IT Services Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Service Delivery Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Service Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 338 403
Rank change year-on-year -60 +65 +61
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Delivery Manager 5 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.067% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.072% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +18.18% +2.33%
75th Percentile £488 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £476 £463
% change year-on-year -0.26% +2.97% -11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £63.63 -
25th Percentile £21.51 £65.31 -
Median hourly rate £21.52 £68.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.70% - -
75th Percentile £21.53 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.52 £68.75 -
% change year-on-year -68.70% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 17,734 12,498 19,587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 92.48% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,793 7,465 12,356
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -3.45% -1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £598
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,848 660 1,890
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £16.12
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.76 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% -11.78% +11.63%
75th Percentile £61.64 £63.75 £62.47
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

IT Services Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Services Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Services Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Services Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Services Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Services Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Delivery Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East - 4 £475 - 4
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
IT Services Delivery Manager
UK

IT Services Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, IT Services 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Services Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) PMO
3 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Windows

IT Services Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Military
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) German Language
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) PMO