Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 58 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 6 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.78% 0.66% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.70% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £360 £389 -
25th Percentile £362 £428 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% -16.67% +16.50%
75th Percentile £445 £563 £656
90th Percentile £459 £585 £758
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 700 711 794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 93.55% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 447 577
10th Percentile £200 £246 £213
25th Percentile £330 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £622 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 52 44
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.45 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £13.88 £15.19
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.25 £20.76
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% +2.38% +12.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.81
90th Percentile £26.37 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.23 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.60% +5.40% +66.34%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 September 2025. 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
Northamptonshire -9 4 £400 -27.23%
Derbyshire +5 1 - - 1
Delivery Manager
England

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 September 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 East Midlands region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) JIRA
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Confluence
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft