Project Delivery Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 37 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -24 +16
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 137 163 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.07% 5.57% 9.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 6.05% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 128 230
10th Percentile £291 £359 £306
25th Percentile £413 £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -4.26%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £525
90th Percentile £640 £650 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £489
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.42% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £71.95
25th Percentile £56.16 - £73.00
Median hourly rate £57.32 £45.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.38% -42.68% -
75th Percentile £58.48 - £82.50
90th Percentile - - £82.65
South East median hourly rate £57.32 £49.99 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.66% -23.09% +18.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Project Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,359 2,692 3,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.31% 91.91% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,870 2,083
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 62 86
10th Percentile £15.52 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.86 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.61 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +14 104 £543 +0.46% 36
Buckinghamshire -8 25 £450 -10.45% 13
Oxfordshire -2 8 £475 -17.39% 20
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 5 (3.65%) SAS
1 5 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.46%) nginx
4 1 (0.73%) Apache
4 1 (0.73%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Maximo
2 5 (3.65%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (3.65%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.73%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.38%) AWS
2 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.92%) Azure
3 4 (2.92%) Figma
4 3 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.46%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.46%) SaaS
6 1 (0.73%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.73%) OCI
6 1 (0.73%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.73%) PaaS
6 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) 3G
1 5 (3.65%) 4G
2 4 (2.92%) 2G
2 4 (2.92%) ATM
2 4 (2.92%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.92%) SDH
2 4 (2.92%) VPN
2 4 (2.92%) WAN
3 3 (2.19%) Network Security
4 2 (1.46%) Firewall
4 2 (1.46%) LAN
4 2 (1.46%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.46%) Wireless
5 1 (0.73%) 5G
5 1 (0.73%) DSL
5 1 (0.73%) Junos
5 1 (0.73%) LTE
5 1 (0.73%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.73%) VoWiFi
5 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) Crystal Reports
1 5 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.73%) MySQL
3 1 (0.73%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.73%) Git
General
1 39 (28.47%) Finance
2 30 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.90%) Telecoms
3 17 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.11%) Marketing
6 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.65%) Billing
8 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.46%) Military
9 2 (1.46%) Retail
10 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.73%) Automotive
10 1 (0.73%) Banking
10 1 (0.73%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.73%) Local Government
10 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (22.63%) Project Manager
2 14 (10.22%) Senior
3 13 (9.49%) Delivery Manager
4 12 (8.76%) Analyst
4 12 (8.76%) Lead
4 12 (8.76%) Senior Manager
5 11 (8.03%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (7.30%) Consultant
7 9 (6.57%) IT Manager
8 8 (5.84%) Coordinator
8 8 (5.84%) Developer
8 8 (5.84%) Functional Consultant
9 7 (5.11%) Project Coordinator
10 6 (4.38%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 6 (4.38%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (4.38%) Telecoms Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Architect
11 5 (3.65%) Database Specialist
11 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 5 (3.65%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.46%) CSS
1 2 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.46%) HTML
1 2 (1.46%) jQuery
2 1 (0.73%) ADO
2 1 (0.73%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.73%) Django
2 1 (0.73%) Node.js
2 1 (0.73%) React
2 1 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.19%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.46%) CSOC
5 2 (1.46%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.46%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.73%) FMCG
6 1 (0.73%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.73%) IoT
6 1 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.73%) SCADA
6 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.19%) Linux
3 1 (0.73%) Android
3 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.73%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (45.26%) Project Management
2 35 (25.55%) Agile
3 16 (11.68%) Roadmaps
3 16 (11.68%) Workflow
4 14 (10.22%) Business Case
4 14 (10.22%) Logistics
4 14 (10.22%) PRINCE2
5 12 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (8.76%) ERP
5 12 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (8.76%) Scrum
5 12 (8.76%) User Experience
6 11 (8.03%) Decision-Making
6 11 (8.03%) DevOps
6 11 (8.03%) Waterfall
7 10 (7.30%) Migration
7 10 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.57%) CRM
8 9 (6.57%) Test Automation
9 8 (5.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.57%) SQL
2 3 (2.19%) Java
3 2 (1.46%) Go
3 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.46%) Python
4 1 (0.73%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 25 (18.25%) DV Cleared
3 16 (11.68%) Degree
4 9 (6.57%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.84%) PMP
6 5 (3.65%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.92%) APMP
8 3 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.73%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.73%) ACCA
10 1 (0.73%) CCNA
10 1 (0.73%) CCNP
10 1 (0.73%) CCSP
10 1 (0.73%) CEH
10 1 (0.73%) CIMA
10 1 (0.73%) CISA
10 1 (0.73%) CISM
10 1 (0.73%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.87%) PMO
2 16 (11.68%) QA
3 4 (2.92%) SLA
4 1 (0.73%) NIST
4 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.46%) Ansible
2 2 (1.46%) Kibana
2 2 (1.46%) Rancher
2 2 (1.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.03%) Oracle
3 5 (3.65%) IFS
4 4 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.92%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.19%) Juniper
5 3 (2.19%) Siemens
6 2 (1.46%) AlgoSec
6 2 (1.46%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.46%) Cisco
6 2 (1.46%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.46%) VMware
7 1 (0.73%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.73%) IBM
7 1 (0.73%) Okta
7 1 (0.73%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.73%) SAP