Digital Delivery Manager Contracts

Digital Delivery Manager
UK

The median Digital Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 559 631
Rank change year-on-year +5 +72 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Delivery Manager 9 13 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.034% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.036% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 24
10th Percentile £458 £351 £471
25th Percentile £485 £363 £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £365 £656
Median % change year-on-year +57.53% -44.38% +22.09%
75th Percentile £644 £504 £691
90th Percentile £805 £590 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £365 £675
% change year-on-year +47.26% -45.93% +37.40%

All DemandTrendContract 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 29,910 35,903 47,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.02% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,855 22,735 32,984
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £620 £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 1,566 1,849 1,472
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.58 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.78% +9.88% +86.05%

Digital Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Delivery Manager in the UK

Digital Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Digital Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Delivery Manager in the UK

Digital Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Digital Delivery Manager
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Work from Home +20 6 £545 +49.32% 2
UK excluding London +2 6 £538 +47.26% 2
England +21 5 £600 +64.38% 4
Scotland - 3 £475 -
London +23 2 £758 - 3
South West +23 1 - -
South East +2 1 £600 +64.38% 1
Midlands -9 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Digital Delivery 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 Digital Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 2 (22.22%) Kanban
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
5 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Design Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
6 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
6 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Retail
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) JIRA
6 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Business Case

Digital Delivery 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Kanban
4 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Design Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Product Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Service Design
5 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (11.11%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 19650
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft