Delivery Manager
UK

The median Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 447 475
Rank change year-on-year +108 +28 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 830 661 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.67% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.73% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 569 534 998
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,049
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £84,964 £97,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,650
% change year-on-year -9.84% +5.81% +4.82%

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 94,762 90,274 156,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.49% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 56,956 84,572
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%

Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England +135 767 £58,000 -14.07% 107
UK excluding London +128 531 £55,000 -9.84% 91
Work from Home +39 269 £63,376 -6.11% 39
London +112 261 £68,338 -8.88% 33
North of England +144 196 £57,500 +2.68% 18
Midlands +30 93 £57,500 -11.20% 19
North West +60 91 £55,000 -13.73% 10
South East +7 90 £50,000 -24.70% 16
Yorkshire +104 79 £67,040 +22.15% 5
South West +19 74 £60,000 +9.09% 13
West Midlands +35 72 £60,159 -3.75% 8
East of England +39 41 £50,000 -12.06% 7
Scotland -60 28 £53,614 -17.52% 10
North East +11 26 £58,800 +12.00% 4
East Midlands 0 21 £35,000 -48.15% 11
Wales +13 9 £51,900 +11.61% 8
Northern Ireland +25 1 £58,800 +47.00% 3

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, 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 Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 398 (47.95%) Service Delivery
2 286 (34.46%) Social Skills
3 264 (31.81%) Agile
4 239 (28.80%) Finance
5 217 (26.14%) Project Management
6 214 (25.78%) Mentoring
7 169 (20.36%) Project Delivery
8 161 (19.40%) Microsoft
9 151 (18.19%) Scrum
10 147 (17.71%) SLA
11 140 (16.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 138 (16.63%) ITIL
13 132 (15.90%) Contract Negotiation
14 123 (14.82%) Law
15 117 (14.10%) ServiceNow
16 113 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
17 110 (13.25%) Coaching
17 110 (13.25%) SaaS
18 107 (12.89%) Service Management
19 106 (12.77%) Performance Management
20 102 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
21 99 (11.93%) Kanban
22 95 (11.45%) Dell
23 87 (10.48%) Degree
24 85 (10.24%) Public Sector
25 80 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
26 75 (9.04%) ITSM
27 67 (8.07%) Decision-Making
28 60 (7.23%) Customer Service
29 55 (6.63%) Azure

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.20%) Confluence
2 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) CMS
4 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.36%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (13.25%) SaaS
2 55 (6.63%) Azure
3 33 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (1.20%) AWS
4 10 (1.20%) Power Platform
5 6 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.36%) Asana
7 3 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.24%) Contentful
8 2 (0.24%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.24%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.12%) Basecamp
9 1 (0.12%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.12%) PaaS
9 1 (0.12%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.12%) Serverless
9 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (0.84%) 4G
2 7 (0.84%) 5G
3 5 (0.60%) Firewall
4 4 (0.48%) LAN
4 4 (0.48%) WAN
5 3 (0.36%) Network Security
5 3 (0.36%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.36%) VPN
5 3 (0.36%) WLAN
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) NAS
6 2 (0.24%) VSAT
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.20%) Power BI
3 6 (0.72%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Big Data
4 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.24%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.12%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.12%) GIS
5 1 (0.12%) LogicBlox
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.12%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (3.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 286 (34.46%) Social Skills
2 239 (28.80%) Finance
3 140 (16.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (14.82%) Law
5 85 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
8 41 (4.94%) Retail
9 29 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 22 (2.65%) Marketing
11 21 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.53%) Legal
12 16 (1.93%) Spanish Language
13 15 (1.81%) Games
13 15 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.45%) Military
15 12 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.08%) French Language
17 7 (0.84%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.93%) EDI
2 6 (0.72%) CSS
3 5 (0.60%) .NET
4 3 (0.36%) RESTful
5 2 (0.24%) HTML
6 1 (0.12%) SOAP
6 1 (0.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.94%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.01%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.89%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.17%) NHS
6 15 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.45%) PMI
8 10 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 8 (0.96%) Mobile App
10 6 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.60%) iPad
12 4 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.48%) Reinsurance
12 4 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 3 (0.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.36%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.36%) IoT
13 3 (0.36%) iPhone
13 3 (0.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.29%) Windows
2 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.12%) Android
3 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (47.95%) Service Delivery
2 264 (31.81%) Agile
3 217 (26.14%) Project Management
4 214 (25.78%) Mentoring
5 169 (20.36%) Project Delivery
6 151 (18.19%) Scrum
7 138 (16.63%) ITIL
8 132 (15.90%) Contract Negotiation
9 113 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 110 (13.25%) Coaching
11 107 (12.89%) Service Management
12 106 (12.77%) Performance Management
13 102 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 99 (11.93%) Kanban
15 80 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
16 75 (9.04%) ITSM
17 67 (8.07%) Decision-Making
18 60 (7.23%) Customer Service
19 52 (6.27%) Line Management
20 51 (6.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (1.45%) C#
2 10 (1.20%) Java
3 9 (1.08%) Python
4 4 (0.48%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (10.48%) Degree
2 48 (5.78%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.34%) ITIL Certification
4 30 (3.61%) SC Cleared
5 21 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.29%) DBS Check
7 14 (1.69%) PMP
8 8 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.36%) CCNP
10 3 (0.36%) MCSE
10 3 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.24%) APMP
11 2 (0.24%) CSPO
12 1 (0.12%) APMG
12 1 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (17.71%) SLA
2 18 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.05%) QA
4 11 (1.33%) PMO
5 10 (1.20%) GDPR
6 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.36%) GMP
7 2 (0.24%) COBIT
7 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.24%) NIST
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS
8 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 161 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 117 (14.10%) ServiceNow
3 95 (11.45%) Dell
4 23 (2.77%) SAP
5 17 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.57%) Oracle
7 9 (1.08%) Google
8 8 (0.96%) Apple
9 4 (0.48%) Computacenter
9 4 (0.48%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.36%) Cadence
10 3 (0.36%) Cisco
10 3 (0.36%) Genesys
10 3 (0.36%) Meraki
10 3 (0.36%) NEC
11 2 (0.24%) Adyen
11 2 (0.24%) Facebook
11 2 (0.24%) iManage
11 2 (0.24%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.24%) VMware