Delivery Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Delivery Project Manager
UK > England

The median Delivery Project Manager daily rate in England is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 484 551
Rank change year-on-year -32 +67 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Project Manager 15 43 31
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.051% 0.14% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.15% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 32 25
10th Percentile £401 £401 £444
25th Percentile £438 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% -0.90% -0.22%
75th Percentile £669 £638 £700
90th Percentile £725 £643 £725
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -15.91% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 26,828 28,907 36,984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 92.98% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,230 17,644 25,666
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,575 1,094 1,406
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.02 £66.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%

Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Delivery Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in England

Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Project Manager in England

Delivery Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in England

Delivery Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
London +9 6 £560 +4.19% 2
Midlands -21 3 £569 -7.14% 2
North of England -45 3 £438 -5.41% 4
East Midlands -14 2 £438 -16.67%
South East -15 2 £610 +8.44% 3
North West -30 2 £438 -6.17% 4
East of England -15 1 £395 -29.78% 2
West Midlands -18 1 £700 +12.00% 2
Yorkshire -28 1 - -
Delivery Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Delivery Project 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 England region featuring Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Project Delivery
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 8 (53.33%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (26.67%) Scrum
4 4 (26.67%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) JIRA
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (13.33%) Asana
6 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (13.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 2 (13.33%) CMS
6 2 (13.33%) Coaching
6 2 (13.33%) DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (13.33%) Oracle
6 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
6 2 (13.33%) PMP
6 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) QA
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Sitecore

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
1 2 (13.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (13.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Asana
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle CX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Project Delivery
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
3 8 (53.33%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (26.67%) Scrum
4 4 (26.67%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Resource Management
6 2 (13.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 2 (13.33%) Coaching
6 2 (13.33%) DevOps
6 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 2 (13.33%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) BC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (13.33%) PMP
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
1 2 (13.33%) Sitecore
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft