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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 45 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 209 137 251
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.87% 4.66% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 5.07% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 100 142
10th Percentile £340 £311 £351
25th Percentile £435 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £610 £630 £594
90th Percentile £664 £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% +19.42%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.44 £58.48
90th Percentile - £76.79 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £60.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.23% +71.43% -45.95%

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 4,466 2,704 4,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.64% 92.04% 86.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,911 1,742 2,880
10th Percentile £281 £253 £213
25th Percentile £409 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% +2.00% -0.45%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £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 396 155 409
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.21 £18.20
Median hourly rate £36.86 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £80.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -20 110 £550 - 69
Berkshire -25 72 £575 - 42
Hampshire +7 55 £525 +5.00% 51
Buckinghamshire -1 34 £530 +3.41% 16
Surrey -8 17 £500 -14.53% 27
Kent -1 11 £445 -19.09% 2
West Sussex -8 10 £504 -4.00% 7
East Sussex - 5 £350 - 2
Oxfordshire -12 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 (9.57%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.31%) Confluence
3 3 (1.44%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.96%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (13.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (9.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.87%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.96%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.96%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Primavera
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.61%) Azure
2 12 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.91%) SaaS
7 3 (1.44%) AWS
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.96%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.96%) OCI
8 2 (0.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.96%) Serverless
9 1 (0.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.48%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.66%) Firewall
2 13 (6.22%) LAN
3 12 (5.74%) WAN
4 10 (4.78%) BGP
4 10 (4.78%) OSPF
5 7 (3.35%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (2.87%) IPsec
6 6 (2.87%) VPN
7 5 (2.39%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.91%) Intranet
9 3 (1.44%) MPLS
9 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.96%) ATM
10 2 (0.96%) DNS
10 2 (0.96%) NAS
10 2 (0.96%) SAN
10 2 (0.96%) Wireless
11 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.26%) Power BI
2 5 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.44%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.48%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (9.09%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 86 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.92%) Finance
3 33 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.05%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (8.61%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.78%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.31%) Retail
9 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.91%) Law
11 3 (1.44%) Legal
12 2 (0.96%) Banking
12 2 (0.96%) Billing
12 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.96%) Military
12 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Automotive
13 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (25.36%) Project Manager
2 32 (15.31%) Lead
3 21 (10.05%) Analyst
4 19 (9.09%) Senior
5 13 (6.22%) Coordinator
5 13 (6.22%) PMO Lead
6 11 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
7 10 (4.78%) Business Analyst
7 10 (4.78%) IT Manager
7 10 (4.78%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 8 (3.83%) Administrator
8 8 (3.83%) Senior Manager
8 8 (3.83%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (3.35%) Consultant
9 7 (3.35%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (3.35%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.87%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (2.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 6 (2.87%) Network Manager
10 6 (2.87%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.91%) ADO
2 3 (1.44%) CSS
2 3 (1.44%) Middleware
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.96%) JSON
3 2 (0.96%) XML
3 2 (0.96%) YAML
4 1 (0.48%) REST
4 1 (0.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.70%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.35%) PMI
4 6 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.91%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.91%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.44%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.96%) NHS
8 2 (0.96%) Replication
8 2 (0.96%) Wiki
9 1 (0.48%) Life Science
9 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.70%) Windows
2 5 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) Solaris
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (37.32%) Project Management
2 62 (29.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (27.27%) Agile
4 43 (20.57%) PRINCE2
5 33 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (12.92%) Change Management
6 27 (12.92%) Migration
7 26 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 21 (10.05%) Budget Management
9 21 (10.05%) Change Control
10 20 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (8.13%) Project Governance
11 17 (8.13%) Waterfall
12 15 (7.18%) ERP
12 15 (7.18%) Roadmaps
12 15 (7.18%) Service Management
12 15 (7.18%) Validation
13 14 (6.70%) ITIL
13 14 (6.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.39%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.91%) Python
2 4 (1.91%) SQL
3 2 (0.96%) Bicep
3 2 (0.96%) C#
3 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.96%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.48%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 60 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 31 (14.83%) PMP
4 26 (12.44%) Degree
5 24 (11.48%) PMI Certification
6 20 (9.57%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.35%) APMP
7 7 (3.35%) CCNA
7 7 (3.35%) CCNP
7 7 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.39%) MAPM
9 3 (1.44%) CISM
9 3 (1.44%) CISSP
10 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.96%) CBAP
10 2 (0.96%) HNC
10 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.48%) MCSE
11 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (21.05%) PMO
2 10 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.83%) NIST
3 8 (3.83%) QA
4 7 (3.35%) GDPR
5 5 (2.39%) P3O
6 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) PSD2
7 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.48%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.48%) RMADS
8 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.44%) vSphere
4 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.96%) CEMLI
2 2 (0.96%) PaperCut
2 2 (0.96%) SCCM
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.48%) Nagios
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.48%) SELinux
3 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.48%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.22%) SAP
3 12 (5.74%) Oracle
3 12 (5.74%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.78%) Cisco
5 9 (4.31%) CheckPoint
6 6 (2.87%) Aruba
6 6 (2.87%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.39%) VMware
8 3 (1.44%) Citrix
9 2 (0.96%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.96%) Meraki
9 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.96%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.96%) Workday
10 1 (0.48%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.48%) F5
10 1 (0.48%) Splunk