Delivery Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Delivery Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £675, 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 62 70 108
Rank change year-on-year +8 +38 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 0.25% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.26% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £456
25th Percentile £663 £563 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +17.95% -11.36%
75th Percentile £706 £588 £516
90th Percentile £718 - £529
Scotland median daily rate £430 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -14.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in Edinburgh

Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Delivery Manager in Edinburgh

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

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 Edinburgh region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) B2C
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) React Native
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000