Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Service Delivery
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 66 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +6
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 33 10 35
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.52% 1.11% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 1.32% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 18
10th Percentile £333 £474 £359
25th Percentile £430 £519 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £582 £514
90th Percentile £634 £591 £558
South East median daily rate £450 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -9.55% +24.38% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 4
10th Percentile £17.73 - £28.40
25th Percentile - - £45.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £55.35
90th Percentile £26.28 - £55.98
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £23.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.87% -57.27% +129.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,086 760 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.90% 84.73% 86.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 531 609
10th Percentile £313 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 44 71
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.38 £24.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £69.06 £64.38
90th Percentile £49.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £54.56
% change year-on-year -51.22% -15.46% +45.49%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Service Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Hampshire

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Service Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery in Hampshire

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
Eastleigh - 11 - -
Basingstoke -4 9 £600 +4.35% 8
Portsmouth -5 3 - - 3
Southampton - 3 £333 - 3
Farnborough -10 1 £275 -45.00% 3
Winchester - 1 - - 3
Aldershot - 1 - - 1
Petersfield - 1 - -
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Documentum
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Git
2 4 (12.12%) GitLab
2 4 (12.12%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 15 (45.45%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Billing
5 1 (3.03%) Local Government
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (18.18%) Architect
2 6 (18.18%) Java Architect
2 6 (18.18%) Java Solutions Architect
2 6 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Service Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Service Owner
4 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Support
4 2 (6.06%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) IT Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.06%) PMI
2 2 (6.06%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 11 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 11 (33.33%) Information Security
4 5 (15.15%) CI/CD
4 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Agile
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) ITIL
6 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.06%) Change Management
7 2 (6.06%) Digital Strategy
7 2 (6.06%) Migration
7 2 (6.06%) Performance Management
7 2 (6.06%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.06%) Project Management
7 2 (6.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (6.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) DV Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) P3O
2 1 (3.03%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Apple
2 1 (3.03%) Carbon Black
2 1 (3.03%) Datto
2 1 (3.03%) Dell
2 1 (3.03%) HP
2 1 (3.03%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (3.03%) Splunk
2 1 (3.03%) Toshiba
2 1 (3.03%) Trend Micro