The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Service Delivery role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Service Delivery in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Service Delivery
Rank 817 877 857
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Service Delivery 47 23 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.019% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.020% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 43 21 13
Average salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £52,100
10% offered a salary of more than £105,000 £70,000 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £70,000 £66,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.86% +11.25%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Head of Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Head of Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery within the UK.

Head of Service Delivery Salary Trend

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Head of Service Delivery Salary Histogram

Head of Service Delivery
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +57 46 £70,000 +7.69%
London +66 21 £80,000 +105.12%
South East +15 10 £70,000 +19.14%
City of London - 9 £60,000 -
Sheffield +14 6 £67,500 -
South Yorkshire +9 6 £67,500 +1.88%
Yorkshire -6 6 £67,500 -
North West -4 5 £75,000 +7.14%
Camberley - 4 £45,000 -
Reading - 4 £65,750 -
Manchester - 4 £73,750 -
Berkshire - 4 £70,000 -
Wigan - 4 £73,750 -
Surrey - 4 £45,000 -
Buckinghamshire -8 2 £70,000 +33.33%
West Midlands -11 2 £70,000 -
Slough - 2 £70,000 -
Middlesex - 2 £100,000 -
Maidenhead - 2 £70,000 -
Bracknell - 2 £70,000 -
High Wycombe - 2 £70,000 -
East Midlands +2 1 £75,000 +7.14%
Edinburgh 0 1 £100,000 +48.14%
Scotland -1 1 £100,000 +48.14%
Birmingham -15 1 - -
East of England - 1 £90,000 -
Warwickshire - 1 £70,000 -
Norfolk - 1 £90,000 -
Leicestershire - 1 £75,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £75,000 -

Head of Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of Service Delivery in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Service Delivery in their job title.

1 79 (97.53%) Service Delivery
2 51 (62.96%) ITIL
3 29 (35.80%) Service Management
4 18 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 17 (20.99%) SLA
6 16 (19.75%) ITSM
7 14 (17.28%) Finance
8 12 (14.81%) Project Management
9 11 (13.58%) LAN
9 11 (13.58%) WAN
9 11 (13.58%) Retail
10 10 (12.35%) Banking
11 9 (11.11%) COBIT
11 9 (11.11%) SAN
12 8 (9.877%) Cisco
12 8 (9.877%) UNIX
12 8 (9.877%) Incident Management
13 7 (8.642%) SaaS
13 7 (8.642%) IT Governance
13 7 (8.642%) International Banking
14 6 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (7.407%) Change Management
14 6 (7.407%) VMware
15 5 (6.173%) Business Continuity
15 5 (6.173%) ITIL V3
15 5 (6.173%) VMware Infrastructure
15 5 (6.173%) Problem Management
15 5 (6.173%) Release Management
15 5 (6.173%) E-Commerce
16 4 (4.938%) CRM

Head of Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of Service Delivery in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Service Delivery in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.704%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (1.235%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.235%) IIS
2 1 (1.235%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.704%) MS Office
2 1 (1.235%) Office 365
2 1 (1.235%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.58%) LAN
1 11 (13.58%) WAN
2 9 (11.11%) SAN
3 2 (2.469%) Intranet
3 2 (2.469%) ATM
4 1 (1.235%) VPLS
4 1 (1.235%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.235%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.235%) VPN
4 1 (1.235%) VoIP
4 1 (1.235%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.235%) Firewall
4 1 (1.235%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.469%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.235%) DTS
2 1 (1.235%) SAP BW
General
1 18 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 14 (17.28%) Finance
3 11 (13.58%) Retail
4 10 (12.35%) Banking
5 7 (8.642%) International Banking
6 4 (4.938%) Marketing
7 2 (2.469%) Legal
7 2 (2.469%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.235%) Military
8 1 (1.235%) Games
8 1 (1.235%) Law
8 1 (1.235%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.642%) SaaS
2 2 (2.469%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.469%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.235%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.235%) Replication
3 1 (1.235%) FMCG
3 1 (1.235%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.235%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (1.235%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (1.235%) PMI
3 1 (1.235%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.235%) EPoS
3 1 (1.235%) NHS
3 1 (1.235%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.877%) UNIX
2 2 (2.469%) Windows
2 2 (2.469%) Linux
3 1 (1.235%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.235%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.235%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (97.53%) Service Delivery
2 51 (62.96%) ITIL
3 29 (35.80%) Service Management
4 16 (19.75%) ITSM
5 12 (14.81%) Project Management
6 8 (9.877%) Incident Management
7 7 (8.642%) IT Governance
8 6 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.407%) Change Management
9 5 (6.173%) Business Continuity
9 5 (6.173%) ITIL V3
9 5 (6.173%) Problem Management
9 5 (6.173%) Release Management
9 5 (6.173%) E-Commerce
10 4 (4.938%) CRM
10 4 (4.938%) PRINCE2
11 3 (3.704%) Business Development
11 3 (3.704%) Supplier Management
11 3 (3.704%) Information Security
11 3 (3.704%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.235%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.938%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (2.469%) CISM
2 2 (2.469%) SSCP
2 2 (2.469%) CISSP
2 2 (2.469%) GCED
2 2 (2.469%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.469%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.469%) GCIA
2 2 (2.469%) GCIH
2 2 (2.469%) GCFA
2 2 (2.469%) CEH
3 1 (1.235%) Degree
3 1 (1.235%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.99%) SLA
2 9 (11.11%) COBIT
3 1 (1.235%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 5 (6.173%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.235%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 8 (9.877%) Cisco
2 6 (7.407%) VMware
3 3 (3.704%) Citrix
3 3 (3.704%) SAP
3 3 (3.704%) Lotus
4 2 (2.469%) EMC
4 2 (2.469%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.235%) HP
5 1 (1.235%) Dell
5 1 (1.235%) Siemens
5 1 (1.235%) Veritas
5 1 (1.235%) Oracle
5 1 (1.235%) Red Hat
Warwickshire
My client are a market leader in the field and are currently looking to recruit for a Head of Service Delivery who will be one of the senior...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £65000.00 - £75000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
My client are a market leader in the field and are currently looking to recruit for a Head of Service Delivery who will be one of the senior...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000.00 - £75000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Head of Service Delivery/Head of IT is required for this rapidly expanding and highly successful organisation based in Greater Manchester, North West - commutable from Preston, Liverpool, Bolton,...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wigan, North West
The company are continually the market leader in their particular industry.Reporting directly in to the current Group IT Director, you will be heading up the Service Delivery...
Mint
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + bonus, pension
Posted: 7 May 2013
London
Job title:- Head of Service Delivery - IT We have an exciting opening with one of our clients, for a Head of Service Delivery - IT role... Job Description for...
Avance Consulting
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Head of Service Management. Working for a leading Mobile ecommerce Vendor... Use of service management frameworks (preferably ITIL) to deliver best practice capabilities for service management... - Experience/knowledge...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £80,000 to £90,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 21 May 2013