Service Delivery Manager Jobs

Service Delivery Manager
UK

The median Service Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 779 823
Rank change year-on-year +236 +44 -131
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 390 201 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.20% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 225 157 326
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,916 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £49,150 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £78,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in the UK

Service Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Delivery Manager in the UK

Service Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Delivery Manager in the UK

Service Delivery Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +272 368 £55,000 -12.00% 32
UK excluding London +87 216 £50,000 -9.09% 23
London +199 153 £68,338 -4.42% 12
Work from Home +57 77 £67,500 +8.00% 15
South East +55 67 £46,250 -22.92% 5
North of England +69 50 £50,000 -4.40% 4
Midlands +2 40 £53,500 -10.83% 4
South West -9 35 £67,500 +12.50% 5
West Midlands +9 30 £62,500 +4.17% 3
North West +17 26 £48,750 -17.02% 3
Yorkshire +95 24 £60,000 +20.00% 1
East of England +27 14 £41,250 +13.79% 1
East Midlands -7 10 £35,000 -24.32% 1
Scotland -58 9 £45,000 +2.86% 1
Wales +5 1 £45,000 -3.23% 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Service 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 Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 390 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 183 (46.92%) Social Skills
3 153 (39.23%) Finance
4 149 (38.21%) SLA
5 140 (35.90%) Microsoft
6 136 (34.87%) ITIL
7 118 (30.26%) Mentoring
7 118 (30.26%) Contract Negotiation
8 117 (30.00%) ServiceNow
9 110 (28.21%) Law
10 106 (27.18%) Performance Management
11 105 (26.92%) Service Management
12 104 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 100 (25.64%) SaaS
14 95 (24.36%) Dell
15 75 (19.23%) ITSM
16 54 (13.85%) Customer Service
17 53 (13.59%) Project Management
18 44 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
19 42 (10.77%) Incident Management
19 42 (10.77%) Degree
20 37 (9.49%) Line Management
21 35 (8.97%) ITIL Certification
21 35 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
22 33 (8.46%) ERP
22 33 (8.46%) Service Delivery Management
23 32 (8.21%) Public Sector
24 31 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
25 30 (7.69%) CRM
26 29 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement

Service 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 2 (0.51%) Confluence
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (5.90%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 100 (25.64%) SaaS
2 31 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.10%) Azure
4 6 (1.54%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.51%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.26%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (1.28%) Firewall
3 4 (1.03%) LAN
3 4 (1.03%) WAN
4 3 (0.77%) Network Security
4 3 (0.77%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.77%) VPN
4 3 (0.77%) WLAN
5 2 (0.51%) Internet
5 2 (0.51%) NAS
6 1 (0.26%) DHCP
6 1 (0.26%) DNS
6 1 (0.26%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.54%) Power BI
2 6 (1.54%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.51%) GitLab
General
1 183 (46.92%) Social Skills
2 153 (39.23%) Finance
3 110 (28.21%) Law
4 104 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 26 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.87%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.62%) Retail
9 17 (4.36%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.85%) Spanish Language
11 10 (2.56%) Legal
12 9 (2.31%) French Language
13 8 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.77%) Banking
17 2 (0.51%) Advertising
18 1 (0.26%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.10%) EDI
2 4 (1.03%) CSS
3 2 (0.51%) .NET
3 2 (0.51%) RESTful
4 1 (0.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.10%) Driving Licence
2 14 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.31%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.28%) PMI
6 5 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.03%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.77%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.26%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.26%) IoT
10 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.26%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 136 (34.87%) ITIL
3 118 (30.26%) Contract Negotiation
3 118 (30.26%) Mentoring
4 106 (27.18%) Performance Management
5 105 (26.92%) Service Management
6 75 (19.23%) ITSM
7 54 (13.85%) Customer Service
8 53 (13.59%) Project Management
9 44 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (10.77%) Incident Management
11 37 (9.49%) Line Management
12 35 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (8.46%) ERP
13 33 (8.46%) Service Delivery Management
14 30 (7.69%) CRM
15 29 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (6.92%) Incident Response
17 25 (6.41%) Problem Management
18 24 (6.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.56%) C#
2 8 (2.05%) Java
2 8 (2.05%) Python
3 3 (0.77%) SQL
4 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (10.77%) Degree
2 35 (8.97%) ITIL Certification
3 18 (4.62%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.54%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.28%) PMP
7 4 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.77%) CCNP
8 3 (0.77%) MCSE
8 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CCNA
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.26%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (38.21%) SLA
2 15 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.77%) QA
6 2 (0.51%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 140 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 117 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 95 (24.36%) Dell
4 17 (4.36%) SAP
5 15 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.56%) Oracle
7 8 (2.05%) Apple
8 7 (1.79%) Google
9 4 (1.03%) Computacenter
9 4 (1.03%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.77%) Cisco
10 3 (0.77%) Genesys
10 3 (0.77%) Meraki
11 2 (0.51%) iManage
11 2 (0.51%) VMware
12 1 (0.26%) Cadence