Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Service Delivery
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 14 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 6.54% 4.73% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 5.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £218 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £148 -
Median % change year-on-year +220.95% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £148 -
% change year-on-year +220.95% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £15.50 - -
25th Percentile £16.85 - -
Median hourly rate £17.30 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Service Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 132 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 84.58% 89.19% 82.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 59 81
10th Percentile £313 £145 £210
25th Percentile £390 £159 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £597 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +79.68% -10.28%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.31 £14.27
90th Percentile £53.75 £78.47 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% -10.27%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Belfast

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Service Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Belfast over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Belfast

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Service Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco Wireless
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
1 3 (21.43%) LAN
1 3 (21.43%) MPLS
1 3 (21.43%) Wireless
1 3 (21.43%) WLAN
2 1 (7.14%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Installation Technician
1 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Senior
1 3 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (7.14%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.14%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.14%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (21.43%) Change Control
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Management
3 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.14%) Test Assurance
5 1 (7.14%) Test Management
5 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CCNA
1 3 (21.43%) CCNP
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Aruba
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
1 3 (21.43%) Fortinet
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP