Delivery Director Contracts

Delivery Director
UK

The median Delivery Director daily rate in the UK is £914 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 705 838
Rank change year-on-year +117 +133 -160
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Director 10 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.023% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.025% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile £850 £791 £581
25th Percentile £856 £834 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £914 £913 £788
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +15.87% +26.00%
75th Percentile £950 £956 £866
90th Percentile £1,019 £975 £931
UK excluding London median daily rate - £875 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Delivery Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Director in the UK

Delivery Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Delivery Director.

Daily rate trend for Delivery Director in the UK

Delivery Director
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Director within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +127 10 £914 +1.56% 4
London +102 9 £914 -1.19% 2
Work from Home +132 3 £900 - 5
UK excluding London +62 1 - - 2
West Midlands +30 1 - -
Midlands +23 1 - - 1

Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Delivery Director contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Delivery Director in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) SAP
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Programme Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (30.00%) Scrum
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (20.00%) PMO
5 2 (20.00%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (20.00%) Order to Cash
5 2 (20.00%) Record to Report
5 2 (20.00%) Source to Pay
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (20.00%) B2B
5 2 (20.00%) B2C
5 2 (20.00%) CMS
5 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis

Delivery Director Skill Set
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 2 (20.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) B2B
4 2 (20.00%) B2C
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Order to Cash
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Record to Report
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Source to Pay
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (10.00%) Objectives and Key Results
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Salesforce