Service Delivery Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Service Delivery
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Service Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 72 60
Rank change year-on-year -31 -12 -5
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 49 43 45
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.71% 2.81% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 3.08% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 31 29
10th Percentile £272 £200 £393
25th Percentile £413 £235 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £540
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £550
90th Percentile £553 £575 £564
England median daily rate £505 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +12.22% -10.00% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Median hourly rate £22.10 £11.64 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year +89.86% -23.27% -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £17.30 £16.23
% change year-on-year +3.29% +6.59% -14.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,390 1,396 1,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.62% 91.30% 83.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,443 882 772
10th Percentile £331 £263 £319
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £584
90th Percentile £669 £625 £665
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 61 51
10th Percentile £14.18 £16.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.35 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.80 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +59.63% -30.65%
75th Percentile £28.25 £25.15 £23.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £38.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Service Delivery job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Yorkshire

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
West Yorkshire -26 26 £475 +18.75% 19
South Yorkshire -20 17 £500 +111.86% 8
North Yorkshire -4 5 £375 - 8
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.08%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.04%) Maple
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (4.08%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.04%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) OCI
3 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.08%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
5 2 (4.08%) IaaS
5 2 (4.08%) PaaS
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.04%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.04%) Db2
3 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 27 (55.10%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Finance
3 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (18.37%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Local Government
7 3 (6.12%) Banking
7 3 (6.12%) Law
8 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Legal
9 1 (2.04%) Retail
9 1 (2.04%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 8 (16.33%) Service Analyst
2 8 (16.33%) Service Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Lead
4 4 (8.16%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support
5 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) SAP Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Service Delivery Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Leader
5 3 (6.12%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Applications Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Configuration Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) ERP Manager
6 2 (4.08%) ITSM Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) NHS
1 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.12%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (4.08%) CMDB
3 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.08%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.04%) IoT
4 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.04%) Replication
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.37%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.12%) Linux
4 2 (4.08%) Android
4 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) ITIL
2 22 (44.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 22 (44.90%) Service Management
3 19 (38.78%) ITSM
4 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.49%) Change Management
5 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (20.41%) Agile
6 10 (20.41%) Incident Management
6 10 (20.41%) Problem Management
7 6 (12.24%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (12.24%) Customer Service
7 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
7 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
7 6 (12.24%) Migration
7 6 (12.24%) Service Catalogue
7 6 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (10.20%) Major Incident Management
8 5 (10.20%) Performance Monitoring
8 5 (10.20%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) SQL
2 3 (6.12%) ABAP
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 3 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (6.12%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.12%) PMP
5 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) ACF2
2 1 (2.04%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) ServiceNow
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Oracle
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco
4 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.12%) SAP
4 3 (6.12%) Splunk
5 2 (4.08%) Adobe
5 2 (4.08%) BMC
5 2 (4.08%) Remedy
6 1 (2.04%) ConnectWise
6 1 (2.04%) IBM
6 1 (2.04%) Veeam