Head of Delivery
UK

The median Head of Delivery salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 919 1129
Rank change year-on-year +99 +210 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Delivery 70 58 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.058% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.064% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 51 51 96
10th Percentile £62,202 £60,000 £58,464
25th Percentile £71,250 £68,497 £64,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £81,386
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.85% -1.35%
75th Percentile £105,000 £88,125 £97,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £100,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £81,250 £68,497 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.62% -2.15% -14.33%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Delivery over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Delivery in the UK

Head of Delivery
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +99 57 £90,000 +20.00% 18
UK excluding London 0 46 £81,250 +18.62% 14
Work from Home +59 25 £90,000 +20.00% 11
North of England +69 22 £85,000 -11.92% 3
London +100 18 £97,500 +21.88% 7
North West +17 15 £85,000 - 1
South East +10 10 £95,000 -9.52% 4
Yorkshire +90 9 £75,000 -22.28% 1
Wales +9 8 £82,883 +21.00% 2
East of England +7 4 £60,900 +1.50%
South West - 3 £55,000 -
Midlands - 2 £71,250 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £71,250 - 3
North East - 1 £93,500 - 1

Head of Delivery Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Head of Delivery 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 Head of Delivery in the job title.

1 20 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 19 (27.14%) Agile
3 16 (22.86%) Finance
3 16 (22.86%) Project Management
4 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 12 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 10 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 9 (12.86%) Public Sector
8 8 (11.43%) ITIL
9 7 (10.00%) Line Management
9 7 (10.00%) Budget Management
10 6 (8.57%) PMO
10 6 (8.57%) Analytics
10 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (8.57%) Software Delivery
11 5 (7.14%) PRINCE2
11 5 (7.14%) Smart Energy
11 5 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
11 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
12 4 (5.71%) Client Onboarding
12 4 (5.71%) Performance Metrics
12 4 (5.71%) Mentoring
12 4 (5.71%) Coaching
12 4 (5.71%) Azure
12 4 (5.71%) Waterfall
12 4 (5.71%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (5.71%) Service Management
12 4 (5.71%) PMP

Head of Delivery 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.71%) Azure
2 3 (4.29%) SaaS
3 2 (2.86%) BigCommerce
3 2 (2.86%) dbt
3 2 (2.86%) GCP
3 2 (2.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 2 (2.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.43%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Firewall
2 3 (4.29%) LAN
2 3 (4.29%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.29%) WAN
2 3 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.29%) Wireless
2 3 (4.29%) WLAN
3 1 (1.43%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Big Data
1 2 (2.86%) BigQuery
1 2 (2.86%) Looker
2 1 (1.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
General
1 16 (22.86%) Finance
2 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.86%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.71%) Banking
6 3 (4.29%) Law
6 3 (4.29%) Legal
6 3 (4.29%) Marketing
6 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.29%) Retail
7 2 (2.86%) Games
7 2 (2.86%) iGaming
7 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Local Government
7 2 (2.86%) Publishing
8 1 (1.43%) Automotive
8 1 (1.43%) Back Office
8 1 (1.43%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.43%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 5 (7.14%) Smart Energy
2 2 (2.86%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.86%) Genomics
2 2 (2.86%) Life Science
2 2 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.43%) EPoS
3 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.43%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.43%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.43%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.43%) Online Banking
3 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
1 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 19 (27.14%) Agile
3 16 (22.86%) Project Management
4 12 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 10 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 10 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (11.43%) ITIL
7 7 (10.00%) Budget Management
7 7 (10.00%) Line Management
8 6 (8.57%) Analytics
8 6 (8.57%) Software Delivery
9 5 (7.14%) PRINCE2
9 5 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (5.71%) Client Onboarding
10 4 (5.71%) Coaching
10 4 (5.71%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (5.71%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.71%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (5.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (5.71%) PMP
2 3 (4.29%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) PMO
2 2 (2.86%) NCSC
3 1 (1.43%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.29%) Atlassian
1 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.86%) Google
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle
2 2 (2.86%) SAP
3 1 (1.43%) VMware