Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Service Delivery
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 7 13
Rank change year-on-year -22 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 12 43 48
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.05% 17.13% 9.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 19.03% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £150 £221 -
25th Percentile £195 £286 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £405 £140
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% +189.29% -72.00%
75th Percentile £423 £526 -
90th Percentile £524 £593 -
East of England median daily rate £425 £190 £406
% change year-on-year +123.68% -53.23% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 28 46
10th Percentile - £14.84 -
25th Percentile £14.82 £14.99 -
Median hourly rate £15.41 £15.84 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +11.83% +3.66%
75th Percentile £16.41 £16.85 £15.09
90th Percentile £17.15 £21.46 £15.12
East of England median hourly rate £15.50 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year -4.50% +14.62% +3.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 226 405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 80.66% 90.04% 83.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 125 155
10th Percentile £183 £296 £221
25th Percentile £335 £406 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £561
90th Percentile £654 £645 £683
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 40 183
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.98 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.50 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.66% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £21.46 £21.37
90th Percentile £35.73 £28.33 £46.35
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £55.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -58.85% +44.28% +50.91%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Cambridgeshire

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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
Cambridge -3 6 £400 -36.00% 4
Peterborough -12 1 - - 3
Service Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) QlikView
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) MSI
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
4 1 (8.33%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Break Fix Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Officer
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (8.33%) Business Process Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (8.33%) Operational Stability
5 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (8.33%) MCSA
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper