Software Delivery Manager Jobs

Software Delivery Manager
UK

The median Software Delivery Manager salary in the UK is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 938 1228
Rank change year-on-year +51 +290 -311
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Delivery Manager 16 18 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.019% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.021% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 36
10th Percentile £37,500 £54,375 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £78,438 £80,625
90th Percentile £76,950 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £69,250
% change year-on-year -15.38% -6.14% +15.42%

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 101,543 85,646 164,275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 91.24% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71,805 55,459 85,654
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,750
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%

Software Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Software Delivery Manager in the UK

Software Delivery Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
UK excluding London -42 15 £55,000 -15.38% 1
England +33 13 £55,000 -21.43%
Work from Home +43 8 £45,000 -35.71% 1
North of England +13 4 £52,500 -19.23%
Midlands -7 4 £57,500 -11.54%
West Midlands -20 4 £57,500 -11.54%
South West - 4 £40,000 -
Scotland -72 3 £72,900 +12.15%
North West -18 2 £50,000 -23.08%
North East - 2 £55,000 -
London +89 1 £57,500 -23.33%

Software Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 16 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) NHS
3 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Data Science
4 4 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (25.00%) Mobile Development
5 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (12.50%) User Stories
6 2 (12.50%) Online Games
6 2 (12.50%) Kanban
6 2 (12.50%) SaaS
6 2 (12.50%) iPad
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
6 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (12.50%) Games
6 2 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
6 2 (12.50%) SDLC
6 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) NHS
2 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (12.50%) Client/Server
3 2 (12.50%) iPad
3 2 (12.50%) Online Games
3 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 4 (25.00%) Data Science
4 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (25.00%) Mobile Development
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 2 (12.50%) Kanban
5 2 (12.50%) Scrum
5 2 (12.50%) SDLC
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) User Stories
5 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management