Service Delivery Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Service Delivery Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Service Delivery Engineer daily rate in Reading is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.097% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £510 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 969 567 1,109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 94.66% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 339 635
10th Percentile £306 £319 £213
25th Percentile £425 £428 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £509
% change year-on-year -0.70% -1.08% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 4 50
10th Percentile £35.00 - £33.52
25th Percentile £80.75 - £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -5.23%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.80 £75.83
90th Percentile £104.63 £75.03 £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £59.00
% change year-on-year +30.97% +7.41% +3.72%

Service Delivery Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Delivery Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Service Delivery Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Service Delivery Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, Service Delivery Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Service Delivery Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Service Delivery Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft