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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 39 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 196 164 255
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.41% 5.00% 4.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 5.60% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 108 148
10th Percentile £375 £344 £343
25th Percentile £461 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £563 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +4.90% -2.50%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £600
90th Percentile £670 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 5 6
10th Percentile - - £23.00
25th Percentile £15.91 £13.25 £33.73
Median hourly rate £17.50 £61.79 £62.99
Median % change year-on-year -71.68% -1.91% +31.23%
75th Percentile £36.25 £71.90 £76.12
90th Percentile £40.65 £75.78 £78.00
England median hourly rate £40.78 £35.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +16.51% -23.50% -22.46%

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 3,733 2,930 4,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.06% 89.36% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,457 1,807 2,866
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.34% +0.99%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 108 302
10th Percentile £14.50 £19.77 £15.48
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £23.63
Median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.35% -12.99% +14.12%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.91 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -14 108 £550 -2.22% 63
Berkshire -19 70 £575 - 35
Hampshire +10 53 £538 +2.38% 31
Buckinghamshire +12 33 £514 -2.14% 16
Kent +10 18 £500 -11.11% 14
Surrey -14 10 £475 -18.10% 25
West Sussex - 6 £525 - 9
Oxfordshire -8 5 £445 -15.24% 13
East Sussex +8 4 - - 8
Home Counties - 1 £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 18 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.63%) Confluence
3 2 (1.02%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.51%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.51%) Camunda
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 28 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (11.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (10.20%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (8.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.02%) Primavera
4 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.16%) Azure
2 11 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.55%) SaaS
6 3 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.53%) OCI
6 3 (1.53%) Oracle CX
7 2 (1.02%) AWS
8 1 (0.51%) Alation
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.51%) Collibra
8 1 (0.51%) GCP
8 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.51%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.57%) LAN
2 6 (3.06%) Firewall
2 6 (3.06%) WAN
3 5 (2.55%) BGP
3 5 (2.55%) OSPF
3 5 (2.55%) Structured Cabling
4 4 (2.04%) IPsec
5 2 (1.02%) Intranet
5 2 (1.02%) NAS
5 2 (1.02%) SAN
5 2 (1.02%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) Broadband
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.51%) DHCP
6 1 (0.51%) DNS
6 1 (0.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.51%) ISDN
6 1 (0.51%) PSTN
6 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.10%) Power BI
2 4 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.53%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.51%) GIS
5 1 (0.51%) Metadata
5 1 (0.51%) QGIS
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 69 (35.20%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.94%) Finance
3 20 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (6.63%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.63%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.57%) Retail
7 4 (2.04%) Law
7 4 (2.04%) Legal
7 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.53%) Electronics
8 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.53%) Military
9 2 (1.02%) Automotive
9 2 (1.02%) Banking
9 2 (1.02%) Marketing
9 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 59 (30.10%) Project Manager
2 22 (11.22%) Lead
3 20 (10.20%) Analyst
4 15 (7.65%) Architect
5 13 (6.63%) Service Architect
6 12 (6.12%) Oracle Project Manager
7 11 (5.61%) Administrator
7 11 (5.61%) Senior
8 10 (5.10%) Coordinator
8 10 (5.10%) PMO Lead
9 9 (4.59%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.57%) Programme Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.57%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (3.06%) Data Analyst
12 6 (3.06%) Network Engineer
12 6 (3.06%) Support Officer
13 5 (2.55%) HR Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.04%) ADO
3 1 (0.51%) EDI
3 1 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.51%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) REST
3 1 (0.51%) SOAP
3 1 (0.51%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.57%) Onboarding
1 7 (3.57%) PMI
1 7 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (3.06%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.06%) e-Learning
3 4 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.04%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.04%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.02%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.02%) NHS
5 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.51%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.06%) Windows
2 3 (1.53%) Linux
2 3 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.51%) Solaris
4 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.69%) Project Management
2 59 (30.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (28.57%) Agile
4 34 (17.35%) PRINCE2
5 31 (15.82%) Waterfall
6 30 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (11.73%) Migration
7 23 (11.73%) Service Management
8 22 (11.22%) Project Governance
9 21 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (9.69%) Change Management
12 18 (9.18%) ITIL
13 16 (8.16%) Change Control
13 16 (8.16%) ERP
14 13 (6.63%) IT4IT
14 13 (6.63%) Process Improvement
14 13 (6.63%) Programme Management
14 13 (6.63%) Service Design
14 13 (6.63%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.53%) Python
2 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.02%) SQL
3 1 (0.51%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.51%) Bash
3 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 48 (24.49%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.20%) PMI Certification
3 20 (10.20%) PMP
4 19 (9.69%) Degree
5 18 (9.18%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.57%) APMP
7 6 (3.06%) CCNA
7 6 (3.06%) CCNP
7 6 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.55%) MAPM
9 2 (1.02%) CBAP
10 1 (0.51%) CCDA
10 1 (0.51%) CCDP
10 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.51%) MCSE
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (18.88%) PMO
2 13 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (2.55%) P3O
4 4 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.04%) GDPR
4 4 (2.04%) QA
5 3 (1.53%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.02%) COBIT
6 2 (1.02%) Def Stans
6 2 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.02%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.02%) PSD2
7 1 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
1 5 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.53%) vSphere
3 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) CEMLI
1 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.02%) PaperCut
1 2 (1.02%) SCCM
2 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
2 1 (0.51%) Ansible
2 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.51%) Nagios
2 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.51%) SELinux
2 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.51%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.24%) Oracle
3 9 (4.59%) Cisco
4 7 (3.57%) VMware
5 6 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.06%) SAP
6 5 (2.55%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.55%) Remedy
6 5 (2.55%) Workday
7 4 (2.04%) Aruba
7 4 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.53%) Citrix
9 2 (1.02%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.02%) Juniper
9 2 (1.02%) Meraki
9 2 (1.02%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.02%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.51%) F5
10 1 (0.51%) Splunk