Service Delivery Management Job Trends in the North of England

Service Delivery Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Service Delivery Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 268 290
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 +128
Permanent jobs citing Service Delivery Management 7 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.066% 0.12% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.13% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £48,293
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -6.82% -8.01%
75th Percentile £68,125 - £50,251
90th Percentile £79,800 - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +17.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Service Delivery Management 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,534 8,257 7,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.28% 90.52% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,687 5,939
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,102
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,850 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Service Delivery Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Delivery Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Service Delivery Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Service Delivery Management
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Delivery Management in the North of England

Service Delivery Management
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
North West +24 7 £57,500 -
Service Delivery Management
England

Service Delivery Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Stack
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) OCI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Help Desk Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (71.43%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (71.43%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Product Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Licensing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Licensing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Metrics
3 5 (71.43%) Coaching
3 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 5 (71.43%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (71.43%) Facilities Management
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (71.43%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Management
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) FinOps
5 1 (14.29%) Presales
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft