Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Delivery Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 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
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 96 102
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 11 29 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.68% 1.31% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.42% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 20 21
10th Percentile £456 £372 £356
25th Percentile £522 £484 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £569 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% +19.74% -15.56%
75th Percentile £669 £599 £575
90th Percentile £781 £678 £600
South East median daily rate £575 £578 £500
% change year-on-year -0.43% +15.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £56.52
25th Percentile - - £57.39
Median hourly rate £89.63 - £60.19
75th Percentile - - £63.39
90th Percentile - - £64.51
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £52.50 £60.19
% change year-on-year +70.72% -12.78% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,487 2,036 2,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 91.71% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,170 1,784
10th Percentile £265 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +1.80% +0.20%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £615
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 107 88
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.63 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £27.50 £21.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.60 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -58.50% +23.51% +151.62%
75th Percentile £62.31 £72.33 £66.00
90th Percentile £86.83 £90.00 £74.85
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +113.77%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in the Thames Valley

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in the Thames Valley

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Berkshire -10 8 £580 +2.65% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire +1 1 - - 2
Delivery Manager
South East

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 Thames Valley region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 4 (36.36%) SaaS
3 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) Power BI
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Contingency Planning
3 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (36.36%) Oracle
3 4 (36.36%) E-business
3 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
3 4 (36.36%) Miro
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) JIRA
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
5 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (36.36%) Miro
1 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
1 4 (36.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
1 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
2 4 (36.36%) E-business
2 4 (36.36%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (36.36%) Scrum
2 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Workday