Service Delivery Manager
UK
The median Service Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 653 | 538 | 775 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -115 | +237 | +109 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager | 49 | 407 | 194 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.088% | 0.39% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.097% | 0.41% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 239 | 152 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,875 | £32,750 | £41,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £41,250 | £49,788 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,250 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -12.50% | +1.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £67,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £94,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,500 | £47,250 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.46% | -14.09% | - |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £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% | +6.49% |
Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Delivery Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager.
Service Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Service Delivery Manager
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
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| England | -146 | 36 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 82 |
| UK excluding London | -22 | 25 | £55,500 | +17.46% | 59 |
| London | -25 | 17 | £70,000 | +2.69% | 29 |
| Work from Home | +54 | 13 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 42 |
| Midlands | +24 | 6 | £54,000 | +13.68% | 14 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| South East | +15 | 5 | £57,500 | +32.18% | 9 |
| North of England | -6 | 5 | £58,000 | +16.00% | 18 |
| North West | -17 | 4 | £58,000 | +18.97% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +31 | 3 | £55,500 | +58.57% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 3 | £48,750 | -22.00% | 8 |
| East of England | +34 | 2 | £61,250 | +27.60% | 4 |
| Scotland | +115 | 1 | £57,500 | +31.43% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +31 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Service 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 Service Delivery Manager in the job title.
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Service 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:
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