Software Delivery Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Software Delivery
UK

The median Project Manager - Software Delivery daily rate in the UK is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 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
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 590 689
Rank change year-on-year +48 +99 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Software Delivery Project Manager 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.007% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.008% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £433 £480 £438
25th Percentile £444 £525 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% +11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £481 £644 £604
90th Percentile £493 £670 £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 30,054 39,908 53,504
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 93.02% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,145 25,675 37,129
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 2,727 1,579
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.34
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.50 £39.55 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% -8.02% +67.45%
75th Percentile £56.25 £62.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +91.57%

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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
England +41 2 £463 -22.92%
London +28 1 £500 -25.93%
Work from Home +27 1 £500 -4.76%
UK excluding London +21 1 £425 -19.05%
Midlands +1 1 £425 -19.05%
West Midlands - 1 £425 -

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Software Delivery Project 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 job ads featuring Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Trello
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA