Delivery Manager Job Trends in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Delivery Manager salary in the East Midlands is £64,500 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 114 110 107
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 23 19 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.92% 0.86% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.90% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 13
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £39,250
25th Percentile £54,688 £54,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +4.35% +11.10%
75th Percentile £100,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - £69,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.88% -7.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,302 2,110 1,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 95.69% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,545 929 1,466
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £34,209
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.93%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the East Midlands

Delivery Manager
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Nottinghamshire +11 8 £100,000 +66.67%
Northamptonshire +9 6 £60,000 +53.85% 1
Lincolnshire -10 4 £42,500 -
Derbyshire - 4 £45,000 - 1
Leicestershire - 1 £65,000 -
Delivery Manager
England

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (30.43%) Digital Innovation
2 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
3 5 (21.74%) SLA
4 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
4 4 (17.39%) Autotask
4 4 (17.39%) AWS
4 4 (17.39%) Azure
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (17.39%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) ITSM
4 4 (17.39%) LAN
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
4 4 (17.39%) Service Management
4 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (17.39%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (17.39%) Transition Management
4 4 (17.39%) WAN
4 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Service

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (17.39%) AWS
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) LAN
1 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
1 4 (17.39%) WAN
1 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Retail
3 4 (17.39%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (30.43%) Digital Innovation
2 7 (30.43%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (17.39%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) ITSM
4 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Service Management
4 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (17.39%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (17.39%) Transition Management
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
2 3 (13.04%) PMO
3 1 (4.35%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Autotask
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Conga
2 1 (4.35%) Jitterbit
2 1 (4.35%) Pardot
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce