Delivery Project Manager Contracts

Delivery Project Manager
UK

The median Delivery Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 598 735
Rank change year-on-year +50 +137 -114
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Project Manager 38 100 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 72 74
10th Percentile £466 £390 £383
25th Percentile £564 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £566 £539
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% +5.10% +7.75%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £600
90th Percentile £745 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £518 £485
% change year-on-year +6.28% +6.70% +4.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Delivery Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Delivery Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Delivery Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Delivery Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Delivery Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Delivery Project Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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 +63 34 £663 +15.22% 4
London +68 26 £675 +8.00%
Work from Home +87 16 £613 +36.11% 1
UK excluding London +39 11 £550 +6.28% 5
South West +12 4 £700 +21.74% 1
Scotland +34 2 £400 -16.67%
North of England +21 2 - - 1
North West +20 1 - - 1
South East +13 1 £650 +18.18% 2
East of England +7 1 £550 +34.56%
Wales - 1 £530 - 1

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Delivery Project Manager 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 24 (63.16%) Project Delivery
2 19 (50.00%) Project Management
2 19 (50.00%) Agile
3 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
4 14 (36.84%) Finance
5 9 (23.68%) Public Sector
6 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
6 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (18.42%) Scrum
6 7 (18.42%) Banking
7 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
7 5 (13.16%) Migration
7 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
7 5 (13.16%) Azure
7 5 (13.16%) Project Governance
7 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.53%) Budget Management
8 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (10.53%) Software Delivery
8 4 (10.53%) Waterfall
8 4 (10.53%) Project Planning
8 4 (10.53%) PMP
8 4 (10.53%) PMI Certification
8 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
8 4 (10.53%) Programme Management
8 4 (10.53%) Back Office
9 3 (7.89%) Software Engineering

Delivery Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (2.63%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) SNA
2 1 (2.63%) Firewall
2 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 14 (36.84%) Finance
3 9 (23.68%) Public Sector
4 7 (18.42%) Banking
5 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Back Office
6 3 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Financial Institution
7 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.26%) Military
7 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.63%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.63%) Law
8 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.26%) Equities
2 2 (5.26%) IVR
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.63%) PMI
3 1 (2.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (63.16%) Project Delivery
2 19 (50.00%) Agile
2 19 (50.00%) Project Management
3 7 (18.42%) Scrum
3 7 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.16%) Migration
4 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
4 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.16%) Project Governance
4 5 (13.16%) Risk Management
4 5 (13.16%) Roadmaps
5 4 (10.53%) Budget Management
5 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 4 (10.53%) Programme Management
5 4 (10.53%) Project Planning
5 4 (10.53%) Software Delivery
5 4 (10.53%) Waterfall
6 3 (7.89%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.89%) Software Engineering
6 3 (7.89%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Python
1 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 4 (10.53%) PMP
4 3 (7.89%) Degree
5 2 (5.26%) CISA
5 2 (5.26%) CISM
5 2 (5.26%) CISSP
5 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (2.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (2.63%) PMO
1 1 (2.63%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.63%) Genesys
2 1 (2.63%) Splunk
2 1 (2.63%) UiPath