Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Delivery Manager
Somerset > Taunton

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in Taunton is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 4.55% - 8.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £590
25th Percentile £463 - £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.39%
75th Percentile £488 - £606
90th Percentile - - £610
Somerset median daily rate £364 £438 £600
% change year-on-year -16.80% -27.08% -24.39%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 86 17 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.73% 100.00% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 16 27
10th Percentile £405 £535 £425
25th Percentile £431 £615 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £713 £588
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +21.28% -12.96%
75th Percentile £650 £879 £600
90th Percentile £730 £950 £613
Somerset median daily rate £523 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -0.48% +16.67% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.23% -
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £21.01 £25.00
% change year-on-year +173.68% -15.96% -50.74%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Taunton

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, 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 Taunton region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Confluence
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Kanban
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (50.00%) PMP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA