ITIL Service Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager - ITIL
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Delivery Manager - ITIL daily rate in the UK excluding London is £647, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 356 415
Rank change year-on-year -26 +59 +91
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Service Delivery Manager 2 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.035% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.038% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £582 £433 -
25th Percentile £598 £496 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £647 £590 £462
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +27.73% +15.48%
75th Percentile £698 - -
90th Percentile £714 £660 -
UK median daily rate £520 £590 £556
% change year-on-year -11.86% +6.12% +30.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 14,261 15,903 19,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.62% 92.27% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,772 9,032 13,229
10th Percentile £206 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £370 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,341 1,203 1,255
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.40 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

ITIL Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ITIL Service Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service 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 ITIL Service Delivery Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
South East +7 1 £594 -17.57% 1
North West - 1 £700 -
North of England - 1 £700 -
ITIL Service Delivery Manager
UK

ITIL Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, ITIL Service 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 ITIL Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management

ITIL Service 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 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification