Delivery Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Delivery Manager
England > Midlands

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 119 116
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 31 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.25% 0.49% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.53% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 28
10th Percentile £385 £406 £363
25th Percentile £402 £468 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £535 £594
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% -9.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £631 £588 £681
90th Percentile £638 £675 £763
England median daily rate £525 £534 £575
% change year-on-year -1.69% -7.13% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,227 2,450 2,929
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 92.56% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,443 1,676 2,081
10th Percentile £211 £250 £228
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £683 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 140 96
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.69 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.06 £14.27 £15.61
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -4.69% +10.45%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.06 £34.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.20 £65.50
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Delivery Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
West Midlands +13 25 £450 -26.23% 30
East Midlands -3 6 £377 -24.60% 7
Delivery Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 Midlands region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 20 (64.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 17 (54.84%) Agile
3 15 (48.39%) Service Delivery
4 14 (45.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
5 8 (25.81%) Problem Management
6 6 (19.35%) Change Management
7 5 (16.13%) Azure
7 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
7 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.90%) Service Management
8 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.90%) ITIL
9 3 (9.68%) Project Management
9 3 (9.68%) NEC
9 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
9 3 (9.68%) JIRA
9 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
9 3 (9.68%) Business Case
9 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery Management
9 3 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
9 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (9.68%) Project Governance

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) Asana
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 17 (54.84%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Banking
4 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (54.84%) Agile
3 15 (48.39%) Service Delivery
4 14 (45.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (25.81%) Problem Management
6 6 (19.35%) Change Management
7 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
8 4 (12.90%) ITIL
8 4 (12.90%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.90%) Service Management
9 3 (9.68%) Business Case
9 3 (9.68%) Programme Management
9 3 (9.68%) Project Governance
9 3 (9.68%) Project Management
9 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery Management
9 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Java
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) CISA
3 2 (6.45%) CISM
3 2 (6.45%) CISSP
3 2 (6.45%) GIAC
3 2 (6.45%) ISACA
3 2 (6.45%) SANS
3 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) BC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) NEC
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Tenable
2 2 (6.45%) Workday
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow