Product Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Product Delivery Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Delivery Manager daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Delivery Manager 44 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 0 0
10th Percentile £80.75 - -
25th Percentile £81.79 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,063 567 1,015
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 94.34% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 362 570
10th Percentile £361 £350 £324
25th Percentile £482 £436 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £598
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -7.99% +8.68%
75th Percentile £644 £613 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £716
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 20 43
10th Percentile £30.00 - £48.34
25th Percentile £72.60 £14.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £84.00 £28.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -55.20% -5.30%
75th Percentile £88.00 £58.44 £87.48
90th Percentile £104.50 £70.00 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £48.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +72.92% -22.08% +9.08%

Product Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Product Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Product Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 2026, Product 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 Product Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 42 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 36 (81.82%) Systems Engineering
3 33 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 32 (72.73%) PRINCE2
5 31 (70.45%) Change Control
5 31 (70.45%) Degree
5 31 (70.45%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (68.18%) Computer Science
7 29 (65.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (63.64%) Agile
8 28 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 28 (63.64%) Programme Management
9 27 (61.36%) IBM
9 27 (61.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (56.82%) Requirements Management
11 24 (54.55%) SysML
11 24 (54.55%) UML
12 23 (52.27%) DoDAF
13 22 (50.00%) Configuration Management
14 14 (31.82%) SC Cleared
15 11 (25.00%) Roadmaps
16 10 (22.73%) Digital Engineering
17 8 (18.18%) ITIL
18 7 (15.91%) Validation
18 7 (15.91%) Verification and Validation
19 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
19 6 (13.64%) Migration
19 6 (13.64%) Requirements Engineering
20 5 (11.36%) PLM
20 5 (11.36%) SBOM

Product 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 1 (2.27%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 31 (70.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (86.36%) Aerospace
2 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (2.27%) Avionics
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 31 (70.45%) Product Ownership
2 22 (50.00%) Data Structures
3 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.82%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (81.82%) Systems Engineering
2 33 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 32 (72.73%) PRINCE2
4 31 (70.45%) Change Control
5 30 (68.18%) Computer Science
6 29 (65.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (63.64%) Agile
7 28 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 28 (63.64%) Programme Management
8 27 (61.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (56.82%) Requirements Management
10 24 (54.55%) SysML
10 24 (54.55%) UML
11 23 (52.27%) DoDAF
12 22 (50.00%) Configuration Management
13 11 (25.00%) Roadmaps
14 10 (22.73%) Digital Engineering
15 8 (18.18%) ITIL
16 7 (15.91%) Validation
16 7 (15.91%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 42 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 31 (70.45%) Degree
3 14 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.09%) NIST
2 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.55%) DO-254
3 2 (4.55%) IEC 61508
3 2 (4.55%) ISO 26262
4 1 (2.27%) ARP4761
4 1 (2.27%) DO-160
Vendors
1 27 (61.36%) IBM