Delivery Manager Job Trends in Scotland

Delivery Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Delivery Manager salary in Scotland is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 101 179
Rank change year-on-year -36 +78 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 2 43 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 1.61% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 1.71% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 8
10th Percentile £47,250 £45,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £54,375 £51,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £58,036
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +12.00% -2.50%
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,000 £76,950
90th Percentile £85,750 £72,500 £77,490
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,418 2,508 2,904
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.73% 94.04% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 1,110 1,826
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +6.80% -8.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Scotland

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in Scotland

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in Scotland

Delivery Manager
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Glasgow +8 1 £90,000 +33.33% 1
Delivery Manager
UK

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Delivery Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) CBAP
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Private Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CBAP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow