Project Delivery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 48 41 40
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 560 872 1,198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.39% 4.20% 4.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 4.95% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 541 866
10th Percentile £307 £350 £320
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £503
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +4.48% +5.79%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 42
10th Percentile £26.70 £26.45 £31.03
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.19 £53.01
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.94 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.77% -37.02% +44.44%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £68.94
90th Percentile £78.40 £51.73 £85.96
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.65 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.76% -45.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East -16 122 £550 +10.00% 350
Scotland +8 121 £475 -7.32% 78
Midlands +10 105 £502 -4.38% 150
North of England -10 105 £490 -7.55% 264
North West -4 70 £475 -17.39% 166
West Midlands -4 65 £525 - 84
South West -9 64 £475 -10.38% 125
East Midlands +17 35 £447 -7.26% 58
Yorkshire -1 29 £506 +10.05% 75
East of England 0 24 £519 -6.32% 106
Northern Ireland 0 13 £594 +182.74% 24
Wales -21 7 £325 -36.59% 22
North East -8 6 £413 -17.50% 28
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 30 (5.36%) Confluence
2 18 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) JBoss
5 1 (0.18%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
5 1 (0.18%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.18%) WinCC
Applications
1 44 (7.86%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (2.68%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.54%) Trello
7 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.36%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (4.46%) Oracle EBS
2 24 (4.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (2.32%) Maximo
5 12 (2.14%) Oracle ASCP
6 4 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.36%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.18%) Actimize
8 1 (0.18%) BASE24
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 61 (10.89%) Azure
2 36 (6.43%) AWS
3 26 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.32%) IaaS
6 12 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.79%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.79%) SaaS
8 8 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.89%) Asana
9 5 (0.89%) PaaS
9 5 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.71%) GitHub
10 4 (0.71%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.36%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.36%) GCP
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle CX
11 2 (0.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.18%) Firewall
2 20 (3.57%) Network Security
3 14 (2.50%) LAN
4 12 (2.14%) VPN
5 11 (1.96%) WAN
6 9 (1.61%) DNS
7 8 (1.43%) BGP
7 8 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.25%) MPLS
8 7 (1.25%) OSPF
9 6 (1.07%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.89%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.89%) VSAN
11 4 (0.71%) DHCP
11 4 (0.71%) IPsec
11 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.71%) Wireless
12 3 (0.54%) Internet
12 3 (0.54%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.61%) Big Data
3 7 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.89%) Power BI
5 3 (0.54%) GIS
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.36%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.36%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.36%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.36%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.18%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 48 (8.57%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) Git
3 2 (0.36%) Subversion
3 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.18%) GCC
4 1 (0.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.18%) JMeter
4 1 (0.18%) NetBeans
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.18%) Selenium
4 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 208 (37.14%) Finance
2 197 (35.18%) Social Skills
3 71 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 39 (6.96%) Banking
6 34 (6.07%) Telecoms
7 32 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (4.11%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.04%) Legal
10 16 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.50%) Retail
13 10 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.43%) Law
14 8 (1.43%) Local Government
14 8 (1.43%) Military
15 7 (1.25%) Marketing
16 6 (1.07%) Automotive
16 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 142 (25.36%) Project Manager
2 55 (9.82%) Senior
3 51 (9.11%) Consultant
4 45 (8.04%) Lead
5 40 (7.14%) Analyst
6 30 (5.36%) Architect
7 28 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 25 (4.46%) IT Project Manager
9 24 (4.29%) Developer
10 23 (4.11%) Functional Consultant
10 23 (4.11%) Oracle Consultant
11 22 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
11 22 (3.93%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 20 (3.57%) Network Engineer
13 18 (3.21%) Engagement Manager
13 18 (3.21%) Java Developer
13 18 (3.21%) Support Engineer
14 17 (3.04%) Programme Manager
14 17 (3.04%) Senior Manager
15 15 (2.68%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.57%) Spring
1 20 (3.57%) Spring Boot
2 15 (2.68%) React
3 10 (1.79%) EntireX
4 6 (1.07%) Middleware
5 5 (0.89%) .NET
6 4 (0.71%) ADO
6 4 (0.71%) Node.js
7 3 (0.54%) XML
8 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.36%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.36%) Parceljs
8 2 (0.36%) RESTful
9 1 (0.18%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.18%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.18%) Playwright
9 1 (0.18%) PySpark
9 1 (0.18%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.75%) Management Information System
2 19 (3.39%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 13 (2.32%) PMI
6 11 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.25%) SCADA
10 6 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.07%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.07%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.89%) IoT
11 5 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.71%) Clustering
12 4 (0.71%) FMCG
12 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.61%) Windows
2 23 (4.11%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.21%) Linux
4 10 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 8 (1.43%) Unix
7 6 (1.07%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.89%) Windows 8
8 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.89%) Windows XP
9 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.71%) zOS
10 2 (0.36%) Android
10 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.36%) Solaris
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (34.29%) Project Management
2 174 (31.07%) Agile
3 150 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 113 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (12.68%) Change Management
6 58 (10.36%) Risk Management
7 56 (10.00%) PRINCE2
8 54 (9.64%) Waterfall
9 50 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (8.21%) ITIL
10 46 (8.21%) Migration
11 45 (8.04%) Process Improvement
12 44 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (7.68%) Roadmaps
14 42 (7.50%) Business Case
15 40 (7.14%) Budget Management
15 40 (7.14%) Decision-Making
16 39 (6.96%) Project Planning
17 38 (6.79%) Project Governance
18 35 (6.25%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.64%) Java
2 21 (3.75%) PowerShell
3 18 (3.21%) Python
4 13 (2.32%) SQL
5 9 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.89%) PHP
7 3 (0.54%) Bash
7 3 (0.54%) C
7 3 (0.54%) C#
7 3 (0.54%) Perl
8 2 (0.36%) Bicep
8 2 (0.36%) C++
8 2 (0.36%) JCL
8 2 (0.36%) REXX
8 2 (0.36%) VB
8 2 (0.36%) VBScript
9 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.18%) COBOL
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.50%) Degree
3 67 (11.96%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.61%) PMI Certification
5 28 (5.00%) PMP
6 16 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.32%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.43%) CCNP
9 8 (1.43%) SAP Certification
10 6 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.07%) CCNA
11 5 (0.89%) APMP
11 5 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.71%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.71%) HNC
12 4 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.79%) PMO
2 13 (2.32%) QA
3 7 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.25%) SLA
4 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (0.71%) NCSC
6 3 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.54%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) Basel III
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA C
System Software
1 26 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.68%) vSphere
4 8 (1.43%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.36%) Docker
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 28 (5.00%) Terraform
2 14 (2.50%) Ansible
3 9 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.43%) SCCM
5 7 (1.25%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.07%) VxRail
7 4 (0.71%) PowerCLI
8 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.36%) Amdocs OSS
9 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.36%) SELinux
9 2 (0.36%) Tivoli NetView
9 2 (0.36%) vRealize
10 1 (0.18%) Avamar
10 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) SCOM
10 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.14%) SAP
3 38 (6.79%) VMware
4 37 (6.61%) Oracle
5 20 (3.57%) IBM
6 19 (3.39%) Cisco
7 15 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.79%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.79%) Software AG
8 10 (1.79%) webMethods
9 8 (1.43%) Adobe
10 7 (1.25%) Dell
10 7 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.07%) Databricks
11 6 (1.07%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.89%) Canon
12 5 (0.89%) Meraki
12 5 (0.89%) Workday
13 4 (0.71%) NEC
13 4 (0.71%) Symantec