Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Service Delivery
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.86% - 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% - 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £391
90th Percentile - - £396
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 98 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.47% 75.38% 80.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 100
10th Percentile £170 £223 £269
25th Percentile £236 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +5.45%
75th Percentile £543 £572 £640
90th Percentile £655 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £22.50 - £31.48
25th Percentile £24.38 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Southampton

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Statistics