Service Delivery Jobs in the North of England

Service Delivery
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Service Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Service Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 87 133
Rank change year-on-year -32 +46 -53
Permanent jobs citing Service Delivery 322 480 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.74% 2.60% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 3.18% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 188 312 241
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,960 £25,150
25th Percentile £38,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,962 £49,748
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -11.63% +10.55%
75th Percentile £63,788 £62,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,725 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +4.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Service Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,078 15,074 15,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.14% 81.62% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,542 11,471 7,791
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,967 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in the North of England

Service Delivery
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in the North of England.

Salary trend for Service Delivery in the North of England

Service Delivery
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Delivery in the North of England

Service Delivery
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -16 249 £50,000 - 137
Yorkshire -20 65 £40,000 -5.88% 60
North East -16 8 £52,000 +108.33% 35
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (5.28%) Confluence
2 14 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (4.35%) Trello
2 9 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.31%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.32%) Azure
2 29 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (3.11%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.48%) SaaS
5 7 (2.17%) AWS
6 4 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.24%) GitHub
6 4 (1.24%) Power Automate
6 4 (1.24%) PowerApps
7 3 (0.93%) IaaS
7 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (0.93%) PaaS
8 2 (0.62%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.31%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.31%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.28%) Wireless
2 16 (4.97%) Firewall
3 10 (3.11%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (2.80%) LAN
5 7 (2.17%) Broadband
5 7 (2.17%) WAN
6 6 (1.86%) OSPF
6 6 (1.86%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.55%) BGP
7 5 (1.55%) MPLS
7 5 (1.55%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.24%) DNS
9 3 (0.93%) DHCP
10 2 (0.62%) Internet
10 2 (0.62%) Network Security
10 2 (0.62%) VPN
11 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.31%) SMTP
11 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.48%) Power BI
3 4 (1.24%) Power Query
3 4 (1.24%) PowerPivot
4 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.62%) MySQL
5 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.31%) DB2
6 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (9.94%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 104 (32.30%) Manufacturing
2 99 (30.75%) Social Skills
3 51 (15.84%) Finance
4 34 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.52%) Law
6 18 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.66%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (3.73%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.11%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.11%) Retail
11 6 (1.86%) Military
12 4 (1.24%) Billing
12 4 (1.24%) Legal
12 4 (1.24%) Marketing
13 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Banking
14 2 (0.62%) Games
15 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 32 (9.94%) Analyst
1 32 (9.94%) Developer
2 27 (8.39%) Software Developer
3 26 (8.07%) IT Support
3 26 (8.07%) Senior
4 23 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 22 (6.83%) Delivery Manager
6 21 (6.52%) IT Analyst
7 20 (6.21%) IT Support Analyst
8 19 (5.90%) Head of IT
9 15 (4.66%) Capability Manager
10 14 (4.35%) Head of Delivery
10 14 (4.35%) IT Manager
11 13 (4.04%) 1st Line Support
11 13 (4.04%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 13 (4.04%) Vendor Manager
12 12 (3.73%) Lead
13 10 (3.11%) Integration Engineer
13 10 (3.11%) Senior Integration Engineer
13 10 (3.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) XML
2 1 (0.31%) CSS
2 1 (0.31%) HTML
2 1 (0.31%) ISPF
2 1 (0.31%) Jest
2 1 (0.31%) Middleware
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (0.31%) React
2 1 (0.31%) Svelte
2 1 (0.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.66%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.39%) Social Media
3 17 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.04%) EPoS
4 13 (4.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (2.17%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.86%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.86%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.55%) IoT
7 5 (1.55%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.62%) Clustering
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.31%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.31%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.35%) Windows
2 20 (6.21%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.04%) Linux
3 13 (4.04%) Windows Vista
4 12 (3.73%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.11%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.31%) AIX
6 1 (0.31%) Solaris
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (32.92%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (24.84%) ITIL
3 49 (15.22%) Agile
4 48 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 41 (12.73%) Project Delivery
7 40 (12.42%) Information Management
8 31 (9.63%) Time Management
9 30 (9.32%) Business Analysis
10 29 (9.01%) Process Improvement
10 29 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 28 (8.70%) Software Engineering
12 27 (8.39%) Architectural Design
12 27 (8.39%) OO
12 27 (8.39%) OOP
13 26 (8.07%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (8.07%) Risk Management
14 25 (7.76%) Service Management
15 24 (7.45%) Systems Engineering
16 23 (7.14%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.49%) SQL
2 27 (8.39%) C#
3 25 (7.76%) Java
4 16 (4.97%) Python
5 8 (2.48%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.24%) VB
7 2 (0.62%) Bash
7 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) Bicep
8 1 (0.31%) JCL
8 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (31.37%) Degree
2 99 (30.75%) NVQ Level 3
3 27 (8.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (8.39%) DBS Check
4 15 (4.66%) HND
5 14 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 14 (4.35%) PMP
6 13 (4.04%) Master's Degree
7 12 (3.73%) Security Cleared
8 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.11%) CCNP
9 10 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (3.11%) MCSA
9 10 (3.11%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.93%) MOS
12 2 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.24%) GDPR
2 3 (0.93%) SLA
3 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.31%) GRC
3 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (8.07%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.48%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.31%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.86%) FortiGate
2 6 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.86%) WSUS
3 5 (1.55%) Terraform
4 3 (0.93%) Ansible
5 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.25%) Oracle
3 15 (4.66%) Atlassian
3 15 (4.66%) Cisco
4 9 (2.80%) VMware
5 7 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.55%) Draytek
6 5 (1.55%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (1.24%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.62%) BMC
9 2 (0.62%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.62%) HP
9 2 (0.62%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.31%) Citrix
10 1 (0.31%) Facebook
10 1 (0.31%) IronPort
10 1 (0.31%) Splunk
10 1 (0.31%) Veritas
10 1 (0.31%) Wyse