Service Delivery Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Service Delivery Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Service Delivery Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.57% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £531 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +18.06% -10.00% -8.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Service Delivery Management 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 107 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 84.09% 85.60% 77.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 57 110
10th Percentile £180 £206 £198
25th Percentile £241 £350 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £525 £446
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% +22.26%
75th Percentile £556 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £604
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £505
% change year-on-year -0.10% -0.89% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 14
10th Percentile £16.63 £16.19 £11.58
25th Percentile £20.07 £21.00 £16.31
Median hourly rate £21.61 £22.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -38.03% -18.86%
75th Percentile £29.08 £57.54 £52.97
90th Percentile £39.00 £71.08 £55.18
South East median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.28% -5.26% +5.56%

Service Delivery Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Service Delivery Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Management within the Kent region over the 6 months to 9 February 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
West Malling - 1 £463 - 1
Service Delivery Management
South East

Service Delivery Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA