Service Delivery Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Service Delivery Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 179 - 183
Rank change year-on-year - - +61
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery Management 3 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.075% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £489
25th Percentile - - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +125.51%
75th Percentile - - £800
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,547 3,514 4,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.08% 84.19% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,292 2,080 2,973
10th Percentile £268 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £405 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -
75th Percentile £553 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 207 203
10th Percentile £13.04 £11.63 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.09 £17.75
Median hourly rate £22.63 £31.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +12.73% +37.50%
75th Percentile £43.39 £51.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.93 £69.15 £57.17
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Management in the North of England

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
Yorkshire - 3 £240 - 1
North East - 2 - - 1
Service Delivery Management
England

Service Delivery Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (33.33%) Project Support Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) CAFM
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Facilities Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow