Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Kent

Service Delivery
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 21 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.88% 2.00% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 2.34% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £585 £502 £428
25th Percentile £605 £512 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £535 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.50% +18.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £775 £564 £606
90th Percentile £843 £578 £693
South East median daily rate £450 £498 £375
% change year-on-year -9.55% +32.67% -22.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £20.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.02% -62.73% +129.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 128 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.73% 85.33% 83.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 60 126
10th Percentile £178 £155 £205
25th Percentile £329 £219 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +1.75% +25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £565
90th Percentile £638 £688 £647
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £16.36 £19.40 £20.65
25th Percentile £18.41 £44.49 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.40 £54.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% -1.82% +48.13%
75th Percentile £28.61 £57.54 £61.25
90th Percentile £39.00 £69.64 £76.60
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Kent over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Kent

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service Delivery
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 within the Kent region over the 6 months to 17 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
Maidstone - 2 £622 - 3
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
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 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA