Delivery Manager Contracts in South Wales

Delivery Manager
Wales > South Wales

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in South Wales is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 40 52
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 5 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.09% 0.60% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 0.68% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £314 - £419
25th Percentile £331 £410 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £420 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -30.00% +18.52%
75th Percentile £530 £430 £650
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £488 £420 £550
% change year-on-year +16.07% -23.64% +8.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 224 296 489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 88.89% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 215 377
10th Percentile £161 £168 £184
25th Percentile £257 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £488 £563 £575
90th Percentile £613 £642 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £470 £460
% change year-on-year -14.89% +2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in South Wales

Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Delivery Manager in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Delivery Manager in South Wales

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in South Wales over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in South Wales

Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Delivery Manager in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Delivery Manager in South Wales

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Cardiff +8 5 £488 +16.07% 1
Delivery Manager
Wales

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 South Wales region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Project Governance
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Coaching
5 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
5 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) AWS

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Project Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft