Software Delivery Jobs

Software Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 355 312
Rank change year-on-year -32 -43 -16
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 344 754 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.77% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.89% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 229 386 639
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% -11.15% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,500 £85,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,263
% change year-on-year - -7.19% -1.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Delivery in the UK

Software Delivery
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +11 326 £65,000 +11.40% 337
UK excluding London -28 237 £55,000 - 273
Work from Home -26 161 £60,000 +9.09% 150
London +95 94 £82,500 +11.28% 106
North of England -11 79 £51,238 -14.60% 60
North West -22 61 £54,793 -8.68% 28
South East +77 53 £75,000 +20.64% 59
Midlands +12 37 £60,000 +14.29% 53
South West +69 33 £70,000 +27.27% 38
East of England +71 22 £65,000 +30.00% 42
East Midlands +21 19 £60,000 +10.60% 20
West Midlands +11 18 £60,000 +9.09% 31
Yorkshire +33 17 £43,750 -16.67% 29
Scotland +64 11 £67,500 +22.73% 20
North East +41 1 £37,935 -45.81% 5
Northern Ireland +16 1 £85,000 - 2
Wales +5 1 £37,733 -24.53% 11

Software Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.49%) Apache Solr
1 12 (3.49%) Confluence
1 12 (3.49%) nginx
2 2 (0.58%) CMS
2 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 43 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (11.63%) Simulink
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 90 (26.16%) AWS
2 86 (25.00%) Azure
3 36 (10.47%) GCP
4 32 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (7.27%) SaaS
6 23 (6.69%) GitHub
7 21 (6.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 13 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.49%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (3.20%) Serverless
11 8 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.33%) Datadog
11 8 (2.33%) npm
12 7 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.03%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.49%) DNS
1 12 (3.49%) HTTPS
1 12 (3.49%) IPsec
1 12 (3.49%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.03%) SSL
3 6 (1.74%) FTP
4 3 (0.87%) Firewall
5 2 (0.58%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.81%) NoSQL
2 17 (4.94%) MongoDB
3 16 (4.65%) Big Data
4 14 (4.07%) MySQL
5 12 (3.49%) Couchbase
5 12 (3.49%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.16%) DB2
7 4 (1.16%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.16%) Power BI
8 3 (0.87%) Tableau
9 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.29%) KDB
10 1 (0.29%) Kdb+
10 1 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (7.85%) JIRA
2 19 (5.52%) Git
3 15 (4.36%) GitLab
4 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.33%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (1.16%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.58%) JMeter
6 2 (0.58%) Selenium
6 2 (0.58%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.29%) Moq
7 1 (0.29%) NUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Postman
7 1 (0.29%) Subversion
7 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 86 (25.00%) Finance
3 44 (12.79%) Banking
4 41 (11.92%) Aerospace
5 31 (9.01%) Law
6 28 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (6.69%) Marketing
8 20 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.78%) Front Office
10 10 (2.91%) Legal
10 10 (2.91%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.33%) Retail Banking
12 7 (2.03%) Local Government
13 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.87%) Retail
15 2 (0.58%) Aviation
15 2 (0.58%) Back Office
16 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (26.16%) Senior
2 67 (19.48%) Lead
3 49 (14.24%) Architect
4 43 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 42 (12.21%) Software Engineer
6 41 (11.92%) Systems Engineer
6 41 (11.92%) Team Leader
7 40 (11.63%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 40 (11.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 33 (9.59%) Developer
9 24 (6.98%) Enterprise Architect
10 23 (6.69%) Project Manager
10 23 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (6.10%) Salesforce Architect
12 19 (5.52%) Development Manager
13 16 (4.65%) Analyst
13 16 (4.65%) Senior DevOps
14 15 (4.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 14 (4.07%) Business Analyst
15 14 (4.07%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.01%) .NET
1 31 (9.01%) React
2 29 (8.43%) REST
3 26 (7.56%) Middleware
4 23 (6.69%) SOAP
5 21 (6.10%) Lightning Web Components
6 16 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
7 15 (4.36%) Kafka
8 12 (3.49%) AngularJS
8 12 (3.49%) gRPC
9 10 (2.91%) .NET Core
9 10 (2.91%) Node.js
10 9 (2.62%) Android Jetpack
10 9 (2.62%) Jetpack Compose
10 9 (2.62%) Spring
11 8 (2.33%) OAuth
12 7 (2.03%) SwiftUI
12 7 (2.03%) UIKit
13 6 (1.74%) CSS
13 6 (1.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 28 (8.14%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (6.10%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.36%) Public Cloud
5 14 (4.07%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.78%) Virtual Team
7 12 (3.49%) Reference Data
7 12 (3.49%) Replication
8 9 (2.62%) Cyber Security Posture
8 9 (2.62%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.74%) Derivative
10 4 (1.16%) AS400
10 4 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.16%) iSeries
11 3 (0.87%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.87%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.49%) Android
2 7 (2.03%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.03%) Linux
3 3 (0.87%) Unix
3 3 (0.87%) Windows
4 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (61.05%) Agile
2 130 (37.79%) CI/CD
2 130 (37.79%) DevOps
3 83 (24.13%) Software Engineering
4 82 (23.84%) Coaching
5 69 (20.06%) Project Management
6 67 (19.48%) Microservices
6 67 (19.48%) Technical Leadership
7 64 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 58 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (14.24%) Mentoring
11 41 (11.92%) Systems Engineering
11 41 (11.92%) TDD
12 40 (11.63%) E-Commerce
12 40 (11.63%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 40 (11.63%) SDLC
12 40 (11.63%) SysML
12 40 (11.63%) System Testing
12 40 (11.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 78 (22.67%) Java
2 49 (14.24%) Python
3 36 (10.47%) C#
3 36 (10.47%) JavaScript
4 27 (7.85%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.56%) SQL
6 25 (7.27%) Bash
7 21 (6.10%) Apex Code
8 19 (5.52%) PowerShell
9 13 (3.78%) PHP
10 11 (3.20%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.03%) Swift
12 6 (1.74%) Go
13 4 (1.16%) Bicep
13 4 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.16%) RPG
13 4 (1.16%) RPG IV
13 4 (1.16%) Ruby
14 1 (0.29%) C++
14 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 40 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 37 (10.76%) Degree
3 29 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (7.27%) Security Cleared
5 21 (6.10%) Master's Degree
6 17 (4.94%) SC Cleared
7 12 (3.49%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.58%) PMP
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CBAP
10 1 (0.29%) CCNA
10 1 (0.29%) CCNP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.29%) ISEB
10 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.98%) QA
2 21 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.62%) GDPR
3 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.62%) NIST
4 3 (0.87%) SLA
5 2 (0.58%) PMO
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (11.34%) Docker
2 3 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (17.44%) Kubernetes
2 54 (15.70%) Terraform
3 28 (8.14%) Ansible
4 9 (2.62%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.74%) Argo
6 5 (1.45%) Grafana
7 4 (1.16%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.16%) SCCM
8 3 (0.87%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 77 (22.38%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.63%) MathWorks
3 28 (8.14%) Salesforce
4 21 (6.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 13 (3.78%) Google
6 9 (2.62%) Cisco
7 6 (1.74%) Oracle
7 6 (1.74%) VMware
8 5 (1.45%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.45%) Splunk
9 4 (1.16%) IBM
10 2 (0.58%) Snow
11 1 (0.29%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.29%) Databricks
11 1 (0.29%) New Relic
11 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.29%) SAP
11 1 (0.29%) Sparx
11 1 (0.29%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.29%) Wrike