Head of Delivery Jobs in England

Head of Delivery
UK > England

The median Head of Delivery salary in England is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 854 1073
Rank change year-on-year +76 +219 -224
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Delivery 64 42 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.072% 0.049% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.053% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 48 35 89
10th Percentile £61,145 £71,090 £60,000
25th Percentile £70,313 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £84,290
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -11.02% +2.17%
75th Percentile £102,500 £91,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,250 £108,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £81,386
% change year-on-year +13.33% -7.85% +1.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 84,698 78,992 134,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 91.44% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,716 50,412 74,905
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Delivery in England

Head of Delivery
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Delivery in England.

Salary trend for Head of Delivery in England

Head of Delivery
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Delivery in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Delivery in England

Head of Delivery
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Delivery within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +53 26 £85,000 -
London +92 18 £97,500 +25.81% 8
North West +11 16 £85,000 -
South East +6 13 £86,250 -19.77% 3
Yorkshire - 11 £75,000 -
East of England +2 4 £60,900 +1.50%
South West - 3 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £71,250 - 1
Midlands - 2 £71,250 - 1
North East - 2 £93,500 -
Head of Delivery
UK

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Head of Delivery 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 across the England region featuring Head of Delivery in the job title.

1 20 (31.25%) Agile
2 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
3 16 (25.00%) Finance
4 14 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (18.75%) Project Management
5 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
6 11 (17.19%) Service Delivery
7 9 (14.06%) ITIL
8 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.50%) Budget Management
9 7 (10.94%) Software Delivery
9 7 (10.94%) PMO
10 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (9.38%) Programme Management
10 6 (9.38%) Strategic Thinking
11 5 (7.81%) PRINCE2
11 5 (7.81%) Line Management
12 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
12 4 (6.25%) Coaching
12 4 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
12 4 (6.25%) Analytics
12 4 (6.25%) Service Design
12 4 (6.25%) Azure
12 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
12 4 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (6.25%) Service Management
12 4 (6.25%) Firewall
12 4 (6.25%) PMP
12 4 (6.25%) Banking
12 4 (6.25%) Service Delivery Management

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (4.69%) SaaS
3 2 (3.13%) BigCommerce
3 2 (3.13%) dbt
3 2 (3.13%) GCP
3 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 2 (3.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Firewall
2 3 (4.69%) LAN
2 3 (4.69%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.69%) WAN
2 3 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.69%) Wireless
2 3 (4.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) BigQuery
1 2 (3.13%) Looker
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 16 (25.00%) Finance
2 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Banking
5 3 (4.69%) Fire and Rescue
5 3 (4.69%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Police
5 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Retail
6 2 (3.13%) Games
6 2 (3.13%) iGaming
6 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Local Government
6 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Publishing
7 1 (1.56%) Automotive
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.13%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.56%) EPoS
3 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.56%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.56%) Online Banking
3 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Agile
2 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
3 14 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.75%) Project Management
5 11 (17.19%) Service Delivery
6 9 (14.06%) ITIL
7 8 (12.50%) Budget Management
7 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.94%) Software Delivery
9 6 (9.38%) Programme Management
9 6 (9.38%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (7.81%) Line Management
10 5 (7.81%) PRINCE2
11 4 (6.25%) Analytics
11 4 (6.25%) Coaching
11 4 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
11 4 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
11 4 (6.25%) Service Management
11 4 (6.25%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) PMP
2 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) PMO
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
3 1 (1.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Oracle
1 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.13%) Google
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.13%) SAP
3 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.56%) VMware