Service Delivery Director Contract Job Trends

Service Delivery Director
UK

The median Service Delivery Director daily rate in the UK is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 - 635
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Director 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £151 - -
25th Percentile £294 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £295 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,597 33,994 44,567
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.88% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,332 20,491 30,405
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,703 1,312 1,533
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.07 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.73% -10.67% +61.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +91.73%

Service Delivery Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Service Delivery Director job vacancy trend in the UK

Service Delivery Director
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Service Delivery Director
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Director over the 6 months to 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Director in the UK

Service Delivery Director
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England - 4 £535 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £295 -
North of England - 3 £295 -
Yorkshire - 3 £295 -
London - 1 £535 -

Service Delivery Director Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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 featuring Service Delivery Director in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning

Service Delivery Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow