Head of Service Delivery Jobs

Head of Service Delivery
UK

The median Head of Service Delivery salary in the UK is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 702 903 938
Rank change year-on-year +201 +35 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Service Delivery 6 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.011% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.011% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 15
10th Percentile £80,625 £75,500 £70,250
25th Percentile £85,938 £80,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £110,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +41.94% +10.71%
75th Percentile £176,250 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £200,000 £123,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £200,000 £75,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +166.67% -31.82% +76.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Head of Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Service Delivery in the UK

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Service Delivery.

Salary trend for Head of Service Delivery in the UK

Head of Service Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Service Delivery over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Service Delivery in the UK

Head of Service Delivery
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Service Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +171 6 £97,500 -11.36% 8
UK excluding London +191 3 £200,000 +166.67% 7
London +99 3 £87,500 -20.45%
Work from Home +114 2 £97,500 - 3
Midlands - 2 £200,000 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £200,000 - 3
South East +97 1 £100,000 - 1

Head of Service Delivery Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Head of Service Delivery 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 featuring Head of Service Delivery in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (33.33%) BCP
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) SIAM
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

Head of Service Delivery Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) BCP
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) SIAM
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow