Project Delivery Contracts in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 37 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 84 80 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.24% 3.91% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.91% 4.84% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 49 74
10th Percentile £400 £393 £363
25th Percentile £428 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -2.78% +10.20%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £576
90th Percentile £634 £775 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £30.43 -
England median hourly rate £65.08 £35.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year +85.94% -45.31% +43.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,422 1,652 1,969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.71% 80.66% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 1,103 1,355
10th Percentile £209 £264 £263
25th Percentile £364 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £584 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 107 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.76 £14.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.28 £19.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -24.75% +44.29%
75th Percentile £32.29 £36.25 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £57.25 £51.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the West Midlands

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Birmingham +9 26 £450 -14.29% 53
Shropshire +16 22 £520 +279.38% 8
Warwickshire -7 22 £525 -25.00% 36
Solihull +19 8 £587 - 2
Coventry -8 3 £469 -18.48% 9
Staffordshire -1 1 £41 - 37
Walsall - 1 £425 - 1
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (9.52%) Confluence
2 3 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) CMS
3 1 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.57%) Trello
4 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.95%) Azure
2 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (2.38%) Asana
4 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.19%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.19%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) DHCP
1 1 (1.19%) DNS
1 1 (1.19%) Modbus
1 1 (1.19%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (7.14%) Big Data
3 3 (3.57%) Power BI
4 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.38%) QlikView
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.19%) DataStage
5 1 (1.19%) DB2
5 1 (1.19%) GIS
5 1 (1.19%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 11 (13.10%) JIRA
General
1 30 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 27 (32.14%) Finance
3 15 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Advertising
6 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Legal
6 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.38%) Law
8 1 (1.19%) Banking
8 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Marketing
8 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Engagement Manager
2 16 (19.05%) Project Manager
3 12 (14.29%) Analyst
4 6 (7.14%) Architect
4 6 (7.14%) Data Manager
5 5 (5.95%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.95%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (5.95%) JavaScript Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Change Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) Business Change Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) Consultant
7 3 (3.57%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 3 (3.57%) Senior
8 2 (2.38%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) React
2 4 (4.76%) .NET
3 2 (2.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (2.38%) ADO
4 1 (1.19%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.57%) SCADA
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.19%) CCTV
5 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.19%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.19%) IoT
5 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (44.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (40.48%) Agile
3 24 (28.57%) Project Management
4 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (17.86%) Change Management
6 13 (15.48%) Project Governance
6 13 (15.48%) Project Planning
7 12 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 11 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (11.90%) Business Case
10 9 (10.71%) Decision-Making
10 9 (10.71%) Waterfall
11 8 (9.52%) Agile Project Management
11 8 (9.52%) Analytics
11 8 (9.52%) Commercial Awareness
11 8 (9.52%) Migration
11 8 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (8.33%) Business Analysis
12 7 (8.33%) Process Improvement
12 7 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
1 5 (5.95%) PHP
1 5 (5.95%) Python
2 2 (2.38%) C#
3 1 (1.19%) Java
3 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (14.29%) Degree
1 12 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.76%) PMP
4 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.71%) PMO
2 2 (2.38%) QA
3 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.19%) NCSC
3 1 (1.19%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) SCCM
2 1 (1.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) SAP
3 4 (4.76%) NEC
4 2 (2.38%) IBM
5 1 (1.19%) Oracle
5 1 (1.19%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.19%) Software AG
5 1 (1.19%) VMware
5 1 (1.19%) webMethods