Software Delivery Manager Jobs

Software Delivery Manager
UK

The median Software Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 889 978 1190
Rank change year-on-year +89 +212 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Delivery Manager 18 17 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.017% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.018% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 18 15 40
10th Percentile £37,500 £59,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £60,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £83,125 £80,625
90th Percentile £76,950 £88,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.46% -3.70% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Software Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 -5 16 £56,250 -13.46% 1
England +90 15 £55,000 -26.67% 2
Work from Home +81 8 £45,000 -35.71% 1
Midlands - 5 £57,500 -
North of England +43 4 £52,500 -19.23% 1
South West - 4 £40,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £57,500 -
Scotland -61 3 £72,900 +12.15%
London +118 2 £63,750 -15.00% 1
North West +11 2 £50,000 -23.08% 1
North East - 2 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Software 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 Software Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 10 (55.56%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) NHS
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Data Science
4 4 (22.22%) Mobile Development
4 4 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 4 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (16.67%) SDLC
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
6 2 (11.11%) User Stories
6 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (11.11%) Games
6 2 (11.11%) Scrum
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Client/Server
6 2 (11.11%) Online Games
6 2 (11.11%) Kanban
6 2 (11.11%) SaaS
6 2 (11.11%) iPad
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
7 1 (5.56%) Degree
7 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) C#

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) NHS
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (11.11%) Client/Server
3 2 (11.11%) iPad
3 2 (11.11%) Online Games
3 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 10 (55.56%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (22.22%) Data Science
4 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 4 (22.22%) Mobile Development
5 3 (16.67%) SDLC
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Kanban
6 2 (11.11%) Scrum
6 2 (11.11%) User Stories
6 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
7 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree