Project Delivery Contracts in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 44 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -28 +23
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 119 132 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.50% 4.58% 9.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 5.05% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 102 208
10th Percentile £333 £350 £293
25th Percentile £413 £449 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.79% +0.80%
75th Percentile £603 £583 £543
90th Percentile £638 £635 £611
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £16.71 £29.10
25th Percentile - £21.43 £36.13
Median hourly rate - £29.29 £50.46
Median % change year-on-year - -41.96% -
75th Percentile - £37.14 £67.42
90th Percentile - £41.86 £76.02
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £45.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.11% -30.77% +15.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,269 2,615 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.82% 90.80% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 1,775 2,188
10th Percentile £213 £313 £237
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in the Thames Valley

Project Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +15 88 £515 -0.91% 50
Buckinghamshire 0 23 £474 -5.25% 17
Oxfordshire 0 8 £475 -4.52% 15
Project Delivery
South East

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.20%) SAS
3 2 (1.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.84%) Apache
4 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (7.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Maximo
2 5 (4.20%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (4.20%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.84%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (4.20%) Azure
3 4 (3.36%) Figma
4 3 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.52%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.52%) SaaS
5 2 (1.68%) AWS
5 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.68%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.84%) OCI
6 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.84%) PaaS
6 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.84%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.20%) 3G
1 5 (4.20%) 4G
2 4 (3.36%) 2G
2 4 (3.36%) ATM
2 4 (3.36%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (3.36%) Ethernet
2 4 (3.36%) SDH
3 3 (2.52%) LAN
3 3 (2.52%) WAN
4 2 (1.68%) DNS
4 2 (1.68%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.68%) VPN
5 1 (0.84%) ADSL
5 1 (0.84%) DHCP
5 1 (0.84%) DMZ
5 1 (0.84%) GPRS
5 1 (0.84%) GSM
5 1 (0.84%) Junos
5 1 (0.84%) LTE
5 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.20%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.84%) MySQL
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) GitLab
General
1 36 (30.25%) Finance
2 25 (21.01%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 14 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.56%) Marketing
7 7 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.04%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.20%) Billing
10 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.68%) Retail
12 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.84%) Automotive
12 1 (0.84%) Banking
12 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.84%) Law
12 1 (0.84%) Military
12 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 13 (10.92%) Senior
3 12 (10.08%) Lead
4 11 (9.24%) Analyst
4 11 (9.24%) Delivery Manager
5 10 (8.40%) Senior Manager
6 9 (7.56%) Consultant
6 9 (7.56%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (6.72%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.88%) Developer
8 7 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
9 6 (5.04%) Coordinator
9 6 (5.04%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 6 (5.04%) IT Project Manager
9 6 (5.04%) Project Coordinator
10 5 (4.20%) IFS Developer
10 5 (4.20%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Oracle Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.20%) PMO Lead
10 5 (4.20%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.84%) ADO
2 1 (0.84%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.84%) CSS
2 1 (0.84%) HTML
2 1 (0.84%) jQuery
2 1 (0.84%) Node.js
2 1 (0.84%) React
2 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.52%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.84%) FMCG
5 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.84%) IoT
5 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.84%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.84%) SCADA
5 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Linux
1 2 (1.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (48.74%) Project Management
2 25 (21.01%) Agile
3 17 (14.29%) Logistics
4 15 (12.61%) PRINCE2
5 13 (10.92%) ERP
5 13 (10.92%) Roadmaps
6 12 (10.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.08%) User Experience
6 12 (10.08%) Workflow
7 11 (9.24%) Migration
7 11 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (8.40%) Change Management
8 10 (8.40%) DevOps
8 10 (8.40%) Scrum
9 9 (7.56%) Business Case
10 8 (6.72%) CRM
11 7 (5.88%) Configuration Management
11 7 (5.88%) Data Security
11 7 (5.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.04%) SQL
2 2 (1.68%) Go
2 2 (1.68%) Java
3 1 (0.84%) C#
3 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 20 (16.81%) DV Cleared
3 15 (12.61%) Degree
4 7 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.04%) PMP
6 4 (3.36%) APMP
6 4 (3.36%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.52%) ISEB
8 2 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.68%) RIBA
9 1 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.84%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.84%) CCNA
9 1 (0.84%) CCNP
9 1 (0.84%) CCSK
9 1 (0.84%) CCSP
9 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.29%) PMO
2 11 (9.24%) QA
3 4 (3.36%) SLA
4 1 (0.84%) NIST
4 1 (0.84%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.84%) P3O
4 1 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.36%) Endace
3 2 (1.68%) Ansible
3 2 (1.68%) Rancher
3 2 (1.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.72%) Oracle
3 6 (5.04%) Cisco
3 6 (5.04%) IFS
4 5 (4.20%) Juniper
5 4 (3.36%) F5
6 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.52%) Siemens
6 3 (2.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.68%) NEC
7 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.68%) SAP
7 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.84%) Citrix
8 1 (0.84%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.84%) IBM
8 1 (0.84%) Okta
8 1 (0.84%) PeopleSoft