Greenfield Project Contracts

Greenfield Project
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Greenfield Project in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Greenfield Project over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 197 157
Rank change year-on-year -53 -40 -50
Contract jobs citing Greenfield Project 404 799 1,597
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 1.39% 1.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.12% 4.16% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 647 1,319
10th Percentile £413 £412 £415
25th Percentile £475 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £592 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £700
90th Percentile £850 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £500 £484
% change year-on-year -0.50% +3.36% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £39.50 -
25th Percentile - £46.25 £10.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £57.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +422.73% -67.65%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £11.50
90th Percentile - £75.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 - £11.00
% change year-on-year - - -67.65%

All Generic Skills
UK

Greenfield Project is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,935 19,188 29,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.31% 33.29% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,332 13,186 20,393
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 632 728
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +3.97%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -12.50%

Greenfield Project
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Greenfield Project as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Greenfield Project over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Greenfield Project in the UK

Greenfield Project
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Greenfield Project within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England -62 317 £625 +4.17% 285
London -31 231 £650 +4.00% 139
Work from Home -15 208 £575 +1.55% 243
UK excluding London -36 92 £498 -0.50% 162
North of England +6 42 £495 -1.00% 64
North West +21 33 £495 +5.91% 40
East of England +17 10 £875 +40.00% 6
South West +2 10 £444 -4.05% 10
Yorkshire +12 8 £450 -22.58% 15
South East +2 8 £538 +5.91% 28
Scotland +17 7 £450 -5.26% 15
Midlands -13 7 £585 +23.16% 31
East Midlands +16 5 £625 +31.58% 12
Northern Ireland +11 5 - - 7
Wales +7 3 £425 - 3
West Midlands -13 2 £523 +10.00% 19
North East +9 1 £625 +31.58% 9

Greenfield Project
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (0.74%) CMS
1 3 (0.74%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.50%) Apache
2 2 (0.50%) Kentico
2 2 (0.50%) nginx
2 2 (0.50%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.25%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (4.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.49%) Endur
3 3 (0.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.74%) Shopify
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.50%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) Magento
5 1 (0.25%) Maximo
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 95 (23.51%) AWS
2 83 (20.54%) Azure
3 20 (4.95%) GCP
4 19 (4.70%) Serverless
5 16 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (2.97%) SaaS
8 10 (2.48%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.23%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.73%) AWS Step Functions
10 7 (1.73%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.73%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.24%) Amazon MSK
12 5 (1.24%) Azure Functions
12 5 (1.24%) GitHub
12 5 (1.24%) npm
12 5 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.72%) Firewall
2 7 (1.73%) Network Security
3 5 (1.24%) VPN
4 4 (0.99%) MQTT
5 3 (0.74%) DNS
6 2 (0.50%) AMQP
6 2 (0.50%) BGP
6 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.50%) IPsec
6 2 (0.50%) OSPF
6 2 (0.50%) SMS
6 2 (0.50%) SSL
6 2 (0.50%) Wireless
7 1 (0.25%) FTP
7 1 (0.25%) SNMP
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.95%) NoSQL
2 16 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (3.22%) Big Data
6 12 (2.97%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.72%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.73%) DynamoDB
10 6 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.49%) Power BI
10 6 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.24%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.74%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.74%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (6.68%) Git
2 15 (3.71%) Cucumber
3 12 (2.97%) NUnit
4 11 (2.72%) Cypress.io
4 11 (2.72%) Moq
4 11 (2.72%) TeamCity
5 10 (2.48%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.73%) Android Studio
6 7 (1.73%) Mocha
7 5 (1.24%) GitLab
7 5 (1.24%) Selenium
7 5 (1.24%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.99%) JIRA
9 3 (0.74%) Gradle
9 3 (0.74%) JMeter
9 3 (0.74%) JUnit
9 3 (0.74%) Maven
9 3 (0.74%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.74%) TestNG
9 3 (0.74%) WebDriver
General
1 101 (25.00%) Finance
2 46 (11.39%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.91%) Front Office
4 34 (8.42%) Banking
5 31 (7.67%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.47%) Retail
8 13 (3.22%) Financial Institution
8 13 (3.22%) Law
9 11 (2.72%) Marketing
10 7 (1.73%) Back Office
10 7 (1.73%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.99%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.74%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.74%) Legal
13 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.50%) Automotive
14 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (36.39%) Developer
2 42 (10.40%) Senior
3 40 (9.90%) Architect
4 36 (8.91%) C# Developer
5 28 (6.93%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (6.68%) Consultant
7 23 (5.69%) Analyst
7 23 (5.69%) Full Stack Developer
7 23 (5.69%) Lead
8 22 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (4.95%) Software Engineer
10 17 (4.21%) .NET Developer
10 17 (4.21%) Java Developer
11 16 (3.96%) Angular Developer
12 15 (3.71%) AWS DevOps
12 15 (3.71%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (3.22%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.97%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.97%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.88%) React
2 42 (10.40%) .NET
3 34 (8.42%) Node.js
4 27 (6.68%) .NET Core
4 27 (6.68%) RESTful
5 25 (6.19%) AngularJS
6 24 (5.94%) Kafka
7 19 (4.70%) CSS
7 19 (4.70%) HTML
7 19 (4.70%) REST
8 15 (3.71%) Middleware
9 14 (3.47%) Next.js
10 13 (3.22%) RabbitMQ
10 13 (3.22%) Spring
11 12 (2.97%) ASP.NET
11 12 (2.97%) ASP.NET Web API
12 11 (2.72%) SignalR
13 10 (2.48%) GraphQL
13 10 (2.48%) HTML5
14 9 (2.23%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.70%) Hedge funds
2 16 (3.96%) Fixed Income
3 12 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.49%) Algorithms
5 6 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.49%) Equities
6 5 (1.24%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.74%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.50%) Data Fabric
9 2 (0.50%) Derivative
9 2 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.50%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.50%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.98%) Android
2 7 (1.73%) Linux
3 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.50%) Windows
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.81%) Agile
2 61 (15.10%) DevOps
3 51 (12.62%) CI/CD
3 51 (12.62%) Software Engineering
4 46 (11.39%) Full Stack Development
5 41 (10.15%) Microservices
6 37 (9.16%) Migration
7 36 (8.91%) Test Automation
8 28 (6.93%) Data Modelling
9 26 (6.44%) Fintech
10 22 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (5.20%) Analytics
11 21 (5.20%) Artificial Intelligence
12 20 (4.95%) Machine Learning
12 20 (4.95%) Project Management
13 16 (3.96%) Containerisation
13 16 (3.96%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (3.71%) Data Migration
14 15 (3.71%) Electronic Trading
15 14 (3.47%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.83%) C#
2 57 (14.11%) SQL
3 53 (13.12%) Java
3 53 (13.12%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.88%) Python
5 44 (10.89%) TypeScript
6 10 (2.48%) Go
6 10 (2.48%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.98%) Ruby
8 7 (1.73%) PHP
8 7 (1.73%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.73%) Scala
9 4 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.50%) Bash
10 2 (0.50%) C
10 2 (0.50%) Clojure
10 2 (0.50%) Haskell
10 2 (0.50%) Rust
10 2 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 46 (11.39%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.90%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.71%) Degree
4 11 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.50%) CCNP
7 2 (0.50%) CISM
7 2 (0.50%) CISSP
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.50%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.25%) PgMP
8 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.25%) PMP
8 1 (0.25%) RHCE
8 1 (0.25%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.97%) QA
2 7 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.24%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.74%) GAAP
4 3 (0.74%) GRC
4 3 (0.74%) MiFID
4 3 (0.74%) NIST
5 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.50%) GPG13
5 2 (0.50%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) GxP
System Software
1 45 (11.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.67%) Terraform
3 15 (3.71%) Ansible
4 5 (1.24%) Grafana
4 5 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
5 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (7.18%) SAP
2 23 (5.69%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.71%) Oracle
4 11 (2.72%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.72%) TIBCO
5 8 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.49%) Google
6 6 (1.49%) OpenLink
7 5 (1.24%) Databricks
7 5 (1.24%) VMware
8 4 (0.99%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.74%) Yardi
10 2 (0.50%) Adobe
10 2 (0.50%) Apple
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco
10 2 (0.50%) Dell
10 2 (0.50%) F5
10 2 (0.50%) IBM
10 2 (0.50%) Intel
10 2 (0.50%) Splunk