Delivery Manager Job Trends in the South East

Delivery Manager
England > South East

The median Delivery Manager salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 259 236
Rank change year-on-year +33 -23 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 47 37 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.45% 0.41% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.45% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 7 38
10th Percentile £45,000 £56,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,500 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +7.88% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £70,500
90th Percentile £78,100 £76,250 £74,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.88% -7.31% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 9,525 8,164 8,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.12% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,943 4,286 6,046
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £28,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the South East

Delivery Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Surrey +11 13 £60,000 - 3
Thames Valley +6 12 £75,000 +15.38% 7
Sussex - 10 - -
Buckinghamshire +8 6 £75,000 - 6
Berkshire -4 6 - - 1
Hampshire +26 5 £55,000 -20.00% 1
Kent -15 2 £55,000 -8.33%
Middlesex - 2 - -
East Sussex - 2 £70,000 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £80,000 -
Delivery Manager
England

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 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 South East region featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 16 (34.04%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (34.04%) Service Delivery
2 12 (25.53%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
3 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.15%) Azure
4 9 (19.15%) Degree
4 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
5 8 (17.02%) Mentoring
5 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
5 8 (17.02%) Project Management
5 8 (17.02%) Scrum
6 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.77%) Service Design
6 6 (12.77%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (10.64%) Analytics
7 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.64%) Data Governance
7 5 (10.64%) Data Privacy
7 5 (10.64%) Kanban
7 5 (10.64%) Presales
7 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.64%) SAP
7 5 (10.64%) Service Management
8 4 (8.51%) AWS
8 4 (8.51%) Change Management
8 4 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (8.51%) Community of Practice
8 4 (8.51%) Contract Management
8 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (6.38%) HCL Domino
1 3 (6.38%) HCL Notes
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
2 4 (8.51%) GCP
3 3 (6.38%) Collibra
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) Miro
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Data Mining
1 3 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.38%) Metadata
1 3 (6.38%) SAP BW
1 3 (6.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) ERwin
1 3 (6.38%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 14 (29.79%) Finance
2 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (12.77%) Law
4 6 (12.77%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Billing
6 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.38%) Advertising
7 3 (6.38%) Legal
7 3 (6.38%) Publishing
7 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.26%) Electronics
8 2 (4.26%) Marketing
8 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Front Office
9 1 (2.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (34.04%) Service Delivery
2 12 (25.53%) Agile
3 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
5 8 (17.02%) Mentoring
5 8 (17.02%) Project Management
5 8 (17.02%) Scrum
6 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.77%) Service Design
6 6 (12.77%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (10.64%) Analytics
7 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.64%) Data Governance
7 5 (10.64%) Data Privacy
7 5 (10.64%) Kanban
7 5 (10.64%) Presales
7 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.64%) Service Management
8 4 (8.51%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) Degree
3 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.38%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.38%) PMP
4 3 (6.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
1 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
1 3 (6.38%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.38%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) PMO
2 2 (4.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.13%) ITGC
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) SAP
3 3 (6.38%) IBM
3 3 (6.38%) Lotus
4 1 (2.13%) Salesforce