Senior Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Delivery Manager
England > London

The median Senior Delivery Manager daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 372 384
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Delivery Manager 18 6 31
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.040% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.043% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 25
10th Percentile £555 £500 £580
25th Percentile £568 - £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £673
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -18.22% +7.60%
75th Percentile £758 £625 £700
90th Percentile £875 £675 £750
England median daily rate £638 £575 £663
% change year-on-year +10.87% -13.21% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £72.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,306 13,960 17,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.50% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,812 9,021 12,541
10th Percentile £344 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 154 207
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.65 £17.15
25th Percentile £22.13 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.69 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Senior Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in London

Senior Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Delivery Manager job vacancies in London

Senior Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Delivery Manager in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Delivery Manager in London

Senior Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Delivery Manager job vacancies in London

Senior Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Delivery Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London - 5 £688 - 2
Senior Delivery Manager
England

Senior Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Scrum
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) JIRA
3 4 (22.22%) Kanban
3 4 (22.22%) Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Business Case
4 3 (16.67%) Line Management
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) QA
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.11%) AI
5 2 (11.11%) B2B
5 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco
5 2 (11.11%) CRM
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (11.11%) ERP
5 2 (11.11%) Generative AI
5 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto

Senior Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Miro
2 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Front Office
4 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Derivative
2 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Scrum
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Kanban
3 4 (22.22%) Migration
3 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Business Case
4 3 (16.67%) Line Management
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.11%) B2B
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Generative AI
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.56%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (5.56%) EMIR
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) MiFID
2 1 (5.56%) NCSC
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.56%) OneLogin
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Workday