Project Delivery Contracts in the Midlands

Project Delivery
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 37 52 29
Rank change year-on-year +15 -23 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 111 134 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.07% 4.14% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 4.70% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 93 218
10th Percentile £268 £388 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +13.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £575
90th Percentile £770 £695 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £20.16 - £16.09
25th Percentile - - £16.15
Median hourly rate £26.92 - £17.48
75th Percentile £35.00 - £18.72
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £61.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.49% +37.64% +3.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,231 2,850 4,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.81% 88.02% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,005 3,233
10th Percentile £235 £253 £246
25th Percentile £356 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +12.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 144
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.35 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.71 £14.64 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.41 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +27.84% +16.87%
75th Percentile £34.13 £41.75 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £59.75 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% +49.68% +10.96%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Midlands

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +6 82 £525 -2.78% 75
East Midlands +16 27 £463 -24.49% 77
Project Delivery
England

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 3 (2.70%) Confluence
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.90%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.80%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.80%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.80%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.80%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.90%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.11%) AWS
2 7 (6.31%) Azure
3 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.70%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.80%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.12%) Firewall
2 11 (9.91%) VPN
2 11 (9.91%) WAN
3 10 (9.01%) LAN
4 8 (7.21%) SAN
4 8 (7.21%) SD-WAN
5 7 (6.31%) Network Security
6 6 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (5.41%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (5.41%) DHCP
6 6 (5.41%) DNS
6 6 (5.41%) Internet
7 5 (4.50%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (4.50%) MPLS
7 5 (4.50%) PBX
7 5 (4.50%) VoIP
7 5 (4.50%) WLAN
8 4 (3.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.50%) Power BI
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (28.83%) Finance
2 31 (27.93%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (9.91%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.50%) Law
6 5 (4.50%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.60%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.70%) Banking
8 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Front Office
9 2 (1.80%) German Language
9 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.90%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.90%) Legal
10 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (31.53%) Project Manager
2 21 (18.92%) Senior
3 17 (15.32%) Analyst
4 13 (11.71%) Architect
4 13 (11.71%) Senior Manager
4 13 (11.71%) Senior Project Manager
5 6 (5.41%) Consultant
5 6 (5.41%) PMO Analyst
5 6 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (4.50%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.50%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (4.50%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.50%) Senior PMO
6 5 (4.50%) Senior PMO Analyst
7 4 (3.60%) Administrator
7 4 (3.60%) HR Manager
7 4 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (3.60%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (3.60%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (2.70%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.41%) Web Services
2 5 (4.50%) OpenAPI
2 5 (4.50%) RAML
2 5 (4.50%) RESTful
2 5 (4.50%) Swagger
3 2 (1.80%) .NET
3 2 (1.80%) CSS
3 2 (1.80%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.80%) HTML
4 1 (0.90%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.90%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.41%) NHS
3 5 (4.50%) HP Storage
3 5 (4.50%) PMI
4 4 (3.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.80%) Wiki
7 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.90%) FMCG
7 1 (0.90%) IoT
7 1 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.90%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.90%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.91%) Windows
2 6 (5.41%) AIX
2 6 (5.41%) Linux
3 5 (4.50%) Solaris
4 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.90%) Unix
4 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (38.74%) Project Management
2 36 (32.43%) Agile
3 25 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (15.32%) Change Management
6 15 (13.51%) PRINCE2
7 14 (12.61%) ITIL
8 12 (10.81%) Service Delivery
8 12 (10.81%) Waterfall
9 11 (9.91%) Mentoring
9 11 (9.91%) Resource Management
10 10 (9.01%) Architectural Design
10 10 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (9.01%) Risk Management
11 9 (8.11%) Analytics
11 9 (8.11%) Decision-Making
12 8 (7.21%) Business Case
12 8 (7.21%) Data Analytics
12 8 (7.21%) Project Planning
12 8 (7.21%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.91%) SQL
2 7 (6.31%) C#
3 6 (5.41%) Java
4 2 (1.80%) Bash
4 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.80%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (11.71%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (11.71%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.21%) Degree
3 7 (6.31%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.31%) PMP
4 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.50%) CCIE
5 5 (4.50%) CCIE Data Center
5 5 (4.50%) CCNA
5 5 (4.50%) CCNP
5 5 (4.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.80%) CIPD
7 2 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.90%) APMG
8 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.90%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.71%) PMO
2 5 (4.50%) QA
3 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.70%) SLA
4 2 (1.80%) GDPR
5 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.90%) NIST
5 1 (0.90%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.80%) Firmware
1 2 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.50%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (4.50%) HP Data Protector
1 5 (4.50%) NetBackup
2 4 (3.60%) Ansible
3 3 (2.70%) Terraform
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.90%) PowerBroker
4 1 (0.90%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (17.12%) Cisco
2 10 (9.01%) Symantec
3 9 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.21%) CheckPoint
4 8 (7.21%) SAP
5 7 (6.31%) Brocade
6 6 (5.41%) Oracle
7 5 (4.50%) EMC
7 5 (4.50%) HP
7 5 (4.50%) Infoblox
7 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.50%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.60%) F5
8 4 (3.60%) Juniper
9 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.80%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.80%) McAfee
11 1 (0.90%) Adobe
11 1 (0.90%) Infor
11 1 (0.90%) Planview