Service Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Kent

Service Delivery Manager
South East > Kent

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in Kent is £622, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 1.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 - -
75th Percentile £651 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
South East median daily rate £475 £499 £775
% change year-on-year -4.76% -35.65% +48.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 141 120 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.98% 93.75% 96.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 59 147
10th Percentile £157 £178 £183
25th Percentile £304 £224 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £513 £378
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +35.58% +8.00%
75th Percentile £572 £623 £536
90th Percentile £638 £688 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 18
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.60 £11.39
25th Percentile £15.41 £33.30 £13.07
Median hourly rate £20.40 £45.43 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.09% +97.50% -51.58%
75th Percentile £25.62 £59.91 £44.84
90th Percentile £67.47 £70.94 £55.08
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.99% +0.47%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Service Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Kent.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Kent

Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Kent.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Kent

Service Delivery Manager
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 Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 3 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
Maidstone - 2 £622 -
Service Delivery Manager
South East

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 3 February 2026, Service Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Kent region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA