Product Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Product Delivery Manager
England > South East

The median Product Delivery Manager daily rate in the South East is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 164 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Delivery Manager 48 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.71% 0.028% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.031% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £610 - -
England median daily rate £575 £800 £575
% change year-on-year -28.13% +39.13% -14.81%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 6,223 3,225 4,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 90.51% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,664 2,086 2,745
10th Percentile £303 £206 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £635
90th Percentile £714 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 754 269 371
10th Percentile £15.83 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +16.18%
75th Percentile £73.25 £57.50 £73.04
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.30 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.98% -43.78% +8.43%

Product Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Product Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Product Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East

Product Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East

Product Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
Berkshire - 48 £575 - 11
Thames Valley - 48 £575 - 12
Product Delivery Manager
England

Product Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 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 South East region featuring Product Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 46 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 36 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
3 35 (72.92%) Degree
4 34 (70.83%) PRINCE2
4 34 (70.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 33 (68.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (66.67%) Change Control
7 31 (64.58%) Computer Science
7 31 (64.58%) Rational DOORS
8 29 (60.42%) Agile
8 29 (60.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 29 (60.42%) Programme Management
9 27 (56.25%) IBM
9 27 (56.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (52.08%) Requirements Management
11 24 (50.00%) SysML
11 24 (50.00%) UML
12 23 (47.92%) Configuration Management
12 23 (47.92%) DoDAF
13 15 (31.25%) SC Cleared
14 14 (29.17%) Digital Engineering
14 14 (29.17%) Roadmaps
15 10 (20.83%) ITIL
16 7 (14.58%) Migration
16 7 (14.58%) Validation
16 7 (14.58%) Verification and Validation
17 6 (12.50%) CI/CD
17 6 (12.50%) PLM
17 6 (12.50%) Requirements Engineering
18 5 (10.42%) Data Modelling

Product Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.08%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 31 (64.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (87.50%) Aerospace
2 4 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.17%) Military
4 1 (2.08%) Avionics
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 32 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 22 (45.83%) Data Structures
3 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.25%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 34 (70.83%) PRINCE2
2 34 (70.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 33 (68.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (66.67%) Change Control
5 31 (64.58%) Computer Science
6 29 (60.42%) Agile
6 29 (60.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 29 (60.42%) Programme Management
7 27 (56.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (52.08%) Requirements Management
9 24 (50.00%) SysML
9 24 (50.00%) UML
10 23 (47.92%) Configuration Management
10 23 (47.92%) DoDAF
11 14 (29.17%) Digital Engineering
11 14 (29.17%) Roadmaps
12 10 (20.83%) ITIL
13 7 (14.58%) Migration
13 7 (14.58%) Validation
Qualifications
1 46 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 35 (72.92%) Degree
3 15 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.33%) NIST
2 2 (4.17%) DO-254
2 2 (4.17%) IEC 61508
2 2 (4.17%) ISO 26262
3 1 (2.08%) ARP4761
3 1 (2.08%) DO-160
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) MOM
Vendors
1 27 (56.25%) IBM
2 1 (2.08%) EMC