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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 40 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +20
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 77 138 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.49% 4.26% 5.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 5.17% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 84 136
10th Percentile £198 £403 £323
25th Percentile £413 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £516
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +2.66% -1.67%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £596
90th Percentile £749 £659 £716
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 18
10th Percentile £59.50 £34.98 £53.88
25th Percentile £63.75 £46.56 £58.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -32.92% +113.10%
75th Percentile £81.25 £58.75 £85.52
90th Percentile £85.00 £65.50 £96.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £33.93 £60.00
% change year-on-year +91.57% -43.45% +34.83%

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 1,557 2,668 3,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.84% 82.32% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 948 1,694 2,209
10th Percentile £220 £227 £313
25th Percentile £381 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 358 318
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.75 £15.29
Median hourly rate £36.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% -8.33% +27.66%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.23
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £82.74
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +12 36 £500 -5.21% 61
Wiltshire +26 18 £550 - 12
Dorset +13 8 £190 -68.33% 8
Devon +8 6 £500 +7.53% 9
Gloucestershire -12 5 £475 -9.52% 58
Somerset -6 3 £675 +16.88% 11
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 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Primavera
1 2 (2.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.30%) BASE24
2 1 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.88%) Azure
2 6 (7.79%) AWS
3 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.19%) SaaS
5 2 (2.60%) IaaS
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.60%) PaaS
5 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Akamai
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.30%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.30%) GCP
6 1 (1.30%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Firewall
2 2 (2.60%) DNS
2 2 (2.60%) MPLS
2 2 (2.60%) VPN
3 1 (1.30%) ATM
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) VoIP
3 1 (1.30%) VSAN
3 1 (1.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Metadata
1 1 (1.30%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
General
1 27 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 26 (33.77%) Finance
3 16 (20.78%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
5 8 (10.39%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.79%) Marketing
7 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Electronics
7 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
8 2 (2.60%) Military
9 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Law
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (22.08%) Project Manager
2 13 (16.88%) Lead
3 8 (10.39%) Developer
4 7 (9.09%) Senior
5 6 (7.79%) Architect
5 6 (7.79%) Project Planner
6 5 (6.49%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (6.49%) Project Officer
6 5 (6.49%) Project Support Officer
6 5 (6.49%) Support Officer
7 4 (5.19%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Azure Developer
7 4 (5.19%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (5.19%) C# Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Lead .NET Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Lead C# Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Lead Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Senior C# .NET Developer
7 4 (5.19%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) .NET
1 4 (5.19%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.60%) React
2 2 (2.60%) Spring
2 2 (2.60%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.30%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.30%) EMV
4 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) PKI
4 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.30%) Tandem
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Android
2 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.30%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) Project Management
2 22 (28.57%) Agile
3 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (16.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 9 (11.69%) Programme Management
5 9 (11.69%) Project Planning
5 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (10.39%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.09%) Risk Management
8 6 (7.79%) Budget Management
8 6 (7.79%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (7.79%) Data Protection
8 6 (7.79%) DevOps
8 6 (7.79%) Project Governance
8 6 (7.79%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (6.49%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.49%) SQL
2 4 (5.19%) C#
3 3 (3.90%) Java
4 2 (2.60%) C++
5 1 (1.30%) C
5 1 (1.30%) COBOL
5 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.30%) Python
5 1 (1.30%) R
5 1 (1.30%) VB
5 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (55.84%) Security Cleared
2 25 (32.47%) SC Cleared
3 12 (15.58%) DV Cleared
4 10 (12.99%) Degree
5 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.60%) RIBA
7 1 (1.30%) APMP
7 1 (1.30%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.30%) MCP
7 1 (1.30%) MCSA
7 1 (1.30%) MCSE
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) Government Security Classifications
1 4 (5.19%) PMO
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.30%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.30%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.30%) NCSC
3 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) Terraform
2 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) SCCM
3 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.30%) Nessus
3 1 (1.30%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.30%) VxRail
3 1 (1.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
1 9 (11.69%) SAP
2 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.60%) IFS
3 2 (2.60%) NEC
3 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.60%) VMware
3 2 (2.60%) Workday
4 1 (1.30%) Dell
4 1 (1.30%) HP
4 1 (1.30%) IBM
4 1 (1.30%) McAfee
4 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle
4 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.30%) Remedy
4 1 (1.30%) Software AG
4 1 (1.30%) Symantec
4 1 (1.30%) webMethods