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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 31 49
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 37 32 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.02% 4.19% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 4.89% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 10
10th Percentile £195 £185 £254
25th Percentile £422 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £429 £493
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -12.89% -1.50%
75th Percentile £500 £523 £508
90th Percentile - £534 £559
England median daily rate £511 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +13.61% -10.00% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 0
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.34 -
25th Percentile £14.31 - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £17.87 -
75th Percentile £19.03 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £17.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +3.29% +6.59% -7.26%

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 915 654 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.57% 85.60% 80.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 447 407
10th Percentile £235 £224 £263
25th Percentile £400 £332 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £403 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.12% -10.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £656 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 59 38
10th Percentile £13.14 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.74
Median hourly rate £17.97 £18.87 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% +3.91% -41.19%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £37.00 £25.42 £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

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 18 August 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 18 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
Nottinghamshire -4 29 £500 - 14
Leicestershire - 6 £450 - 10
Northamptonshire +7 1 £150 -55.56% 9
Derbyshire -12 1 - - 7
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 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) SuccessFactors
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
2 6 (16.22%) GCP
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) Azure
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) MySQL
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Finance
2 7 (18.92%) Local Government
3 6 (16.22%) Retail
4 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (13.51%) Developer
2 5 (13.51%) Systems Developer
3 3 (8.11%) Project Officer
3 3 (8.11%) Project Support Officer
3 3 (8.11%) Support Officer
4 2 (5.41%) Administrator
4 2 (5.41%) Change Manager
4 2 (5.41%) IT Administrator
4 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) IT Support
4 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 1 (2.70%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (2.70%) Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.70%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (2.70%) CMDB
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Android
2 4 (10.81%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.22%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (16.22%) Mobile Device Management
1 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (16.22%) Process Improvement
2 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (8.11%) Asset Management
3 3 (8.11%) Change Management
3 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.41%) Coaching
5 1 (2.70%) Agile
5 1 (2.70%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.70%) ITIL
5 1 (2.70%) ITSM
5 1 (2.70%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (2.70%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.70%) Workflow
5 1 (2.70%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) SAP
2 6 (16.22%) Google
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) Liquidlogic