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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 52 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 +7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 266 120 250
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.26% 3.90% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 4.27% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 76 146
10th Percentile £341 £319 £360
25th Percentile £445 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £599
90th Percentile £712 £653 £638
England median daily rate £515 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 2
10th Percentile £36.23 £52.92 -
25th Percentile £43.94 £55.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £79.25 £60.58 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.82% +246.17% -61.11%
75th Percentile £82.94 £65.37 £18.75
90th Percentile £87.83 £68.24 -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £65.00 £33.47
% change year-on-year -36.92% +94.23% -44.23%

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 5,068 2,810 4,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.19% 91.26% 82.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,207 1,751 2,721
10th Percentile £280 £250 £262
25th Percentile £413 £391 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £665 £700
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 224 461
10th Percentile £15.17 £13.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.12 £18.20
Median hourly rate £53.90 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +118.57% -48.08% -6.95%
75th Percentile £82.25 £55.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -5 132 £565 +7.62% 58
Berkshire -3 81 £575 +4.55% 23
Hampshire +6 66 £525 -4.55% 49
Buckinghamshire -2 43 £570 +4.35% 21
Surrey -9 27 £519 -9.78% 22
West Sussex -9 22 £483 -5.76% 8
Kent +9 13 £400 -16.67% 10
Oxfordshire -29 8 £298 -31.01% 18
Home Counties -1 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £350 - 6
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 15 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.14%) Confluence
3 2 (0.75%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (6.77%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (3.76%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.38%) CATIA
6 1 (0.38%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (2.26%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.13%) Primavera
4 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.38%) BASE24
5 1 (0.38%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.38%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.38%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.38%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.03%) Azure
2 14 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.51%) Entra ID
4 11 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.76%) AWS
6 7 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.13%) GCP
8 3 (1.13%) SaaS
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Serverless
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.38%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.27%) LAN
2 18 (6.77%) Firewall
2 18 (6.77%) WAN
3 14 (5.26%) VPN
4 10 (3.76%) BGP
5 9 (3.38%) DNS
5 9 (3.38%) OSPF
5 9 (3.38%) SD-WAN
6 8 (3.01%) MPLS
7 7 (2.63%) IPsec
8 6 (2.26%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.88%) Intranet
10 4 (1.50%) ATM
10 4 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.50%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.50%) DHCP
10 4 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.13%) 5G
11 3 (1.13%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (1.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.26%) Power BI
2 4 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.38%) EDMS
4 1 (0.38%) MS Access
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.38%) QualityStage
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (11.28%) JIRA
2 4 (1.50%) Git
3 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 94 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 65 (24.44%) Finance
3 42 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.91%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 21 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (7.52%) Retail
8 18 (6.77%) Telecoms
9 15 (5.64%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.63%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.26%) Military
12 5 (1.88%) Legal
13 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.75%) Billing
14 2 (0.75%) Law
15 1 (0.38%) Advertising
15 1 (0.38%) Automotive
15 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (19.55%) Project Manager
2 41 (15.41%) Lead
3 33 (12.41%) Senior
4 30 (11.28%) Analyst
5 24 (9.02%) Architect
6 15 (5.64%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.26%) Senior Manager
8 13 (4.89%) IT Manager
8 13 (4.89%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (4.51%) Consultant
9 12 (4.51%) SC Cleared Project Manager
10 11 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (3.76%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 10 (3.76%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
11 10 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.38%) ERP Architect
12 9 (3.38%) IT Project Manager
12 9 (3.38%) PMO Lead
13 8 (3.01%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.50%) JSON
1 4 (1.50%) XML
2 3 (1.13%) .NET
2 3 (1.13%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.13%) CSS
2 3 (1.13%) LDAP
2 3 (1.13%) Middleware
2 3 (1.13%) OAuth
2 3 (1.13%) OpenID
2 3 (1.13%) REST
2 3 (1.13%) RESTful
2 3 (1.13%) SAML
3 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.75%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.75%) ADO
3 2 (0.75%) Blazor
3 2 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.75%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (0.75%) SOAP
3 2 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.76%) PKI
4 9 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.38%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.88%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.88%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.50%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.75%) FMCG
9 2 (0.75%) Replication
9 2 (0.75%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.14%) Windows
2 9 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.63%) Linux
4 2 (0.75%) Debian
4 2 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (33.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 85 (31.95%) Project Management
3 78 (29.32%) Agile
4 43 (16.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (13.91%) Change Management
5 37 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 32 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (12.03%) Migration
7 31 (11.65%) Budget Management
8 29 (10.90%) ITIL
8 29 (10.90%) PRINCE2
9 28 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 25 (9.40%) Waterfall
11 24 (9.02%) Validation
12 23 (8.65%) ERP
13 22 (8.27%) Change Control
13 22 (8.27%) Decision-Making
13 22 (8.27%) Roadmaps
14 19 (7.14%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.76%) SQL
2 7 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.26%) Python
4 4 (1.50%) C#
5 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.75%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.75%) Bicep
6 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (37.97%) Security Cleared
2 79 (29.70%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.03%) DV Cleared
4 27 (10.15%) Degree
5 23 (8.65%) PMP
6 14 (5.26%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.01%) CCNP
9 5 (1.88%) APMP
9 5 (1.88%) CISM
9 5 (1.88%) CISSP
9 5 (1.88%) HNC
10 4 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.13%) CCIE
11 3 (1.13%) CCNA
11 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.16%) PMO
2 23 (8.65%) NIST
3 21 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (5.64%) QA
5 12 (4.51%) GDPR
6 7 (2.63%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.50%) NCSC
8 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.38%) P3O
9 1 (0.38%) RMADS
9 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.63%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.13%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.38%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (1.13%) Ansible
2 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.13%) Terraform
3 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.75%) NSN NetAct
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.38%) SCOM
4 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.39%) SAP
2 17 (6.39%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.26%) Cisco
4 10 (3.76%) Oracle
5 9 (3.38%) VMware
6 8 (3.01%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.63%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.26%) F5
9 5 (1.88%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.50%) Aruba
10 4 (1.50%) Juniper
10 4 (1.50%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.50%) Tagetik
11 3 (1.13%) Nokia
11 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.75%) Citrix
12 2 (0.75%) Google
12 2 (0.75%) Meraki
12 2 (0.75%) Okta