Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Service Delivery
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 5.33% 1.20% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 1.49% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £225 - £308
25th Percentile £263 - £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £250 £485
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -48.45% +25.97%
75th Percentile £388 - £630
90th Percentile £425 - £702
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £250 £485
% change year-on-year +70.00% -48.45% +309.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62 67 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 82.67% 80.72% 73.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 33 67
10th Percentile £313 £250 £288
25th Percentile £409 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £576
90th Percentile £675 £648 £639
Leicestershire median daily rate £444 £425 £388
% change year-on-year +4.41% +9.68% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £15.32 - £13.20
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% +0.89%
75th Percentile £27.25 £23.75 £25.38
90th Percentile £28.90 - £27.40
Leicestershire median hourly rate £24.25 £21.90 £21.50
% change year-on-year +10.73% +1.86% +5.81%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Leicester

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

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

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Leicester over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Leicester

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

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

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
1 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft