Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Project Delivery
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 12 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 5 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.11% 7.28% 5.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 10.58% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £321 £472 £475
25th Percentile £428 £500 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% +21.05%
75th Percentile £538 £619 £613
90th Percentile £583 £638 £664
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.33% -5.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 137 104 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 85.09% 68.87% 84.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 70 120
10th Percentile £170 £200 £262
25th Percentile £230 £352 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £428 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% -18.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £616
90th Percentile £673 £639 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £539
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.09% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £22.50 - £24.13
25th Percentile £26.25 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £29.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.99%
75th Percentile £72.63 - £34.31
90th Percentile £78.85 - £36.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £52.50
% change year-on-year -68.55% +25.43% +16.67%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Southampton

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Southampton over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Southampton

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP