Project Delivery Contracts in the South East

Project Delivery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 39 45
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -23
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 112 248 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.71% 4.31% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 5.22% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 147 184
10th Percentile £334 £361 £349
25th Percentile £425 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £602
90th Percentile £653 £638 £684
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £17.03
25th Percentile - £16.25 £22.23
Median hourly rate £51.00 £17.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +191.43% -61.11% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £58.77
90th Percentile - - £62.51
England median hourly rate £65.00 £33.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +96.97% -42.61% +29.21%

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 2,760 4,750 5,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.45% 82.52% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 2,742 3,465
10th Percentile £250 £263 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £505
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -0.79% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £661 £700 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 474 223
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.02 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.23 £23.75
Median hourly rate £24.66 £49.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.18% -5.71% +133.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £66.11
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.95 £75.00
England median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £35.38
% change year-on-year -27.67% +6.01% +37.75%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the South East

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 18 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 18 June 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 -4 63 £543 +8.50% 947
Berkshire -6 46 £550 +9.95% 576
Hampshire -1 21 £550 -8.33% 433
Surrey -2 12 £575 +15.00% 256
Buckinghamshire +4 10 £534 +8.51% 242
West Sussex -7 10 £513 +7.89% 143
Oxfordshire +4 7 £363 -19.44% 132
Kent -1 3 £480 -14.67% 200
Home Counties - 1 - -
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.89%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.89%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.79%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (5.36%) Oracle EBS R12
1 6 (5.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.46%) Maximo
3 4 (3.57%) Oracle ASCP
4 2 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.79%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (1.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.50%) Azure
2 9 (8.04%) AWS
3 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.57%) Oracle CX
4 3 (2.68%) SaaS
5 2 (1.79%) Asana
5 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.79%) IaaS
5 2 (1.79%) PaaS
5 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.79%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.89%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (0.89%) GCP
6 1 (0.89%) OCI
6 1 (0.89%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.25%) Firewall
2 6 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.57%) Network Security
4 3 (2.68%) BGP
5 2 (1.79%) DHCP
5 2 (1.79%) DNS
5 2 (1.79%) Internet
5 2 (1.79%) LAN
5 2 (1.79%) OSPF
6 1 (0.89%) Broadband
6 1 (0.89%) HTTP
6 1 (0.89%) IPv6
6 1 (0.89%) MPLS
6 1 (0.89%) RIP
6 1 (0.89%) SAN
6 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.89%) VLAN
6 1 (0.89%) VPN
6 1 (0.89%) WAN
6 1 (0.89%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
1 2 (1.79%) Power BI
2 1 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.89%) GIS
2 1 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.25%) JIRA
2 2 (1.79%) Git
2 2 (1.79%) Selenium
2 2 (1.79%) Subversion
3 1 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 36 (32.14%) Finance
3 19 (16.96%) Telecoms
4 18 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.46%) Billing
7 5 (4.46%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.46%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.46%) Retail
8 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.79%) Legal
9 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Electronics
10 1 (0.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (23.21%) Project Manager
2 14 (12.50%) Lead
3 11 (9.82%) Consultant
4 7 (6.25%) Senior
5 6 (5.36%) Analyst
6 5 (4.46%) Architect
6 5 (4.46%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (4.46%) Oracle Consultant
6 5 (4.46%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 4 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (2.68%) CyberArk Consultant
8 3 (2.68%) Designer
8 3 (2.68%) IT Support
8 3 (2.68%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.68%) Product Designer
8 3 (2.68%) Programme Manager
8 3 (2.68%) Security Consultant
9 2 (1.79%) Financial Services Project Manager
9 2 (1.79%) Security Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) Node.js
1 2 (1.79%) Parceljs
1 2 (1.79%) REST
1 2 (1.79%) RESTful
1 2 (1.79%) SOAP
2 1 (0.89%) ADO
2 1 (0.89%) Ajax
2 1 (0.89%) CSS
2 1 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.89%) EntireX
2 1 (0.89%) HTML
2 1 (0.89%) SAML
2 1 (0.89%) Web Services
2 1 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (2.68%) IoT
2 3 (2.68%) Life Science
2 3 (2.68%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.79%) CMDB
3 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.79%) NHS
3 2 (1.79%) SCADA
3 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.79%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.89%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.89%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (0.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.46%) Linux
2 4 (3.57%) Unix
3 3 (2.68%) Windows
4 2 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.79%) Solaris
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (36.61%) Project Management
2 38 (33.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (25.00%) Agile
4 19 (16.96%) PRINCE2
5 15 (13.39%) Migration
5 15 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.50%) Project Governance
7 11 (9.82%) Change Management
8 9 (8.04%) Risk Management
9 8 (7.14%) Decision-Making
9 8 (7.14%) ITIL
9 8 (7.14%) Scrum
10 7 (6.25%) Roadmaps
11 6 (5.36%) ERP
11 6 (5.36%) Portfolio Management
11 6 (5.36%) User Experience
12 5 (4.46%) Process Improvement
12 5 (4.46%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.68%) Python
1 3 (2.68%) SQL
2 2 (1.79%) Bash
2 2 (1.79%) Java
2 2 (1.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.79%) Perl
3 1 (0.89%) Go
3 1 (0.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (10.71%) PMI Certification
2 11 (9.82%) PMP
2 11 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.14%) Degree
5 6 (5.36%) APMP
6 5 (4.46%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.79%) CCIE
7 2 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.89%) CCNP
8 1 (0.89%) CISSP
8 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.89%) ISEB
8 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.89%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.04%) PMO
2 5 (4.46%) P3O
2 5 (4.46%) QA
3 3 (2.68%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.68%) GDPR
4 2 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.79%) SLA
5 1 (0.89%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.79%) vSphere
3 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) Ansible
2 2 (1.79%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (1.79%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (1.79%) SELinux
3 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.89%) Rancher
3 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 14 (12.50%) Oracle
2 13 (11.61%) SAP
3 8 (7.14%) Cisco
3 8 (7.14%) VMware
4 6 (5.36%) IFS
5 5 (4.46%) Remedy
5 5 (4.46%) Symantec
6 4 (3.57%) SolarWinds
7 3 (2.68%) Broadcom
7 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.68%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.68%) IBM
7 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.68%) Splunk
8 2 (1.79%) Citrix
8 2 (1.79%) Databricks
8 2 (1.79%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.79%) Virgin Media
8 2 (1.79%) Workday