Service Delivery Management Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Service Delivery Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Service Delivery Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 129 147
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 +60
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery Management 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.27% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile £773 - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £13.33 -
25th Percentile - £13.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £13.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.77% -55.93%
75th Percentile - £13.94 £13.50
90th Percentile - £13.98 -
England median hourly rate - £13.75 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -81.67% +154.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Service Delivery Management 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,232 2,189 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.43% 81.62% 85.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,444 1,755
10th Percentile £250 £258 £250
25th Percentile £360 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £572 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 84 93
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.27
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -22.73% +52.78%
75th Percentile £27.21 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £54.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.19
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.92% +49.35%

Service Delivery Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Service Delivery Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Management in the Midlands

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Management in the Midlands

Service Delivery Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
West Midlands -3 7 £638 - 1
Service Delivery Management
England

Service Delivery Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Product Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Director
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Support
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) CAFM
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Facilities Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
3 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) GCIH
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Apple
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Concur
2 1 (14.29%) SAP