Senior Delivery Manager Job Trends

Senior Delivery Manager
UK

The median Senior Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 648 705
Rank change year-on-year +19 +57 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Delivery Manager 158 38 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.076% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.085% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 120 28 49
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,183 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,066 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,855 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +17.10% -9.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,246 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,600 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £56,900
% change year-on-year +8.33% +5.45% -0.68%

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 100,980 44,926 78,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.92% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,058 26,577 52,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

Senior Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Delivery Manager in the UK

Senior Delivery Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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
UK excluding London +4 114 £65,000 +8.33% 17
England -16 105 £75,000 +8.11% 17
Work from Home +15 43 £65,000 -13.33% 11
London -27 24 £75,000 +7.07% 7
Midlands -11 23 £85,000 +47.83% 4
North of England -23 21 £75,000 +15.38% 4
Wales -42 21 £60,000 +8.39% 2
East of England - 16 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 15 £85,000 - 3
South West -57 14 £60,000 - 1
Scotland - 13 £45,000 - 2
North West +8 12 £75,000 +15.38% 1
East Midlands -16 8 £87,500 +52.17% 1
South East -25 6 £58,500 -10.00% 4
Yorkshire -27 6 - - 2
North East - 3 £65,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 68 (43.04%) Agile
2 38 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (20.89%) Project Delivery
4 27 (17.09%) Scrum
5 23 (14.56%) Kanban
6 22 (13.92%) Mentoring
7 21 (13.29%) Community of Practice
7 21 (13.29%) Service Delivery
7 21 (13.29%) Service Design
8 20 (12.66%) SC Cleared
8 20 (12.66%) Security Cleared
9 19 (12.03%) Azure
9 19 (12.03%) Collaborative Culture
10 18 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (10.76%) Degree
12 16 (10.13%) AWS
12 16 (10.13%) Technology Strategy
13 15 (9.49%) AI
13 15 (9.49%) Coaching
13 15 (9.49%) Contract Management
13 15 (9.49%) GCP
13 15 (9.49%) Prototyping
13 15 (9.49%) User Research
14 14 (8.86%) Budget Management
15 13 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 12 (7.59%) Data Transformation
17 10 (6.33%) ITIL
17 10 (6.33%) Roadmaps
18 9 (5.70%) Decision-Making
19 8 (5.06%) People Management

Senior 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 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.90%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.03%) Azure
2 16 (10.13%) AWS
3 15 (9.49%) GCP
4 4 (2.53%) SaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.27%) Miro
5 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.27%) Serverless
5 2 (1.27%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (4.43%) JIRA
General
1 41 (25.95%) Finance
2 36 (22.78%) Social Skills
3 35 (22.15%) Public Sector
4 22 (13.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (11.39%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (9.49%) Law
7 10 (6.33%) Local Government
8 8 (5.06%) Retail
9 6 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.53%) Legal
11 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.86%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.16%) NHS
4 4 (2.53%) Blog
4 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.27%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.63%) CMDB
7 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (43.04%) Agile
2 38 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (20.89%) Project Delivery
4 27 (17.09%) Scrum
5 23 (14.56%) Kanban
6 22 (13.92%) Mentoring
7 21 (13.29%) Community of Practice
7 21 (13.29%) Service Delivery
7 21 (13.29%) Service Design
8 19 (12.03%) Collaborative Culture
9 18 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.13%) Technology Strategy
11 15 (9.49%) AI
11 15 (9.49%) Coaching
11 15 (9.49%) Contract Management
11 15 (9.49%) Prototyping
11 15 (9.49%) User Research
12 14 (8.86%) Budget Management
13 13 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (7.59%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (12.66%) SC Cleared
1 20 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.76%) Degree
3 4 (2.53%) PMI Certification
3 4 (2.53%) PMP
4 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft
1 2 (1.27%) Spotify
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle
2 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow