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 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 42 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 -25 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 116 143 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.33% 4.97% 9.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 5.49% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 114 203
10th Percentile £350 £363 £327
25th Percentile £413 £457 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +2.70%
75th Percentile £611 £587 £543
90th Percentile £638 £664 £612
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.71 £29.10
25th Percentile - £21.43 £36.13
Median hourly rate - £29.29 £50.46
Median % change year-on-year - -41.96% -
75th Percentile - £37.14 £67.42
90th Percentile - £41.86 £76.02
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £45.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.11% -30.77% +15.56%

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 2,291 2,607 3,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.42% 90.62% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,771 2,166
10th Percentile £224 £313 £250
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £699 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 67 89
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.00 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.23 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +201.38% -17.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.59 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.39
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +9 89 £515 +1.03% 26
Buckinghamshire -5 20 £474 -5.25% 17
Oxfordshire -4 7 £450 -9.55% 15
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 6 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.31%) SAS
3 2 (1.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.86%) Apache
4 1 (0.86%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Maximo
2 5 (4.31%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (4.31%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (4.31%) Azure
3 4 (3.45%) Figma
4 3 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.59%) SaaS
5 2 (1.72%) AWS
5 2 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.72%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.86%) PaaS
6 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) 3G
1 5 (4.31%) 4G
2 4 (3.45%) 2G
2 4 (3.45%) ATM
2 4 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (3.45%) Ethernet
2 4 (3.45%) SDH
3 3 (2.59%) LAN
3 3 (2.59%) WAN
4 2 (1.72%) DNS
4 2 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.86%) ADSL
5 1 (0.86%) DHCP
5 1 (0.86%) DMZ
5 1 (0.86%) DSL
5 1 (0.86%) GPRS
5 1 (0.86%) GSM
5 1 (0.86%) Junos
5 1 (0.86%) LTE
5 1 (0.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.31%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.86%) MySQL
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.72%) GitLab
General
1 32 (27.59%) Finance
2 24 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.97%) Telecoms
4 12 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.76%) Marketing
7 7 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.17%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.31%) Billing
10 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.72%) Retail
12 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.86%) Automotive
12 1 (0.86%) Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.86%) Law
12 1 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (24.14%) Project Manager
2 12 (10.34%) Lead
2 12 (10.34%) Senior
3 11 (9.48%) Analyst
3 11 (9.48%) Delivery Manager
4 9 (7.76%) Senior Manager
5 8 (6.90%) Consultant
5 8 (6.90%) IT Manager
5 8 (6.90%) Senior Project Manager
6 7 (6.03%) Developer
7 6 (5.17%) Coordinator
7 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (5.17%) IT Project Manager
7 6 (5.17%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (4.31%) IFS Developer
8 5 (4.31%) Network Engineer
8 5 (4.31%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 5 (4.31%) PMO Lead
8 5 (4.31%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.86%) ADO
2 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.86%) CSS
2 1 (0.86%) HTML
2 1 (0.86%) jQuery
2 1 (0.86%) Node.js
2 1 (0.86%) React
2 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.59%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (1.72%) SCADA
5 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) FMCG
5 1 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.86%) IoT
5 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (48.28%) Project Management
2 24 (20.69%) Agile
3 17 (14.66%) Logistics
4 14 (12.07%) PRINCE2
5 12 (10.34%) ERP
5 12 (10.34%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.34%) Workflow
6 11 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (9.48%) User Experience
7 10 (8.62%) DevOps
8 9 (7.76%) Change Management
8 9 (7.76%) Migration
8 9 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (7.76%) Scrum
9 8 (6.90%) Business Case
9 8 (6.90%) CRM
9 8 (6.90%) ITIL
9 8 (6.90%) Programme Management
10 7 (6.03%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.17%) SQL
2 2 (1.72%) Go
3 1 (0.86%) C#
3 1 (0.86%) Java
3 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (21.55%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.24%) DV Cleared
3 14 (12.07%) Degree
4 7 (6.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.31%) PMP
6 4 (3.45%) APMP
7 3 (2.59%) ISEB
7 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.72%) RIBA
9 1 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.86%) CCNA
9 1 (0.86%) CCNP
9 1 (0.86%) CCSK
9 1 (0.86%) CCSP
9 1 (0.86%) CISA
9 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) PMO
2 10 (8.62%) QA
3 3 (2.59%) SLA
4 1 (0.86%) COBIT
4 1 (0.86%) NIST
4 1 (0.86%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.86%) P3O
System Software
1 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.45%) Endace
3 2 (1.72%) Ansible
3 2 (1.72%) Rancher
3 2 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.03%) Oracle
3 6 (5.17%) Cisco
3 6 (5.17%) IFS
4 5 (4.31%) Juniper
5 4 (3.45%) F5
6 3 (2.59%) Siemens
6 3 (2.59%) VMware
7 2 (1.72%) NEC
7 2 (1.72%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.72%) SAP
7 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.86%) Citrix
8 1 (0.86%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.86%) IBM
8 1 (0.86%) Okta