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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 53 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,836 1,166 1,617
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.74% 4.04% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.41% 4.44% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 723 1,027
10th Percentile £328 £350 £357
25th Percentile £418 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £626
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 18 40
10th Percentile £16.30 £34.50 £20.98
25th Percentile £23.38 £56.25 £26.57
Median hourly rate £37.00 £68.75 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -46.18% +92.85% -42.96%
75th Percentile £77.63 £78.44 £43.88
90th Percentile £87.83 £83.25 £65.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £72.50 £40.94
% change year-on-year -48.97% +77.09% -37.02%

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 41,610 26,282 36,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.67% 91.03% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,026 16,812 23,631
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,100 2,513
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +8.57%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +5 1,632 £513 -2.38% 860
UK excluding London +2 1,025 £483 -3.40% 674
London -3 679 £550 -2.65% 303
Work from Home +2 518 £520 -0.95% 377
North of England +22 293 £477 +0.42% 150
South East -1 240 £525 -3.89% 218
Midlands -10 196 £470 -8.20% 114
North West +29 192 £478 +0.53% 92
South West +7 142 £485 -3.00% 83
West Midlands -15 138 £475 -8.61% 77
Scotland -8 93 £463 -1.60% 45
Yorkshire -13 85 £500 - 40
East Midlands -7 57 £413 -7.72% 37
East of England -8 54 £500 +17.65% 54
North East -8 20 £350 -3.45% 22
Wales -2 15 £475 +55.10% 16
Northern Ireland -5 4 £225 -58.62% 10
Channel Islands -1 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
1 106 (5.77%) Confluence
2 100 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.44%) CMS
5 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.22%) Apache
6 4 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.22%) CICS
6 4 (0.22%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.16%) Camunda
7 3 (0.16%) MS Project Server
7 3 (0.16%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.16%) SAS
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.11%) Kentico
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 153 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 102 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
3 101 (5.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 88 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
5 30 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 25 (1.36%) Siemens NX
7 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.22%) Revit
9 4 (0.22%) Trello
10 3 (0.16%) Navisworks
11 1 (0.054%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.054%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 40 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.58%) Teamcenter
3 12 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.49%) Loan IQ
5 8 (0.44%) Primavera
6 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.33%) ProductWriter
6 6 (0.33%) SAP PSCD
7 5 (0.27%) Maximo
7 5 (0.27%) Shopify
7 5 (0.27%) Summit
8 4 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.22%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.22%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.16%) Endur
9 3 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
9 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.16%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.16%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 211 (11.49%) Azure
2 100 (5.45%) AWS
3 98 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
4 94 (5.12%) Power Platform
5 70 (3.81%) SaaS
6 52 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (2.40%) Entra ID
8 31 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 31 (1.69%) GCP
9 23 (1.25%) GitHub
9 23 (1.25%) Google Workspace
10 21 (1.14%) IaaS
11 20 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (0.76%) PowerApps
14 13 (0.71%) Serverless
15 12 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (0.65%) Amazon S3
15 12 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 105 (5.72%) Firewall
2 68 (3.70%) DNS
3 55 (3.00%) Network Security
4 49 (2.67%) WAN
5 44 (2.40%) LAN
6 29 (1.58%) VPN
7 27 (1.47%) BGP
8 26 (1.42%) OSPF
8 26 (1.42%) VLAN
9 23 (1.25%) DHCP
9 23 (1.25%) MPLS
10 21 (1.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 20 (1.09%) TCP/IP
12 19 (1.03%) SD-WAN
13 18 (0.98%) Wireless
14 15 (0.82%) SSL
14 15 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (0.71%) BIG-IP
15 13 (0.71%) SAN
15 13 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.98%) Power BI
2 39 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 29 (1.58%) Tableau
4 21 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
6 15 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (0.71%) Metadata
8 8 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.38%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.38%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.33%) Big Data
10 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.27%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
11 5 (0.27%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.16%) GIS
Development Applications
1 197 (10.73%) JIRA
2 18 (0.98%) Git
3 17 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.60%) GitLab
5 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.33%) 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%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.11%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.11%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.054%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.054%) LSMW
9 1 (0.054%) NUnit
9 1 (0.054%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 694 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 564 (30.72%) Finance
3 237 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 204 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 134 (7.30%) Organisational Skills
6 121 (6.59%) Banking
7 84 (4.58%) Retail
8 75 (4.08%) Legal
9 71 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
10 63 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (2.51%) Telecoms
13 45 (2.45%) Manufacturing
14 31 (1.69%) Local Government
15 27 (1.47%) Marketing
16 25 (1.36%) Military
17 22 (1.20%) Investment Banking
18 18 (0.98%) Financial Institution
19 16 (0.87%) Law
19 16 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 474 (25.82%) Project Manager
2 214 (11.66%) Analyst
3 188 (10.24%) Lead
4 184 (10.02%) Senior
5 125 (6.81%) Business Analyst
6 94 (5.12%) Architect
7 89 (4.85%) Senior Manager
8 81 (4.41%) Consultant
9 77 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
10 71 (3.87%) Senior Project Manager
11 70 (3.81%) Network Engineer
12 69 (3.76%) IT Manager
13 52 (2.83%) IT Project Manager
14 50 (2.72%) Developer
15 47 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 40 (2.18%) Technical Manager
18 39 (2.12%) SC Cleared Project Manager
19 33 (1.80%) Programme Manager
20 32 (1.74%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.07%) Middleware
2 29 (1.58%) REST
3 19 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (0.93%) XML
5 13 (0.71%) .NET
6 11 (0.60%) ADO
7 10 (0.54%) JSON
7 10 (0.54%) OAuth
7 10 (0.54%) Spring Boot
8 9 (0.49%) React
8 9 (0.49%) Spring
8 9 (0.49%) Web Services
9 8 (0.44%) CSS
10 7 (0.38%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.38%) HTML
11 6 (0.33%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.33%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.33%) RESTful
12 5 (0.27%) SailPoint
12 5 (0.27%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 77 (4.19%) Data Centre
3 73 (3.98%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 33 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 30 (1.63%) Virtual Team
8 28 (1.53%) Replication
9 27 (1.47%) Clustering
10 26 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 23 (1.25%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (0.98%) Operational Technology
15 17 (0.93%) NHS
15 17 (0.93%) PMI
16 16 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.87%) Life Science
16 16 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 107 (5.83%) Windows
2 51 (2.78%) Windows Server
3 41 (2.23%) Linux
4 31 (1.69%) Unix
5 15 (0.82%) Solaris
6 10 (0.54%) VMS
6 10 (0.54%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.44%) AIX
7 8 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.44%) zOS
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.22%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.22%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.11%) Debian
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.054%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.054%) Android
13 1 (0.054%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (29.63%) Agile
2 541 (29.47%) Project Management
3 536 (29.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 297 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 282 (15.36%) Migration
6 273 (14.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 271 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 215 (11.71%) Change Management
9 212 (11.55%) PRINCE2
10 185 (10.08%) Waterfall
11 183 (9.97%) Decision-Making
12 157 (8.55%) DevOps
13 148 (8.06%) Risk Management
14 133 (7.24%) Roadmaps
15 127 (6.92%) AI
16 122 (6.64%) ITIL
17 121 (6.59%) Scrum
18 110 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
18 110 (5.99%) ERP
18 110 (5.99%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 101 (5.50%) SQL
2 80 (4.36%) Python
3 53 (2.89%) PowerShell
4 23 (1.25%) Java
5 21 (1.14%) C#
6 18 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.60%) Bash
8 8 (0.44%) Go
8 8 (0.44%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.38%) Bicep
10 6 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.27%) ABAP
11 5 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.27%) VBA
12 3 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.16%) C++
12 3 (0.16%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 411 (22.39%) Security Cleared
2 302 (16.45%) SC Cleared
3 184 (10.02%) Degree
4 155 (8.44%) PMP
5 118 (6.43%) PMI Certification
6 96 (5.23%) DV Cleared
7 49 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (2.12%) CCNP
9 34 (1.85%) CCNA
10 33 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 33 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 25 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.31%) CISSP
13 21 (1.14%) APMP
13 21 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 19 (1.03%) Master's Degree
14 19 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (0.98%) MCSE
16 17 (0.93%) CISM
17 16 (0.87%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (11.27%) PMO
2 101 (5.50%) QA
3 50 (2.72%) NIST
4 49 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.40%) GDPR
6 40 (2.18%) Data Quality
7 20 (1.09%) SLA
8 13 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.71%) GRC
9 10 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.44%) HL7
10 8 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.44%) IFRS
10 8 (0.44%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.33%) Basel III
12 6 (0.33%) GAAP
12 6 (0.33%) NCSC
13 5 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
13 5 (0.27%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 77 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.36%) vSphere
4 20 (1.09%) Docker
5 19 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.49%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.44%) Firmware
10 4 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.16%) Squid
12 2 (0.11%) Ceph
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.054%) ACF2
13 1 (0.054%) KVM
13 1 (0.054%) RACF
13 1 (0.054%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 45 (2.45%) Ansible
2 37 (2.02%) Terraform
3 33 (1.80%) Kubernetes
4 26 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.87%) vCenter Server
6 13 (0.71%) SCCM
6 13 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.49%) Nagios
9 7 (0.38%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.27%) Netcool
10 5 (0.27%) Tivoli
11 3 (0.16%) Grafana
11 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 3 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.11%) NSN NetAct
12 2 (0.11%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 328 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 133 (7.24%) SAP
3 86 (4.68%) Oracle
4 85 (4.63%) ServiceNow
5 82 (4.47%) Cisco
6 59 (3.21%) VMware
7 48 (2.61%) Palo Alto
8 37 (2.02%) Google
9 35 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.69%) F5
11 25 (1.36%) Siemens
12 23 (1.25%) IBM
13 21 (1.14%) CheckPoint
13 21 (1.14%) Fortinet
14 18 (0.98%) Aruba
14 18 (0.98%) SolarWinds
15 16 (0.87%) Workday
16 15 (0.82%) Citrix
17 14 (0.76%) NEC
18 13 (0.71%) Atlassian