Delivery Manager Job Trends

Delivery Manager
UK

The median Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 363 310
Rank change year-on-year +75 -53 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 506 340 761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.73% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.81% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 347 181 526
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 66,296 42,207 76,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 91.15% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 41,997 23,429 59,277
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.04%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 March 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
England +114 458 £65,000 +0.71% 124
UK excluding London +84 392 £60,000 - 114
Work from Home +53 130 £66,847 +8.69% 53
Midlands +53 99 £57,500 +15.00% 15
North of England -25 91 £67,921 +6.29% 23
London +39 89 £70,000 - 34
South East +52 76 £60,000 -7.69% 53
South West +45 69 £65,000 +18.18% 7
West Midlands +51 61 £57,500 +11.65% 4
North West -8 49 £68,960 +7.92% 14
East Midlands -2 38 £60,000 +26.32% 11
East of England +33 32 £62,500 +13.64% 9
Yorkshire -46 25 £67,384 +7.81% 7
Wales -1 20 £60,000 +23.62% 5
North East -10 17 £75,000 +17.04% 2
Northern Ireland -26 4 £100,000 -
Scotland -49 2 £67,500 +1.89% 4

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

For the 6 months to 7 March 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 featuring Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 224 (44.27%) Service Delivery
2 137 (27.08%) Agile
3 112 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (14.62%) Project Delivery
5 62 (12.25%) Service Management
6 61 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (11.66%) ITIL
8 53 (10.47%) Project Management
9 49 (9.68%) Security Cleared
10 45 (8.89%) Computacenter
10 45 (8.89%) Scrum
11 40 (7.91%) Azure
12 38 (7.51%) Coaching
13 37 (7.31%) Customer Service
13 37 (7.31%) Mentoring
13 37 (7.31%) Roadmaps
14 36 (7.11%) SaaS
14 36 (7.11%) SC Cleared
15 34 (6.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 32 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (5.34%) Customer Experience
18 26 (5.14%) Degree
18 26 (5.14%) Kanban
19 25 (4.94%) Microsoft
20 24 (4.74%) Community of Practice
20 24 (4.74%) Digital Innovation
21 22 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
21 22 (4.35%) CRM
22 21 (4.15%) AI
22 21 (4.15%) B2B

Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 8 (1.58%) Confluence
2 3 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (0.59%) SAS
3 2 (0.40%) CMS
3 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 40 (7.91%) Azure
2 36 (7.11%) SaaS
3 17 (3.36%) AWS
4 14 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (2.57%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.58%) GCP
8 3 (0.59%) Collibra
8 3 (0.59%) OCI
8 3 (0.59%) Serverless
9 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.40%) Miro
10 1 (0.20%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.20%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.99%) LAN
1 5 (0.99%) WAN
1 5 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.59%) Internet
4 1 (0.20%) ADSL
4 1 (0.20%) Intranet
4 1 (0.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.59%) Big Data
2 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
2 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
2 3 (0.59%) Metadata
2 3 (0.59%) SAP BW
2 3 (0.59%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.37%) JIRA
2 3 (0.59%) ERwin
2 3 (0.59%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 91 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 79 (15.61%) Finance
3 43 (8.50%) Public Sector
4 32 (6.32%) Law
5 30 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (5.53%) Retail
7 26 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Legal
9 14 (2.77%) Local Government
10 12 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.19%) Banking
12 6 (1.19%) Billing
12 6 (1.19%) Military
12 6 (1.19%) Publishing
13 5 (0.99%) Automotive
14 4 (0.79%) Back Office
14 4 (0.79%) Digital Health
14 4 (0.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.59%) EDI
2 1 (0.20%) FHIR
2 1 (0.20%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.74%) Onboarding
2 15 (2.96%) Product Ownership
3 10 (1.98%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.58%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.38%) NHS
6 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (0.99%) PMI
6 5 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (0.99%) Social Media
7 3 (0.59%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.59%) FMCG
7 3 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.59%) Reference Data
7 3 (0.59%) Taxonomies
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.40%) Blog
9 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.20%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.20%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.59%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (44.27%) Service Delivery
2 137 (27.08%) Agile
3 112 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (14.62%) Project Delivery
5 62 (12.25%) Service Management
6 61 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (11.66%) ITIL
8 53 (10.47%) Project Management
9 45 (8.89%) Scrum
10 38 (7.51%) Coaching
11 37 (7.31%) Customer Service
11 37 (7.31%) Mentoring
11 37 (7.31%) Roadmaps
12 34 (6.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
14 27 (5.34%) Customer Experience
15 26 (5.14%) Kanban
16 24 (4.74%) Community of Practice
16 24 (4.74%) Digital Innovation
17 22 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.59%) SQL
2 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 49 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 36 (7.11%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.14%) Degree
4 17 (3.36%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.96%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.57%) PMP
7 9 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.79%) APMG
10 4 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.40%) CCNA
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
13 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.15%) SLA
2 13 (2.57%) QA
3 9 (1.78%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.58%) GDPR
5 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.38%) PMO
6 6 (1.19%) ISO 14001
7 5 (0.99%) NEBOSH
8 2 (0.40%) COBIT
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.79%) Autotask
Vendors
1 45 (8.89%) Computacenter
2 25 (4.94%) Microsoft
3 14 (2.77%) ServiceNow
4 8 (1.58%) Oracle
4 8 (1.58%) SAP
5 4 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.59%) Databricks
7 2 (0.40%) Cisco
8 1 (0.20%) Apple
8 1 (0.20%) Conga
8 1 (0.20%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.20%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.20%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.20%) Pardot
8 1 (0.20%) Remedy
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore