Delivery Director
UK
The median Delivery Director daily rate in the UK is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 545 | 541 | 643 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +102 | +193 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Director | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.024% | 0.018% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.027% | 0.019% | 0.026% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £730 | - | £758 |
| 25th Percentile | £750 | £850 | £825 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £850 | £900 | £875 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.56% | +2.86% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £950 | £984 | £975 |
| 90th Percentile | £1,318 | £1,046 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £1,163 | - | £875 |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 30,099 | 36,157 | 49,488 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.31% | 92.88% | 94.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,017 | 23,284 | 34,166 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £305 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -0.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,529 | 2,029 | 1,475 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.59 | £14.23 | £14.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.25 | £20.50 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £42.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | +2.00% | +64.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £77.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £36.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | +23.29% | +71.36% |
Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Delivery Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Delivery Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Delivery Director.
Delivery Director
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Director over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.
Delivery Director
Top 7 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +13 | 8 | £850 | -5.56% | 10 |
| London | +17 | 5 | £800 | -11.11% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 3 | £1,113 | +23.61% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | - | 2 | £1,163 | - | 6 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £1,375 | - | 1 |
| South East | - | 1 | £950 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £1,375 | - | 1 |
Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring Delivery Director in the job title.
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Delivery Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: