Software Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends

Software Delivery Manager
UK

The median Software Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 524 571
Rank change year-on-year -102 +47 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Software Delivery Manager 4 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.007% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.007% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £695
25th Percentile £613 £531 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £850
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -36.76% +31.53%
75th Percentile £638 £544 £894
90th Percentile - - £950
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 44,544 26,886 39,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.37% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,258 17,494 25,719
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,057 2,674
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.88% -34.16% -5.88%

Software Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Software Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Software Delivery 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 Software Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -101 4 £625 +16.28% 2
UK excluding London -102 3 - - 2
North of England - 3 - -
North West - 3 - -
Work from Home - 1 £625 - 2

Software Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Software 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 Software Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) PHP

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PHP