Service Delivery Contracts

Service Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Service Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Delivery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 124 122
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +56
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 871 1,170 1,914
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.02% 2.09% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.33% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 760 1,241
10th Percentile £200 £250 £256
25th Percentile £288 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.81% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £603
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £536 £500
% change year-on-year -13.75% +7.25% +13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 81 109
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £12.70
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £19.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +31.03% -22.77%
75th Percentile £16.85 £43.75 £26.34
90th Percentile £26.17 £65.00 £47.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £19.00 £13.66
% change year-on-year -21.05% +39.09% -27.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +16 752 £475 -9.52% 821
UK excluding London +10 574 £463 -13.75% 635
London +20 223 £475 -5.00% 250
Work from Home +6 222 £500 -4.76% 340
South East +8 144 £400 -20.00% 151
North of England -4 137 £550 - 153
East of England +15 95 £350 -12.50% 93
Yorkshire +23 75 £525 -4.55% 50
Midlands -12 70 £460 -15.98% 110
Scotland +24 65 £282 -40.63% 53
South West -24 63 £483 -16.99% 79
North West -22 59 £563 +2.27% 88
West Midlands -22 41 £450 -14.29% 66
East Midlands -2 26 £460 -19.40% 44
North East +6 3 £590 +31.11% 19
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 10

Service 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 27 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.80%) CMS
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.46%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.34%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 94 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (9.53%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (7.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.34%) Shopify
4 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 93 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (8.50%) Azure
3 41 (4.71%) AWS
4 33 (3.79%) SaaS
5 30 (3.44%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
7 12 (1.38%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.38%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.26%) IaaS
8 11 (1.26%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.15%) PaaS
10 9 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.80%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.57%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.57%) Azure Storage
13 3 (0.34%) BigCommerce
13 3 (0.34%) GCP
14 2 (0.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.59%) Firewall
2 35 (4.02%) VPN
3 26 (2.99%) DNS
4 24 (2.76%) DHCP
5 21 (2.41%) LAN
6 19 (2.18%) Network Security
7 17 (1.95%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (1.49%) VLAN
10 12 (1.38%) Internet
10 12 (1.38%) WAN
11 7 (0.80%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.80%) MPLS
11 7 (0.80%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.80%) WLAN
12 5 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.57%) PSTN
12 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
13 4 (0.46%) ADSL
13 4 (0.46%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.21%) Power BI
2 9 (1.03%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.80%) Tableau
4 6 (0.69%) MySQL
5 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.57%) Data Mining
5 5 (0.57%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.46%) Redis
7 3 (0.34%) GIS
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 10g
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.23%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (1.38%) JIRA
2 5 (0.57%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) Gatling
3 4 (0.46%) Maven
3 4 (0.46%) Mockito
3 4 (0.46%) ScalaTest
4 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.11%) Gradle
5 1 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 298 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 162 (18.60%) Finance
3 102 (11.71%) Public Sector
4 95 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (5.63%) Telecoms
6 37 (4.25%) Local Government
7 28 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (2.76%) Legal
8 24 (2.76%) Marketing
9 23 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.53%) Banking
11 19 (2.18%) German Language
12 17 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.38%) French Language
14 12 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.38%) Retail
15 9 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.92%) Law
17 7 (0.80%) Billing
Job Titles
1 146 (16.76%) Service Manager
2 116 (13.32%) Analyst
3 113 (12.97%) Delivery Manager
4 96 (11.02%) Service Delivery Manager
5 65 (7.46%) Senior
6 61 (7.00%) Service Analyst
7 52 (5.97%) Lead
8 42 (4.82%) IT Manager
9 39 (4.48%) Service Desk Analyst
9 39 (4.48%) Support Engineer
10 37 (4.25%) Consultant
10 37 (4.25%) Developer
11 36 (4.13%) Project Manager
12 35 (4.02%) Architect
12 35 (4.02%) Network Engineer
13 31 (3.56%) IT Services Manager
14 24 (2.76%) 1st Line Support
14 24 (2.76%) Customer Analyst
14 24 (2.76%) Customer Service Analyst
15 23 (2.64%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.67%) Web Services
2 18 (2.07%) CSS
3 16 (1.84%) HTML
4 10 (1.15%) AngularJS
4 10 (1.15%) RESTful
5 9 (1.03%) REST
6 8 (0.92%) Node.js
7 7 (0.80%) .NET
7 7 (0.80%) Spring
7 7 (0.80%) Spring MVC
8 4 (0.46%) Akka
8 4 (0.46%) Hibernate
8 4 (0.46%) J2EE
8 4 (0.46%) JPA
8 4 (0.46%) Middleware
8 4 (0.46%) Play Framework
8 4 (0.46%) RAML
8 4 (0.46%) spray
8 4 (0.46%) Visualforce
8 4 (0.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.05%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.76%) Product Ownership
3 19 (2.18%) Driving Licence
4 17 (1.95%) Replication
5 16 (1.84%) CMDB
5 16 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (0.80%) Digital Signage
8 7 (0.80%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.69%) BYOD
9 6 (0.69%) FMCG
9 6 (0.69%) PKI
9 6 (0.69%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.57%) IoT
10 5 (0.57%) NHS
10 5 (0.57%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.46%) Blackberry
11 4 (0.46%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 137 (15.73%) Windows
2 46 (5.28%) Windows 10
3 39 (4.48%) Windows 7
4 36 (4.13%) Linux
5 15 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.61%) Unix
7 10 (1.15%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.92%) Android
8 8 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.46%) Solaris
11 3 (0.34%) AIX
11 3 (0.34%) OpenVMS
11 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.34%) VMS
12 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (30.08%) ITIL
2 222 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 207 (23.77%) Customer Service
4 156 (17.91%) Service Management
5 111 (12.74%) ITSM
6 104 (11.94%) Agile
7 103 (11.83%) Incident Management
8 92 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 89 (10.22%) Project Delivery
10 82 (9.41%) Change Management
11 72 (8.27%) Project Management
12 69 (7.92%) Mathematics
13 67 (7.69%) Roadmaps
14 61 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 56 (6.43%) Decision-Making
16 45 (5.17%) Asset Management
16 45 (5.17%) Risk Management
17 43 (4.94%) Information Security
17 43 (4.94%) Problem Management
18 40 (4.59%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (3.33%) SQL
2 16 (1.84%) JavaScript
3 12 (1.38%) Java
4 10 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.92%) Swift
6 7 (0.80%) Python
7 5 (0.57%) C#
8 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.46%) Scala
9 3 (0.34%) Bash
9 3 (0.34%) C++
9 3 (0.34%) COBOL
9 3 (0.34%) DCL
9 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.11%) C
11 1 (0.11%) Groovy
11 1 (0.11%) R
11 1 (0.11%) Ruby
11 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 201 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 128 (14.70%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.23%) Degree
4 60 (6.89%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.56%) A+ Certification
6 28 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.30%) MCP
8 17 (1.95%) MCSA
9 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.38%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.03%) PMP
13 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.69%) BC Cleared
14 6 (0.69%) CCNA
14 6 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.57%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (13.55%) SLA
2 26 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.87%) QA
4 19 (2.18%) NIST
5 17 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.49%) GDPR
7 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 5 (0.57%) PMO
9 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 89 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.61%) Firmware
3 10 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) Docker
6 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.34%) SRDF
7 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (4.48%) SCCM
2 22 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.84%) Ansible
4 15 (1.72%) NetBackup
5 14 (1.61%) Puppet
6 10 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.69%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.57%) Endace
9 4 (0.46%) Grafana
9 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.34%) EMC TimeFinder
10 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.34%) Terraform
10 3 (0.34%) WSUS
11 2 (0.23%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 258 (29.62%) Microsoft
2 112 (12.86%) ServiceNow
3 42 (4.82%) Cisco
4 32 (3.67%) Citrix
5 27 (3.10%) Oracle
5 27 (3.10%) SAP
6 16 (1.84%) HP
7 15 (1.72%) Veritas
8 14 (1.61%) Dell
8 14 (1.61%) VMware
9 13 (1.49%) Google
10 11 (1.26%) Apple
10 11 (1.26%) Remedy
11 10 (1.15%) Juniper
11 10 (1.15%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.03%) F5
13 8 (0.92%) BMC
13 8 (0.92%) Okta
14 5 (0.57%) BT
14 5 (0.57%) CheckPoint