Project Delivery Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 33 38 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -23
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 79 137 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.23% 5.10% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.63% 5.85% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 127
10th Percentile £300 £291 £363
25th Percentile £470 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £591
90th Percentile £650 £640 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.66% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £57.32 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +27.38% -42.68%
South East median hourly rate £73.31 £57.32 £49.99
% change year-on-year +27.90% +14.66% -23.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +1 65 £600 +10.60% 83
Buckinghamshire +2 10 £475 +5.56% 62
Oxfordshire +1 4 £500 +5.26% 45
Project Delivery
South East

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.53%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) WinCC
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (29.11%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (29.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (15.19%) Maximo
2 12 (15.19%) Oracle ASCP
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.53%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (2.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.53%) OpenShift
2 2 (2.53%) Oracle CX
2 2 (2.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.27%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (1.27%) AWS
3 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.27%) IaaS
3 1 (1.27%) OCI
3 1 (1.27%) PaaS
3 1 (1.27%) SaaS
3 1 (1.27%) ShareGate
3 1 (1.27%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) BGP
1 3 (3.80%) Firewall
2 2 (2.53%) 3G
2 2 (2.53%) 3GPP
2 2 (2.53%) 4G
2 2 (2.53%) 5G
2 2 (2.53%) LAN
2 2 (2.53%) LTE
2 2 (2.53%) OSPF
2 2 (2.53%) WAN
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (1.27%) Modbus
3 1 (1.27%) Network Security
3 1 (1.27%) Profibus
3 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.27%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (1.27%) VXLAN
3 1 (1.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Selenium
2 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.97%) Finance
3 28 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.66%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.33%) Retail
6 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Billing
8 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (29.11%) Consultant
2 22 (27.85%) Oracle Consultant
3 21 (26.58%) Functional Consultant
3 21 (26.58%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 17 (21.52%) Project Manager
5 12 (15.19%) Lead
6 8 (10.13%) Architect
7 6 (7.59%) Senior
8 3 (3.80%) Analyst
8 3 (3.80%) Logistics Consultant
8 3 (3.80%) Network Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Procurement Consultant
8 3 (3.80%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.53%) Junior
9 2 (2.53%) Junior Project Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Project Leader
9 2 (2.53%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Technical Design Authority
9 2 (2.53%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) Node.js
1 2 (2.53%) Parceljs
1 2 (2.53%) RESTful
2 1 (1.27%) ADO
2 1 (1.27%) Ajax
2 1 (1.27%) CSS
2 1 (1.27%) HTML
2 1 (1.27%) REST
2 1 (1.27%) SAML
2 1 (1.27%) SOAP
2 1 (1.27%) Web Services
2 1 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.80%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.53%) CMDB
3 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Life Science
3 2 (2.53%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.27%) FMCG
4 1 (1.27%) PKI
4 1 (1.27%) PMI
4 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Windows
2 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.27%) Linux
3 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.91%) Problem-Solving
1 26 (32.91%) Project Management
2 18 (22.78%) Agile
3 15 (18.99%) E-business
3 15 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (15.19%) PRINCE2
5 11 (13.92%) Logistics
5 11 (13.92%) Migration
6 8 (10.13%) Change Management
6 8 (10.13%) Project Governance
6 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (8.86%) ITIL
8 6 (7.59%) Risk Management
8 6 (7.59%) Waterfall
9 5 (6.33%) Roadmaps
10 4 (5.06%) Decision-Making
10 4 (5.06%) Defect Management
10 4 (5.06%) Programme Management
11 3 (3.80%) Asset Management
11 3 (3.80%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) Java
2 1 (1.27%) Python
2 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (8.86%) PMI Certification
2 6 (7.59%) PMP
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
3 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) APMP
5 2 (2.53%) CCIE
5 2 (2.53%) CCNP
5 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) ISEB
5 2 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.27%) CCDA
6 1 (1.27%) CCDP
6 1 (1.27%) CCNA
6 1 (1.27%) CISSP
6 1 (1.27%) MCSE
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) PMO
2 3 (3.80%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) IEC 61131
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.27%) P3O
3 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (34.18%) Oracle
2 10 (12.66%) SAP
3 5 (6.33%) Cisco
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.33%) VMware
4 2 (2.53%) Cramer
4 2 (2.53%) Databricks
4 2 (2.53%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.53%) Infoblox
4 2 (2.53%) Remedy
4 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.53%) Virgin Media
4 2 (2.53%) Workday
5 1 (1.27%) Genesys
5 1 (1.27%) IFS
5 1 (1.27%) Meraki
5 1 (1.27%) Rockwell
5 1 (1.27%) Siemens
5 1 (1.27%) Snow
5 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds