Service Delivery Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Service Delivery Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 61 70
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 2 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.38% 0.78% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.84% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £428 £523 £408
25th Percentile £431 £524 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £469 £575 £594
90th Percentile £473 - £695
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £71.93 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £71.93 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Service Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in Birmingham

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in Birmingham

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in Birmingham

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft