Service Delivery Manager Jobs in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
England > South East

The median Service Delivery Manager salary in the South East is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 325 379
Rank change year-on-year +15 +54 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 5 68 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.052% 0.39% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.41% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 58 15
10th Percentile £46,375 £32,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,313 £41,250 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £43,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.18% -27.50% +6.19%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £63,750 £73,775
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Service Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service 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 Service Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Surrey +48 2 £100,000 +66.67% 1
Thames Valley +39 2 £51,250 +19.19% 5
Berkshire +28 1 £55,000 -12.00% 3
Kent +28 1 £60,000 +41.18%
Buckinghamshire +26 1 £47,500 +41.79% 2
Service Delivery Manager
England

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Service Delivery Manager 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 South East region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk