Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Delivery Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Delivery Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 101 103
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 28 12 25
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.52% 0.64% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 0.68% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 22
10th Percentile £401 £653 £363
25th Percentile £402 £656 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £700 £565
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +23.89% +2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £744 £666
90th Percentile £678 £748 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,642 1,757 1,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.14% 93.01% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 1,106 1,363
10th Percentile £238 £213 £228
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 62 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £15.19
25th Percentile £15.53 £14.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.65
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -2.65% +27.79%
75th Percentile £40.07 £33.23 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £48.43 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.40% +74.41%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Delivery Manager in the West Midlands

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the West Midlands

Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Warwickshire +8 10 £613 -12.50% 2
Shropshire - 9 £402 -
Birmingham -5 6 £515 -26.43% 4
Delivery Manager
England

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 October 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 15 (53.57%) Service Delivery
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
1 15 (53.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (50.00%) Agile
3 13 (46.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 6 (21.43%) Problem Management
6 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
6 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
7 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery Management
7 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
7 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (10.71%) ISO 19650
7 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
7 3 (10.71%) Kanban
7 3 (10.71%) Degree
7 3 (10.71%) Project Management
8 2 (7.14%) Service Management
8 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (7.14%) ITIL
8 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
8 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (7.14%) ERP
8 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.14%) Programme Management
8 2 (7.14%) Scrum

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DWDM
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) Unified Communications
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Service Delivery
1 15 (53.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (50.00%) Agile
3 13 (46.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 4 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.71%) Kanban
6 3 (10.71%) Project Governance
6 3 (10.71%) Project Management
6 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery Management
7 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (7.14%) ERP
7 2 (7.14%) ITIL
7 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
7 2 (7.14%) Programme Management
7 2 (7.14%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.57%) CISSP
3 1 (3.57%) GCIH
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.71%) ISO 19650
2 1 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) NEC
1 2 (7.14%) Workday
2 1 (3.57%) Genesys
2 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow