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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 84 62
Rank change year-on-year +7 -22 +23
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 43 21 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.78% 1.40% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 1.67% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 11 27
10th Percentile £201 £142 £400
25th Percentile £235 £320 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £495 £557 £669
90th Percentile £575 £580 £800
England median daily rate £450 £495 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.41% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.60 - -
Median hourly rate £11.64 £15.17 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.27% - -
75th Percentile £13.21 - -
90th Percentile £15.96 - -
England median hourly rate £17.83 £16.23 £18.50
% change year-on-year +9.86% -12.27% +35.43%

All Process and 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 1,398 1,260 1,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 90.54% 83.78% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 758 1,184
10th Percentile £240 £309 £306
25th Percentile £375 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £583 £623
90th Percentile £638 £657 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 44 35
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.55 £16.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £25.27
90th Percentile £69.75 £45.75 £44.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
West Yorkshire +8 29 £400 -20.00% 26
South Yorkshire -12 8 £236 -57.40% 6
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 5
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.98%) Confluence
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) Entra ID
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 36 (83.72%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Finance
3 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Police
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (20.93%) Support Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Support Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support
3 6 (13.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Scrum Master
5 4 (9.30%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Support Officer
6 3 (6.98%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Administrator
7 2 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Developer
7 2 (4.65%) DevOps Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Risk Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow Administrator
7 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) REST
1 2 (4.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.65%) CMDB
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (55.81%) Customer Service
2 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (25.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (23.26%) ITIL
4 10 (23.26%) ITSM
5 9 (20.93%) Agile
5 9 (20.93%) Security Patching
5 9 (20.93%) Service Desk Management
6 7 (16.28%) SDLC
7 6 (13.95%) Case Management
7 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (13.95%) Kanban
7 6 (13.95%) Scrum
7 6 (13.95%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.95%) Test Automation
8 5 (11.63%) Backlog Refinement
8 5 (11.63%) Burndown Charts
8 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) ACSP
1 10 (23.26%) ACTC
2 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (39.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
1 20 (46.51%) ServiceNow
2 11 (25.58%) Apple
3 6 (13.95%) Citrix
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) SAP