Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Delivery Manager
South London > Croydon

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Croydon is £582, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 30 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 4.60% 0.85% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 0.88% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £581 - -
25th Percentile £581 £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £615 £532
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +15.60% -15.42%
75th Percentile £592 £628 -
90th Percentile £598 - -
South London median daily rate £581 £615 £446
% change year-on-year -5.47% +37.89% +1.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 83 114 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 97.44% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 78 114
10th Percentile £297 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -1.43%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £638
90th Percentile £635 £658 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -5.21% +0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -44.29% -20.65%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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 Croydon.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Croydon

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

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

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 19 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 Croydon region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) People Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Consul
3 1 (25.00%) Docker
3 1 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) nginx
3 1 (25.00%) Packer
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
2 1 (25.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) People Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Consul
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Packer
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform