Software Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Delivery over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 308 307
Rank change year-on-year -53 -1 -39
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 752 1,164 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.12% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.18% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 384 647 1,055
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% - +4.42%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% -0.79% +8.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 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
UK excluding London +7 598 £55,000 -7.60% 102
England -95 570 £58,350 -10.23% 142
Work from Home +111 492 £55,000 -8.33% 89
North of England -1 187 £60,000 +9.09% 30
North West -2 117 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Midlands +28 109 £52,500 -17.97% 22
London -132 109 £74,137 -1.51% 49
South East +13 83 £61,934 -4.72% 16
Scotland -32 82 £52,500 -12.50% 7
South West -25 69 £55,000 - 17
Yorkshire +57 60 £52,500 -4.55% 7
West Midlands +20 59 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands -8 47 £51,000 -24.44% 14
Wales +42 42 £50,000 +9.90% 5
Northern Ireland +45 20 - - 1
North East 0 10 £70,000 +23.35% 3
East of England -32 7 £50,000 -33.33% 6

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 55 (7.31%) Confluence
2 12 (1.60%) NServiceBus
3 11 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.33%) nginx
5 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.27%) Magento
2 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 187 (24.87%) Azure
2 161 (21.41%) AWS
3 57 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (5.72%) GCP
4 43 (5.72%) SaaS
5 18 (2.39%) OpenShift
5 18 (2.39%) Serverless
6 17 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 16 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.46%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.06%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.66%) AWS Fargate
12 5 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.66%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.33%) HTTPS
2 8 (1.06%) SSL
3 6 (0.80%) WAN
4 5 (0.66%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.66%) DNS
4 5 (0.66%) Internet
4 5 (0.66%) LAN
4 5 (0.66%) WLAN
5 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.40%) Firewall
6 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.40%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.27%) Broadband
7 2 (0.27%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.27%) IPsec
7 2 (0.27%) MQTT
7 2 (0.27%) Wireless
8 1 (0.13%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (1.46%) Power BI
5 8 (1.06%) MySQL
5 8 (1.06%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.40%) Tableau
9 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.27%) Big Data
9 2 (0.27%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.27%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.27%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.27%) DocumentDB
9 2 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 73 (9.71%) JIRA
2 32 (4.26%) Git
3 27 (3.59%) GitLab
3 27 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.26%) IBM UrbanCode
5 16 (2.13%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.06%) Vagrant
7 6 (0.80%) Visual Studio
8 5 (0.66%) Appium
8 5 (0.66%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.53%) Gatling
9 4 (0.53%) JBehave
9 4 (0.53%) JMeter
9 4 (0.53%) JUnit
9 4 (0.53%) Subversion
10 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.40%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.40%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 200 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 122 (16.22%) Finance
3 54 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (7.18%) Banking
4 43 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (3.06%) Marketing
7 21 (2.79%) Local Government
8 20 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 17 (2.26%) Back Office
9 17 (2.26%) Law
10 14 (1.86%) Legal
11 13 (1.73%) Automotive
11 13 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.60%) Billing
13 10 (1.33%) Electronics
13 10 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.06%) Retail
16 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 231 (30.72%) Project Manager
2 183 (24.34%) Presales Manager
3 120 (15.96%) Senior
4 105 (13.96%) Lead
5 74 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (7.85%) Architect
7 48 (6.38%) Developer
8 46 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
9 40 (5.32%) Software Manager
10 35 (4.65%) Software Engineer
11 31 (4.12%) Senior Architect
11 31 (4.12%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.99%) Delivery Manager
13 24 (3.19%) Analyst
14 22 (2.93%) Software Project Manager
15 20 (2.66%) Senior DevOps
15 20 (2.66%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 18 (2.39%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.39%) Software Delivery Manager
16 18 (2.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.38%) .NET
2 39 (5.19%) React
3 32 (4.26%) AngularJS
4 29 (3.86%) Node.js
5 27 (3.59%) Vue
6 17 (2.26%) .NET Core
7 14 (1.86%) Spring Boot
8 13 (1.73%) Spring
9 12 (1.60%) Apache Cordova
10 10 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (1.20%) HTML
12 8 (1.06%) AWS CDK
13 7 (0.93%) ARM Templates
13 7 (0.93%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.93%) CSS
13 7 (0.93%) Next.js
14 6 (0.80%) ADO
14 6 (0.80%) REST
15 5 (0.66%) Kafka
15 5 (0.66%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.18%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.52%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.66%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.66%) NHS
11 4 (0.53%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.53%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.53%) IoT
11 4 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.40%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.40%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.27%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.27%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.64%) Linux
2 38 (5.05%) Windows
3 25 (3.32%) Apple iOS
4 22 (2.93%) Android
5 11 (1.46%) CentOS
6 9 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.20%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.40%) Unix
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (71.54%) Agile
2 270 (35.90%) Presales
3 265 (35.24%) Project Management
4 247 (32.85%) Actionable Insight
5 238 (31.65%) Project Delivery
6 215 (28.59%) SDLC
7 212 (28.19%) DevOps
8 184 (24.47%) Agile Project Management
9 172 (22.87%) Scrum
10 131 (17.42%) Software Engineering
11 117 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 114 (15.16%) CI/CD
13 78 (10.37%) Roadmaps
14 75 (9.97%) Mentoring
15 73 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
16 71 (9.44%) Technical Leadership
17 69 (9.18%) TDD
18 64 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
19 51 (6.78%) Coaching
20 46 (6.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 86 (11.44%) C#
2 59 (7.85%) JavaScript
3 54 (7.18%) Python
4 47 (6.25%) SQL
5 45 (5.98%) Java
6 29 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 24 (3.19%) Bash
7 24 (3.19%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.39%) Bicep
8 18 (2.39%) Groovy
9 14 (1.86%) PHP
10 12 (1.60%) C++
11 11 (1.46%) C
12 8 (1.06%) Go
12 8 (1.06%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.93%) Ruby
14 5 (0.66%) GLSL
15 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.13%) JCL
16 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (8.91%) Degree
2 36 (4.79%) TOGAF Certification
3 33 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.39%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.46%) Azure Certification
5 11 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
6 7 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 7 (0.93%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.93%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.40%) APMP
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.40%) PMP
8 3 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.78%) QA
2 14 (1.86%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.53%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (0.53%) GDPR
6 2 (0.27%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.27%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.27%) TickIT
7 1 (0.13%) AQAP
7 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.13%) NIST
7 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (6.25%) Docker
2 26 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.40%) Firmware
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.13%) etcd
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 75 (9.97%) Terraform
2 60 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 58 (7.71%) Ansible
4 23 (3.06%) Progress Chef
5 15 (1.99%) Rancher
6 9 (1.20%) Kibana
7 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.06%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.93%) Grafana
9 6 (0.80%) Puppet
9 6 (0.80%) SCCM
10 3 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.40%) Packer
11 2 (0.27%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.13%) Control-M
12 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 81 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 28 (3.72%) Google
3 22 (2.93%) IBM
4 14 (1.86%) VMware
5 12 (1.60%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.60%) Xamarin
6 8 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 7 (0.93%) Databricks
7 7 (0.93%) Oracle
7 7 (0.93%) Splunk
8 6 (0.80%) YouTube
9 4 (0.53%) NEC
9 4 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.53%) SAP
10 3 (0.40%) Apple
11 2 (0.27%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.27%) QNX
11 2 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.13%) New Relic
12 1 (0.13%) Thales