Software Delivery Job Trends

Software Delivery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 414 391
Rank change year-on-year +15 -23 -83
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 314 274 545
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.63% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.67% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 218 186 393
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,375 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £70,000 £58,350
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +19.97% -10.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £61,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +6.52% -4.17%

All Process & 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 57,853 40,823 73,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.60% 87.34%
Number of salaries quoted 35,092 22,156 55,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,366 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.86%
75th Percentile £76,674 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Delivery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Delivery
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Delivery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 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
England +5 305 £70,000 -3.45% 132
UK excluding London -21 158 £70,000 +14.29% 107
London +57 141 £73,750 -10.61% 34
Work from Home +12 98 £78,237 +11.77% 65
South East +20 59 £60,000 -20.00% 17
North of England -42 48 £80,000 +49.12% 46
North West -11 27 £82,500 +50.28% 20
Midlands -30 19 £59,000 +31.11% 16
Yorkshire -37 19 £62,500 +47.06% 9
South West -43 13 £67,500 +5.88% 19
East of England -3 12 £67,500 +3.85% 6
East Midlands -39 10 £80,000 +77.78% 3
West Midlands +2 9 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Northern Ireland -27 4 £95,000 +11.76% 4
Scotland -15 2 - -
North East -19 2 £67,500 +77.94% 18
Wales -7 1 £55,000 +45.76% 2

Software Delivery
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 20 (6.37%) Confluence
2 6 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) Documentum
4 3 (0.96%) IIS
5 2 (0.64%) JBoss
5 2 (0.64%) nginx
5 2 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 113 (35.99%) Azure
2 95 (30.25%) AWS
3 45 (14.33%) GCP
4 43 (13.69%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (12.10%) SaaS
6 32 (10.19%) Serverless
7 28 (8.92%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (7.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (7.32%) GitHub
10 22 (7.01%) Amazon S3
11 16 (5.10%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (3.50%) PaaS
12 11 (3.50%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.87%) Amazon SQS
14 8 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.55%) Apigee
14 8 (2.55%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.55%) BrowserStack
14 8 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (2.23%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.91%) VPN
2 4 (1.27%) Firewall
2 4 (1.27%) HTTP
2 4 (1.27%) MQTT
3 3 (0.96%) DNS
3 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.64%) AMQP
4 2 (0.64%) Extranet
4 2 (0.64%) Intranet
5 1 (0.32%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.55%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.41%) DynamoDB
3 16 (5.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (2.87%) MySQL
5 7 (2.23%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.91%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.91%) Power BI
7 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.96%) Redis
9 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.64%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.64%) PostHog
11 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (10.19%) JIRA
2 21 (6.69%) GitLab
3 17 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.14%) Octopus Deploy
4 13 (4.14%) TeamCity
5 9 (2.87%) Git
6 7 (2.23%) Cypress.io
6 7 (2.23%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.91%) Maven
8 5 (1.59%) git-flow
9 3 (0.96%) Postman
9 3 (0.96%) Snyk
10 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.64%) Selenium
10 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.32%) JUnit
11 1 (0.32%) Protractor
General
1 130 (41.40%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.34%) Finance
3 37 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.92%) Banking
5 25 (7.96%) Retail
6 23 (7.32%) Marketing
7 18 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.50%) Law
9 9 (2.87%) German Language
10 8 (2.55%) Back Office
11 7 (2.23%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.23%) Legal
12 5 (1.59%) Automotive
12 5 (1.59%) French Language
12 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 67 (21.34%) Lead
2 38 (12.10%) Developer
3 33 (10.51%) Senior
4 24 (7.64%) Software Engineer
5 23 (7.32%) Architect
5 23 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 18 (5.73%) Engineering Manager
7 18 (5.73%) JavaScript Developer
7 18 (5.73%) Software Manager
8 15 (4.78%) Development Engineer
8 15 (4.78%) Software Development Engineer
8 15 (4.78%) Test Development Engineer
9 13 (4.14%) Analyst
9 13 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) Development Manager
10 10 (3.18%) Scrum Master
11 9 (2.87%) IT Manager
11 9 (2.87%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (18.79%) .NET
1 59 (18.79%) React
2 32 (10.19%) AngularJS
3 31 (9.87%) Node.js
4 26 (8.28%) CSS
5 24 (7.64%) HTML
6 17 (5.41%) jQuery
7 12 (3.82%) RESTful
8 10 (3.18%) Kafka
9 9 (2.87%) .NET Core
10 8 (2.55%) REST
10 8 (2.55%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.23%) Jest
11 7 (2.23%) Next.js
11 7 (2.23%) OpenAPI
11 7 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.23%) Spring
11 7 (2.23%) Swagger
11 7 (2.23%) WPF
12 6 (1.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.33%) Cloud Native
2 41 (13.06%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 19 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (5.73%) Virtual Team
5 16 (5.10%) Mobile App
5 16 (5.10%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.23%) Credit Risk
9 7 (2.23%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.91%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.59%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.27%) Blog
12 4 (1.27%) Social Media
13 3 (0.96%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.55%) Linux
2 5 (1.59%) Windows
3 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.64%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (50.96%) Agile
2 143 (45.54%) CI/CD
3 116 (36.94%) DevOps
4 103 (32.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (23.89%) Software Engineering
6 74 (23.57%) Roadmaps
7 60 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (19.11%) Test Automation
8 59 (18.79%) Scrum
9 53 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (15.61%) SDLC
11 41 (13.06%) Full-Stack Development
11 41 (13.06%) Software Testing
12 40 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
13 39 (12.42%) AI
13 39 (12.42%) TDD
14 37 (11.78%) E-Commerce
15 34 (10.83%) Microservices
16 30 (9.55%) Technology Roadmap
17 28 (8.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (17.20%) JavaScript
2 50 (15.92%) TypeScript
3 35 (11.15%) Java
4 33 (10.51%) SQL
5 32 (10.19%) C#
6 28 (8.92%) Python
7 25 (7.96%) PowerShell
8 21 (6.69%) Bash
9 6 (1.91%) C++
9 6 (1.91%) Groovy
10 5 (1.59%) Bicep
10 5 (1.59%) Rust
11 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.64%) Delphi
12 2 (0.64%) PHP
12 2 (0.64%) VB
12 2 (0.64%) VB6
13 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (11.15%) Degree
2 14 (4.46%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.50%) ISTQB
4 8 (2.55%) AWS Certification
4 8 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.23%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.91%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.27%) CITP
7 4 (1.27%) PMP
8 3 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.64%) IIBA
9 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.32%) APMG
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.78%) QA
2 23 (7.32%) PMO
3 8 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (8.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) vCloud
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (14.33%) Terraform
2 32 (10.19%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.14%) Ansible
3 13 (4.14%) Grafana
4 7 (2.23%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.91%) HP Fortify
6 4 (1.27%) logstash
7 2 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.32%) Argo
8 1 (0.32%) CASB
8 1 (0.32%) Puppet
8 1 (0.32%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 24 (7.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.14%) Salesforce
3 6 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.59%) Oracle
5 4 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.27%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.27%) OpenText
5 4 (1.27%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.27%) Pega
5 4 (1.27%) SAP
5 4 (1.27%) YouTube
6 3 (0.96%) Checkmarx
6 3 (0.96%) IBM
6 3 (0.96%) Qualys
7 2 (0.64%) Foundry
7 2 (0.64%) Palantir
7 2 (0.64%) Sage
7 2 (0.64%) Xero
8 1 (0.32%) Workday
8 1 (0.32%) Zscaler