Delivery Manager
UK

The median Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 454 467
Rank change year-on-year +105 +13 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 819 662 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.67% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.73% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 560 534 1,007
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,097
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £97,500 £84,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £57,650
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.94% +4.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Delivery Manager.

Salary trend for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +142 759 £58,000 -14.07% 109
UK excluding London +89 518 £55,000 -9.09% 92
London +114 262 £68,338 -8.88% 38
Work from Home +37 261 £64,080 -5.07% 43
North of England +135 195 £57,500 +2.68% 18
North West +58 92 £55,000 -13.73% 9
Midlands +27 89 £57,500 -10.85% 18
South East +1 89 £50,000 -23.08% 19
Yorkshire +110 79 £67,040 +22.15% 5
South West +9 73 £61,688 +12.16% 12
West Midlands +36 69 £61,409 -1.75% 10
East of England +30 39 £50,000 -12.06% 5
Scotland -61 28 £53,614 -17.52% 11
North East +11 24 £55,000 +4.76% 5
East Midlands +5 20 £40,000 -40.74% 8
Wales +5 6 £45,000 -2.17% 8

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Delivery Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 395 (48.23%) Service Delivery
2 273 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 255 (31.14%) Agile
4 233 (28.45%) Finance
5 216 (26.37%) Project Management
6 208 (25.40%) Mentoring
7 166 (20.27%) Project Delivery
8 161 (19.66%) Microsoft
9 151 (18.44%) Scrum
10 147 (17.95%) SLA
11 139 (16.97%) ITIL
12 133 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 132 (16.12%) Contract Negotiation
14 123 (15.02%) Law
15 117 (14.29%) ServiceNow
16 108 (13.19%) Service Management
16 108 (13.19%) SaaS
17 107 (13.06%) Performance Management
18 106 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
19 105 (12.82%) Coaching
20 99 (12.09%) Kanban
21 95 (11.60%) Dell
22 94 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
23 88 (10.74%) Degree
24 86 (10.50%) Public Sector
25 81 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
26 75 (9.16%) ITSM
27 65 (7.94%) Decision-Making
28 60 (7.33%) Customer Service
29 55 (6.72%) Azure

Delivery 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.22%) Confluence
2 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.37%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 108 (13.19%) SaaS
2 55 (6.72%) Azure
3 33 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (1.34%) Power Platform
5 10 (1.22%) AWS
6 7 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.37%) Asana
10 2 (0.24%) Contentful
10 2 (0.24%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.24%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.24%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.12%) Basecamp
11 1 (0.12%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.12%) PaaS
11 1 (0.12%) Serverless
11 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (0.85%) 4G
2 7 (0.85%) 5G
3 5 (0.61%) Firewall
4 4 (0.49%) LAN
4 4 (0.49%) WAN
5 3 (0.37%) Network Security
5 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.37%) VPN
5 3 (0.37%) WLAN
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) NAS
6 2 (0.24%) VSAT
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.34%) Power BI
3 6 (0.73%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Big Data
4 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.24%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.12%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.12%) LogicBlox
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (3.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 273 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 233 (28.45%) Finance
3 133 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (15.02%) Law
5 86 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (4.88%) Retail
8 29 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (2.56%) Legal
10 20 (2.44%) Marketing
11 16 (1.95%) Spanish Language
12 15 (1.83%) Games
12 15 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.47%) Military
14 12 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.10%) French Language
16 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.95%) EDI
2 7 (0.85%) .NET
2 7 (0.85%) CSS
3 3 (0.37%) HTML
3 3 (0.37%) RESTful
4 1 (0.12%) SOAP
4 1 (0.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.25%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.05%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.69%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.20%) NHS
6 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.34%) PMI
8 10 (1.22%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.61%) iPad
11 4 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.49%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.37%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.37%) IoT
12 3 (0.37%) iPhone
12 3 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.32%) Windows
2 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.12%) Android
3 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (48.23%) Service Delivery
2 255 (31.14%) Agile
3 216 (26.37%) Project Management
4 208 (25.40%) Mentoring
5 166 (20.27%) Project Delivery
6 151 (18.44%) Scrum
7 139 (16.97%) ITIL
8 132 (16.12%) Contract Negotiation
9 108 (13.19%) Service Management
10 107 (13.06%) Performance Management
11 106 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 105 (12.82%) Coaching
13 99 (12.09%) Kanban
14 94 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 81 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
16 75 (9.16%) ITSM
17 65 (7.94%) Decision-Making
18 60 (7.33%) Customer Service
19 52 (6.35%) Line Management
20 49 (5.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.71%) C#
2 10 (1.22%) Java
3 9 (1.10%) Python
4 5 (0.61%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (10.74%) Degree
2 41 (5.01%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
4 23 (2.81%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.32%) DBS Check
7 18 (2.20%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.47%) PMP
9 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.37%) CCNP
12 3 (0.37%) MCSE
13 2 (0.24%) APMP
13 2 (0.24%) CSPO
13 2 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.12%) APMG
14 1 (0.12%) CISM
14 1 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (17.95%) SLA
2 18 (2.20%) QA
3 17 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.34%) PMO
5 10 (1.22%) GDPR
6 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.37%) GMP
7 2 (0.24%) COBIT
7 2 (0.24%) NIST
7 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 161 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 117 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 95 (11.60%) Dell
4 23 (2.81%) SAP
5 16 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.59%) Oracle
7 9 (1.10%) Google
8 8 (0.98%) Apple
9 4 (0.49%) Computacenter
9 4 (0.49%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.37%) Cadence
10 3 (0.37%) Cisco
10 3 (0.37%) Genesys
10 3 (0.37%) Meraki
10 3 (0.37%) NEC
11 2 (0.24%) Adyen
11 2 (0.24%) Facebook
11 2 (0.24%) iManage
11 2 (0.24%) VMware
12 1 (0.12%) Klarna