Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Delivery Manager
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Cheltenham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 3.19% - 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.66% - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £658 £650
% change year-on-year -24.01% +1.23% -3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 82 129 156
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.23% 100.00% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 84 95
10th Percentile £156 £413 £359
25th Percentile £463 £525 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -3.30%
75th Percentile £656 £676 £694
90th Percentile £750 £823 £750
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - £61.13 £38.65
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £42.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £67.50 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -59.26% +37.06% -39.57%
75th Percentile £36.00 £73.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £72.15 - £59.85
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 Cheltenham region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIAM
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIAM
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
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