Product Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Product Delivery Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Product Delivery Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Delivery Manager 44 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -
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 - - -
South East median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,022 1,547 2,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 92.36% 91.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,870 932 1,221
10th Percentile £319 £293 £255
25th Percentile £419 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 105 130
10th Percentile £16.34 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.18 £15.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £57.19
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -56.03% +22.47%
75th Percentile £85.36 £63.75 £70.06
90th Percentile £102.14 £87.17 £87.50
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +14.70%

Product Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Product Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Product Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Product 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 Product Delivery Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 44 £575 - 5
Product Delivery Manager
South East

Product Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 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 Thames Valley region featuring Product Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 42 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 36 (81.82%) Systems Engineering
3 33 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 32 (72.73%) PRINCE2
5 31 (70.45%) Change Control
5 31 (70.45%) Degree
5 31 (70.45%) Rational DOORS
6 30 (68.18%) Computer Science
7 29 (65.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (63.64%) Agile
8 28 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 28 (63.64%) Programme Management
9 27 (61.36%) IBM
9 27 (61.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 25 (56.82%) Requirements Management
11 24 (54.55%) SysML
11 24 (54.55%) UML
12 23 (52.27%) DoDAF
13 22 (50.00%) Configuration Management
14 14 (31.82%) SC Cleared
15 11 (25.00%) Roadmaps
16 10 (22.73%) Digital Engineering
17 8 (18.18%) ITIL
18 7 (15.91%) Validation
18 7 (15.91%) Verification and Validation
19 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
19 6 (13.64%) Migration
19 6 (13.64%) Requirements Engineering
20 5 (11.36%) PLM
20 5 (11.36%) SBOM

Product Delivery 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 31 (70.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (86.36%) Aerospace
2 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (2.27%) Avionics
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 31 (70.45%) Product Ownership
2 22 (50.00%) Data Structures
3 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.82%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (81.82%) Systems Engineering
2 33 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 32 (72.73%) PRINCE2
4 31 (70.45%) Change Control
5 30 (68.18%) Computer Science
6 29 (65.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (63.64%) Agile
7 28 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 28 (63.64%) Programme Management
8 27 (61.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (56.82%) Requirements Management
10 24 (54.55%) SysML
10 24 (54.55%) UML
11 23 (52.27%) DoDAF
12 22 (50.00%) Configuration Management
13 11 (25.00%) Roadmaps
14 10 (22.73%) Digital Engineering
15 8 (18.18%) ITIL
16 7 (15.91%) Validation
16 7 (15.91%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 42 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 31 (70.45%) Degree
3 14 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.09%) NIST
2 3 (6.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.55%) DO-254
3 2 (4.55%) IEC 61508
3 2 (4.55%) ISO 26262
4 1 (2.27%) ARP4761
4 1 (2.27%) DO-160
Vendors
1 27 (61.36%) IBM