Delivery Manager Job Trends in the City of London

Delivery Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Delivery Manager salary in the City of London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 144 141
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 8 15 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.35% 0.57% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 16
10th Percentile £63,500 £51,701 £52,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,762 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -17.46% +1.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,188 £97,500
90th Percentile - £115,875 £102,500
Central London median annual salary £68,750 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -16.13% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,153 2,430 2,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 92.08% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,610 1,575 2,417
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Delivery Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) BCP
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) COBIT
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Law
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Coaching
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) DSDM
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Guidewire