Service Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Service Delivery Manager
North West > Cheshire

As of 27 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.16% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
North West median daily rate £631 £488 £431
% change year-on-year +29.49% +13.04% -9.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 571 405 362
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 88.82% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 241 237
10th Percentile £268 £300 £265
25th Percentile £356 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £650 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 19 29
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.33 £16.20
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £23.50 £22.09 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.44% +33.69%
75th Percentile £34.13 £26.71 £35.00
90th Percentile £69.45 £86.00 £40.75
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £27.13 £35.50
% change year-on-year +16.13% -23.59% +68.65%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Service Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Cheshire

Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Cheshire

Service Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Manager within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Macclesfield - 1 - -
Service Delivery Manager
North West

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Service Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow