Head of Service Delivery Jobs in London

Head of Service Delivery
England > London

The median Head of Service Delivery salary in London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 507 563
Rank change year-on-year +114 +56 +346
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Service Delivery 2 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.016% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.017% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £79,000 £87,500 -
25th Percentile £81,250 £98,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £110,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +41.94% -29.55%
75th Percentile £93,750 £118,438 £93,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £124,625 £108,375
England median annual salary £100,000 £110,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +41.94% -3.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,680 23,380 29,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 94.41% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,029 17,214 21,899
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,193 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Head of Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Service Delivery in London

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Service Delivery in London

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Service Delivery in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Service Delivery in London

Head of Service Delivery
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery within the London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Central London +32 1 £80,000 -17.95% 1
Head of Service Delivery
England

Head of Service Delivery Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Head of Service 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 London region featuring Head of Service Delivery in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow