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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 119 123
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +52
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 866 1,222 1,943
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.04% 2.13% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.38% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 791 1,262
10th Percentile £200 £263 £262
25th Percentile £290 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £543 £486
% change year-on-year -14.75% +11.57% +10.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 84 119
10th Percentile £13.57 £13.29 £11.27
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.84 £21.38 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.57% +47.41% -22.20%
75th Percentile £16.85 £43.75 £27.13
90th Percentile £24.96 £65.00 £47.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.82 £20.25 £13.66
% change year-on-year -26.81% +48.24% -26.16%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 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 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in the UK

Service Delivery
Top 15 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 20 May 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 +15 754 £475 -9.52% 902
UK excluding London +5 565 £463 -14.75% 718
Work from Home +4 227 £500 -4.76% 361
London +15 225 £500 - 258
South East +15 145 £400 -20.00% 173
North of England -4 137 £550 - 165
East of England +12 89 £350 -17.65% 115
Yorkshire +19 76 £525 -4.55% 59
South West -13 74 £475 -20.83% 87
Midlands -26 63 £455 -16.13% 130
North West -27 59 £563 +2.27% 90
Scotland +23 58 £375 -25.00% 47
West Midlands -24 35 £350 -30.00% 73
East Midlands -1 25 £475 -15.64% 57
North East 0 2 £590 +12.38% 18

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 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.81%) CMS
4 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.46%) Confluence
4 4 (0.46%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 86 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (7.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
3 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.35%) Shopify
4 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.12%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 91 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (9.47%) Azure
3 40 (4.62%) AWS
4 32 (3.70%) SaaS
5 25 (2.89%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
7 12 (1.39%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.39%) IaaS
7 12 (1.39%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (1.27%) PaaS
8 11 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (0.81%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.58%) Azure Storage
12 3 (0.35%) BigCommerce
13 2 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.23%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 42 (4.85%) Firewall
2 30 (3.46%) VPN
3 22 (2.54%) LAN
4 21 (2.42%) DNS
5 19 (2.19%) DHCP
6 18 (2.08%) Network Security
7 16 (1.85%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.62%) VLAN
8 14 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (1.39%) WAN
10 11 (1.27%) Internet
11 7 (0.81%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.81%) MPLS
11 7 (0.81%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.69%) WLAN
13 5 (0.58%) PSTN
13 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.46%) ADSL
14 4 (0.46%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.46%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.66%) Power BI
2 9 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.69%) MySQL
3 6 (0.69%) Tableau
4 5 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.58%) Data Mining
4 5 (0.58%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.46%) Redis
6 3 (0.35%) GIS
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Database 10g
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.35%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.23%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.23%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.50%) JIRA
2 5 (0.58%) 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 (0.12%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.12%) Gradle
5 1 (0.12%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 284 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 157 (18.13%) Finance
3 105 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 93 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (5.43%) Telecoms
6 35 (4.04%) Local Government
7 29 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (2.77%) Marketing
9 23 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.54%) Legal
11 20 (2.31%) Banking
12 16 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.62%) German Language
14 12 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.39%) Retail
15 11 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.04%) French Language
16 9 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.92%) Police
18 6 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 143 (16.51%) Service Manager
2 123 (14.20%) Analyst
3 110 (12.70%) Delivery Manager
4 94 (10.85%) Service Delivery Manager
5 62 (7.16%) Senior
6 59 (6.81%) Service Analyst
7 52 (6.00%) Lead
8 41 (4.73%) IT Manager
9 39 (4.50%) Service Desk Analyst
10 37 (4.27%) Developer
11 36 (4.16%) Consultant
11 36 (4.16%) Support Engineer
12 34 (3.93%) Architect
13 33 (3.81%) Project Manager
14 31 (3.58%) Network Engineer
15 29 (3.35%) IT Services Manager
16 26 (3.00%) 1st Line Support
17 25 (2.89%) Customer Analyst
17 25 (2.89%) Customer Service Analyst
18 23 (2.66%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.70%) Web Services
2 18 (2.08%) CSS
3 16 (1.85%) HTML
4 10 (1.15%) AngularJS
4 10 (1.15%) RESTful
5 9 (1.04%) REST
6 8 (0.92%) Node.js
7 7 (0.81%) .NET
7 7 (0.81%) Spring
7 7 (0.81%) 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 46 (5.31%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.77%) Product Ownership
3 20 (2.31%) Driving Licence
4 17 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 17 (1.96%) Replication
5 16 (1.85%) CMDB
6 12 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (0.92%) FMCG
8 7 (0.81%) Digital Signage
8 7 (0.81%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.69%) BYOD
9 6 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.69%) PKI
10 5 (0.58%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.58%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.46%) Blackberry
11 4 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.46%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (0.46%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 130 (15.01%) Windows
2 44 (5.08%) Windows 10
3 37 (4.27%) Linux
3 37 (4.27%) Windows 7
4 15 (1.73%) Unix
4 15 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.92%) Android
6 8 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.69%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.46%) Solaris
9 3 (0.35%) AIX
9 3 (0.35%) OpenVMS
9 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.35%) VMS
10 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (30.72%) ITIL
2 216 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
3 198 (22.86%) Customer Service
4 156 (18.01%) Service Management
5 109 (12.59%) ITSM
6 98 (11.32%) Agile
6 98 (11.32%) Incident Management
7 93 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 85 (9.82%) Project Delivery
9 81 (9.35%) Change Management
10 68 (7.85%) Project Management
10 68 (7.85%) Roadmaps
11 63 (7.27%) Mathematics
12 58 (6.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 54 (6.24%) Decision-Making
14 45 (5.20%) Asset Management
15 43 (4.97%) Problem Management
16 42 (4.85%) Risk Management
17 40 (4.62%) Business Case
18 39 (4.50%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.23%) SQL
2 16 (1.85%) JavaScript
3 12 (1.39%) Java
4 10 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.92%) Swift
6 7 (0.81%) Python
7 5 (0.58%) C#
8 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.46%) Scala
9 3 (0.35%) Bash
9 3 (0.35%) C++
9 3 (0.35%) COBOL
9 3 (0.35%) DCL
9 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) Groovy
11 1 (0.12%) R
11 1 (0.12%) Ruby
11 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (24.02%) Security Cleared
2 130 (15.01%) SC Cleared
3 70 (8.08%) DV Cleared
4 62 (7.16%) Degree
5 28 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (3.12%) A+ Certification
7 21 (2.42%) MCP
8 17 (1.96%) MCSA
9 14 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.04%) PMP
13 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.69%) BC Cleared
14 6 (0.69%) CCNA
14 6 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.58%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (13.63%) SLA
2 27 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (2.89%) QA
4 19 (2.19%) NIST
5 17 (1.96%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.39%) GDPR
7 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.46%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.46%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) WCAG
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 84 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.73%) Firmware
3 10 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.58%) Docker
6 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.35%) SRDF
7 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (4.16%) SCCM
2 22 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.85%) Ansible
4 15 (1.73%) NetBackup
5 14 (1.62%) Puppet
6 11 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.69%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.46%) Endace
8 4 (0.46%) Grafana
8 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.35%) EMC TimeFinder
9 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.35%) Terraform
9 3 (0.35%) WSUS
10 2 (0.23%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.12%) IBM BigFix
11 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 262 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 111 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 34 (3.93%) Cisco
4 31 (3.58%) SAP
5 30 (3.46%) Citrix
6 29 (3.35%) Oracle
7 18 (2.08%) HP
8 15 (1.73%) Veritas
9 14 (1.62%) VMware
10 13 (1.50%) Google
10 13 (1.50%) Remedy
11 11 (1.27%) Dell
12 10 (1.15%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.04%) Juniper
14 8 (0.92%) Apple
14 8 (0.92%) BMC
14 8 (0.92%) Okta
15 7 (0.81%) F5
16 5 (0.58%) BT
16 5 (0.58%) Openreach