Project Delivery Contract Job Trends

Project Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 58 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,870 1,175 1,621
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.73% 3.97% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 4.36% 4.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 733 1,030
10th Percentile £340 £350 £356
25th Percentile £420 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £488 £516
% change year-on-year -0.82% -5.57% +2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 18 39
10th Percentile £16.55 £34.50 £20.98
25th Percentile £23.47 £52.00 £26.47
Median hourly rate £39.04 £65.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -39.94% +82.33% -39.32%
75th Percentile £76.75 £77.50 £41.60
90th Percentile £87.83 £83.25 £65.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year -43.08% +58.77% -34.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,464 26,928 37,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.04% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,499 17,092 23,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,207 2,592
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.00 £37.09
Median % change year-on-year +62.81% -27.20% +5.97%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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 +8 1,659 £515 -1.91% 834
UK excluding London +4 1,044 £484 -0.82% 678
London -5 700 £550 -4.35% 271
Work from Home 0 536 £525 +1.16% 380
North of England +21 291 £476 +5.78% 142
South East +9 247 £525 - 230
North West +33 199 £475 +5.56% 81
Midlands -14 192 £475 -7.23% 103
South West +14 144 £493 -8.37% 86
West Midlands -12 136 £475 -9.07% 62
Scotland -8 100 £493 +6.60% 33
Yorkshire -18 75 £500 +11.11% 48
East of England -2 58 £500 +11.73% 74
East Midlands -10 55 £413 -6.68% 41
North East -19 19 £350 -3.45% 19
Wales -8 16 £463 +60.87% 17
Northern Ireland -1 9 £280 -46.76% 17
Channel Islands 0 1 £550 +22.22%

Project Delivery
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
1 109 (5.83%) Confluence
2 101 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.48%) CMS
5 6 (0.32%) SAS
6 4 (0.21%) Apache
6 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.21%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) Camunda
7 3 (0.16%) CICS
7 3 (0.16%) Kentico
7 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
7 3 (0.16%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 157 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 103 (5.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 102 (5.45%) Microsoft Project
4 88 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
5 31 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 25 (1.34%) Siemens NX
7 9 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.32%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.21%) Revit
10 3 (0.16%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.16%) Trello
11 1 (0.053%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.55%) Teamcenter
3 14 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.48%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.43%) Primavera
6 7 (0.37%) Maximo
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 6 (0.32%) ProductWriter
7 6 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.27%) SAP EWM
8 5 (0.27%) Shopify
8 5 (0.27%) Summit
9 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.21%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.16%) BASE24
10 3 (0.16%) Endur
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 218 (11.66%) Azure
2 101 (5.40%) AWS
3 99 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 95 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (3.64%) SaaS
6 54 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.46%) Entra ID
8 33 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (1.55%) GCP
10 23 (1.23%) Google Workspace
10 23 (1.23%) IaaS
11 22 (1.18%) GitHub
12 19 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (0.91%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (0.70%) Power Automate
15 13 (0.70%) Serverless
16 12 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.64%) Amazon S3
16 12 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (5.72%) Firewall
2 68 (3.64%) DNS
3 56 (2.99%) Network Security
4 52 (2.78%) WAN
5 46 (2.46%) LAN
6 35 (1.87%) VPN
7 29 (1.55%) BGP
7 29 (1.55%) VLAN
8 27 (1.44%) MPLS
8 27 (1.44%) OSPF
9 25 (1.34%) DHCP
10 22 (1.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 21 (1.12%) SD-WAN
11 21 (1.12%) Wireless
12 18 (0.96%) TCP/IP
13 17 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (0.80%) SSL
15 13 (0.70%) BIG-IP
15 13 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
16 11 (0.59%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.17%) Power BI
2 42 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.50%) Tableau
4 23 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (0.70%) Metadata
8 10 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.48%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.43%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.32%) Big Data
12 6 (0.32%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.27%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
15 3 (0.16%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 202 (10.80%) JIRA
2 19 (1.02%) Git
3 14 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.53%) GitLab
5 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.32%) Selenium
7 3 (0.16%) Appium
7 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.16%) JMeter
7 3 (0.16%) MSTest
7 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.11%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.11%) Hudson
8 2 (0.11%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.11%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.053%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.053%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.053%) Postman
9 1 (0.053%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.053%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 711 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 589 (31.50%) Finance
3 246 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 208 (11.12%) Public Sector
5 136 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
6 123 (6.58%) Banking
7 87 (4.65%) Retail
8 79 (4.22%) Legal
9 72 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
10 65 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (2.67%) Manufacturing
12 48 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
12 48 (2.57%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.82%) Local Government
14 27 (1.44%) Marketing
14 27 (1.44%) Military
15 23 (1.23%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.02%) Financial Institution
17 18 (0.96%) Publishing
18 16 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 465 (24.87%) Project Manager
2 223 (11.93%) Analyst
3 200 (10.70%) Lead
4 190 (10.16%) Senior
5 128 (6.84%) Business Analyst
6 100 (5.35%) Architect
7 89 (4.76%) Senior Manager
8 80 (4.28%) Consultant
8 80 (4.28%) Delivery Manager
9 76 (4.06%) Network Engineer
10 73 (3.90%) IT Manager
11 72 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
12 52 (2.78%) IT Project Manager
13 50 (2.67%) Developer
14 49 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
15 46 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 39 (2.09%) Technical Manager
17 38 (2.03%) SC Cleared Project Manager
18 34 (1.82%) Project Officer
19 31 (1.66%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.25%) Middleware
2 29 (1.55%) REST
3 19 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (0.91%) XML
5 13 (0.70%) .NET
6 11 (0.59%) JSON
7 10 (0.53%) ADO
8 9 (0.48%) OAuth
8 9 (0.48%) React
8 9 (0.48%) Spring Boot
8 9 (0.48%) Web Services
9 8 (0.43%) 802.1X
9 8 (0.43%) CSS
9 8 (0.43%) Spring
10 7 (0.37%) HTML
10 7 (0.37%) RESTful
11 6 (0.32%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.32%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 98 (5.24%) Management Information System
2 83 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 75 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 70 (3.74%) Product Ownership
5 36 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (1.71%) Virtual Team
7 30 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 29 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 27 (1.44%) Clustering
9 27 (1.44%) Replication
10 26 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.07%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (1.07%) Operational Technology
11 20 (1.07%) PKI
12 17 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
12 17 (0.91%) NHS
13 16 (0.86%) Life Science
13 16 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 106 (5.67%) Windows
2 51 (2.73%) Windows Server
3 40 (2.14%) Linux
4 31 (1.66%) Unix
5 15 (0.80%) Solaris
6 9 (0.48%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.43%) AIX
8 7 (0.37%) zOS
9 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.27%) VMS
11 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.21%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.11%) Android
13 2 (0.11%) Debian
14 1 (0.053%) CentOS
14 1 (0.053%) pSOS
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (30.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 558 (29.84%) Agile
3 535 (28.61%) Project Management
4 298 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
5 294 (15.72%) Migration
6 286 (15.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 282 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 228 (12.19%) Change Management
9 223 (11.93%) PRINCE2
10 193 (10.32%) Decision-Making
11 190 (10.16%) Waterfall
12 155 (8.29%) DevOps
13 152 (8.13%) Risk Management
14 131 (7.01%) Roadmaps
15 129 (6.90%) AI
15 129 (6.90%) ITIL
16 124 (6.63%) Scrum
17 118 (6.31%) ERP
18 115 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
19 110 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 107 (5.72%) SQL
2 84 (4.49%) Python
3 52 (2.78%) PowerShell
4 22 (1.18%) Java
5 21 (1.12%) C#
6 19 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.59%) Bash
8 8 (0.43%) Go
8 8 (0.43%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.43%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.37%) Bicep
10 6 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (0.32%) Shell Script
10 6 (0.32%) VBA
11 5 (0.27%) ABAP
11 5 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.16%) C++
12 3 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 407 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 300 (16.04%) SC Cleared
3 185 (9.89%) Degree
4 158 (8.45%) PMP
5 124 (6.63%) PMI Certification
6 95 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 55 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
8 43 (2.30%) CCNP
9 37 (1.98%) CCNA
10 34 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 34 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.34%) CISSP
12 23 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 20 (1.07%) APMP
13 20 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (0.96%) CISM
15 18 (0.96%) MCSE
16 16 (0.86%) Azure Certification
16 16 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (11.07%) PMO
2 103 (5.51%) QA
3 52 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (2.78%) NIST
4 47 (2.51%) GDPR
5 39 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 20 (1.07%) SLA
7 14 (0.75%) GRC
8 12 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.43%) HL7
10 8 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.43%) IFRS
11 7 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.32%) Basel III
12 6 (0.32%) GAAP
12 6 (0.32%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.32%) NCSC
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 77 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 43 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.18%) vSphere
4 19 (1.02%) Docker
5 18 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 15 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.37%) Firmware
10 4 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.16%) Squid
12 2 (0.11%) Ceph
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.053%) ACF2
13 1 (0.053%) KVM
13 1 (0.053%) RACF
13 1 (0.053%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 43 (2.30%) Ansible
2 37 (1.98%) Terraform
3 29 (1.55%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.59%) SCCM
9 7 (0.37%) Nagios
9 7 (0.37%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.27%) Netcool
10 5 (0.27%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.16%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 3 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.11%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 341 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 129 (6.90%) SAP
3 92 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 91 (4.87%) Cisco
4 91 (4.87%) Oracle
5 56 (2.99%) VMware
6 50 (2.67%) Palo Alto
7 36 (1.93%) Salesforce
8 34 (1.82%) F5
8 34 (1.82%) Google
9 27 (1.44%) Fortinet
10 25 (1.34%) Siemens
11 22 (1.18%) IBM
12 19 (1.02%) CheckPoint
13 18 (0.96%) SolarWinds
14 17 (0.91%) Workday
15 16 (0.86%) Infoblox
15 16 (0.86%) NEC
16 15 (0.80%) Aruba
16 15 (0.80%) Juniper