Service Delivery Contracts in the City of London

Service Delivery
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 105 126
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 -12
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 46 21 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.59% 0.99% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 1.08% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 18 36
10th Percentile £446 £182 £203
25th Percentile £501 £199 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £454
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.85% -13.57%
75th Percentile £826 £628 £626
90th Percentile £838 £744 £691
Central London median daily rate £613 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +36.11% +12.50% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £18.47 - -
25th Percentile £20.56 - -
Median hourly rate £24.08 - -
75th Percentile £27.56 - -
90th Percentile £29.62 - -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,669 1,940 3,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.82% 91.04% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,350 2,115
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 24
10th Percentile £17.02 £20.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £40.92 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in the City of London

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in the City of London

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in the City of London

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in the City of London

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in the City of London

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Kondor
1 1 (2.17%) Maximo
1 1 (2.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) SaaS
2 8 (17.39%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.70%) Azure
4 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.35%) AWS
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.17%) GitHub
6 1 (2.17%) OCI
6 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.17%) DHCP
2 1 (2.17%) DNS
2 1 (2.17%) LAN
2 1 (2.17%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.39%) Data Mining
1 8 (17.39%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Data Hub
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) Subversion
2 1 (2.17%) TeamCity
General
1 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.96%) Finance
3 15 (32.61%) Banking
4 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (17.39%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Back Office
6 3 (6.52%) Legal
6 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.35%) Local Government
7 2 (4.35%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) French Language
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.17%) International Banking
8 1 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Consultant
1 8 (17.39%) Senior
2 7 (15.22%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Risk Consultant
2 7 (15.22%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (8.70%) Lead
3 4 (8.70%) Service Delivery Manager
3 4 (8.70%) Service Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Product Manager
5 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (2.17%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (2.17%) ERP Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Installation Technician
6 1 (2.17%) ITSM Consultant
6 1 (2.17%) Network Design Architect
6 1 (2.17%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.17%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) REST
1 2 (4.35%) SOAP
2 1 (2.17%) JSON
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Market Risk
2 4 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
4 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.17%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.17%) iPad
5 1 (2.17%) iPhone
5 1 (2.17%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Unix
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (34.78%) Agile
3 15 (32.61%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (21.74%) ITIL
5 10 (21.74%) SDLC
6 9 (19.57%) Analytics
6 9 (19.57%) Scrum
6 9 (19.57%) Service Management
7 8 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (17.39%) Change Management
7 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
7 8 (17.39%) Scenario Testing
7 8 (17.39%) Stress Testing
8 7 (15.22%) Project Management
9 6 (13.04%) ITSM
9 6 (13.04%) Project Delivery
9 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
1 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) ACCA
3 2 (4.35%) CCAB
4 1 (2.17%) CIMA
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.22%) Basel II
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) GAAP
3 1 (2.17%) GRC
3 1 (2.17%) IFRS
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) SCCM
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Logitech
3 2 (4.35%) VMware
4 1 (2.17%) Avaya
4 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.17%) Citrix
4 1 (2.17%) Civica
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Sybase