Service Delivery Director Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Delivery Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £295, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 342 -
Rank change year-on-year -65 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Director 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.008% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £103 - -
25th Percentile £174 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 - -
75th Percentile £417 - -
90th Percentile £489 - -
UK median daily rate £535 - -

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 18,187 12,503 19,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.47% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,976 7,539 12,290
10th Percentile £220 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £597
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 1,928 639 1,915
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.31 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -9.26% -
75th Percentile £62.31 £64.50 £61.93
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.80 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -2.23%

Service Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Service Delivery Director job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Director
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Delivery Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Director in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Director
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 Service Delivery Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Yorkshire - 3 £295 -
North of England - 3 £295 -
Service Delivery Director
UK

Service Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 February 2026, Service Delivery Director 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 Service Delivery Director in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) IT Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning

Service Delivery Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) IT Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow