The first table below looks at the demand for the Services Delivery Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Services Delivery Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Delivery Manager
Rank 179 213 223
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Services Delivery Manager 41 34 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.512% 0.340% 0.217%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.551% 0.370% 0.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 13
Average daily rate £445 £383 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.33% +17.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £316 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £488 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £370 £325
% change year-on-year
- +13.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £85.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £85.00 - £20.00
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7436 9200 9812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.86% 92.04% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3762 4120 4265
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 683 849
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Services Delivery Manager
England

Services Delivery Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Services Delivery Manager across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Services Delivery Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Services Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Services Delivery Manager across the South East region.

South East Services Delivery Manager Daily Rate Trend

Services Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Services Delivery Manager across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Services Delivery Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Services Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Services Delivery Manager across the South East region.

South East Services Delivery Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Services Delivery Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Services Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +14 11 - -
Oxfordshire +7 7 £450 -2.70%
Middlesex +10 6 £450 +20.00%
Surrey +20 5 £500 +31.14% 3
Hampshire -1 4 £370 +15.62% 1
Buckinghamshire -4 4 £275 -21.42% 1
West Sussex +10 1 - - 1
East Sussex - - - -
Kent - - - -
Services Delivery Manager
England

Services Delivery Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Services Delivery Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Services Delivery Manager in their job title.

1 75 (97.40%) Service Delivery
2 61 (79.22%) ITIL
3 29 (37.66%) ITIL Certification
4 26 (33.77%) Service Management
5 19 (24.68%) SLA
6 11 (14.29%) SAP
7 9 (11.69%) Finance
8 8 (10.39%) Project Management
8 8 (10.39%) Incident Management
9 7 (9.091%) Degree
9 7 (9.091%) Problem Management
9 7 (9.091%) Telecoms
10 5 (6.494%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.494%) Change Management
11 4 (5.195%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (5.195%) Windows
11 4 (5.195%) Microsoft
11 4 (5.195%) Internet
11 4 (5.195%) Security Cleared
12 3 (3.896%) Windows 7
12 3 (3.896%) ITIL V3
12 3 (3.896%) Capacity Management
12 3 (3.896%) Windows 8
12 3 (3.896%) Supplier Management
12 3 (3.896%) Smartphone
12 3 (3.896%) Windows Vista
12 3 (3.896%) DV Cleared
12 3 (3.896%) Lotus
12 3 (3.896%) Windows 2000
12 3 (3.896%) IBM Notes

Services Delivery Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Services Delivery Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Services Delivery Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.299%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.896%) IBM Notes
2 2 (2.597%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (3.896%) MS Office
2 1 (1.299%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.299%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.597%) SAP FI
1 2 (2.597%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (2.597%) SAP CO
1 2 (2.597%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.195%) Internet
2 2 (2.597%) SS7
2 2 (2.597%) LAN
2 2 (2.597%) VoIP
2 2 (2.597%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.597%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.299%) ADSL2+
3 1 (1.299%) HTTP
3 1 (1.299%) ADSL
3 1 (1.299%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.299%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.299%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.299%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.299%) Crystal Reports
General
1 9 (11.69%) Finance
2 7 (9.091%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.597%) Local Government
4 1 (1.299%) Banking
4 1 (1.299%) French Language
4 1 (1.299%) Back Office
4 1 (1.299%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.299%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.896%) Smartphone
1 3 (3.896%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.597%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.299%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.299%) NHS
3 1 (1.299%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.195%) Windows
2 3 (3.896%) Windows 7
2 3 (3.896%) Windows 8
2 3 (3.896%) Windows Vista
2 3 (3.896%) Windows 2000
2 3 (3.896%) Windows NT
2 3 (3.896%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (97.40%) Service Delivery
2 61 (79.22%) ITIL
3 26 (33.77%) Service Management
4 8 (10.39%) Project Management
4 8 (10.39%) Incident Management
5 7 (9.091%) Problem Management
6 5 (6.494%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (6.494%) Change Management
7 4 (5.195%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.896%) ITIL V3
8 3 (3.896%) Capacity Management
8 3 (3.896%) Supplier Management
8 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.896%) HOOD
9 2 (2.597%) PRINCE
9 2 (2.597%) Benchmarking
9 2 (2.597%) Migration
9 2 (2.597%) ITSM
9 2 (2.597%) Data Modelling
9 2 (2.597%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 29 (37.66%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (9.091%) Degree
3 4 (5.195%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.896%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.597%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (2.597%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (24.68%) SLA
2 3 (3.896%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (2.597%) OVSD
2 1 (1.299%) OpenView
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) SAP
2 4 (5.195%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.896%) Lotus
3 3 (3.896%) Remedy
4 2 (2.597%) Citrix
4 2 (2.597%) Cisco
4 2 (2.597%) LANDesk
5 1 (1.299%) IBM
5 1 (1.299%) HP
5 1 (1.299%) Business Objects