Service Delivery Contracts in the South East

Service Delivery
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 78 72
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +33
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 144 151 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.55% 2.66% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 2.99% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 105 178
10th Percentile £205 £247 £187
25th Percentile £209 £350 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.89% -2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £599
90th Percentile £660 £669 £671
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 4
10th Percentile £15.58 £14.00 £24.59
25th Percentile £15.85 £17.38 £24.86
Median hourly rate £18.35 £19.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% -23.53% +35.82%
75th Percentile £19.21 £28.75 £30.86
90th Percentile £26.76 £43.00 £38.72
England median hourly rate £15.00 £19.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -21.05% +31.03% -20.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,684 5,048 6,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.95% 89.05% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,709 3,470 4,714
10th Percentile £260 £250 £233
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 221 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.26 £22.50 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%
75th Percentile £62.60 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +21 97 £275 -40.96% 54
Berkshire +16 65 £210 -62.16% 26
Buckinghamshire +18 26 £465 -0.98% 18
Surrey +29 24 £255 -67.10% 21
Hampshire -19 12 £700 +27.27% 32
West Sussex +3 9 £513 +64.00% 3
Oxfordshire +3 6 £275 +10.00% 11
Kent +5 2 £720 +203.16% 10
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (0.69%) Confluence
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.86%) Azure
4 5 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.39%) SaaS
7 1 (0.69%) AWS
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.42%) LAN
2 5 (3.47%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (2.78%) DNS
3 4 (2.78%) Firewall
3 4 (2.78%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.08%) DHCP
4 3 (2.08%) WAN
5 2 (1.39%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.39%) VPN
6 1 (0.69%) ADSL
6 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.69%) MPLS
6 1 (0.69%) Network Security
6 1 (0.69%) OSPF
6 1 (0.69%) PPP
6 1 (0.69%) RIP
6 1 (0.69%) SNMP
6 1 (0.69%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.69%) VoIP
6 1 (0.69%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.56%) Power BI
2 2 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.39%) Tableau
3 1 (0.69%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
1 1 (0.69%) Yeoman
General
1 46 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.58%) Finance
3 17 (11.81%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.94%) Telecoms
6 9 (6.25%) Local Government
6 9 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.56%) Legal
8 5 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.47%) Marketing
8 5 (3.47%) Retail
9 4 (2.78%) Billing
10 3 (2.08%) Banking
10 3 (2.08%) French Language
10 3 (2.08%) Front Office
10 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.39%) Automotive
11 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.69%) Electronics
12 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 17 (11.81%) 1st Line Support
3 16 (11.11%) Lead
4 13 (9.03%) Hardware Engineer
5 12 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (6.94%) Analyst
6 10 (6.94%) Operations Technician
6 10 (6.94%) Service Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.56%) Coordinator
7 8 (5.56%) IT Support
7 8 (5.56%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.86%) IT Technician
8 7 (4.86%) Technical Coordinator
8 7 (4.86%) Technical Support
9 6 (4.17%) Architect
9 6 (4.17%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Project Leader
10 5 (3.47%) Break Fix Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.86%) AngularJS
1 7 (4.86%) CSS
1 7 (4.86%) HTML
1 7 (4.86%) Node.js
2 3 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.39%) Robotics
5 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.69%) IoT
5 1 (0.69%) iPhone
5 1 (0.69%) SCADA
5 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.67%) Windows
2 15 (10.42%) Windows 10
3 13 (9.03%) Windows 7
4 4 (2.78%) Linux
5 3 (2.08%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.08%) Unix
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (23.61%) ITIL
3 25 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (13.89%) Customer Service
5 19 (13.19%) Project Delivery
6 16 (11.11%) Project Management
6 16 (11.11%) Software Deployment
7 15 (10.42%) Roadmaps
8 14 (9.72%) Process Improvement
9 13 (9.03%) Customer Requirements
9 13 (9.03%) Root Cause Analysis
9 13 (9.03%) Software Testing
10 12 (8.33%) Migration
11 11 (7.64%) Line Management
11 11 (7.64%) Service Management
12 10 (6.94%) Customer Experience
13 9 (6.25%) Budget Management
13 9 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (5.56%) People Management
15 7 (4.86%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.08%) VB.NET
3 2 (1.39%) C++
3 2 (1.39%) Python
4 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.44%) Degree
3 22 (15.28%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.08%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.39%) CCNP
8 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.69%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.69%) CCDP
8 1 (0.69%) CCIE
8 1 (0.69%) CCIP
8 1 (0.69%) CCNA
8 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (27.08%) SLA
2 7 (4.86%) GDPR
2 7 (4.86%) QA
3 3 (2.08%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 13 (9.03%) Firmware
2 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.08%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (9.72%) SCCM
2 5 (3.47%) Endace
3 3 (2.08%) WSUS
4 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.03%) HP
2 13 (9.03%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.56%) Cisco
4 7 (4.86%) F5
5 6 (4.17%) Juniper
5 6 (4.17%) SAP
6 3 (2.08%) Ariba
6 3 (2.08%) VMware
7 2 (1.39%) Apple
7 2 (1.39%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.69%) Adobe
8 1 (0.69%) ADVA
8 1 (0.69%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (0.69%) Cadence
8 1 (0.69%) Citrix
8 1 (0.69%) NEC
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle
8 1 (0.69%) Qualys