Public Sector Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends

Delivery Manager - Public Sector
UK

The median Delivery Manager - Public Sector daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 559 556
Rank change year-on-year -124 -3 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Public Sector Delivery Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.003% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 49,838 30,062 35,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.24% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,768 18,992 22,689
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,565 1,567 1,847
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.75 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.51 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £44.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.84% +10.00%

Public Sector Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Public Sector Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Public Sector Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Public Sector Delivery Manager
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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 -113 2 £550 - 15
London - 2 £550 - 8

Public Sector Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Public Sector Delivery 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 Public Sector Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Actian
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Ingres
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) OpenROAD
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case

Public Sector Delivery 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) OpenROAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Ingres
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Actian