January 2026
This report analyzes 547 Project & Delivery job postings from 285+ companies tracked via direct employer career pages and job board aggregators. Our coverage skews toward tech-forward and scaling companies; large enterprises using enterprise hiring platforms may be underrepresented. Coverage varies by section and is noted throughout.
52% of roles with industry data
Among the 52% of roles with industry data, Data Infrastructure and Professional Services share the lead at 20% each, followed by Consumer Tech (11%) and Healthcare (8%). Based on a single month's movement, Data Infrastructure gained 9 percentage points while Consumer Tech declined 7 points. Climate and Sustainability appeared as a new category this month. The co-dominance of Data Infrastructure and Professional Services likely reflects Denver's mix of cloud-focused employers and consulting firms hiring delivery professionals.
52% of roles with company age data
Among the 52% of roles with company age data, mature companies (over 15 years old) account for 76% of tracked postings, with growth-stage firms at 23% and young companies at just 2%. This distribution is consistent with the enterprise-heavy employer landscape, where established organizations like Oracle, Google, and Lockheed Martin drive the majority of delivery hiring volume among tracked employers.
52% of roles with ownership data
Among the 52% of roles with ownership data, publicly traded companies account for 53% of tracked postings, followed by private firms at 33% and subsidiaries at 13%. The public company majority is consistent with the top employer list, which features several large public firms including Oracle, Google, and Lockheed Martin. The 13% subsidiary share may reflect organizations like AWS operating under a parent company structure.
50% of roles with company size data
Among the 50% of roles with company size data, enterprise organizations (1,000+ employees) account for 85% of tracked postings. Scale-ups hold 10% and startups 4%. This heavy enterprise concentration likely reflects that programme and project management functions tend to scale with organizational complexity, making larger companies the primary source of delivery hiring among tracked employers.
Market interpretation: Oracle leads with 50 tracked postings, nearly double that of Google (26) and triple Lockheed Martin (17). EchoStar, Medtronic, and AWS are new entrants to the top employer list this month. A defense and aerospace cluster is present with Lockheed Martin, Sierra Nevada Corporation (combined 12), and BAE Systems (6) accounting for over 30 tracked postings collectively. At 1.91 jobs per employer, concentration is moderate, the top 5 hold 21% and top 15 hold 33% of tracked postings. Note that employer concentration partly reflects which companies are included in direct employer integrations.
Programme manager (46%) and project manager (44%) roles together make up 90% of tracked delivery postings. Delivery manager accounts for 7% and scrum master for 3%. Based on a single month's movement, project manager share rose 10 percentage points while programme manager declined 8 points, narrowing what was previously a wider gap. This shift may reflect growing employer preference for execution-oriented project roles relative to broader programme oversight.
Junior: 0-2 years | Mid-Level: 3-5 years | Senior: 6-10 years | Staff/Principal: 11+ years (IC track) | Director+: Management track
Senior-to-Junior Ratio
9:1
Senior+ roles per Junior role
Entry Accessibility Rate
29%
Junior + Mid-Level roles combined
Senior roles lead at 53% of tracked postings, followed by Mid-Level (21%), Staff/Principal (10%), Junior (8%), and Director+ (7%). The 9:1 senior-to-junior ratio is typical for programme and project management functions that generally require prior experience. Entry accessibility at 29% suggests roughly one in three tracked roles is open to candidates with under three years of experience.
Individual contributor roles account for 93% of tracked delivery postings, with management track roles at 7%. This split is consistent with how programme and project manager titles typically operate as IC roles responsible for delivery outcomes rather than people management. The 7% management share likely corresponds to Director+ and senior leadership positions that carry direct reports.
Onsite: office full-time | Hybrid: mix of office and remote | Remote: work from anywhere | Flexible: employee chooses arrangement
97% of roles with known working arrangement
Among the 97% of roles with working arrangement data (based on 79 ATS-sourced roles), 57% offer fully remote work and 26% offer flexible arrangements, totaling 83% with some degree of location independence. Hybrid accounts for 13% and onsite for just 4%. This remote-forward distribution likely reflects both the nature of delivery roles, which are often cross-functional and coordination-heavy rather than location-dependent, and Denver's position as a market where remote work adoption has been particularly strong among tech employers.
10% of roles with disclosed salary ranges
25th Percentile
$108K
Median
$145K
75th Percentile
$178K
IQR (Spread)
$70K
38% of roles with skills data
Skills insight: Among the 38% of roles with skills data (207 roles), stakeholder management leads at 21%, followed by Agile (17%), Project Management (17%), and JIRA (14%). Risk management (13%) and Program Management (12%) round out the core delivery skill set. The most common skill pair is Agile + JIRA at 10%, followed by Risk management + Stakeholder management at 9%, suggesting employers value both technical tooling proficiency and cross-functional coordination. Emerging skills include AI (4%), AWS (4%), and Cloud (4%), which may indicate that delivery roles are increasingly intersecting with cloud and automation initiatives.
1.92
Jobs per employer
Average open roles per hiring company
Among tracked employers
21%
Top 5 concentration
Combined share of tracked postings by top 5 employers
Among tracked employers
34%
Top 15 concentration
Combined share of tracked postings by top 15 employers
Among tracked employers
9:1
Senior-to-Junior ratio
Senior+ roles for every junior role
Competitive but accessible
29%
Entry accessibility
Roles open to candidates with <3 years experience
Moderate entry market
7%
Management opportunity
Roles on the people management track
Highly IC-focused
57%
Remote availability
Roles offering fully remote work
Very high flexibility
This report analyzes direct employer job postings for Project & Delivery roles in Denver during January 2026.
60%
Seniority coverage
Roles with seniority level classified
97%
Arrangement coverage
Roles with working arrangement known
38%
Skills coverage
Roles with skills extracted from description
58%
Employer metadata
Roles with enriched company data
This report was created by Rich Jacobs, Data product manager focused on hiring market intelligence. Want the data? rich@richjacobs.me