Project Delivery Contracts in the South East

Project Delivery
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 50 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 -28 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 244 239 609
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.29% 4.22% 7.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.18% 4.74% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 177 419
10th Percentile £355 £323 £369
25th Percentile £425 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £585
90th Percentile £639 £650 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £17.03 £24.14
25th Percentile £16.25 £22.23 £52.79
Median hourly rate £17.50 £45.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% -30.77% +15.56%
75th Percentile £18.75 £58.77 £65.08
90th Percentile - £62.51 £70.24
England median hourly rate £33.47 £60.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.23% +34.83% -18.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,712 5,042 6,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.88% 89.00% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,720 3,467 4,742
10th Percentile £255 £250 £235
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 458 219 277
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.96 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -13.84%
75th Percentile £62.64 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £62.65
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the South East

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Thames Valley +3 117 £500 - 73
Berkshire +20 88 £530 +4.95% 39
Hampshire +8 63 £600 +4.35% 45
West Sussex +23 29 £475 -2.56% 9
Surrey +3 26 £500 +17.65% 20
Buckinghamshire -3 21 £462 -7.63% 17
Oxfordshire -1 8 £475 -4.52% 17
East Sussex +6 3 £425 +8.97% 7
Kent +4 2 £563 -4.46% 14
Middlesex -3 1 £425 -30.61%
Sussex - 1 £600 - 1
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.46%) Confluence
3 5 (2.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (2.05%) SAS
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Maximo
1 6 (2.46%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.05%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (2.05%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.41%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.20%) Azure
2 11 (4.51%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.87%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.46%) IaaS
6 5 (2.05%) AWS
6 5 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.05%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.05%) SaaS
6 5 (2.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 4 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.64%) Figma
7 4 (1.64%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.64%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.41%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.41%) Serverless
9 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.25%) VPN
2 21 (8.61%) LAN
2 21 (8.61%) WAN
3 19 (7.79%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (5.33%) DNS
5 12 (4.92%) Firewall
6 11 (4.51%) DHCP
7 9 (3.69%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.05%) 3G
8 5 (2.05%) 4G
8 5 (2.05%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.64%) 2G
9 4 (1.64%) ATM
9 4 (1.64%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.64%) SDH
10 3 (1.23%) Internet
10 3 (1.23%) Junos
10 3 (1.23%) SAN
10 3 (1.23%) VLAN
11 2 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.46%) MongoDB
1 6 (2.46%) MySQL
1 6 (2.46%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.05%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.05%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.64%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.82%) Power BI
6 1 (0.41%) IDMS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 15 (6.15%) JIRA
2 10 (4.10%) GitLab
3 6 (2.46%) Git
General
1 67 (27.46%) Finance
2 47 (19.26%) Social Skills
3 22 (9.02%) Telecoms
4 20 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.10%) Marketing
8 9 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.69%) Legal
9 8 (3.28%) Retail
10 7 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.87%) Local Government
10 7 (2.87%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.05%) Billing
12 4 (1.64%) Law
13 3 (1.23%) Banking
13 3 (1.23%) Front Office
13 3 (1.23%) Publishing
14 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (25.41%) Project Manager
2 29 (11.89%) Architect
3 28 (11.48%) Senior
4 19 (7.79%) Network Architect
5 18 (7.38%) Lead
6 17 (6.97%) IT Manager
7 15 (6.15%) Analyst
7 15 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.74%) IT Project Manager
9 13 (5.33%) Delivery Manager
9 13 (5.33%) Developer
10 12 (4.92%) Senior Manager
11 11 (4.51%) Consultant
11 11 (4.51%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (3.69%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (3.28%) Network Engineer
14 7 (2.87%) Service Architect
15 6 (2.46%) Designer
15 6 (2.46%) DV Cleared Project Manager
15 6 (2.46%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.28%) XML
2 5 (2.05%) .NET
2 5 (2.05%) ADO
2 5 (2.05%) JSON
3 4 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.82%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.82%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.82%) HTML
5 2 (0.82%) YAML
6 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.41%) CSS
6 1 (0.41%) jQuery
6 1 (0.41%) Node.js
6 1 (0.41%) React
6 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.10%) Product Ownership
2 7 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
2 7 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.05%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.23%) Smart Meter
6 2 (0.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.82%) SCADA
7 1 (0.41%) EPoS
7 1 (0.41%) FMCG
7 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.41%) IoT
7 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.41%) NHS
7 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.79%) Linux
2 18 (7.38%) Windows
3 12 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.10%) Unix
5 9 (3.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.46%) VMS
8 5 (2.05%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.82%) Solaris
10 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (45.08%) Project Management
2 57 (23.36%) Agile
3 33 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (11.48%) PRINCE2
5 27 (11.07%) Migration
6 26 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (10.66%) Roadmaps
7 25 (10.25%) Change Management
7 25 (10.25%) ITIL
8 24 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (8.61%) DevOps
10 19 (7.79%) Service Delivery
11 17 (6.97%) Budget Management
11 17 (6.97%) ERP
11 17 (6.97%) Logistics
11 17 (6.97%) Scrum
12 16 (6.56%) CI/CD
12 16 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (6.56%) Programme Management
13 15 (6.15%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.33%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.92%) SQL
3 11 (4.51%) Python
4 8 (3.28%) C#
5 7 (2.87%) Bash
6 4 (1.64%) Go
6 4 (1.64%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.64%) X++
7 3 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.23%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.82%) C++
8 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 68 (27.87%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.89%) DV Cleared
3 27 (11.07%) Degree
4 19 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (4.10%) PMP
7 9 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.87%) CCNA
8 7 (2.87%) PMI Certification
9 6 (2.46%) CCNP
10 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.64%) APMP
12 3 (1.23%) ISEB
12 3 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.23%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.82%) JNCIS
13 2 (0.82%) MCSE
13 2 (0.82%) RIBA
13 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.41%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.66%) PMO
2 14 (5.74%) QA
3 10 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 10 (4.10%) SLA
4 6 (2.46%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) COBIT
5 1 (0.41%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.41%) P3O
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.74%) vSphere
4 8 (3.28%) XenApp
5 6 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.05%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.23%) Docker
7 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.82%) Ceph
8 2 (0.82%) Firmware
8 2 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 15 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.74%) Ansible
3 8 (3.28%) vRealize
4 7 (2.87%) Terraform
5 6 (2.46%) Endace
5 6 (2.46%) Packer
6 4 (1.64%) Rancher
7 3 (1.23%) WSUS
8 2 (0.82%) Pacemaker
8 2 (0.82%) Podman
8 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 37 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.30%) VMware
3 29 (11.89%) Cisco
4 28 (11.48%) Juniper
5 13 (5.33%) Oracle
6 10 (4.10%) Citrix
7 9 (3.69%) F5
8 8 (3.28%) Ivanti
9 7 (2.87%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.87%) SAP
10 6 (2.46%) IFS
11 5 (2.05%) Adobe
11 5 (2.05%) Arqiva
11 5 (2.05%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.05%) Veritas
12 4 (1.64%) Informatica
12 4 (1.64%) Salesforce
13 3 (1.23%) Siemens
13 3 (1.23%) SolarWinds
14 2 (0.82%) NEC