Delivery Manager Contracts in Bristol

Delivery Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Bristol is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 67 84
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 13 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.42% 0.66% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 0.70% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 17
10th Percentile £343 £365 £500
25th Percentile £450 £394 £610
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% -24.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £675
90th Percentile £660 £612 £745
South West median daily rate £545 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -9.17% -4.00% +19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in Bristol

Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Delivery Manager in Bristol

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in Bristol

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Delivery Manager 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 across the Bristol region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) Scrum
4 5 (38.46%) Agile
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (30.77%) Marketing
5 4 (30.77%) Programme Management
5 4 (30.77%) Electronics
5 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
5 4 (30.77%) SAP
5 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Coaching
5 4 (30.77%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Software Delivery
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) ITIL
6 3 (23.08%) Service Management
6 3 (23.08%) JIRA
7 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 4 (30.77%) Electronics
3 4 (30.77%) Marketing
3 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Scrum
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (30.77%) Programme Management
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Software Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Government Security Classifications
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint