Project Delivery Contracts in England

Project Delivery
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 49 51
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +14
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,349 2,033 3,394
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.66% 4.28% 4.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 4.76% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,403 2,305
10th Percentile £360 £369 £369
25th Percentile £449 £450 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £625
90th Percentile £738 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 52 60
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £23.16
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.48 £38.81
Median hourly rate £33.93 £61.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.60% +37.64% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.00 £76.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £83.39 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -42.96% +40.45% +0.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in England

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London -6 605 £550 -8.33% 372
South East +9 245 £500 -0.99% 206
North of England -5 149 £525 +4.48% 208
South West -6 138 £530 +2.42% 119
Midlands +10 110 £508 -6.02% 178
North West +3 93 £575 +22.99% 117
West Midlands +4 81 £525 -2.78% 97
East of England -30 49 £550 +15.79% 76
Yorkshire -9 40 £460 -16.36% 63
East Midlands +8 27 £463 -24.49% 81
North East +12 16 £525 -27.54% 31
Project Delivery
UK

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 60 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.30%) Confluence
3 28 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.67%) MTS
5 7 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.44%) CMS
7 5 (0.37%) SAS
8 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.30%) CICS
9 3 (0.22%) Apache
9 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.074%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.074%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 106 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
2 77 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
4 47 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 33 (2.45%) MS Visio
6 27 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.074%) InVision
8 1 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.19%) Loan IQ
4 13 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 12 (0.89%) Endur
5 12 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
6 11 (0.82%) Maximo
7 10 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
8 9 (0.67%) Aligne
8 9 (0.67%) EuroRunner
8 9 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
9 8 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
10 4 (0.30%) SAP SD
11 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
11 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.22%) Shopify
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
12 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 202 (14.97%) Azure
2 69 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (4.45%) Power Platform
4 52 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (3.19%) AWS
6 29 (2.15%) Entra ID
7 28 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (2.08%) SaaS
8 26 (1.93%) IaaS
9 17 (1.26%) PaaS
9 17 (1.26%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.04%) GCP
11 13 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (0.82%) WhatsApp
13 10 (0.74%) OneDrive
13 10 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.67%) OCI
15 8 (0.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.85%) Firewall
2 50 (3.71%) WAN
3 42 (3.11%) VPN
4 39 (2.89%) LAN
5 31 (2.30%) DNS
6 26 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.70%) Network Security
8 21 (1.56%) DHCP
9 15 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 15 (1.11%) MPLS
10 13 (0.96%) SAN
11 12 (0.89%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.82%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (0.67%) Internet
13 9 (0.67%) VoIP
14 8 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
15 7 (0.52%) 4G
15 7 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (0.52%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.19%) Power BI
3 30 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 22 (1.63%) Metadata
5 18 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.11%) Data Vault
6 15 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.82%) Big Data
7 11 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.67%) RDBMS
10 8 (0.59%) GIS
10 8 (0.59%) Pentaho
10 8 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (0.59%) QlikView
11 7 (0.52%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
11 7 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 99 (7.34%) JIRA
2 12 (0.89%) Git
3 10 (0.74%) GitLab
4 7 (0.52%) Selenium
5 5 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.37%) Spinnaker
6 4 (0.30%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.22%) Gatling
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.15%) Gerrit
8 2 (0.15%) JUnit
8 2 (0.15%) RStudio
8 2 (0.15%) Serenity BDD
8 2 (0.15%) TestNG
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.15%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.074%) Toad
General
1 422 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 395 (29.28%) Finance
3 144 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 85 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
6 73 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 50 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (3.56%) Banking
9 44 (3.26%) Marketing
10 43 (3.19%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.67%) Retail
13 33 (2.45%) Local Government
14 31 (2.30%) Legal
15 24 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (1.56%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (1.41%) Electronics
19 17 (1.26%) Front Office
20 16 (1.19%) Law
Job Titles
1 386 (28.61%) Project Manager
2 170 (12.60%) Senior
3 163 (12.08%) Architect
4 115 (8.52%) Lead
5 110 (8.15%) Analyst
6 85 (6.30%) Senior Manager
7 73 (5.41%) Business Analyst
7 73 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
8 65 (4.82%) Senior Project Manager
9 56 (4.15%) Consultant
10 55 (4.08%) IT Manager
11 52 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
12 44 (3.26%) Developer
13 42 (3.11%) IT Project Manager
14 36 (2.67%) Project Leader
15 35 (2.59%) Programme Manager
16 32 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 32 (2.37%) Technical Manager
17 31 (2.30%) Security Manager
18 24 (1.78%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.08%) .NET
2 25 (1.85%) XML
3 16 (1.19%) AngularJS
3 16 (1.19%) JSON
3 16 (1.19%) Web Services
4 14 (1.04%) .NET Framework
5 13 (0.96%) ADO
6 12 (0.89%) REST
7 10 (0.74%) Middleware
8 8 (0.59%) HTML
8 8 (0.59%) JSON Schema
8 8 (0.59%) RESTful
9 7 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.44%) CSS
10 6 (0.44%) PySpark
10 6 (0.44%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.37%) LDAP
11 5 (0.37%) RAML
11 5 (0.37%) React
11 5 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 58 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 40 (2.97%) Data Centre
4 30 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (1.63%) NHS
7 18 (1.33%) PMI
8 16 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.11%) Reference Data
10 14 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.96%) FMCG
12 12 (0.89%) Market Risk
13 10 (0.74%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.74%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.74%) Solar Panel
14 9 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 72 (5.34%) Windows
2 33 (2.45%) Linux
3 29 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (0.96%) Unix
5 13 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.59%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.52%) Solaris
10 6 (0.44%) AIX
10 6 (0.44%) VMS
11 5 (0.37%) Android
11 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.30%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.30%) zOS
13 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (42.11%) Project Management
2 498 (36.92%) Agile
3 264 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 207 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (12.31%) PRINCE2
6 164 (12.16%) Migration
7 139 (10.30%) Change Management
8 130 (9.64%) Scrum
9 128 (9.49%) DevOps
10 123 (9.12%) Risk Management
11 122 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 122 (9.04%) Waterfall
12 109 (8.08%) Programme Management
13 95 (7.04%) ITIL
14 93 (6.89%) Decision-Making
15 89 (6.60%) Project Planning
16 88 (6.52%) Business Case
17 84 (6.23%) Roadmaps
18 81 (6.00%) Data Management
19 79 (5.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 103 (7.64%) SQL
2 60 (4.45%) PowerShell
3 42 (3.11%) C#
4 37 (2.74%) Python
5 30 (2.22%) Java
6 14 (1.04%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.96%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.74%) Bash
9 6 (0.44%) Bicep
9 6 (0.44%) C++
10 5 (0.37%) R
10 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.30%) Go
11 4 (0.30%) X++
12 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.15%) Swift
13 2 (0.15%) VBA
14 1 (0.074%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 260 (19.27%) Security Cleared
2 172 (12.75%) Degree
3 140 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 100 (7.41%) DV Cleared
5 73 (5.41%) PMI Certification
6 71 (5.26%) PMP
7 34 (2.52%) APMP
7 34 (2.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 23 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.11%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.04%) CISSP
12 13 (0.96%) CCNA
12 13 (0.96%) CISA
12 13 (0.96%) CISM
12 13 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.82%) CCNP
14 9 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (12.16%) PMO
2 59 (4.37%) QA
3 21 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (1.41%) NIST
5 17 (1.26%) SLA
6 16 (1.19%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.11%) GDPR
8 14 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 10 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.37%) Basel III
11 5 (0.37%) GRC
11 5 (0.37%) P3O
12 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) COREP
13 3 (0.22%) GxP
13 3 (0.22%) IFRS
13 3 (0.22%) MiFID
14 2 (0.15%) Dodd-Frank
14 2 (0.15%) FINREP
System Software
1 67 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.11%) Docker
5 14 (1.04%) vSphere
6 11 (0.82%) XenApp
7 6 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.30%) ACF2
8 4 (0.30%) Firmware
8 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.30%) RACF
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.074%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.074%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.074%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.074%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.70%) Terraform
3 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.41%) Ansible
5 14 (1.04%) SCCM
6 8 (0.59%) vRealize
7 6 (0.44%) Endace
7 6 (0.44%) Packer
7 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (0.37%) HP Data Protector
8 5 (0.37%) Istio
8 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
8 5 (0.37%) WSUS
9 4 (0.30%) OMEGAMON
9 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.30%) Rancher
10 3 (0.22%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.15%) Matomo
Vendors
1 244 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.67%) SAP
3 62 (4.60%) Cisco
4 53 (3.93%) Oracle
5 47 (3.48%) VMware
6 38 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.30%) Juniper
8 23 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.41%) Citrix
10 18 (1.33%) F5
11 15 (1.11%) Adobe
12 14 (1.04%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.96%) Informatica
13 13 (0.96%) Sparx
14 12 (0.89%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.82%) Symantec
16 9 (0.67%) Databricks
16 9 (0.67%) Google
16 9 (0.67%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.67%) Remedy