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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1,363 2,055 3,345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.73% 4.30% 4.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 4.78% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 893 1,417 2,257
10th Percentile £361 £369 £366
25th Percentile £450 £451 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +8.25%
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 30 52 60
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £20.12
25th Percentile £24.75 £29.48 £38.81
Median hourly rate £34.00 £61.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.49% +37.64% +3.49%
75th Percentile £54.50 £76.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.15 £83.39 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -42.96% +40.45% +4.09%

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 31,416 43,024 63,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.07% 90.02% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,580 30,173 45,523
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,281 1,522 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.83 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +49.68% +10.96%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £49.29
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.13 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.22% +40.67% +8.70%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -4 617 £550 -8.33% 421
South East +10 249 £500 -1.48% 300
North of England -7 144 £525 +5.00% 235
South West -2 139 £530 +2.17% 120
Midlands +15 111 £518 -4.17% 155
North West +4 89 £575 +27.78% 126
West Midlands +6 82 £525 -2.78% 79
East of England -23 49 £550 +17.02% 88
Yorkshire -17 41 £473 -14.09% 74
East Midlands +16 27 £463 -24.49% 75
North East +10 14 £500 -30.99% 41
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 59 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.05%) Confluence
2 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.81%) MTS
4 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 5 (0.37%) SAS
7 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.29%) CICS
8 3 (0.22%) Apache
8 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.073%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.073%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 109 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (5.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 71 (5.21%) Microsoft Project
4 48 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (2.27%) MS Visio
6 27 (1.98%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.073%) InVision
8 1 (0.073%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 29 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.25%) Loan IQ
4 14 (1.03%) Endur
5 13 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 12 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (0.81%) Aligne
7 11 (0.81%) EuroRunner
7 11 (0.81%) Maximo
8 10 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
9 9 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
10 8 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
11 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
11 4 (0.29%) Shopify
12 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
12 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
13 2 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 208 (15.26%) Azure
2 72 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
3 61 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 50 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (3.23%) AWS
6 29 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (2.13%) SaaS
7 28 (2.05%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.91%) IaaS
9 17 (1.25%) PaaS
9 17 (1.25%) PowerApps
10 15 (1.10%) GCP
11 13 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (0.88%) WhatsApp
13 11 (0.81%) OCI
14 10 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 10 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 8 (0.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.96%) Firewall
2 50 (3.67%) WAN
3 44 (3.23%) VPN
4 40 (2.93%) LAN
5 32 (2.35%) DNS
6 26 (1.91%) Network Security
6 26 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (1.54%) DHCP
8 16 (1.17%) MPLS
9 15 (1.10%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (0.95%) SAN
11 12 (0.88%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.88%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.66%) Internet
12 9 (0.66%) VoIP
13 8 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (0.51%) ATM
14 7 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 44 (3.23%) Power BI
3 30 (2.20%) NoSQL
4 22 (1.61%) Metadata
5 18 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.10%) Data Vault
6 15 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.81%) Big Data
7 11 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.66%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (0.66%) RDBMS
10 8 (0.59%) GIS
10 8 (0.59%) Pentaho
10 8 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (0.59%) QlikView
11 7 (0.51%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 98 (7.19%) JIRA
2 13 (0.95%) Git
3 10 (0.73%) GitLab
4 7 (0.51%) Selenium
5 5 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.37%) Spinnaker
6 4 (0.29%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.22%) Gatling
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
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 (0.073%) Toad
General
1 427 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 405 (29.71%) Finance
3 152 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (10.05%) Public Sector
5 90 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
6 74 (5.43%) Telecoms
7 51 (3.74%) Banking
8 48 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
9 44 (3.23%) Marketing
10 43 (3.15%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (2.79%) Retail
13 32 (2.35%) Legal
13 32 (2.35%) Local Government
14 23 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (1.39%) Electronics
18 18 (1.32%) Front Office
18 18 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 385 (28.25%) Project Manager
2 165 (12.11%) Architect
3 162 (11.89%) Senior
4 117 (8.58%) Lead
5 114 (8.36%) Analyst
6 78 (5.72%) Senior Manager
7 75 (5.50%) Delivery Manager
8 74 (5.43%) Business Analyst
9 60 (4.40%) Senior Project Manager
10 58 (4.26%) Consultant
11 56 (4.11%) IT Manager
12 55 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (3.23%) Developer
14 42 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
15 36 (2.64%) Project Leader
16 34 (2.49%) Programme Manager
17 32 (2.35%) Technical Manager
18 31 (2.27%) Security Manager
19 30 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 24 (1.76%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.13%) .NET
2 25 (1.83%) XML
3 17 (1.25%) Web Services
4 16 (1.17%) AngularJS
4 16 (1.17%) JSON
5 14 (1.03%) .NET Framework
6 13 (0.95%) ADO
6 13 (0.95%) REST
7 10 (0.73%) Middleware
8 8 (0.59%) HTML
8 8 (0.59%) JSON Schema
8 8 (0.59%) RESTful
8 8 (0.59%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.51%) .NET Core
9 7 (0.51%) LDAP
10 6 (0.44%) CSS
10 6 (0.44%) PySpark
11 5 (0.37%) RAML
11 5 (0.37%) React
11 5 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 62 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 58 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 40 (2.93%) Data Centre
4 31 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.39%) NHS
7 18 (1.32%) PMI
8 15 (1.10%) Reference Data
8 15 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
9 14 (1.03%) Market Risk
10 13 (0.95%) Public Cloud
11 12 (0.88%) FMCG
12 11 (0.81%) Solar Panel
13 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.73%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.66%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.50%) Windows
2 32 (2.35%) Linux
3 30 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (1.03%) Unix
5 13 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.59%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.51%) Solaris
10 6 (0.44%) AIX
10 6 (0.44%) VMS
11 5 (0.37%) Android
11 5 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.29%) zOS
13 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (42.11%) Project Management
2 509 (37.34%) Agile
3 255 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 213 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (12.18%) Migration
5 166 (12.18%) PRINCE2
6 139 (10.20%) Change Management
7 136 (9.98%) Scrum
8 133 (9.76%) DevOps
9 126 (9.24%) Risk Management
10 122 (8.95%) Waterfall
11 121 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (8.14%) Programme Management
13 96 (7.04%) ITIL
14 93 (6.82%) Decision-Making
15 92 (6.75%) Business Case
16 90 (6.60%) Project Planning
17 84 (6.16%) Roadmaps
18 79 (5.80%) Data Management
19 78 (5.72%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 107 (7.85%) SQL
2 61 (4.48%) PowerShell
3 42 (3.08%) C#
4 38 (2.79%) Python
5 34 (2.49%) Java
6 15 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.73%) Bash
9 7 (0.51%) Bicep
10 6 (0.44%) C++
11 5 (0.37%) R
11 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.29%) X++
13 3 (0.22%) Go
13 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.15%) Swift
14 2 (0.15%) VBA
15 1 (0.073%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 262 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.47%) Degree
3 140 (10.27%) SC Cleared
4 102 (7.48%) DV Cleared
5 71 (5.21%) PMI Certification
6 70 (5.14%) PMP
7 36 (2.64%) APMP
8 31 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 25 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.03%) CISA
12 14 (1.03%) CISM
12 14 (1.03%) CISSP
13 13 (0.95%) CCNA
13 13 (0.95%) CCNP
13 13 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (12.11%) PMO
2 61 (4.48%) QA
3 21 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.47%) NIST
4 20 (1.47%) SLA
5 16 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.03%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.95%) GDPR
8 10 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.37%) Basel III
10 5 (0.37%) GRC
10 5 (0.37%) P3O
11 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.22%) COREP
12 3 (0.22%) GxP
12 3 (0.22%) IFRS
12 3 (0.22%) MiFID
13 2 (0.15%) FINREP
13 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (4.99%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.17%) Docker
3 16 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.03%) vSphere
5 11 (0.81%) XenApp
6 6 (0.44%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.29%) ACF2
7 4 (0.29%) Firmware
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) RACF
8 2 (0.15%) Ceph
8 2 (0.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.073%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.073%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.073%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.69%) Terraform
3 21 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.32%) Ansible
5 14 (1.03%) SCCM
6 8 (0.59%) vRealize
7 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.44%) Endace
8 6 (0.44%) Packer
9 5 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.37%) HP Data Protector
9 5 (0.37%) Istio
9 5 (0.37%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.37%) WSUS
10 4 (0.29%) OMEGAMON
11 3 (0.22%) Puppet
11 3 (0.22%) Rancher
11 3 (0.22%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) Matomo
Vendors
1 247 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 92 (6.75%) SAP
3 64 (4.70%) Cisco
4 58 (4.26%) Oracle
5 46 (3.37%) VMware
6 40 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.35%) Juniper
8 21 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.47%) Citrix
10 17 (1.25%) F5
11 16 (1.17%) Adobe
12 14 (1.03%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.95%) Informatica
13 13 (0.95%) Sparx
14 12 (0.88%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.81%) Symantec
16 10 (0.73%) Google
17 9 (0.66%) Databricks
17 9 (0.66%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.66%) Remedy