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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -22 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 12 38 45
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.09% 14.96% 9.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 16.24% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £150 £221 £220
25th Percentile £165 £286 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £405 £575
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% -29.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £370 £526 £631
90th Percentile £500 £593 £643
East of England median daily rate £425 £288 £419
% change year-on-year +47.83% -31.34% -16.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 40
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.84 £14.07
25th Percentile £15.12 £14.99 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.44 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% +9.04% +3.66%
75th Percentile - £16.85 £14.40
90th Percentile £16.82 £21.46 £15.12
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year -1.42% +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 313 234 408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 80.67% 92.13% 84.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 136 158
10th Percentile £204 £291 £232
25th Percentile £335 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £471 £477
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -1.10% +5.89%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £563
90th Percentile £675 £644 £679
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.95% +5.21% -2.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 37 181
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.93 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.39 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.12% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £21.46 £21.37
90th Percentile £36.63 £33.05 £39.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £54.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -59.26% +41.66% +27.07%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -6 5 £340 -45.60% 4
Peterborough -9 3 - - 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
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
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Polish Language
3 2 (16.67%) 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
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) IT Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Services Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Support Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
4 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) BPR
6 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Data Extraction
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Management
6 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (25.00%) MCSA
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (16.67%) HP