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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 62
Rank change year-on-year -20 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 16 23 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.55% 3.40% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 3.83% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 2
10th Percentile £309 £205 £178
25th Percentile £481 £235 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £400 £321
Median % change year-on-year +36.25% +24.61% -41.64%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £411
90th Percentile £645 £588 £464
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% -4.76%

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 888 600 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 85.88% 88.76% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 391 384
10th Percentile £363 £290 £350
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 16
10th Percentile £19.69 £25.05 £14.19
25th Percentile £35.00 £25.13 £15.62
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.39% -7.27% +41.03%
75th Percentile - £26.13 £38.75
90th Percentile - £26.35 £47.50
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.40% -19.49% +44.74%

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 10 October 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) OCI
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) GCP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Lead
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Applications Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Technical Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Digital Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Digital Technical Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Technical Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Support Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Leader
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Change Management
3 6 (37.50%) Service Management
4 5 (31.25%) ITSM
5 4 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (18.75%) Contract Management
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (18.75%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (12.50%) SFIA
7 2 (12.50%) Software Licensing
7 2 (12.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) OneLogin
3 2 (12.50%) Remedy
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco