Deployment Manager Contract Job Trends

Deployment Manager
UK

The median Deployment Manager daily rate in the UK is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 556 588
Rank change year-on-year -11 +32 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Manager 14 8 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.023% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.025% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 20
10th Percentile £348 £401 £363
25th Percentile £381 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £544 £573 £581
90th Percentile £673 £713 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% +26.67%

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 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Deployment Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Deployment Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Deployment Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Deployment Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Manager job vacancies in the UK

Deployment Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Manager over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Manager in the UK

Deployment Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Manager job vacancies in the UK

Deployment Manager
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Work from Home +21 9 £445 -11.00%
England -36 9 £463 -7.50% 1
London 0 6 £600 +17.07%
South East +2 1 £550 +46.67%
UK excluding London -46 1 £550 +37.50% 1

Deployment Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Deployment 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 featuring Deployment Manager in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) PMP
3 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
4 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 4 (28.57%) Windows
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Emotional Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) JIRA
5 3 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (21.43%) People Management
5 3 (21.43%) PMO
5 3 (21.43%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
5 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
6 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing

Deployment Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) LIMS
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Programme Management
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Emotional Intelligence
5 3 (21.43%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (21.43%) People Management
5 3 (21.43%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) PMP
2 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP