Software Delivery Project Manager Jobs

Project Manager - Software Delivery
UK

The median Project Manager - Software Delivery salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 720 888 938
Rank change year-on-year +168 +50 +277
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Delivery Project Manager 10 11 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.011% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.012% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 32
10th Percentile £61,500 £49,888 £65,750
25th Percentile £61,875 £55,555 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -27.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile £70,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £47,221 £81,500
% change year-on-year +42.94% -42.06% +25.38%

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 50,706 94,386 91,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 94.69% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,254 67,482 57,423
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Software Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Delivery Project Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Project Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +138 10 £65,000 - 3
UK excluding London +180 9 £67,500 +42.94% 2
Work from Home +128 8 £65,000 - 1
East of England - 8 - - 1
London +110 1 £62,500 -3.85% 1
North West - 1 £67,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £67,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Software Delivery Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 9 (90.00%) PRINCE2
2 9 (90.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (80.00%) Customer Experience
3 8 (80.00%) Budget Management
3 8 (80.00%) Salesforce
3 8 (80.00%) Project Management
3 8 (80.00%) Finance
3 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (80.00%) Local Government
3 8 (80.00%) Google
3 8 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (80.00%) Public Sector
3 8 (80.00%) Change Management
3 8 (80.00%) SaaS
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (80.00%) Google Workspace
3 8 (80.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Planning and Forecasting

Software Delivery Project 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 8 (80.00%) Google Workspace
1 8 (80.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Local Government
1 8 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 9 (90.00%) PRINCE2
2 9 (90.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (80.00%) Budget Management
3 8 (80.00%) Business Transformation
3 8 (80.00%) Change Management
3 8 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (80.00%) Customer Experience
3 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (80.00%) Project Management
3 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) API Management
5 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Kanban
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Google
1 8 (80.00%) Salesforce