Software Delivery Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - Software Delivery
UK

The median Project Manager - Software Delivery daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 547 627
Rank change year-on-year -17 +80 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Software Delivery Project Manager 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.018% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £456 £463
25th Percentile - £479 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £568 £540
Median % change year-on-year -25.11% +5.09% -8.09%
75th Percentile - £598 £543
90th Percentile - £694 £547
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £518 £440
% change year-on-year -17.87% +17.61% -20.00%

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 31,404 33,725 43,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.88% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,903 20,327 29,840
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,775 1,275 1,525
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.08 £14.79
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%
75th Percentile £51.14 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +89.36%

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Delivery Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Software Delivery Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Top 4 Contract Job 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 4 November 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
UK excluding London -23 1 £425 -17.87% 4
Midlands -26 1 £425 -19.05% 1
England -36 1 £425 -25.11% 4
West Midlands - 1 £425 - 1

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Software Delivery Project Manager 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 job ads featuring Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Trello

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA