Service Delivery Contracts in Berkshire

Service Delivery
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Service Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 46 73
Rank change year-on-year -28 +27 -25
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 21 81 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.79% 4.09% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 4.60% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 34 17
10th Percentile £198 - £408
25th Percentile £350 £205 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £210 £570
Median % change year-on-year +102.38% -63.16% +34.12%
75th Percentile £475 £400 £580
90th Percentile £595 £576 £662
South East median daily rate £449 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +19.67% -25.00% +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £14.72 £22.64 £18.70
25th Percentile £15.35 £28.85 £19.00
Median hourly rate £16.65 £39.57 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.92% +97.85% -23.08%
75th Percentile £18.20 £50.17 £27.38
90th Percentile £18.98 £56.30 £31.50
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £18.35 £32.25
% change year-on-year +30.79% -43.10% -4.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,098 1,761 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.37% 88.89% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 921 1,045
10th Percentile £313 £213 £340
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 100 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.05 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.30 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% +6.02% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.89 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Reading +13 9 £350 +66.67% 25
Maidenhead - 4 £450 - 8
Slough - 2 £436 - 10
Wokingham -11 1 - - 1
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) MPLS
1 2 (9.52%) VoIP
1 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) 5G
2 1 (4.76%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.76%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) IPsec
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) PPP
2 1 (4.76%) RIP
2 1 (4.76%) SNMP
2 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.76%) VoLTE
2 1 (4.76%) VoWiFi
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
2 1 (4.76%) WAN
2 1 (4.76%) xDSL
General
1 8 (38.10%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) Billing
3 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Electronics
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Local Government
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Designer
1 5 (23.81%) Solutions Designer
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Technician
5 1 (4.76%) Data Technician
5 1 (4.76%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Incident Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Major Incident Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Service Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Trainee
5 1 (4.76%) Trainee Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) JSON
1 5 (23.81%) REST
1 5 (23.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Frameworx
1 5 (23.81%) TM Forum
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 7 (33.33%) Service Management
3 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (28.57%) Customer Experience
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 5 (23.81%) Business Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) CRM
5 5 (23.81%) Microservices
5 5 (23.81%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (23.81%) UML
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) Statistics
6 4 (19.05%) SWOT Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 3 (14.29%) ITSM
7 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
2 2 (9.52%) CCNP
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (9.52%) MCSA
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.76%) APMP
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) CCDP
3 1 (4.76%) CCIP
3 1 (4.76%) CCNA
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
1 1 (4.76%) P3O
1 1 (4.76%) QA
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) ServiceNow
2 5 (23.81%) Salesforce
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.52%) Citrix
5 1 (4.76%) ADVA
5 1 (4.76%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (4.76%) BMC
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco
5 1 (4.76%) Dell
5 1 (4.76%) HP
5 1 (4.76%) IBM
5 1 (4.76%) Juniper
5 1 (4.76%) Remedy
5 1 (4.76%) SAP