Project Delivery Contracts in the South West

Project Delivery
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 40 38
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +18
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 64 139 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.81% 4.35% 5.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 5.23% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 83 150
10th Percentile £185 £318 £275
25th Percentile £406 £461 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £530 £523
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +1.44% +4.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £650 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 17
10th Percentile £57.50 £32.41 £61.00
25th Percentile £60.63 £40.13 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.00 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -34.57% +114.43%
75th Percentile £66.88 £61.50 £86.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.60 £97.20
England median hourly rate £51.25 £34.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +50.74% -47.69% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the South West

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the South West

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South West

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the South West

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South West

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +2 26 £481 -4.18% 53
Wiltshire +21 15 £600 +9.09% 10
Dorset +14 11 £308 -48.75% 6
Devon +6 6 £500 +15.07% 8
Gloucestershire -12 4 £475 -9.52% 41
Somerset -6 2 £250 -56.90% 17
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.56%) BASE24
2 1 (1.56%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) Azure
2 7 (10.94%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) SaaS
4 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.13%) IaaS
4 2 (3.13%) OpenShift
4 2 (3.13%) PaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Akamai
5 1 (1.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (1.56%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Firewall
1 2 (3.13%) MPLS
2 1 (1.56%) ATM
2 1 (1.56%) DNS
2 1 (1.56%) Network Security
2 1 (1.56%) VPN
2 1 (1.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Metadata
1 1 (1.56%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
General
1 25 (39.06%) Finance
2 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.19%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.69%) Military
7 2 (3.13%) Electronics
7 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 2 (3.13%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Law
8 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Project Manager
2 7 (10.94%) Developer
2 7 (10.94%) Lead
3 5 (7.81%) Architect
3 5 (7.81%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (7.81%) Java Developer
3 5 (7.81%) Project Officer
3 5 (7.81%) Project Support Officer
3 5 (7.81%) Support Officer
4 4 (6.25%) Senior
5 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Product Owner
5 3 (4.69%) Project Planner
6 2 (3.13%) Consultant
6 2 (3.13%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.13%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (3.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) React
1 5 (7.81%) Spring
1 5 (7.81%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.56%) .NET
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.56%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.56%) EMV
4 1 (1.56%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.56%) PKI
4 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.56%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Android
2 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.56%) Linux
2 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.56%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.19%) Project Management
2 19 (29.69%) Agile
3 13 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.06%) PRINCE2
5 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.94%) CI/CD
6 7 (10.94%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (10.94%) Roadmaps
6 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (9.38%) Budget Management
7 6 (9.38%) Commercial Awareness
7 6 (9.38%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.38%) Risk Management
8 5 (7.81%) Change Management
8 5 (7.81%) Project Planning
8 5 (7.81%) Risk Register
8 5 (7.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 4 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Java
2 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.56%) C
3 1 (1.56%) C#
3 1 (1.56%) C++
3 1 (1.56%) COBOL
3 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.56%) VB
3 1 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 22 (34.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.63%) Degree
4 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (3.13%) RIBA
7 1 (1.56%) APMP
7 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.56%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.56%) MCP
7 1 (1.56%) MCSA
7 1 (1.56%) MCSE
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) Government Security Classifications
2 3 (4.69%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.56%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.56%) NCSC
3 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.56%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (9.38%) Terraform
2 2 (3.13%) Ansible
2 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.13%) SCCM
3 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) Nessus
3 1 (1.56%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.56%) VxRail
3 1 (1.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
3 2 (3.13%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.13%) VMware
3 2 (3.13%) Workday
4 1 (1.56%) Dell
4 1 (1.56%) HP
4 1 (1.56%) IBM
4 1 (1.56%) McAfee
4 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.56%) NEC
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.56%) Software AG
4 1 (1.56%) Symantec
4 1 (1.56%) webMethods