Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Service Delivery
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 36 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 45 21 25
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.07% 3.66% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 4.24% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 8
10th Percentile £370 £185 £175
25th Percentile £413 £218 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -26.24% -15.64%
75th Percentile - £476 £495
90th Percentile £640 £537 £583
England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 2 0
10th Percentile £13.23 £18.38 -
25th Percentile £15.06 £19.15 -
Median hourly rate £16.35 £20.44 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% - -
75th Percentile £19.03 £21.72 -
90th Percentile - £22.49 -
England median hourly rate £17.24 £16.23 £14.84
% change year-on-year +6.24% +9.37% -38.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 860 495 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 77.83% 86.39% 78.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 332 414
10th Percentile £200 £205 £200
25th Percentile £388 £322 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £425 £419
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +1.55% -9.51%
75th Percentile £545 £520 £550
90th Percentile £619 £588 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 36 55
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.81 £11.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £20.20 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.51% +18.79% -23.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.15 £37.99 £35.00
England median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in the East Midlands

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in the East Midlands

Service Delivery
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 within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Nottinghamshire -4 25 £500 +42.86% 16
Derbyshire +4 17 £650 +59.51% 4
Leicestershire -5 3 £313 +25.00% 1
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
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:

Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (11.11%) ContrOCC
2 1 (2.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) AWS
2 10 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
3 8 (17.78%) Azure
4 5 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) MySQL
1 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) Data Mining
General
1 11 (24.44%) Local Government
2 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Fire and Rescue
4 5 (11.11%) Police
4 5 (11.11%) Retail
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.22%) Electronics
7 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.22%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Analyst
2 5 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (11.11%) Developer
2 5 (11.11%) Help Desk Technician
2 5 (11.11%) ICT Technician
2 5 (11.11%) Systems Developer
3 4 (8.89%) Senior
4 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.44%) CloudOps Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Operations Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Project Officer
5 2 (4.44%) Project Support Officer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Service Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Support Officer
6 1 (2.22%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.22%) Senior Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 5 (11.11%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (4.44%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.44%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.22%) CMDB
3 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Android
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (20.00%) ITSM
2 8 (17.78%) Coaching
2 8 (17.78%) ITIL
2 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (15.56%) Agile
3 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
4 6 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 5 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 5 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.89%) Change Management
7 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
7 3 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.67%) User Experience
8 2 (4.44%) Cloud Operations
8 2 (4.44%) Cloud Security
8 2 (4.44%) Information Governance
8 2 (4.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 5 (11.11%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) COBIT
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.22%) GRC
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 5 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) SAP
2 5 (11.11%) Google
2 5 (11.11%) VMware
3 3 (6.67%) Genesys
4 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.22%) Civica
5 1 (2.22%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (2.22%) Northgate