Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Delivery Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Reading is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 70 59
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 5 26 31
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.84% 2.40% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 2.69% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 17
10th Percentile £520 £519 £275
25th Percentile £531 £520 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +20.53% -15.56%
75th Percentile £583 £585 £575
90th Percentile £602 £616 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £580 £573 £470
% change year-on-year +1.31% +21.81% -14.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.75
Median hourly rate - - £63.50
75th Percentile - - £65.25
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £60.19

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 538 965 1,020
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 89.10% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 535 691
10th Percentile £325 £324 £263
25th Percentile £443 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £542
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +7.01% +8.40%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £631
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 30 12
10th Percentile - £48.18 £48.63
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £61.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £61.60 £66.88
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -7.89% +26.18%
75th Percentile £57.50 £97.50 £74.84
90th Percentile £69.08 £100.00 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +23.08%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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 Reading region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) SaaS
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) E-business
2 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 4 (80.00%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Miro
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Awareness

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Miro
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) E-business
2 4 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle