Software Delivery Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Software Delivery
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 55 91
Rank change year-on-year -20 +36 +24
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 4 16 8
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.50% 1.93% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 2.26% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 5
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 £525 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £720
90th Percentile £668 £743 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £484 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -12.02% -8.33% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 709 709 1,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 87.86% 85.73% 90.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 452 818
10th Percentile £285 £350 £339
25th Percentile £400 £409 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £477 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 21
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.18 £12.00
25th Percentile - £14.19 £15.32
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +18.42% +1.60%
75th Percentile £74.06 £33.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £30.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.58 £17.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year +29.00% -14.63% +7.89%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in West Yorkshire

Software Delivery
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Leeds -19 4 £525 -4.55% 5
Software Delivery
Yorkshire

Software Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Application Development Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Application Development Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Development Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Development Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Migration Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) BDD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared