Service Delivery Manager Contracts in Croydon

Service Delivery Manager
South London > Croydon

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in Croydon is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Croydon 1.22% - 2.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £499
25th Percentile £563 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £540
75th Percentile £588 - £545
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £575 - £500

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 78 122 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 98.39% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 84 111
10th Percentile £265 £378 £450
25th Percentile £463 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £630 £675
South London median daily rate £489 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% -4.76% +0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
South London median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £50.42
% change year-on-year +17.47% -53.39% +15.59%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in Croydon

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in Croydon

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 31 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 Croydon region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA