Hybrid/Remote Head of Delivery Contract Job Trends

Head of Delivery
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Delivery daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £740, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 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
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 330 420
Rank change year-on-year +19 +90 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Delivery 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.021% 0.024% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.025% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £508
25th Percentile - - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £740 £60 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1133.33% -89.09% -31.25%
75th Percentile - - £669
90th Percentile - - £733
UK median daily rate £740 £575 £750
% change year-on-year +28.70% -23.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00

All DemandTrendContract 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 9,125 11,770 19,595
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 93.44% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,997 7,702 13,842
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 306 458
10th Percentile £13.08 £18.90 £16.98
25th Percentile £19.07 £30.88 £24.65
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.06
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Head of Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Head of Delivery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of Delivery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of Delivery job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of Delivery job vacancies

Head of Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Head of Delivery job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote Head of Delivery job vacancies

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, Head of Delivery 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Head of Delivery in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Change

Head of Delivery 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Change
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP