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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 444 448
Rank change year-on-year +95 +4 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Delivery Manager 816 673 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.66% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.73% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 561 541 1,013
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,833 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,410 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £97,500 £84,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,650
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.08% +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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £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%

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 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Delivery Manager in the UK

Delivery Manager
Top 16 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 12 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 +145 759 £58,500 -13.33% 101
UK excluding London +91 511 £55,000 -8.33% 75
London +116 266 £68,338 -8.88% 38
Work from Home +55 261 £64,080 -5.07% 44
North of England +133 193 £57,500 +4.55% 17
North West +58 93 £55,000 -13.73% 10
Midlands +33 89 £57,500 -10.85% 11
South East +7 89 £50,153 -22.84% 16
Yorkshire +104 78 £70,000 +27.55% 5
South West +10 72 £63,376 +15.23% 13
West Midlands +47 68 £61,409 -1.75% 6
East of England +40 39 £50,000 -12.06% 3
Scotland -56 26 £51,807 -20.30% 8
North East +11 22 £55,000 +7.32% 3
East Midlands +4 21 £37,500 -44.44% 5
Wales +10 4 £40,000 -12.08% 6

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 397 (48.65%) Service Delivery
2 278 (34.07%) Social Skills
3 255 (31.25%) Agile
4 237 (29.04%) Finance
5 219 (26.84%) Project Management
6 207 (25.37%) Mentoring
7 167 (20.47%) Project Delivery
8 162 (19.85%) Microsoft
9 151 (18.50%) Scrum
10 148 (18.14%) SLA
11 140 (17.16%) ITIL
12 134 (16.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 131 (16.05%) Contract Negotiation
14 123 (15.07%) Law
15 117 (14.34%) ServiceNow
16 111 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
17 109 (13.36%) Service Management
18 108 (13.24%) SaaS
19 107 (13.11%) Performance Management
20 105 (12.87%) Coaching
21 100 (12.25%) Kanban
22 95 (11.64%) Dell
22 95 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
23 87 (10.66%) Public Sector
23 87 (10.66%) Degree
24 81 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
25 76 (9.31%) ITSM
26 64 (7.84%) Decision-Making
27 62 (7.60%) Customer Service
28 57 (6.99%) 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 9 (1.10%) Confluence
2 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.25%) CMS
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.37%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.37%) 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
1 108 (13.24%) SaaS
2 57 (6.99%) Azure
3 33 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (1.35%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.10%) AWS
6 8 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.37%) Asana
10 2 (0.25%) Contentful
10 2 (0.25%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.25%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.25%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.12%) Basecamp
11 1 (0.12%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.12%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.12%) PaaS
11 1 (0.12%) Serverless
11 1 (0.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (0.86%) 4G
2 7 (0.86%) 5G
3 5 (0.61%) Firewall
4 4 (0.49%) LAN
4 4 (0.49%) WAN
5 3 (0.37%) Network Security
5 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.37%) VPN
5 3 (0.37%) WLAN
6 2 (0.25%) Internet
6 2 (0.25%) NAS
6 2 (0.25%) VSAT
7 1 (0.12%) DHCP
7 1 (0.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.35%) Power BI
3 6 (0.74%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.25%) Big Data
4 2 (0.25%) Data Mart
4 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.25%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.12%) LogicBlox
5 1 (0.12%) Metadata
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (3.43%) JIRA
2 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 278 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 237 (29.04%) Finance
3 134 (16.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (15.07%) Law
5 87 (10.66%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 40 (4.90%) Retail
8 30 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.57%) Legal
11 20 (2.45%) Marketing
12 15 (1.84%) Games
12 15 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.84%) Spanish Language
13 13 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.47%) Military
14 12 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.10%) French Language
16 7 (0.86%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.96%) EDI
2 7 (0.86%) .NET
2 7 (0.86%) CSS
3 3 (0.37%) HTML
3 3 (0.37%) RESTful
4 1 (0.12%) Middleware
4 1 (0.12%) SOAP
4 1 (0.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.39%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.57%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.21%) NHS
6 16 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.23%) PMI
7 10 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 6 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.74%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.61%) iPad
9 5 (0.61%) Reinsurance
9 5 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.37%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.37%) IoT
11 3 (0.37%) iPhone
11 3 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.33%) Windows
2 2 (0.25%) Android
2 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (48.65%) Service Delivery
2 255 (31.25%) Agile
3 219 (26.84%) Project Management
4 207 (25.37%) Mentoring
5 167 (20.47%) Project Delivery
6 151 (18.50%) Scrum
7 140 (17.16%) ITIL
8 131 (16.05%) Contract Negotiation
9 111 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (13.36%) Service Management
11 107 (13.11%) Performance Management
12 105 (12.87%) Coaching
13 100 (12.25%) Kanban
14 95 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 81 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
16 76 (9.31%) ITSM
17 64 (7.84%) Decision-Making
18 62 (7.60%) Customer Service
19 54 (6.62%) Line Management
20 49 (6.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.72%) C#
2 10 (1.23%) Java
3 9 (1.10%) Python
4 5 (0.61%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (10.66%) Degree
2 41 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 36 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
4 23 (2.82%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.33%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.08%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.47%) PMP
9 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.37%) CCNP
12 3 (0.37%) MCSE
13 2 (0.25%) APMP
13 2 (0.25%) CSPO
13 2 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.12%) APMG
14 1 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (18.14%) SLA
2 18 (2.21%) QA
3 16 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.47%) PMO
5 10 (1.23%) GDPR
6 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.37%) GMP
7 2 (0.25%) COBIT
7 2 (0.25%) NIST
7 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
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
System Software
1 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 162 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 117 (14.34%) ServiceNow
3 95 (11.64%) Dell
4 21 (2.57%) SAP
5 17 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.72%) Oracle
7 9 (1.10%) Google
8 8 (0.98%) Apple
9 4 (0.49%) Cadence
9 4 (0.49%) Computacenter
9 4 (0.49%) ConnectWise
10 3 (0.37%) Cisco
10 3 (0.37%) Genesys
10 3 (0.37%) Meraki
10 3 (0.37%) NEC
11 2 (0.25%) Adyen
11 2 (0.25%) Facebook
11 2 (0.25%) iManage
11 2 (0.25%) Murex
11 2 (0.25%) VMware