Senior Delivery Manager Jobs

Senior Delivery Manager
UK

The median Senior Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £66,690 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 868 1159
Rank change year-on-year +171 +291 -295
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Delivery Manager 212 79 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.083% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.091% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 86 68 92
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,117 £51,406
25th Percentile £55,400 £52,977 £52,701
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,690 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £84,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,080 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.56% +25.00% +9.09%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Senior Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Delivery Manager in the UK

Senior Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Delivery Manager in the UK

Senior Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Delivery Manager in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +192 201 £66,690 -16.64% 18
London +207 122 £68,338 -15.89% 4
UK excluding London +32 83 £64,080 -14.56% 15
Work from Home +23 29 £64,080 -3.48% 6
North of England +49 23 £64,080 -17.32% 3
West Midlands - 19 £60,000 - 2
Midlands - 19 £60,000 - 2
South West -15 16 £70,000 -26.62% 5
Yorkshire +76 15 £110,000 +4.76% 2
East of England - 10 £52,500 - 1
South East -2 7 £62,500 +19.05% 2
Scotland -61 6 £75,000 +25.00% 1
North West -5 4 £64,080 -14.56% 1
North East - 4 £64,080 -
Wales +9 2 £49,400 -24.58% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £58,800 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 134 (63.21%) Mentoring
2 133 (62.74%) Finance
2 133 (62.74%) Social Skills
3 123 (58.02%) Service Delivery
4 117 (55.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (49.53%) Contract Negotiation
6 103 (48.58%) ServiceNow
7 102 (48.11%) Microsoft
8 98 (46.23%) Performance Management
9 95 (44.81%) SaaS
9 95 (44.81%) Dell
9 95 (44.81%) SLA
9 95 (44.81%) Law
10 44 (20.75%) Agile
11 38 (17.92%) Project Delivery
12 33 (15.57%) Project Management
13 32 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (14.15%) Coaching
15 22 (10.38%) Scrum
16 21 (9.91%) Kanban
17 19 (8.96%) Risk Management
18 18 (8.49%) Retail
19 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
20 15 (7.08%) Migration
21 13 (6.13%) Service Management
21 13 (6.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
22 12 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
22 12 (5.66%) Presales
22 12 (5.66%) Innovative Thinking

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (44.81%) SaaS
2 10 (4.72%) Azure
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.30%) 4G
1 7 (3.30%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.83%) Power BI
1 6 (2.83%) SAP HANA
1 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.36%) JIRA
General
1 133 (62.74%) Finance
1 133 (62.74%) Social Skills
2 117 (55.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 95 (44.81%) Law
4 18 (8.49%) Retail
5 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.25%) Games
8 8 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.30%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.89%) Marketing
11 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (1.89%) Blog
2 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
2 4 (1.89%) Podcast
3 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.47%) IoT
4 1 (0.47%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (63.21%) Mentoring
2 123 (58.02%) Service Delivery
3 105 (49.53%) Contract Negotiation
4 98 (46.23%) Performance Management
5 44 (20.75%) Agile
6 38 (17.92%) Project Delivery
7 33 (15.57%) Project Management
8 32 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (14.15%) Coaching
10 22 (10.38%) Scrum
11 21 (9.91%) Kanban
12 19 (8.96%) Risk Management
13 15 (7.08%) Migration
14 13 (6.13%) Service Management
14 13 (6.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 12 (5.66%) Innovative Thinking
15 12 (5.66%) Presales
16 11 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
17 10 (4.72%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 10 (4.72%) Degree
2 8 (3.77%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.94%) PMP
6 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.47%) CSPO
6 1 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (44.81%) SLA
2 6 (2.83%) GDPR
3 5 (2.36%) PMO
4 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 103 (48.58%) ServiceNow
2 102 (48.11%) Microsoft
3 95 (44.81%) Dell
4 6 (2.83%) SAP
5 3 (1.42%) Apple
6 1 (0.47%) JDA