Service Delivery Management Contracts in the South East

Service Delivery Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Service Delivery Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Delivery Management over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 185 218
Rank change year-on-year +31 +33 +33
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery Management 1 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.033% 0.11% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.13% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £423 £400 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -20.00% +9.76%
75th Percentile £428 £525 £594
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £450 £525
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +6.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,741 4,675 5,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.49% 84.68% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 2,738 3,584
10th Percentile £256 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 434 223
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £17.10
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +123.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.96
England median hourly rate £29.80 £36.33 £36.40
% change year-on-year -17.97% -0.18% +49.47%

Service Delivery Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Management in the South East

Service Delivery Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Management in the South East

Service Delivery Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery Management in the South East

Service Delivery Management
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £425 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £425 - 2
Service Delivery Management
England

Service Delivery Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Relationships Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Relationships Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Service Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Relationship Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA