Software Delivery Job Trends in the Midlands

Software Delivery
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 221 188
Rank change year-on-year +11 -33 -19
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 17 27 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.22% 0.42% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.47% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 43
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,130 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,313 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £76,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.75% +9.62% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,381 5,787 4,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.23% 90.49% 86.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,553 2,530 4,052
10th Percentile £28,178 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Software Delivery
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Delivery in the Midlands

Software Delivery
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
West Midlands +18 9 £50,000 -20.00% 11
East Midlands -20 8 £80,000 +33.33% 17
Software Delivery
England

Software Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) GCP
3 4 (23.53%) SaaS
4 2 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
1 2 (11.76%) Postman
General
1 15 (88.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Marketing
2 4 (23.53%) Retail
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) .NET Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) C# Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Product Architect
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) DevOps Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Mobile App
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Client/Server
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (11.76%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
3 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (23.53%) Emotional Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) Mobile Application Development
5 4 (23.53%) Presales
6 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 3 (17.65%) DevOps
6 3 (17.65%) ERP
6 3 (17.65%) Event-Driven
6 3 (17.65%) Microservices
6 3 (17.65%) Product Management
6 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (17.65%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) Technical Debt
6 3 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
1 2 (11.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) PMO
1 3 (17.65%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle
1 1 (5.88%) SAP
1 1 (5.88%) Workday