Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Delivery Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 55 64
Rank change year-on-year -16 +9 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 5 14 7
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.68% 1.93% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 2.04% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £476 £470 £404
25th Percentile £496 £500 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +6.98% -6.93%
75th Percentile £616 £675 £650
90th Percentile £689 £720 -
West Midlands median daily rate £533 £625 £475
% change year-on-year -14.80% +31.58% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 654 687 713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 94.89% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 463 493
10th Percentile £227 £196 £254
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.54% -2.12%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £725 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 21
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.54
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.69 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -1.90% +63.37%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.50 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £23.71 £22.50
% change year-on-year +5.44% +5.38% +26.98%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Birmingham

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in Birmingham

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Birmingham

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) GCIH
4 1 (20.00%) Genesys
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) GCIH
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Genesys
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow