Earned Value Management Contract Job Trends

Earned Value Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Earned Value Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 535 579
Rank change year-on-year -40 +44 +209
Contract jobs citing Earned Value Management 9 9 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.026% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.030% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £475 - £176
25th Percentile £513 £474 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -0.50% +25.79%
75th Percentile £550 £521 £675
90th Percentile £593 - £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +5.53% -0.50% +44.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 19
10th Percentile - £38.19 -
25th Percentile - - £49.00
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +31.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Earned Value Management 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,537 30,122 39,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.36% 88.11% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,461 18,405 26,081
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 985 1,517
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.52 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%

Earned Value Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Earned Value Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Earned Value Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Earned Value Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Earned Value Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Earned Value Management

Earned Value Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Earned Value Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Earned Value Management

Earned Value Management
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Earned Value Management within the UK over the 6 months to 19 December 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 -18 9 £525 +5.53%
England -29 9 £525 +5.53% 2
UK excluding London -36 9 £525 +5.53% 2

Earned Value Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project Server
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Project Planner
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
2 8 (88.89%) PRINCE2
3 7 (77.78%) Monte Carlo Method
3 7 (77.78%) Risk Analysis
4 6 (66.67%) Agile
4 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
5 5 (55.56%) Critical Path Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Cost Management
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
7 1 (11.11%) Change Control
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
7 1 (11.11%) Time Management
7 1 (11.11%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft