Service Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Service Delivery Manager
Berkshire > Reading

As of 1 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in Reading.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 85 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 3 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.44% 0.47% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.52% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £535 £465
25th Percentile - £558 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +5.45% -
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - £580 -
Berkshire median daily rate - £580 £525
% change year-on-year - +10.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £88.00 - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - £61.75
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £63.50
75th Percentile £102.75 - £65.25
90th Percentile £104.40 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £100.00 - £63.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 635 966 975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 90.03% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 543 647
10th Percentile £313 £337 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.58% +0.97%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £619
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £43.64 £59.21
25th Percentile £16.66 £48.18 £60.93
Median hourly rate £69.75 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.48% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £74.87 £65.63
90th Percentile £96.75 £97.50 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £58.38 £61.65
% change year-on-year -30.73% -5.30% +84.01%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Service Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Reading

Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in Reading

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Service Delivery Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management

Service Delivery Manager 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow