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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 43 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 221 132 255
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.00% 4.47% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 4.88% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 96 144
10th Percentile £345 £321 £350
25th Percentile £439 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £610 £633 £595
90th Percentile £670 £650 £638
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 1
10th Percentile £15.91 £61.63 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £62.74 £56.16
Median hourly rate £17.50 £67.55 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year -74.09% +17.85% +11.32%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.44 £58.48
90th Percentile - £76.79 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £60.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -24.23% +76.47% -47.69%

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 4,553 2,707 4,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.41% 91.67% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,970 1,739 2,880
10th Percentile £281 £260 £223
25th Percentile £410 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +0.80% -0.99%
75th Percentile £610 £610 £615
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 155 423
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.85 £18.32
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.50 £62.48
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -19 117 £550 - 69
Berkshire -17 80 £575 - 42
Hampshire +12 58 £525 +5.00% 51
Buckinghamshire -2 33 £530 +3.41% 16
Surrey -4 18 £525 -10.26% 27
Kent +2 11 £445 -19.09% 2
West Sussex -12 11 £483 -3.40% 7
East Sussex - 5 £350 - 2
Oxfordshire -16 4 £435 -15.12% 12
Home Counties - 2 £700 -
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 20 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.36%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.90%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (13.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (9.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.71%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.36%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.45%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.45%) Primavera
5 1 (0.45%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.45%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.45%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.14%) Azure
2 12 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.98%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.81%) SaaS
6 3 (1.36%) AWS
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.90%) OCI
7 2 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.90%) Serverless
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.69%) Firewall
2 13 (5.88%) LAN
3 12 (5.43%) WAN
4 10 (4.52%) BGP
4 10 (4.52%) OSPF
5 7 (3.17%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (3.17%) VPN
6 6 (2.71%) IPsec
7 5 (2.26%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.81%) Intranet
9 3 (1.36%) ATM
9 3 (1.36%) MPLS
9 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.90%) DNS
10 2 (0.90%) NAS
10 2 (0.90%) SAN
10 2 (0.90%) Wireless
11 1 (0.45%) 4G
11 1 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.45%) SIGTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.98%) Power BI
2 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (8.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.36%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 90 (40.72%) Social Skills
2 56 (25.34%) Finance
3 36 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.41%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (9.95%) Public Sector
6 19 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.98%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.98%) Retail
7 11 (4.98%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.17%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.81%) Law
9 4 (1.81%) Legal
10 3 (1.36%) Military
10 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Billing
11 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
12 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (26.24%) Project Manager
2 37 (16.74%) Lead
3 21 (9.50%) Analyst
3 21 (9.50%) Senior
4 13 (5.88%) PMO Lead
5 11 (4.98%) Coordinator
5 11 (4.98%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (4.52%) Business Analyst
6 10 (4.52%) IT Manager
6 10 (4.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 10 (4.52%) Senior Manager
6 10 (4.52%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (3.62%) Administrator
7 8 (3.62%) Consultant
8 7 (3.17%) IT Project Manager
8 7 (3.17%) Network Engineer
8 7 (3.17%) Security Manager
8 7 (3.17%) Support Officer
9 6 (2.71%) Project Officer
9 6 (2.71%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.26%) ADO
2 3 (1.36%) CSS
2 3 (1.36%) Middleware
2 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.90%) JSON
3 2 (0.90%) XML
3 2 (0.90%) YAML
4 1 (0.45%) A2A Protocol
4 1 (0.45%) EDI
4 1 (0.45%) IDoc
4 1 (0.45%) REST
4 1 (0.45%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.79%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.52%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.17%) PMI
4 6 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.26%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.36%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) Replication
8 2 (0.90%) Wiki
9 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.45%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.79%) Windows
2 6 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.81%) Linux
4 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Solaris
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (38.46%) Project Management
2 70 (31.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 59 (26.70%) Agile
4 44 (19.91%) PRINCE2
5 33 (14.93%) Change Management
5 33 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (13.57%) Migration
7 28 (12.67%) Budget Management
8 27 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (11.31%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (9.95%) Change Control
12 19 (8.60%) Resource Allocation
12 19 (8.60%) Waterfall
13 18 (8.14%) ERP
13 18 (8.14%) Project Governance
14 17 (7.69%) Risk Management
14 17 (7.69%) Roadmaps
15 16 (7.24%) Service Management
16 15 (6.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.26%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.81%) Python
3 3 (1.36%) SQL
4 2 (0.90%) Bicep
4 2 (0.90%) C#
4 2 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) Perl
5 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 76 (34.39%) Security Cleared
2 58 (26.24%) SC Cleared
3 32 (14.48%) PMP
4 26 (11.76%) Degree
5 25 (11.31%) PMI Certification
6 21 (9.50%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.17%) APMP
7 7 (3.17%) CCNA
7 7 (3.17%) CCNP
7 7 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.26%) MAPM
9 4 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.81%) CISM
9 4 (1.81%) CISSP
10 3 (1.36%) HNC
11 2 (0.90%) CBAP
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (20.36%) PMO
2 15 (6.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.88%) NIST
4 11 (4.98%) GDPR
5 8 (3.62%) QA
6 6 (2.71%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.26%) P3O
8 3 (1.36%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.90%) NCSC
9 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.90%) PSD2
10 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.45%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.45%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.36%) vSphere
4 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.90%) CEMLI
2 2 (0.90%) PaperCut
2 2 (0.90%) SCCM
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.45%) Nagios
3 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.45%) SELinux
3 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (23.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.24%) SAP
3 13 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.43%) Oracle
5 10 (4.52%) Cisco
6 9 (4.07%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.71%) Aruba
7 6 (2.71%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.26%) VMware
9 3 (1.36%) Citrix
10 2 (0.90%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.90%) Meraki
10 2 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.90%) Workday
11 1 (0.45%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.45%) F5
11 1 (0.45%) LogicMonitor