Delivery Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Delivery Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Delivery Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £1,163, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 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
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 - 424
Rank change year-on-year - - +95
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Director 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% - 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £974 - £738
25th Percentile £1,009 - £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,163 - £875
75th Percentile £1,409 - £944
90th Percentile £1,501 - £963
UK median daily rate £850 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,811 16,845 20,899
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 92.05% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,445 10,268 14,126
10th Percentile £217 £220 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £682 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,223 1,736 1,146
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.05 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.34 £19.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.28% +28.57% +64.51%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.80
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.87% +62.77%

Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Delivery Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Director in the UK excluding London

Delivery Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Delivery Director in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Delivery Director in the UK excluding London

Delivery Director
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
South East - 2 £950 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £1,375 - 1
Midlands - 1 £1,375 - 1
Delivery Director
UK

Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, Delivery Director 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 UK excluding London region featuring Delivery Director in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Development Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership

Delivery Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) B2B
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
1 1 (33.33%) Development Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) People Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO