Head of Delivery Contracts in the UK excluding London

Head of Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Delivery daily rate in the UK excluding London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 - 445
Rank change year-on-year - - +63
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Delivery 4 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% - 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £381 - £720
25th Percentile £409 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £747 - £975
90th Percentile £854 - £1,005
UK median daily rate £700 £475 £750
% change year-on-year +47.37% -36.67% +1.69%

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Head of Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Delivery in the UK excluding London

Head of Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Delivery in the UK excluding London

Head of Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Delivery in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Delivery in the UK excluding London

Head of Delivery
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 Head of Delivery within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 - 3 £450 - 4
North of England - 1 £850 - 4
North West - 1 £850 - 3
Head of Delivery
UK

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Head of Delivery 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 Head of Delivery in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) NHS
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) SLA

Head of Delivery 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 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA