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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 70 44
Rank change year-on-year -36 -26 +18
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 44 32 74
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.60% 2.59% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 2.78% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 48
10th Percentile £348 £225 £425
25th Percentile £422 £235 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £542 £489 £553
90th Percentile £554 £584 £600
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 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 £15.35 -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £16.69 £15.00
% change year-on-year +7.07% +11.27% -19.85%

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 2,382 1,151 1,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.59% 93.12% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,456 708 875
10th Percentile £325 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £580
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 51 68
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £11.62
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.23 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +65.66% +1.56%
75th Percentile £31.88 £25.13 £21.63
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.15 £54.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -27 22 £500 +25.00% 20
South Yorkshire -25 15 £500 +170.27% 15
North Yorkshire -5 6 £450 - 7
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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Acrobat
1 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.09%) SaaS
3 3 (6.82%) OCI
4 2 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
4 2 (4.55%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) IaaS
4 2 (4.55%) PaaS
5 1 (2.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Internet
1 2 (4.55%) LAN
1 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.55%) WAN
1 2 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) JIRA
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (22.73%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.82%) Local Government
5 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
7 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Analyst
1 9 (20.45%) Service Manager
2 6 (13.64%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Service Delivery Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Service Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) IT Support
5 3 (6.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) SAP Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Applications Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Architect
6 2 (4.55%) ERP Manager
6 2 (4.55%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.27%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.82%) CMDB
3 3 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.82%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.55%) NHS
4 2 (4.55%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (6.82%) Linux
3 2 (4.55%) Android
3 2 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 20 (45.45%) ITIL
3 18 (40.91%) ITSM
3 18 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (31.82%) Change Management
4 14 (31.82%) Service Management
5 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 8 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 7 (15.91%) Agile
8 6 (13.64%) Problem Management
9 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
9 5 (11.36%) Performance Monitoring
9 5 (11.36%) Process Improvement
9 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
10 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (9.09%) Contract Management
10 4 (9.09%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) SQL
2 3 (6.82%) ABAP
2 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) Degree
4 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (6.82%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.82%) PMP
5 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) SLA
2 2 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) Autotask
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
1 7 (15.91%) ServiceNow
2 4 (9.09%) Adobe
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
3 3 (6.82%) SAP
3 3 (6.82%) Splunk
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (4.55%) Meraki
4 2 (4.55%) Remedy
4 2 (4.55%) Veeam
5 1 (2.27%) ConnectWise