Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Reading

Service Delivery
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 79 58
Rank change year-on-year +21 -21 -19
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 7 14 29
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.17% 1.28% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.48% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 24
10th Percentile £130 £185 -
25th Percentile £240 £307 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £540 £210
Median % change year-on-year -24.91% +157.14% -61.82%
75th Percentile £489 £576 £575
90th Percentile £549 £580 £588
Berkshire median daily rate £435 £540 £400
% change year-on-year -19.44% +35.00% -24.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.75 £61.75
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year - -66.14% -
75th Percentile - £22.25 £65.25
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £14.15 £20.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -30.12% +6.58% -15.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Service Delivery 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 546 944 978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.30% 86.45% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 518 655
10th Percentile £346 £347 £274
25th Percentile £450 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 17
10th Percentile - £14.50 £35.90
25th Percentile £14.75 £42.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £60.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.97% -8.18% +24.53%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.73 £74.00
90th Percentile £66.60 £87.46 £75.10
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £60.83 £60.63
% change year-on-year -38.71% +0.34% +21.25%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Reading

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Service Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Reading over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Reading

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Service Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) IT Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Manager
2 1 (14.29%) CRM Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Frameworx
1 1 (14.29%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Microservices
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Service Design
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) A+ Certification
1 2 (28.57%) MCSA
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Salesforce
4 1 (14.29%) HubSpot