IT Services Delivery Manager Jobs

IT Service Delivery Manager
UK

The median IT Service Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £55,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 823 883
Rank change year-on-year +112 +60 +292
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Services Delivery Manager 10 68 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.064% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.068% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 8 55 55
10th Percentile £45,500 £32,600 £42,360
25th Percentile £50,938 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,250 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +38.13% -27.27% +15.18%

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 50,530 100,398 85,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.89% 91.25%
Number of salaries quoted 26,425 71,173 55,496
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £50,967 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.93% -6.54% +6.37%

IT Services Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Delivery Manager in the UK

IT Services Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Services Delivery Manager.

Salary trend for IT Services Delivery Manager in the UK

IT Services Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Services Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Services Delivery Manager in the UK

IT Services Delivery Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 5 June 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 +106 10 £55,500 +11.00% 8
UK excluding London +162 8 £55,250 +38.13% 7
South East +82 4 £55,000 +64.18%
Midlands +62 3 £55,500 +58.57% 1
Work from Home +117 2 £77,500 +10.71%
London +75 2 £80,000 +14.29% 1
East Midlands +38 2 £55,500 +58.57%
West Midlands +56 1 £47,500 -29.63% 1
North of England +50 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - -

IT Services Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 June 2025, IT Services 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 featuring IT Services Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 5 (50.00%) Change Management
4 4 (40.00%) ITSM
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) IT Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (20.00%) Line Management
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) People Management
6 2 (20.00%) Service Design
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (20.00%) Demand Management
6 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (20.00%) Banking
7 1 (10.00%) Information Security
7 1 (10.00%) PMP
7 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley

IT Services Delivery Manager 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:

General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 5 (50.00%) Change Management
4 4 (40.00%) ITSM
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) IT Governance
5 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) Demand Management
6 2 (20.00%) Line Management
6 2 (20.00%) People Management
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (20.00%) Service Design
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk