Delivery Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Delivery Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 71 107
Rank change year-on-year +12 +36 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.29% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £520 - -
25th Percentile £588 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% +9.52% -5.62%
75th Percentile £697 £588 £538
90th Percentile £714 - -
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 577 781 1,178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 94.67% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 449 829
10th Percentile £240 £199 £235
25th Percentile £400 £340 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £563 £541
90th Percentile £625 £651 £623
Scotland median daily rate £450 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 56 10
10th Percentile - £15.55 £12.89
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £22.00 £50.00 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% +156.54% -3.44%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £45.73
90th Percentile £47.22 £66.00 £55.80
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £24.29 £21.67
% change year-on-year -21.57% +12.09% -34.33%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (25.00%) Coaching
5 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (25.00%) Unix
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (12.50%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (12.50%) SMS
6 1 (12.50%) XML
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon EMR
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Kafka
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Business Development
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
5 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) StreamSets