Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Delivery Manager
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Hertfordshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 42 64
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 2 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.32% 1.15% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 1.22% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £440
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.95%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £805
East of England median daily rate £398 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -24.29% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
East of England median hourly rate - £67.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 553 410 682
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.48% 94.69% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 176 383
10th Percentile £214 £271 £275
25th Percentile £409 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £750 £650 £725
East of England median daily rate £493 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +9.47% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 100 158
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.46 £19.33
25th Percentile £22.63 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.25 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.11 £47.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year -36.62% +17.94% +97.67%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Watford - 2 £400 -
Delivery Manager
East of England

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SLA