Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Service Delivery
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 42 41
Rank change year-on-year -27 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 19 22 24
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.81% 3.78% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 4.19% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 23
10th Percentile £308 - £503
25th Percentile £413 £235 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £538 £425 -
90th Percentile £565 £588 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 893 525 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 85.21% 90.21% 84.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 341 399
10th Percentile £363 £300 £350
25th Percentile £419 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.60% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 23
10th Percentile £19.11 £25.15 -
25th Percentile £24.75 £25.38 £12.15
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.56 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +140.28% -35.26%
75th Percentile £43.96 £50.48 £22.25
90th Percentile - £79.33 £33.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.87
% change year-on-year +8.40% +59.63% -25.03%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Leeds

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Leeds over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Leeds

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (10.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (5.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) OCI
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Service Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Service Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Applications Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Support Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery Coordinator
6 1 (5.26%) Service Design Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) SystmOne Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
6 1 (5.26%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (57.89%) ITIL
3 10 (52.63%) Service Management
4 8 (42.11%) Agile
5 7 (36.84%) ITSM
5 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (31.58%) Change Management
7 5 (26.32%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (26.32%) Service Design
8 4 (21.05%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
8 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (15.79%) Contract Management
9 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
9 3 (15.79%) Major Incident Management
9 3 (15.79%) Operational Stability
9 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
10 2 (10.53%) Availability Management
10 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 2 (10.53%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) ServiceNow
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Remedy
4 1 (5.26%) Adobe
4 1 (5.26%) Splunk