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.35%) ATM
9 4 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (1.35%) IPsec
9 4 (1.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.36%) Power BI
2 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.34%) EDMS
4 1 (0.34%) Metadata
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.34%) QualityStage
4 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 37 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.35%) Git
3 3 (1.01%) GitLab
3 3 (1.01%) MSI
4 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.34%) Postman
General
1 121 (40.88%) Social Skills
2 75 (25.34%) Finance
3 52 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
5 29 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.76%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (6.42%) Retail
7 19 (6.42%) Telecoms
8 18 (6.08%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.04%) Legal
10 7 (2.36%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.36%) Military
11 5 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.35%) Local Government
12 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Billing
14 1 (0.34%) Advertising
14 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (20.61%) Project Manager
2 38 (12.84%) Lead
3 34 (11.49%) Architect
4 31 (10.47%) Senior
5 26 (8.78%) Analyst
6 16 (5.41%) Consultant
6 16 (5.41%) IT Manager
6 16 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 15 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.73%) Senior Project Manager
8 14 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.39%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.05%) SC Cleared Project Manager
11 10 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (3.38%) ERP Architect
11 10 (3.38%) IT Project Manager
12 9 (3.04%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 9 (3.04%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
12 9 (3.04%) Network Architect
12 9 (3.04%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.35%) .NET
1 4 (1.35%) REST
2 3 (1.01%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.01%) LDAP
2 3 (1.01%) OAuth
2 3 (1.01%) OpenID
2 3 (1.01%) RESTful
2 3 (1.01%) SAML
2 3 (1.01%) YAML
3 2 (0.68%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.68%) ADO
3 2 (0.68%) Blazor
3 2 (0.68%) JSON
3 2 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.68%) Middleware
3 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.68%) RESTCONF
3 2 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (0.68%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.42%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.08%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.07%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.38%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.38%) PKI
5 9 (3.04%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.03%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.35%) PMI
10 4 (1.35%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.81%) Windows
2 14 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.39%) Linux
4 2 (0.68%) Debian
4 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.68%) Unix
4 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (40.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 88 (29.73%) Agile
3 83 (28.04%) Project Management
4 62 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 54 (18.24%) Change Management
6 52 (17.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (14.53%) ITIL
8 42 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (13.51%) PRINCE2
10 35 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (11.82%) Migration
11 34 (11.49%) Roadmaps
12 32 (10.81%) Budget Management
12 32 (10.81%) ERP
13 31 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (9.80%) Service Management
15 28 (9.46%) Waterfall
16 26 (8.78%) Risk Management
16 26 (8.78%) Validation
17 25 (8.45%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.07%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.04%) Python
3 7 (2.36%) SQL
4 4 (1.35%) Bash
4 4 (1.35%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.68%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.68%) C#
5 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.34%) ABAP
6 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 124 (41.89%) Security Cleared
2 87 (29.39%) SC Cleared
3 47 (15.88%) DV Cleared
4 39 (13.18%) Degree
5 25 (8.45%) PMP
6 19 (6.42%) PMI Certification
7 14 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (3.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (2.70%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.36%) CISSP
11 5 (1.69%) APMP
11 5 (1.69%) CCNP
11 5 (1.69%) CISM
11 5 (1.69%) HNC
11 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.35%) CCIE
12 4 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.35%) MCSA
13 3 (1.01%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.80%) PMO
2 28 (9.46%) NIST
3 24 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (5.74%) QA
5 14 (4.73%) GDPR
6 7 (2.36%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.35%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.68%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.68%) GRC
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.68%) SLA
9 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.34%) GAAP
9 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) RMADS
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.36%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.01%) OpenAM
5 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Docker
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.36%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (2.36%) Terraform
2 4 (1.35%) Ansible
2 4 (1.35%) SCOM
3 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.01%) WMI
4 2 (0.68%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.68%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.68%) NSN NetAct
4 2 (0.68%) SCCM
5 1 (0.34%) Argo
5 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 67 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.76%) SAP
3 19 (6.42%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.42%) VMware
4 14 (4.73%) Oracle
5 11 (3.72%) Cisco
6 6 (2.03%) F5
6 6 (2.03%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.03%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.69%) Citrix
7 5 (1.69%) Juniper
7 5 (1.69%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.69%) Workday
8 4 (1.35%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.35%) Tagetik
9 3 (1.01%) Google
9 3 (1.01%) Nokia
9 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.01%) Splunk
10 2 (0.68%) Foundry