Service Delivery Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
England > Midlands

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 119 143
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 5 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.51% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.55% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 20
10th Percentile £428 £523 £498
25th Percentile £431 £524 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £589
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -6.65% +4.75%
75th Percentile £469 £575 £625
90th Percentile £473 - £661
England median daily rate £450 £450 £545
% change year-on-year - -17.43% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £71.93 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £12.95
% change year-on-year +66.67% +131.66% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Service Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the Midlands

Service Delivery Manager
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 Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +12 4 £450 -18.18% 11
East Midlands +3 1 - - 4
Service Delivery Manager
England

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) CISA
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) ISACA
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) SANS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (40.00%) GIAC
3 2 (40.00%) Tenable
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) GIAC
1 2 (40.00%) ISACA
1 2 (40.00%) SANS
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Tenable
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft