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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 75 79
Rank change year-on-year -39 +4 -15
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 45 45 22
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.57% 2.91% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 3.22% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 34 11
10th Percentile £299 £195 £142
25th Percentile £413 £235 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £498 £557
90th Percentile £558 £575 £580
England median daily rate £520 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +15.56% -8.16% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £11.64 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year - -23.27% -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £17.87 £16.23
% change year-on-year - +10.10% -10.93%

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 2,384 1,399 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.01% 90.37% 84.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 891 754
10th Percentile £345 £240 £302
25th Percentile £413 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £580
90th Percentile £669 £638 £664
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 54 44
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.68 £12.15
25th Percentile £15.63 £18.16 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.69 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.07% +26.51% -12.50%
75th Percentile £26.72 £25.15 £30.00
90th Percentile £43.96 £72.63 £45.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.27%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -33 23 £500 +25.00% 66
South Yorkshire -19 18 £500 +111.86% 22
North Yorkshire -5 3 £425 - 9
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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.22%) Maple
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (4.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 5 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.89%) AWS
4 4 (8.89%) OCI
4 4 (8.89%) SaaS
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.44%) GCP
5 2 (4.44%) IaaS
5 2 (4.44%) PaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (4.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Power BI
2 2 (4.44%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (4.44%) Db2
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) JIRA
General
1 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Banking
5 4 (8.89%) Local Government
6 3 (6.67%) Law
7 2 (4.44%) Billing
7 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Military
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Analyst
2 6 (13.33%) Lead
2 6 (13.33%) Service Manager
3 4 (8.89%) Service Analyst
3 4 (8.89%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Administrator
4 3 (6.67%) Architect
4 3 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) IT Support
4 3 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) SAP Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Senior
4 3 (6.67%) Technical Leader
4 3 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Applications Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Configuration Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) ITSM Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.67%) CMDB
2 3 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (6.67%) NHS
3 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.44%) Replication
3 2 (4.44%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.44%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.22%) IoT
4 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.89%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.67%) Linux
4 2 (4.44%) Android
4 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 18 (40.00%) ITIL
2 17 (37.78%) Service Management
3 15 (33.33%) ITSM
4 12 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (20.00%) Change Management
7 8 (17.78%) Agile
7 8 (17.78%) Incident Management
7 8 (17.78%) Problem Management
7 8 (17.78%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (15.56%) Migration
9 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
9 6 (13.33%) ERP
10 5 (11.11%) Asset Management
10 5 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 5 (11.11%) High Availability
10 5 (11.11%) Release Management
10 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) SQL
2 3 (6.67%) ABAP
2 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) SLA
2 2 (4.44%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.44%) ACF2
2 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
1 11 (24.44%) ServiceNow
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle
3 5 (11.11%) SAP
4 3 (6.67%) Cisco
4 3 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.67%) Splunk
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe
5 2 (4.44%) Ariba
5 2 (4.44%) BMC
5 2 (4.44%) IBM
5 2 (4.44%) Remedy
5 2 (4.44%) Sage
6 1 (2.22%) ConnectWise
6 1 (2.22%) Veeam