Software Delivery Manager Jobs in England

Software Delivery Manager
UK > England

The median Software Delivery Manager salary in England is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 827 912
Rank change year-on-year +156 +85 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Delivery Manager 5 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.010% 0.016% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.017% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 13
10th Percentile £64,875 £37,500 £58,500
25th Percentile £66,563 £40,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% -26.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £83,438 £58,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,875 - £88,500
UK median annual salary £71,250 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.91% -17.86% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 45,035 81,793 81,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.57% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,190 60,845 51,652
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Manager in England

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Delivery Manager in England

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery Manager in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Delivery Manager in England

Software Delivery Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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 +40 2 £68,750 +30.95% 1
London +124 1 £105,000 +82.61%
South West +121 1 - - 1
Midlands +57 1 £72,500 +26.09%
West Midlands +54 1 £72,500 +26.09%
North West -3 1 £67,500 +35.00% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 -
Software Delivery Manager
UK

Software Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Software 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 across the England region featuring Software Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (40.00%) People Management
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) SaaS
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) Python
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (20.00%) Coaching
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (20.00%) Network Management
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) AWS

Software Delivery Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) People Management
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
5 1 (20.00%) Network Management
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft