Service Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.17% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
England median daily rate £525 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% -7.24%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,027 693 726
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.08% 89.88% 95.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 473 478
10th Percentile £226 £200 £204
25th Percentile £402 £325 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £410 £447
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -8.28% -5.89%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £550
90th Percentile £656 £622 £621
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 61 63
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.12 £12.47
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.14
Median hourly rate £18.31 £23.00 £21.73
Median % change year-on-year -20.39% +5.84% -0.13%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £46.33
90th Percentile £56.25 £30.30 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +77.73% -43.73% +5.88%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Service Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Derbyshire - 1 £650 - 1
Leicestershire - 1 - - 5
Service Delivery Manager
England

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, 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 East Midlands region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000