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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 208 215 259
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.89% 5.41% 5.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 6.22% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 130 158
10th Percentile £325 £350 £323
25th Percentile £463 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.45% +3.77%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £650
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -3.45% -1.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 10
10th Percentile - £13.25 £19.10
25th Percentile £15.91 £16.25 £33.73
Median hourly rate £17.50 £61.71 £71.83
Median % change year-on-year -71.64% -14.10% +10.51%
75th Percentile £35.38 £63.43 £77.88
90th Percentile £54.83 £73.19 £78.20
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £56.15
% change year-on-year +29.89% -37.67% -13.61%

All Process and 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 3,684 3,459 4,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 86.54% 87.02% 89.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,364 2,135 2,999
10th Percentile £220 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 155 241
10th Percentile £14.65 £18.58 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.95 £26.13 £25.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +21.84%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025. 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 -5 112 £550 +2.80% 63
Berkshire -9 77 £550 +0.46% 34
Hampshire +13 60 £538 -2.27% 31
Buckinghamshire +7 25 £510 -2.86% 21
Kent +5 13 £525 -6.67% 19
Surrey -12 12 £425 -24.44% 25
Oxfordshire -8 10 £425 -19.05% 10
West Sussex -6 8 £475 +15.85% 9
East Sussex +4 4 - - 6
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 10 (4.81%) Confluence
2 7 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.48%) Camunda
Applications
1 21 (10.10%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (7.21%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (4.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.37%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.96%) Primavera
4 2 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.17%) Azure
2 12 (5.77%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.40%) Oracle CX
4 5 (2.40%) SaaS
5 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.92%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.44%) AWS
6 3 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.96%) OCI
8 1 (0.48%) Alation
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.48%) Collibra
8 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.48%) GCP
8 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.48%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.40%) Firewall
1 5 (2.40%) LAN
2 3 (1.44%) Internet
2 3 (1.44%) NAS
2 3 (1.44%) Network Security
2 3 (1.44%) SAN
2 3 (1.44%) WAN
3 2 (0.96%) 5G
3 2 (0.96%) Broadband
3 2 (0.96%) DNS
3 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.96%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) BGP
4 1 (0.48%) DHCP
4 1 (0.48%) IPsec
4 1 (0.48%) MPLS
4 1 (0.48%) OSPF
4 1 (0.48%) VoIP
4 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) Power BI
2 4 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.48%) GIS
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) QGIS
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (5.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 78 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.60%) Finance
3 19 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.73%) Telecoms
5 12 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.29%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.37%) Legal
8 7 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.37%) Retail
9 6 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.40%) Local Government
11 4 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.92%) Military
12 3 (1.44%) Electronics
12 3 (1.44%) German Language
12 3 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.96%) Automotive
13 2 (0.96%) Law
13 2 (0.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (29.33%) Project Manager
2 27 (12.98%) Architect
3 25 (12.02%) Service Architect
4 20 (9.62%) Analyst
4 20 (9.62%) Lead
5 15 (7.21%) Senior
6 12 (5.77%) Oracle Project Manager
7 11 (5.29%) Administrator
7 11 (5.29%) Coordinator
8 9 (4.33%) IT Manager
8 9 (4.33%) Programme Manager
9 8 (3.85%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
10 7 (3.37%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.37%) Senior Project Manager
11 6 (2.88%) Consultant
11 6 (2.88%) Data Analyst
12 5 (2.40%) Implementation Manager
12 5 (2.40%) Project Coordinator
12 5 (2.40%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.96%) ADO
2 2 (0.96%) REST
2 2 (0.96%) SOAP
3 1 (0.48%) EDI
3 1 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.48%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.88%) PMI
2 5 (2.40%) e-Learning
2 5 (2.40%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (1.92%) Security Posture
3 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.92%) Virtual Team
3 4 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (0.96%) Life Science
5 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.48%) EPoS
6 1 (0.48%) NHS
6 1 (0.48%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.37%) Windows
2 4 (1.92%) Linux
3 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.48%) Solaris
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (31.25%) Project Management
2 64 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (25.00%) Agile
4 36 (17.31%) ITIL
4 36 (17.31%) Service Management
5 31 (14.90%) PRINCE2
5 31 (14.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (12.98%) Waterfall
8 26 (12.50%) Project Governance
9 25 (12.02%) IT4IT
9 25 (12.02%) Service Design
10 23 (11.06%) Change Management
10 23 (11.06%) Migration
11 20 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (8.65%) Process Improvement
13 17 (8.17%) ERP
14 16 (7.69%) Risk Management
15 14 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
16 12 (5.77%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.44%) Python
1 3 (1.44%) SQL
2 2 (0.96%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.48%) Bash
3 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 62 (29.81%) Security Cleared
2 48 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.62%) PMI Certification
3 20 (9.62%) PMP
4 17 (8.17%) DV Cleared
5 16 (7.69%) Degree
6 6 (2.88%) APMP
7 5 (2.40%) CCNA
7 5 (2.40%) CCNP
7 5 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.92%) CCAB
8 4 (1.92%) MAPM
9 3 (1.44%) CCDA
9 3 (1.44%) CCDP
9 3 (1.44%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.96%) CBAP
10 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 25 (12.02%) PMO
2 9 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.40%) GDPR
3 5 (2.40%) QA
4 4 (1.92%) P3O
4 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.96%) COBIT
5 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.96%) PSD2
5 2 (0.96%) SLA
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.48%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.44%) vSphere
4 2 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.44%) SCCM
2 2 (0.96%) CEMLI
2 2 (0.96%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.48%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.48%) Nagios
3 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (0.48%) SELinux
3 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.02%) Oracle
3 8 (3.85%) Cisco
3 8 (3.85%) VMware
4 7 (3.37%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.37%) SAP
5 5 (2.40%) Workday
6 4 (1.92%) Citrix
6 4 (1.92%) Juniper
6 4 (1.92%) Remedy
6 4 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.96%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.96%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.96%) Dell
7 2 (0.96%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.96%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.48%) IFS
8 1 (0.48%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto