Software Delivery Project Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Software Delivery
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Software Delivery salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 649 571
Rank change year-on-year +134 -78 +274
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Delivery Project Manager 3 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.002% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.002% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £60,375
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £78,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £81,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -32.52% +8.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £84,750
90th Percentile - - £86,125
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £81,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% -32.52% -4.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,634 52,619 32,377
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.29% 95.21% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 17,444 30,640 24,313
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Software Delivery Project Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Software Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
East of England - 2 - -
North of England - 1 £67,500 - 1
North West - 1 £67,500 - 1
Software Delivery Project Manager
UK

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Software Delivery Project 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting

Software Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce