Project Delivery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 44 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 846 1,085 1,776
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.01% 4.78% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.84% 5.36% 6.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 786 1,271
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £674 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 35 28
10th Percentile £24.95 £34.75 £20.09
25th Percentile £29.88 £45.88 £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.94 £65.00 £46.83
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +38.81% +8.90%
75th Percentile - £83.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £53.80 £90.00 £80.53
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.58% +34.83% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Project Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,473 20,238 27,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.84% 89.10% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,285 13,877 19,070
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,170 1,255 1,342
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.68 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.40 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £74.92 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the UK excluding London

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South East +6 243 £500 -1.96% 190
North of England -7 153 £525 +4.48% 218
South West -3 142 £530 +2.91% 115
Midlands +11 117 £509 -5.79% 183
Scotland +1 116 £500 - 87
North West -1 95 £568 +21.07% 122
West Midlands +2 85 £525 -2.78% 103
East of England -31 51 £550 +10.00% 64
Yorkshire -14 40 £450 -18.18% 72
East Midlands +12 30 £450 -26.53% 80
Wales +13 28 £275 -45.00% 33
North East +15 18 £543 -25.12% 27
Northern Ireland 0 5 £160 -70.91% 11
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (3.66%) Confluence
2 15 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.59%) SAS
5 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) CICS
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.12%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 62 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (5.32%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (3.31%) Spreadsheet
5 25 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (1.18%) MS Visio
7 9 (1.06%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.24%) Trello
9 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.12%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 12 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.71%) Maximo
3 6 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.35%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.93%) Azure
2 37 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (2.60%) Power Platform
4 20 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (2.01%) AWS
5 17 (2.01%) IaaS
6 16 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (1.89%) SaaS
7 13 (1.54%) PaaS
8 12 (1.42%) PowerApps
9 10 (1.18%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.06%) GCP
11 8 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
12 7 (0.83%) Entra ID
13 6 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (0.59%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 4 (0.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (0.47%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.44%) VPN
2 45 (5.32%) WAN
3 43 (5.08%) Firewall
4 39 (4.61%) LAN
5 24 (2.84%) DNS
6 22 (2.60%) DHCP
6 22 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (2.13%) Network Security
8 15 (1.77%) Cisco Firepower
9 11 (1.30%) SAN
10 10 (1.18%) Internet
10 10 (1.18%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.95%) ATM
13 7 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (0.83%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
13 7 (0.83%) VoIP
14 6 (0.71%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.89%) Power BI
2 14 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 8 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.83%) RDBMS
7 6 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.71%) MySQL
8 5 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
9 4 (0.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.35%) Metadata
11 2 (0.24%) Big Data
11 2 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 107 (12.65%) JIRA
2 10 (1.18%) GitLab
3 7 (0.83%) Git
4 5 (0.59%) Spinnaker
5 3 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.24%) ERwin
7 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.12%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 278 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 218 (25.77%) Finance
3 114 (13.48%) Public Sector
4 86 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.68%) Telecoms
6 50 (5.91%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (3.43%) Banking
7 29 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (3.43%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (2.72%) Mandarin Language
10 18 (2.13%) Local Government
10 18 (2.13%) Retail
11 17 (2.01%) Marketing
12 16 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.77%) Legal
13 15 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.42%) Law
15 6 (0.71%) Billing
16 5 (0.59%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 229 (27.07%) Project Manager
2 106 (12.53%) Architect
3 83 (9.81%) Senior
4 76 (8.98%) Lead
5 69 (8.16%) Analyst
6 43 (5.08%) Senior Manager
7 41 (4.85%) IT Manager
8 40 (4.73%) Senior Project Manager
9 38 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
10 37 (4.37%) Project Leader
11 33 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.55%) IT Project Manager
13 24 (2.84%) Business Analyst
13 24 (2.84%) Consultant
14 23 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (2.60%) Developer
16 21 (2.48%) Network Architect
17 16 (1.89%) Network Engineer
17 16 (1.89%) PMO Analyst
18 15 (1.77%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.42%) .NET
2 11 (1.30%) Middleware
3 9 (1.06%) Web Services
3 9 (1.06%) XML
4 6 (0.71%) HTML
4 6 (0.71%) JSON
4 6 (0.71%) RESTful
5 5 (0.59%) ADO
5 5 (0.59%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.59%) OpenAPI
5 5 (0.59%) RAML
5 5 (0.59%) Swagger
6 4 (0.47%) CSS
6 4 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.47%) LDAP
7 3 (0.35%) J2EE
7 3 (0.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.24%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.24%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.91%) Data Centre
2 27 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.36%) NHS
3 20 (2.36%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.01%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.06%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.06%) PKI
7 8 (0.95%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.83%) FMCG
8 7 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (0.83%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
9 6 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (0.71%) PMI
9 6 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (0.71%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.59%) Clustering
10 5 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.56%) Windows
2 32 (3.78%) Linux
3 21 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.42%) Unix
6 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.83%) AIX
8 7 (0.83%) Solaris
8 7 (0.83%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.71%) VMS
10 5 (0.59%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.47%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (41.73%) Project Management
2 262 (30.97%) Agile
3 157 (18.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 129 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (13.12%) PRINCE2
6 88 (10.40%) Change Management
7 86 (10.17%) Migration
8 85 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 73 (8.63%) Risk Management
10 67 (7.92%) ITIL
11 63 (7.45%) DevOps
11 63 (7.45%) Service Delivery
12 61 (7.21%) Roadmaps
12 61 (7.21%) Waterfall
13 56 (6.62%) Data Management
14 54 (6.38%) Business Case
15 53 (6.26%) Project Planning
16 52 (6.15%) Scrum
17 48 (5.67%) Decision-Making
17 48 (5.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.37%) SQL
2 24 (2.84%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.01%) C#
3 17 (2.01%) Python
4 10 (1.18%) Java
5 9 (1.06%) Bash
6 7 (0.83%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.47%) Go
7 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.47%) X++
8 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.24%) C++
9 2 (0.24%) Perl
9 2 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.24%) Swift
10 1 (0.12%) Bicep
10 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.12%) PHP
10 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 193 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 105 (12.41%) Degree
3 92 (10.87%) DV Cleared
4 87 (10.28%) SC Cleared
5 42 (4.96%) PMP
6 30 (3.55%) APMP
6 30 (3.55%) PMI Certification
7 21 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (1.42%) CCNA
10 10 (1.18%) CCNP
11 9 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.95%) HND
13 7 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.59%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.59%) CCIE
15 5 (0.59%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (13.00%) PMO
2 33 (3.90%) SLA
3 28 (3.31%) QA
4 15 (1.77%) Disclosure Scotland
5 14 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.54%) NIST
7 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.71%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.47%) P3O
10 3 (0.35%) COBIT
10 3 (0.35%) GDPR
11 2 (0.24%) GAMP
11 2 (0.24%) GMP
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) GxP
11 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 30 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.65%) vSphere
5 10 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.95%) XenApp
7 5 (0.59%) Docker
7 5 (0.59%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.47%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.47%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.24%) Ceph
9 2 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.12%) ACF2
10 1 (0.12%) RACF
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.13%) Ansible
3 15 (1.77%) Terraform
4 8 (0.95%) SCCM
4 8 (0.95%) vRealize
5 6 (0.71%) Endace
5 6 (0.71%) Packer
5 6 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
6 5 (0.59%) HP Data Protector
6 5 (0.59%) Istio
6 5 (0.59%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.47%) Rancher
7 4 (0.47%) vMotion
8 3 (0.35%) WSUS
9 2 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.24%) Pacemaker
9 2 (0.24%) Podman
9 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.62%) Cisco
3 44 (5.20%) VMware
4 40 (4.73%) SAP
5 31 (3.66%) Juniper
6 21 (2.48%) Oracle
7 18 (2.13%) F5
8 16 (1.89%) Citrix
9 14 (1.65%) Atlassian
9 14 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.54%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.30%) CheckPoint
12 11 (1.30%) Symantec
13 9 (1.06%) Autodesk
13 9 (1.06%) Infoblox
13 9 (1.06%) Remedy
14 8 (0.95%) Ivanti
15 7 (0.83%) Brocade
16 6 (0.71%) IFS