Project Delivery Manager Contracts

Projects Delivery Manager
UK

The median Projects Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 690 810
Rank change year-on-year +122 +120 -154
Contract jobs requiring a Project Delivery Manager 18 26 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.043% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.045% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 34
10th Percentile £355 £400 £331
25th Percentile £516 £417 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -3.49%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £547
90th Percentile £595 £666 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £563 £388
% change year-on-year -2.22% +45.16% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Project Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery Manager in the UK

Project Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery Manager in the UK

Project Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery Manager in the UK

Project Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery Manager in the UK

Project Delivery Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +109 17 £550 +10.00% 8
London +114 11 £550 +22.22% 5
Work from Home +129 10 £550 +20.55% 5
UK excluding London +57 6 £550 -2.22% 2
South East +15 6 £550 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Project 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 Project Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 11 (61.11%) Project Management
3 10 (55.56%) Agile
4 8 (44.44%) Lean Six Sigma
4 8 (44.44%) Six Sigma
5 7 (38.89%) Kanban
5 7 (38.89%) Legal
5 7 (38.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 6 (33.33%) Service Design
6 6 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (33.33%) Scrum
6 6 (33.33%) Process Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
8 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
8 2 (11.11%) SLA
9 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
9 1 (5.56%) PMP
9 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
9 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
9 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2
9 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
9 1 (5.56%) SNA
9 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.56%) Workflow

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (5.56%) MPLS
2 1 (5.56%) SNA
2 1 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (38.89%) Legal
2 6 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Aviation
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 11 (61.11%) Project Management
3 10 (55.56%) Agile
4 8 (44.44%) Lean Six Sigma
4 8 (44.44%) Six Sigma
5 7 (38.89%) Kanban
5 7 (38.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 6 (33.33%) Process Improvement
6 6 (33.33%) Scrum
6 6 (33.33%) Service Design
6 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis
8 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance
8 1 (5.56%) Network Architecture
8 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2
8 1 (5.56%) Project Planning
8 1 (5.56%) User Stories
8 1 (5.56%) Waterfall
8 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.56%) PMP
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) Salesforce