Greenfield Project Contracts

Greenfield Project
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Greenfield Project in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Greenfield Project over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 223 163
Rank change year-on-year -24 -60 -33
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 387 643 1,495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 1.18% 1.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.15% 3.64% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 497 1,246
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £500 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £723 £694 £700
90th Percentile £816 £815 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Greenfield Project falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,291 17,679 29,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.60% 32.53% 33.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,897 12,209 20,869
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £423 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £813 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 690 445 640
10th Percentile £12.25 £14.09 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.65 £19.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.50 £26.74
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% +32.76% +13.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £45.82 £21.50
% change year-on-year -8.34% +113.12% +5.68%

Greenfield Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Greenfield Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Greenfield Project.

Daily rate trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greenfield Project over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Greenfield Project.

Hourly rate trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Greenfield Project within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -49 315 £600 +5.26% 121
London -12 218 £625 +2.04% 36
Work from Home +10 182 £575 +4.55% 101
UK excluding London -10 106 £498 +4.74% 103
North of England +32 48 £490 +1.82% 24
North West +48 40 £490 -0.76% 16
South East +26 22 £575 +0.88% 19
Scotland +34 11 £445 -5.07% 5
Midlands -3 10 £545 +14.74% 31
South West -11 9 £550 +22.22% 3
Yorkshire +11 7 £450 -5.26% 4
East Midlands +5 5 £625 +47.06% 16
West Midlands +2 5 £523 +4.50% 15
Wales +9 3 £425 -5.56% 2
Northern Ireland +3 3 £450 -26.83% 13
East of England +1 3 £725 +61.11% 7
North East +3 1 £625 +85.19% 5

Greenfield Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (1.03%) Apache
1 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.78%) nginx
3 2 (0.52%) CMS
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.26%) Kentico
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (6.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.78%) Endur
3 2 (0.52%) Shopify
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Magento
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.48%) AWS
2 84 (21.71%) Azure
3 21 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (5.17%) GCP
5 19 (4.91%) Serverless
6 11 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (2.84%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 10 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.07%) GitHub
8 8 (2.07%) OpenShift
9 7 (1.81%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.81%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.81%) npm
10 5 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.03%) Figma
11 4 (1.03%) OCI
11 4 (1.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.07%) Firewall
2 5 (1.29%) Network Security
3 3 (0.78%) AMQP
4 2 (0.52%) BGP
4 2 (0.52%) Internet
4 2 (0.52%) IPsec
4 2 (0.52%) MQTT
4 2 (0.52%) OSPF
4 2 (0.52%) SMS
4 2 (0.52%) SSL
4 2 (0.52%) VPN
4 2 (0.52%) Wireless
5 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.65%) MongoDB
1 18 (4.65%) NoSQL
2 15 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.36%) Big Data
3 13 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.07%) Power BI
6 8 (2.07%) SAP Data Services
7 6 (1.55%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.52%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.52%) MySQL
10 2 (0.52%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (5.17%) Jenkins
2 19 (4.91%) Git
3 8 (2.07%) Cucumber
3 8 (2.07%) LSMW
4 7 (1.81%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.81%) NUnit
4 7 (1.81%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.55%) Moq
6 5 (1.29%) GitLab
6 5 (1.29%) JIRA
6 5 (1.29%) Mocha
7 3 (0.78%) Selenium
7 3 (0.78%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.52%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.52%) Gradle
8 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.26%) AutoIt
9 1 (0.26%) Sikuli
General
1 106 (27.39%) Finance
2 53 (13.70%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.01%) Front Office
4 30 (7.75%) Banking
5 23 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.68%) Financial Institution
7 21 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (3.88%) Retail
9 11 (2.84%) Law
9 11 (2.84%) Marketing
10 8 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.29%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.03%) Automotive
12 4 (1.03%) Back Office
13 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) German Language
15 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 142 (36.69%) Developer
2 39 (10.08%) Senior
3 34 (8.79%) Architect
4 33 (8.53%) Consultant
4 33 (8.53%) Full Stack Developer
5 31 (8.01%) C# Developer
6 27 (6.98%) Lead
7 26 (6.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (5.68%) Java Developer
9 21 (5.43%) Angular Developer
10 19 (4.91%) Business Analyst
11 18 (4.65%) React Developer
11 18 (4.65%) Senior Developer
11 18 (4.65%) Software Engineer
12 17 (4.39%) Analyst
13 15 (3.88%) .NET Developer
13 15 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (3.88%) Network Engineer
13 15 (3.88%) Project Manager
14 14 (3.62%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.14%) React
2 39 (10.08%) .NET
3 30 (7.75%) AngularJS
4 29 (7.49%) Kafka
5 28 (7.24%) Node.js
6 21 (5.43%) .NET Core
7 17 (4.39%) REST
7 17 (4.39%) RESTful
8 15 (3.88%) CSS
8 15 (3.88%) HTML
8 15 (3.88%) Spring
9 13 (3.36%) Next.js
10 12 (3.10%) RabbitMQ
11 11 (2.84%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.58%) Web Services
13 8 (2.07%) BAPI
13 8 (2.07%) HTML5
13 8 (2.07%) Middleware
13 8 (2.07%) Spring Boot
14 7 (1.81%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.88%) Product Ownership
2 11 (2.84%) Hedge funds
3 9 (2.33%) Fixed Income
3 9 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (1.81%) Algorithms
4 7 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.03%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.03%) Equities
8 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.78%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.52%) CMDB
9 2 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.52%) Life Science
9 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.81%) Linux
2 4 (1.03%) Android
2 4 (1.03%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.78%) VMS
3 3 (0.78%) Windows
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (17.05%) Agile
2 60 (15.50%) DevOps
3 52 (13.44%) CI/CD
4 47 (12.14%) Full Stack Development
4 47 (12.14%) Software Engineering
5 39 (10.08%) Microservices
6 33 (8.53%) Migration
7 26 (6.72%) Analytics
8 25 (6.46%) Fintech
9 23 (5.94%) Test Automation
10 20 (5.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (4.91%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (4.91%) Data Modelling
11 19 (4.91%) Machine Learning
11 19 (4.91%) Project Management
12 15 (3.88%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (3.88%) Scrum
12 15 (3.88%) SDLC
13 13 (3.36%) Containerisation
13 13 (3.36%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.02%) C#
2 51 (13.18%) SQL
3 48 (12.40%) Java
4 47 (12.14%) JavaScript
5 37 (9.56%) Python
6 36 (9.30%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.58%) Ruby
8 9 (2.33%) Kotlin
9 8 (2.07%) ABAP
10 7 (1.81%) Go
11 5 (1.29%) Scala
12 3 (0.78%) Clojure
12 3 (0.78%) Haskell
12 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.78%) Rust
13 2 (0.52%) Bash
13 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.26%) Perl
14 1 (0.26%) PHP
14 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 43 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.39%) Degree
4 7 (1.81%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.52%) CCNP
7 2 (0.52%) CISM
7 2 (0.52%) CISSP
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.26%) APMP
8 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) PMP
8 1 (0.26%) RHCE
8 1 (0.26%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.58%) QA
2 8 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.78%) GRC
6 2 (0.52%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 51 (13.18%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.52%) vSphere
4 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 43 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 29 (7.49%) Terraform
3 14 (3.62%) Ansible
4 4 (1.03%) Grafana
5 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (8.27%) SAP
2 21 (5.43%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.13%) Virgin Media
4 11 (2.84%) F5
5 10 (2.58%) Oracle
5 10 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.07%) Databricks
7 7 (1.81%) TIBCO
8 6 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.29%) VMware
10 4 (1.03%) Google
10 4 (1.03%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.78%) IBM
11 3 (0.78%) OpenLink
12 2 (0.52%) Ariba
12 2 (0.52%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.52%) Cisco
12 2 (0.52%) Informatica
12 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto