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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 42 44
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 559 829 1,081
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.31% 3.99% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% 4.80% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 497 780
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £672 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 27 33
10th Percentile £39.80 £24.95 £33.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.88 £46.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.94 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.77% -37.02% +40.54%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £83.31
90th Percentile £83.75 £53.80 £89.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £35.65 £60.00
% change year-on-year +82.33% -40.58% +34.83%

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 11,744 17,263 20,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.60% 83.19% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,276 10,230 14,016
10th Percentile £235 £246 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 870 2,129 1,241
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.41 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.39% +40.19%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -12 111 £525 +5.00% 1,260
Scotland +4 110 £460 -8.00% 238
North of England -6 110 £450 -14.29% 980
Midlands +1 107 £512 +0.89% 760
South West -4 77 £500 -5.66% 489
North West -3 73 £450 -21.74% 495
West Midlands +6 72 £520 -1.00% 437
East Midlands +13 34 £447 -3.35% 281
Yorkshire +7 33 £500 +8.70% 372
East of England +7 29 £425 -22.73% 545
Northern Ireland -3 11 £525 +228.13% 78
Wales -21 5 £306 +11.36% 127
North East -10 4 £363 -30.95% 116
Channel Islands - 1 £450 - 23
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 (5.37%) Confluence
2 25 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.36%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.18%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.18%) WinCC
Applications
1 46 (8.23%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (6.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (2.86%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.54%) Trello
7 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.18%) InDesign
8 1 (0.18%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (1.61%) Maximo
5 8 (1.43%) Oracle ASCP
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.54%) Primavera
7 3 (0.54%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 2 (0.36%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.63%) Azure
2 35 (6.26%) AWS
3 26 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.50%) SaaS
6 13 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 12 (2.15%) IaaS
8 11 (1.97%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.07%) Asana
9 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.89%) OCI
11 4 (0.72%) GitHub
11 4 (0.72%) PaaS
12 3 (0.54%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.54%) GCP
12 3 (0.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 3 (0.54%) ShareGate
12 3 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.55%) Firewall
2 23 (4.11%) Network Security
3 14 (2.50%) LAN
4 13 (2.33%) VPN
5 11 (1.97%) DNS
5 11 (1.97%) WAN
6 10 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.43%) BGP
7 8 (1.43%) Internet
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%) DHCP
10 5 (0.89%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.89%) VSAN
11 4 (0.72%) IPsec
12 3 (0.54%) DMZ
12 3 (0.54%) Intranet
12 3 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.79%) Big Data
3 9 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.61%) Power BI
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (0.54%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.54%) GIS
5 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.36%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
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%) Looker
7 1 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 45 (8.05%) JIRA
2 7 (1.25%) Git
3 3 (0.54%) Selenium
4 2 (0.36%) Gradle
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) Maven
4 2 (0.36%) Subversion
5 1 (0.18%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) NetBeans
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
5 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 212 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 200 (35.78%) Finance
3 66 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.38%) Public Sector
5 43 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 36 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (5.55%) Banking
8 24 (4.29%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.68%) Retail
12 14 (2.50%) Legal
13 13 (2.33%) Marketing
14 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.43%) Electronics
16 7 (1.25%) Billing
16 7 (1.25%) Law
17 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.89%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 124 (22.18%) Project Manager
2 55 (9.84%) Senior
3 54 (9.66%) Analyst
4 51 (9.12%) Lead
5 36 (6.44%) Consultant
6 26 (4.65%) Architect
7 25 (4.47%) Delivery Manager
8 22 (3.94%) Business Analyst
9 21 (3.76%) Developer
10 19 (3.40%) IT Manager
10 19 (3.40%) Network Engineer
11 18 (3.22%) Engagement Manager
12 17 (3.04%) IT Project Manager
13 16 (2.86%) Support Engineer
14 14 (2.50%) Programme Manager
14 14 (2.50%) Senior Manager
15 12 (2.15%) Service Manager
16 11 (1.97%) Functional Consultant
16 11 (1.97%) Infrastructure Manager
16 11 (1.97%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.97%) Spring
1 11 (1.97%) Spring Boot
2 10 (1.79%) .NET
2 10 (1.79%) EntireX
3 9 (1.61%) React
4 5 (0.89%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.72%) ADO
5 4 (0.72%) CSS
5 4 (0.72%) HTML
5 4 (0.72%) Middleware
5 4 (0.72%) RESTful
6 3 (0.54%) Node.js
6 3 (0.54%) Web Services
6 3 (0.54%) XML
7 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.36%) Parceljs
7 2 (0.36%) REST
7 2 (0.36%) SOAP
8 1 (0.18%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.01%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.04%) Operational Technology
4 14 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (1.97%) PMI
7 11 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.43%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.25%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.25%) SCADA
11 6 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.07%) IoT
12 5 (0.89%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.72%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.44%) Windows
2 22 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 18 (3.22%) Linux
4 11 (1.97%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.79%) Unix
5 10 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.07%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.89%) Windows 8
7 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.89%) Windows XP
8 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.72%) zOS
9 3 (0.54%) Android
9 3 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.36%) Solaris
11 1 (0.18%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (33.99%) Project Management
2 180 (32.20%) Agile
3 168 (30.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 113 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (12.88%) Change Management
6 61 (10.91%) PRINCE2
6 61 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (10.38%) Risk Management
8 52 (9.30%) Migration
8 52 (9.30%) Project Governance
9 51 (9.12%) Waterfall
10 50 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (8.59%) ITIL
12 46 (8.23%) Roadmaps
13 42 (7.51%) Project Planning
14 39 (6.98%) Programme Management
15 38 (6.80%) DevOps
16 37 (6.62%) Process Improvement
17 36 (6.44%) Decision-Making
18 35 (6.26%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (3.94%) PowerShell
2 21 (3.76%) SQL
3 20 (3.58%) Java
3 20 (3.58%) Python
4 12 (2.15%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.79%) C#
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%) 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
9 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 99 (17.71%) Security Cleared
2 76 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.09%) Degree
4 32 (5.72%) PMI Certification
5 25 (4.47%) PMP
6 21 (3.76%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 9 (1.61%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.43%) APMP
11 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.25%) SAP Certification
12 6 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.07%) CCNP
12 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.72%) CCNA
14 4 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.72%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.51%) PMO
2 21 (3.76%) QA
3 6 (1.07%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.07%) P3O
3 6 (1.07%) SLA
4 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.54%) NCSC
6 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) MiFID
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (4.47%) 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 (0.72%) Docker
6 4 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.18%) XenApp
9 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.94%) Terraform
2 13 (2.33%) Ansible
3 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.61%) SCCM
4 8 (1.43%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.25%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.07%) VxRail
7 4 (0.72%) 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%) HP ALM
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%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) Nessus
10 1 (0.18%) SCOM
10 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.69%) SAP
3 35 (6.26%) VMware
4 27 (4.83%) Oracle
5 20 (3.58%) Cisco
5 20 (3.58%) IBM
6 17 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.79%) Software AG
7 10 (1.79%) webMethods
8 9 (1.61%) Adobe
8 9 (1.61%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.43%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.25%) Dell
10 7 (1.25%) IFS
10 7 (1.25%) Meraki
10 7 (1.25%) Symantec
11 6 (1.07%) Databricks
11 6 (1.07%) NEC
11 6 (1.07%) Remedy
11 6 (1.07%) SolarWinds