Delivery Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Delivery Project Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Delivery Project Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 121 142
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Project Manager 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.23% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.25% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £588 £536 -
25th Percentile £592 £553 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% - -
75th Percentile £629 £602 -
90th Percentile £633 £627 -
South East median daily rate £610 £563 £499
% change year-on-year +8.44% +12.73% +0.81%

All Contract 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 1,696 1,970 2,458
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.01% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,098 1,124 1,613
10th Percentile £258 £278 £213
25th Percentile £400 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £613 £613
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £507
% change year-on-year -1.67% +0.35% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 81 104
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.12
25th Percentile £16.08 £25.99 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.39% +15.00% +186.94%
75th Percentile £48.11 £63.43 £67.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.53
% change year-on-year -63.86% +13.84% +44.36%

Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Delivery Project Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Delivery Project 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 Project Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 +2 2 £610 +6.09% 2
Delivery Project Manager
South East

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Delivery Project 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 Thames Valley region featuring Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle CX
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle CX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle