Service Delivery Management Contract Job Trends in the South East

Service Delivery Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Service Delivery Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 159 201
Rank change year-on-year -23 +42 +29
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery Management 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.064% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.071% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £471 £427 -
25th Percentile £492 £433 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -10.00% -8.05%
75th Percentile £567 £473 £525
90th Percentile £587 £482 -
England median daily rate £568 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +26.11% -10.00% +4.17%

All Process & 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 3,888 2,828 4,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.63% 89.98% 87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,572 1,721 2,960
10th Percentile £255 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £505
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.89% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 105 360
10th Percentile £13.90 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.28% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £63.29
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.24 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% - -

Service Delivery Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Service Delivery Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Delivery Management

Service Delivery Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Management in the South East over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Management in the South East

Service Delivery Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Delivery Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Delivery Management

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 9 February 2026. 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
Thames Valley -19 3 - -
Berkshire - 3 - -
Hampshire - 1 £600 - 2
Kent - 1 £463 - 1
Service Delivery Management
England

Service Delivery Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Business Case
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 3 (60.00%) Service Design
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Availability Management
5 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
5 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) Zscaler