Delivery Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Delivery Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Delivery Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 203 205
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 106 145 314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.07% 0.94% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.01% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 106 248
10th Percentile £379 £405 £381
25th Percentile £425 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% - -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £632
90th Percentile £700 £685 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £31.75 - -
25th Percentile £38.13 £70.97 £56.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £71.93 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.49% +25.10% +121.15%
75th Percentile £60.63 £72.90 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £30.00 £12.95
% change year-on-year +60.00% +131.66% -50.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Delivery Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Delivery Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Delivery Manager.

Delivery Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Delivery Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Delivery Manager.

Delivery Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Delivery Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 52 (49.06%) Agile
2 40 (37.74%) Social Skills
3 29 (27.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (22.64%) Finance
4 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (20.75%) Service Delivery
6 21 (19.81%) Project Management
7 19 (17.92%) Scrum
8 17 (16.04%) JIRA
8 17 (16.04%) Project Delivery
9 16 (15.09%) Public Sector
9 16 (15.09%) ITIL
10 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.26%) Azure
11 12 (11.32%) Security Cleared
12 11 (10.38%) DevOps
12 11 (10.38%) Telecoms
12 11 (10.38%) Migration
13 10 (9.43%) Service Management
13 10 (9.43%) SAP
13 10 (9.43%) Confluence
14 9 (8.49%) Decision-Making
14 9 (8.49%) Risk Management
14 9 (8.49%) Change Management
14 9 (8.49%) Kanban
14 9 (8.49%) SC Cleared
15 8 (7.55%) Banking
15 8 (7.55%) Retail
15 8 (7.55%) PRINCE2
15 8 (7.55%) AWS

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (9.43%) Confluence
2 2 (1.89%) Apache
2 2 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.89%) Drupal
3 1 (0.94%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (3.77%) Trello
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.94%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.94%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.94%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.26%) Azure
2 8 (7.55%) AWS
3 5 (4.72%) GCP
4 4 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.77%) SaaS
5 3 (2.83%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.89%) Miro
6 2 (1.89%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.94%) Asana
7 1 (0.94%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) Firewall
2 1 (0.94%) 5G
2 1 (0.94%) FTP
2 1 (0.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.83%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.89%) Big Data
3 1 (0.94%) Looker
Development Applications
1 17 (16.04%) JIRA
2 2 (1.89%) MLflow
General
1 40 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.64%) Finance
3 16 (15.09%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.38%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.55%) Banking
5 8 (7.55%) Retail
6 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.77%) Legal
7 4 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.83%) Marketing
8 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Local Government
9 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Billing
10 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.94%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.94%) Law
10 1 (0.94%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) SAP Basis
2 1 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
1 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.83%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.89%) PMI
3 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (49.06%) Agile
2 29 (27.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (20.75%) Service Delivery
5 21 (19.81%) Project Management
6 19 (17.92%) Scrum
7 17 (16.04%) Project Delivery
8 16 (15.09%) ITIL
9 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (10.38%) DevOps
10 11 (10.38%) Migration
11 10 (9.43%) Service Management
12 9 (8.49%) Change Management
12 9 (8.49%) Decision-Making
12 9 (8.49%) Kanban
12 9 (8.49%) Risk Management
13 8 (7.55%) PRINCE2
13 8 (7.55%) Roadmaps
14 7 (6.60%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 7 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.94%) Java
1 1 (0.94%) Smalltalk
1 1 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.72%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.77%) Degree
4 4 (3.77%) PMP
5 3 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.94%) CISM
7 1 (0.94%) CISSP
7 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.94%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) SLA
2 3 (2.83%) PMO
2 3 (2.83%) QA
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (9.43%) SAP
2 6 (5.66%) Databricks
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.77%) Google
5 3 (2.83%) Ariba
6 2 (1.89%) Oracle
6 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow