Head of Delivery
UK

The median Head of Delivery salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 933 1101
Rank change year-on-year +86 +168 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Delivery 64 66 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.064% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.070% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 46 59 93
10th Percentile £61,726 £60,000 £57,693
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,497 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £81,386
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.85% -1.35%
75th Percentile £103,750 £88,125 £97,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £101,000 £124,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £68,497 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.14% -2.15% -13.49%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Delivery over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +86 51 £87,500 +12.90% 14
UK excluding London +12 43 £77,500 +13.14% 9
Work from Home +64 24 £90,000 +20.00% 8
North of England +50 21 £85,000 -11.92% 2
London +105 16 £95,000 +15.15% 4
North West +22 14 £85,000 - 1
Yorkshire +96 9 £75,000 -22.28%
South East +18 8 £102,500 +24.24% 4
Wales +15 8 £82,883 +21.00%
East of England +25 4 £60,900 +1.50%
South West - 3 £55,000 -
Midlands +18 2 £71,250 -33.72% 3
West Midlands +17 2 £71,250 -33.72% 3
North East - 1 £93,500 - 1

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Head of Delivery 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 Head of Delivery in the job title.

1 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
2 17 (26.56%) Agile
3 16 (25.00%) Project Management
3 16 (25.00%) Finance
4 13 (20.31%) Social Skills
5 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (14.06%) Programme Management
7 9 (14.06%) Service Delivery
7 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
8 7 (10.94%) Line Management
8 7 (10.94%) ITIL
9 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (9.38%) PMO
9 6 (9.38%) Analytics
9 6 (9.38%) Budget Management
10 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
10 5 (7.81%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (7.81%) Smart Energy
10 5 (7.81%) Software Delivery
10 5 (7.81%) PRINCE2
11 4 (6.25%) Firewall
11 4 (6.25%) PMP
11 4 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
11 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 4 (6.25%) Coaching
11 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
11 4 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (6.25%) Client Onboarding
12 3 (4.69%) Service Delivery Management

Head of Delivery 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.69%) Azure
1 3 (4.69%) SaaS
2 2 (3.13%) BigCommerce
2 2 (3.13%) dbt
2 2 (3.13%) GCP
2 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 2 (3.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Firewall
2 3 (4.69%) LAN
2 3 (4.69%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.69%) WAN
2 3 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.69%) Wireless
2 3 (4.69%) WLAN
3 1 (1.56%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Big Data
1 2 (3.13%) BigQuery
1 2 (3.13%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 16 (25.00%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Banking
5 3 (4.69%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Games
6 2 (3.13%) iGaming
6 2 (3.13%) Local Government
6 2 (3.13%) Publishing
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Automotive
7 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
1 5 (7.81%) Smart Energy
2 2 (3.13%) Client/Server
2 2 (3.13%) Genomics
2 2 (3.13%) Life Science
2 2 (3.13%) NHS
3 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.56%) EPoS
3 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.56%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.56%) Online Banking
3 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
2 17 (26.56%) Agile
3 16 (25.00%) Project Management
4 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.06%) Programme Management
6 9 (14.06%) Service Delivery
7 7 (10.94%) ITIL
7 7 (10.94%) Line Management
8 6 (9.38%) Analytics
8 6 (9.38%) Budget Management
9 5 (7.81%) PRINCE2
9 5 (7.81%) Software Delivery
9 5 (7.81%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (6.25%) Client Onboarding
10 4 (6.25%) Coaching
10 4 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
10 4 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) PMP
2 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Atlassian
1 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.13%) Google
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle
2 2 (3.13%) SAP
3 1 (1.56%) VMware