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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 39 39
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 41 28 28
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.53% 3.75% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 4.37% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 9
10th Percentile £221 £185 £237
25th Percentile £413 £266 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £393 £490
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -19.90% -12.89%
75th Percentile £500 £517 £500
90th Percentile - £533 £582
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.51 - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £17.87 -
75th Percentile £19.03 - -
90th Percentile - £20.44 -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £17.30 £15.85
% change year-on-year +3.29% +9.15% -7.53%

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 890 641 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.59% 85.92% 78.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 436 443
10th Percentile £213 £221 £228
25th Percentile £400 £330 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £411 £445
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% -7.58% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £564
90th Percentile £650 £600 £622
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 55 54
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.14 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.11 £12.75
Median hourly rate £18.31 £20.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.68% +20.59% -55.84%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.96 £50.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.68% -9.41%

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 19 July 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
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 19 July 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 +1 28 £500 - 6
Leicestershire - 7 £450 - 1
Derbyshire -7 5 £650 +28.08% 4
Northamptonshire -5 1 £150 -56.74% 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) ContrOCC
2 1 (2.44%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) GCP
4 4 (9.76%) Azure
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) MySQL
1 7 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
General
1 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (24.39%) Local Government
2 7 (17.07%) Retail
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.20%) Finance
5 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (4.88%) Police
7 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (12.20%) Developer
2 5 (12.20%) Systems Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Project Officer
3 3 (7.32%) Project Support Officer
3 3 (7.32%) Senior
3 3 (7.32%) Support Officer
4 2 (4.88%) Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Help Desk Technician
4 2 (4.88%) ICT Technician
4 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) IT Support
4 2 (4.88%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Senior Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Service Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.44%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Android
2 4 (9.76%) Windows
3 3 (7.32%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (17.07%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (17.07%) Mobile Device Management
3 6 (14.63%) Process Improvement
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) Agile
5 4 (9.76%) ITIL
5 4 (9.76%) ITSM
6 3 (7.32%) Change Management
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.88%) Business Continuity
7 2 (4.88%) Coaching
7 2 (4.88%) Mathematics
8 1 (2.44%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.44%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.88%) NVQ Level 3
2 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) COBIT
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) SAP
2 7 (17.07%) Google
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) Civica
4 1 (2.44%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.44%) Northgate