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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 81 86
Rank change year-on-year -28 +5 -21
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 51 45 20
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.79% 2.78% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 3.08% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 11
10th Percentile £309 £196 £142
25th Percentile £417 £235 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £558 £519 £557
90th Percentile £635 £575 £580
England median daily rate £525 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +16.67% -8.63% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.72 -
England median hourly rate £17.87 £17.87 £16.23
% change year-on-year - +10.10% -9.70%

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 2,377 1,463 1,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.29% 90.25% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,414 939 735
10th Percentile £331 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £578
90th Percentile £673 £650 £654
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 53 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £17.27 £12.52
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.58 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% +23.70% -10.98%
75th Percentile £26.28 £25.15 £33.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £75.50 £49.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 -22 28 £538 +34.38% 62
South Yorkshire -16 22 £550 +133.05% 22
North Yorkshire -7 3 £425 - 6
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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.96%) Maple
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (3.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.80%) AWS
3 5 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) GCP
4 4 (7.84%) OCI
4 4 (7.84%) SaaS
5 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (1.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Firewall
2 2 (3.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Db2
2 1 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
General
1 33 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 20 (39.22%) Finance
3 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.76%) Billing
4 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.80%) Banking
5 5 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.84%) Local Government
7 3 (5.88%) Law
8 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.96%) Legal
9 1 (1.96%) Military
9 1 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (1.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (13.73%) Administrator
1 7 (13.73%) Service Manager
2 6 (11.76%) Analyst
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
3 5 (9.80%) Architect
3 5 (9.80%) Senior
4 4 (7.84%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (7.84%) Service Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) IT Support
5 3 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Sales Administrator
5 3 (5.88%) SAP Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Technical Leader
5 3 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Applications Manager
6 2 (3.92%) ERP Manager
6 2 (3.92%) ITSM Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.84%) CMDB
3 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.92%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.92%) NHS
3 2 (3.92%) Replication
3 2 (3.92%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.96%) IoT
4 1 (1.96%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Windows
2 3 (5.88%) Linux
2 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.92%) Android
3 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) ITIL
1 20 (39.22%) Service Management
2 16 (31.37%) ITSM
3 15 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (19.61%) ERP
4 10 (19.61%) Problem Management
4 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (17.65%) Change Management
5 9 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (15.69%) Customer Service
6 8 (15.69%) Incident Management
7 7 (13.73%) Agile
7 7 (13.73%) Migration
8 6 (11.76%) B2B
8 6 (11.76%) Logistics
8 6 (11.76%) Order Management
8 6 (11.76%) Roadmaps
9 5 (9.80%) Asset Management
9 5 (9.80%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) ABAP
1 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.96%) PMP
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) SLA
2 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.92%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.92%) ACF2
2 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.96%) Autotask
Vendors
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.53%) ServiceNow
3 10 (19.61%) Oracle
4 9 (17.65%) SAP
5 6 (11.76%) Ariba
5 6 (11.76%) Sage
6 3 (5.88%) Cisco
6 3 (5.88%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.92%) BMC
7 2 (3.92%) IBM
7 2 (3.92%) OneLogin
7 2 (3.92%) Remedy
8 1 (1.96%) Adobe
8 1 (1.96%) ConnectWise
8 1 (1.96%) Splunk
8 1 (1.96%) Veeam