Software Delivery Job Trends in Central London

Software Delivery
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 169 158
Rank change year-on-year +64 -11 +36
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 36 21 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.52% 0.64% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 0.67% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 36 17 13
10th Percentile £54,375 £63,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +30.77% -
75th Percentile £120,000 £108,750 £85,000
90th Percentile - £117,000 £87,250
London median annual salary £90,000 £81,500 £76,000
% change year-on-year +10.43% +7.24% +1.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,089 3,116 2,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.48% 95.64% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 1,921 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in Central London

Software Delivery
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in Central London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Delivery in Central London

Software Delivery
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
City of London +35 19 £65,000 -23.53% 2
Software Delivery
London

Software Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) AWS
2 13 (36.11%) Azure
3 11 (30.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon ECR
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.78%) Apigee
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) SQL Server
1 10 (27.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.78%) DynamoDB
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (27.78%) Octopus Deploy
1 10 (27.78%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.78%) Katalon Studio
General
1 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Finance
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Banking
3 2 (5.56%) Front Office
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (50.00%) Lead
2 16 (44.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 11 (30.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (5.56%) Development Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Java Development Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Financial Business Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Java Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Release Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (72.22%) .NET
2 17 (47.22%) Node.js
3 16 (44.44%) React
4 1 (2.78%) JWT
4 1 (2.78%) OAuth
4 1 (2.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 17 (47.22%) Cloud Native
2 11 (30.56%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (27.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (27.78%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.56%) Derivative
5 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (80.56%) CI/CD
2 27 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (58.33%) Agile
4 18 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (50.00%) Test Automation
5 16 (44.44%) Clean Code
5 16 (44.44%) Computer Science
5 16 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (44.44%) Prototyping
5 16 (44.44%) Software Testing
5 16 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
5 16 (44.44%) User Experience
6 13 (36.11%) DevOps
7 11 (30.56%) AI
8 2 (5.56%) Data Modelling
8 2 (5.56%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.56%) Defect Management
8 2 (5.56%) Microservices
8 2 (5.56%) People Management
8 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) Java
2 16 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 16 (44.44%) TypeScript
3 10 (27.78%) PowerShell
3 10 (27.78%) SQL
4 3 (8.33%) Python
5 2 (5.56%) C#
6 1 (2.78%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (30.56%) Terraform
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Google
1 1 (2.78%) Pega
1 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
1 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow