Hybrid/Remote Delivery Director Contract Job Trends

Delivery Director
UK > Work from Home

The median Delivery Director daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £1,375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 303 345
Rank change year-on-year -32 +42 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Director 6 1 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.010% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.011% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £1,008 - -
25th Percentile £1,188 - £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,375 £850 £900
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £1,563 - £950
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £1,375 £900 £914
% change year-on-year +52.78% -1.53% +0.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,368 9,279 14,168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.83% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,286 6,351 9,497
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -1.75% -2.10% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 540 227 575
10th Percentile £17.50 £14.00 £14.33
25th Percentile £27.94 £17.95 £23.29
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.12% -18.02% -20.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.75 £62.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.55% -18.89%

Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Director' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Delivery Director job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Delivery Director
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Delivery Director job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Delivery Director job vacancies

Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Delivery Director 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Delivery Director in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 4 (66.67%) Budgeting
1 4 (66.67%) Coaching
1 4 (66.67%) Cost Management
1 4 (66.67%) People Management
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
1 4 (66.67%) SIAM
1 4 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Kanban
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum

Delivery Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 4 (66.67%) Budgeting
1 4 (66.67%) Coaching
1 4 (66.67%) Cost Management
1 4 (66.67%) People Management
1 4 (66.67%) SDLC
1 4 (66.67%) SIAM
1 4 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle