Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Project Delivery
West Midlands > Staffordshire

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 12 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 2 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 3.33% 5.65% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 7.69% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.16%
75th Percentile - - £419
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -10.04% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.93 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £65.00 £26.13 £31.04
% change year-on-year +148.78% -15.83% +24.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46 91 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 76.67% 73.39% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 45 116
10th Percentile £140 £127 £263
25th Percentile £201 £250 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £380 £500
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -24.00% +9.53%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £588
90th Percentile £528 £594 £745
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £33.93 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.47 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +25.33% -
75th Percentile £31.00 £38.44 £28.75
90th Percentile £35.90 £44.63 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.70 £23.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.40% -14.18% +55.19%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Stafford +1 1 - -
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - - 3
Project Delivery
West Midlands

Project Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Workday