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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 63 36
Rank change year-on-year -46 -27 +19
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 40 23 78
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.65% 2.27% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 2.44% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 16 46
10th Percentile £309 £228 £421
25th Percentile £425 £235 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £545
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -26.61% -0.91%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £559
90th Percentile £565 £650 £600
England median daily rate £500 £466 £500
% change year-on-year +7.30% -6.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £15.94 - -
25th Percentile £16.96 £11.60 -
Median hourly rate £19.30 £11.64 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year +65.81% -23.27% -
75th Percentile £21.01 £11.68 -
90th Percentile £21.67 - -
England median hourly rate £18.36 £16.23 £14.80
% change year-on-year +13.12% +9.66% -39.89%

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 2,118 942 1,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 87.30% 92.81% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,367 595 871
10th Percentile £313 £251 £263
25th Percentile £406 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £577
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 33 65
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.53 £11.30
25th Percentile £15.96 £17.08 £12.15
Median hourly rate £23.79 £21.24 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.99% +57.33% +27.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £28.75 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.58
% change year-on-year +44.50% -14.41% -5.13%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -19 18 £475 +18.75% 21
South Yorkshire -38 12 £488 +14.71% 7
North Yorkshire +3 9 £450 +50.00% 3
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 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Acrobat
2 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.50%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) Azure
2 8 (20.00%) SaaS
3 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 6 (15.00%) GCP
4 6 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (7.50%) GitHub
6 3 (7.50%) PaaS
7 2 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (5.00%) AWS KMS
7 2 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (5.00%) IaaS
7 2 (5.00%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (12.50%) LAN
2 5 (12.50%) WAN
2 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (7.50%) DNS
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
4 2 (5.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) MongoDB
2 3 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (7.50%) Git
2 3 (7.50%) GitLab
2 3 (7.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.00%) CircleCI
General
1 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.50%) Finance
5 4 (10.00%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Law
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Local Government
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Service Manager
3 6 (15.00%) Coordinator
3 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Architect
5 2 (5.00%) IT Security Officer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Security Officer
5 2 (5.00%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (2.50%) ERP Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Head of Technology
6 1 (2.50%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Security Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Senior
6 1 (2.50%) Service Delivery Coordinator
6 1 (2.50%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (15.00%) CMDB
4 3 (7.50%) NHS
5 2 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.00%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (27.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Linux
2 3 (7.50%) Unix
3 2 (5.00%) Android
3 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (42.50%) ITIL
4 15 (37.50%) Service Management
5 14 (35.00%) ITSM
6 10 (25.00%) Change Management
7 9 (22.50%) Agile
7 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
7 9 (22.50%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (17.50%) DevOps
8 7 (17.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 7 (17.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.00%) Incident Management
10 5 (12.50%) Problem Management
10 5 (12.50%) Process Improvement
10 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
10 5 (12.50%) Service Design
10 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
2 3 (7.50%) Java
2 3 (7.50%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
3 2 (5.00%) Go
3 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.50%) ABAP
4 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) Degree
4 3 (7.50%) PMI Certification
4 3 (7.50%) PMP
5 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.50%) CISM
6 1 (2.50%) CISSP
6 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
2 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.50%) Ansible
3 3 (7.50%) Grafana
4 2 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Adobe
3 6 (15.00%) Splunk
4 5 (12.50%) Cisco
4 5 (12.50%) Meraki
4 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 5 (12.50%) Veeam
5 3 (7.50%) Oracle
6 2 (5.00%) SAP
7 1 (2.50%) AppDynamics
7 1 (2.50%) Google