Software Delivery Jobs

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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 349 298
Rank change year-on-year -38 -51 -15
Permanent jobs citing Software Delivery 691 900 2,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.96% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.01% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 342 605 1,121
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,278 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,070
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.77% +6.43%

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 88,771 89,162 163,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.39% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,540 53,734 83,113
10th Percentile £29,375 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +9.10%

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 5 June 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 5 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 +23 542 £55,000 -7.60% 110
England -85 530 £58,350 -10.23% 139
Work from Home +71 429 £55,000 -8.33% 95
North of England +35 174 £60,000 +9.09% 26
North West +26 110 £60,000 +9.09% 21
London -115 103 £74,137 -1.15% 42
Midlands +18 102 £52,500 -11.76% 27
South East -9 71 £61,084 -6.03% 15
Scotland -39 68 £60,000 - 14
South West -39 61 £55,000 -8.33% 14
West Midlands -10 55 £55,000 - 17
Yorkshire +45 54 £52,500 -8.70% 1
East Midlands +1 44 £51,000 -21.54% 10
Wales +25 37 £50,000 +10.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 17 - - 3
East of England -54 12 £50,000 -28.57% 7
North East -10 10 £70,000 +25.00% 4

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 51 (7.38%) Confluence
2 15 (2.17%) NServiceBus
3 7 (1.01%) nginx
4 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) Liferay
6 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.74%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.29%) Magento
3 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 188 (27.21%) Azure
2 160 (23.15%) AWS
3 56 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (6.37%) GCP
5 39 (5.64%) SaaS
6 30 (4.34%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (2.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 16 (2.32%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (2.32%) Serverless
9 12 (1.74%) AWS CodeStar
9 12 (1.74%) OCI
10 11 (1.59%) OpenShift
11 9 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.01%) Snowflake
13 5 (0.72%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.72%) GitHub
13 5 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.30%) HTTPS
2 8 (1.16%) SSL
3 6 (0.87%) WAN
4 5 (0.72%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.72%) LAN
4 5 (0.72%) WLAN
5 4 (0.58%) Internet
6 3 (0.43%) DNS
6 3 (0.43%) Firewall
6 3 (0.43%) HTTP
6 3 (0.43%) MQTT
6 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.43%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.29%) Broadband
7 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.14%) DAB
8 1 (0.14%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (3.76%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (1.01%) MySQL
4 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.72%) Power BI
7 3 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.43%) DocumentDB
7 3 (0.43%) Tableau
8 2 (0.29%) Big Data
8 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.29%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.29%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.14%) Metadata
9 1 (0.14%) RavenDB
9 1 (0.14%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (12.01%) JIRA
2 39 (5.64%) Jenkins
3 35 (5.07%) Git
4 27 (3.91%) GitLab
5 14 (2.03%) SonarQube
6 12 (1.74%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.74%) Terragrunt
7 10 (1.45%) IBM UrbanCode
8 8 (1.16%) Vagrant
9 5 (0.72%) Appium
9 5 (0.72%) JUnit
9 5 (0.72%) SpecFlow
9 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.58%) Gatling
10 4 (0.58%) JBehave
10 4 (0.58%) JMeter
10 4 (0.58%) Postman
10 4 (0.58%) Subversion
11 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.43%) MSBuild
General
1 188 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 114 (16.50%) Finance
3 46 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.51%) Banking
5 37 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (4.63%) Marketing
7 28 (4.05%) Local Government
8 23 (3.33%) Legal
9 22 (3.18%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.89%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.46%) Back Office
13 15 (2.17%) Law
14 14 (2.03%) Automotive
15 12 (1.74%) Billing
15 12 (1.74%) Police
16 11 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.45%) Electronics
17 10 (1.45%) Retail
17 10 (1.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 205 (29.67%) Project Manager
2 159 (23.01%) Presales Manager
3 93 (13.46%) Senior
4 76 (11.00%) Lead
5 72 (10.42%) DevOps Engineer
6 61 (8.83%) Architect
7 49 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
8 43 (6.22%) Developer
9 39 (5.64%) Software Engineer
10 38 (5.50%) Software Manager
11 36 (5.21%) Presales Solution Architect
12 26 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (3.04%) Software Project Manager
14 18 (2.60%) Analyst
15 16 (2.32%) Business Analyst
15 16 (2.32%) Senior Manager
15 16 (2.32%) Software Delivery Manager
16 15 (2.17%) Senior DevOps
16 15 (2.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (9.12%) .NET
2 40 (5.79%) Node.js
3 34 (4.92%) AngularJS
3 34 (4.92%) React
4 29 (4.20%) Vue
5 17 (2.46%) .NET Core
5 17 (2.46%) ARM Templates
6 15 (2.17%) Apache Cordova
7 10 (1.45%) Spring Boot
8 9 (1.30%) AWS CDK
8 9 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.30%) Spring
9 7 (1.01%) HTML
9 7 (1.01%) Next.js
10 6 (0.87%) ADO
10 6 (0.87%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.87%) CSS
10 6 (0.87%) REST
11 5 (0.72%) RESTful
11 5 (0.72%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.41%) Cloud Native
2 58 (8.39%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.07%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.32%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.01%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.72%) NHS
11 4 (0.58%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.58%) IoT
11 4 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
13 2 (0.29%) Device Driver
13 2 (0.29%) Online Games
13 2 (0.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.53%) Linux
2 30 (4.34%) Windows
3 27 (3.91%) Apple iOS
4 24 (3.47%) Android
5 10 (1.45%) CentOS
6 9 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.30%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.43%) Unix
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (71.49%) Agile
2 247 (35.75%) Project Management
3 223 (32.27%) Presales
4 205 (29.67%) Project Delivery
5 201 (29.09%) DevOps
6 189 (27.35%) SDLC
7 175 (25.33%) Actionable Insight
7 175 (25.33%) Scrum
8 160 (23.15%) Agile Project Management
9 113 (16.35%) CI/CD
10 110 (15.92%) Software Engineering
11 101 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 77 (11.14%) Mentoring
13 72 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
13 72 (10.42%) Roadmaps
14 69 (9.99%) Infrastructure as Code
15 64 (9.26%) TDD
16 52 (7.53%) Coaching
16 52 (7.53%) Test Automation
17 43 (6.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 88 (12.74%) C#
2 71 (10.27%) JavaScript
2 71 (10.27%) Python
3 39 (5.64%) SQL
4 38 (5.50%) Java
5 27 (3.91%) PowerShell
6 26 (3.76%) Bash
7 21 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 16 (2.32%) Bicep
8 16 (2.32%) C++
9 14 (2.03%) C
10 12 (1.74%) PHP
11 11 (1.59%) Groovy
12 8 (1.16%) Go
12 8 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.01%) Ruby
14 5 (0.72%) GLSL
15 2 (0.29%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.14%) COBOL
16 1 (0.14%) JCL
Qualifications
1 68 (9.84%) Degree
2 38 (5.50%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.21%) TOGAF Certification
4 23 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.04%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.17%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.72%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.43%) APMP
13 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.43%) PMP
13 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.67%) QA
2 22 (3.18%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.72%) GDPR
6 4 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.29%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.14%) AQAP
8 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.14%) NIST
8 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 55 (7.96%) Docker
2 25 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.58%) Firmware
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.14%) etcd
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 72 (10.42%) Terraform
2 61 (8.83%) Ansible
3 60 (8.68%) Kubernetes
4 16 (2.32%) Progress Chef
5 8 (1.16%) Rancher
6 7 (1.01%) Kibana
6 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.87%) Grafana
7 6 (0.87%) Puppet
8 5 (0.72%) SCCM
9 3 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.43%) Packer
10 2 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.14%) Consul
11 1 (0.14%) Control-M
11 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 80 (11.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.75%) ServiceNow
3 17 (2.46%) Google
4 15 (2.17%) IBM
5 13 (1.88%) Xamarin
6 12 (1.74%) Black Duck
6 12 (1.74%) NEC
7 11 (1.59%) VMware
8 6 (0.87%) Databricks
8 6 (0.87%) YouTube
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle
9 5 (0.72%) Splunk
10 4 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.58%) SAP
11 3 (0.43%) Apple
12 2 (0.29%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.29%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.29%) QNX
12 2 (0.29%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.14%) CA Agile Central