Service Delivery Jobs in the South East

Service Delivery
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 19 94 107
Rank change year-on-year +75 +13 -10
Permanent jobs citing Service Delivery 791 488 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.17% 2.77% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.87% 3.32% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 128 365 308
10th Percentile £30,700 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £46,500 £45,300
Median % change year-on-year +15.05% +2.65% -8.02%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,100 £86,625
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in the South East.

Salary trend for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Delivery in the South East

Service Delivery
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the South East 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
Thames Valley +51 382 £60,000 +29.73% 80
Berkshire +67 273 £60,000 +14.29% 40
Surrey +75 138 £55,000 -8.33% 38
Kent +67 131 £44,750 +6.55% 14
Hampshire +65 88 £45,000 -3.23% 46
Oxfordshire +36 63 £64,250 +51.18% 20
Buckinghamshire -6 46 £53,500 -2.73% 26
East Sussex +19 21 £53,500 +7.00% 19
Middlesex -10 13 - - 5
West Sussex +30 12 £65,000 +62.50% 11
Sussex +20 3 £37,750 -37.08% 17
Service Delivery
England

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 26 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 5 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (7.46%) Azure
2 35 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (3.03%) AWS
4 14 (1.77%) GCP
5 13 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
5 13 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.01%) SaaS
7 6 (0.76%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.25%) GitHub
8 2 (0.25%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.25%) IaaS
8 2 (0.25%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.25%) PaaS
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.13%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.13%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.13%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.13%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.90%) Firewall
2 13 (1.64%) Wireless
3 10 (1.26%) LAN
3 10 (1.26%) WAN
4 9 (1.14%) Broadband
4 9 (1.14%) DNS
4 9 (1.14%) VLAN
4 9 (1.14%) WLAN
5 8 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.01%) VPN
6 6 (0.76%) Wireshark
7 5 (0.63%) DHCP
7 5 (0.63%) Network Security
7 5 (0.63%) VoIP
7 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.38%) Internet
9 3 (0.38%) iSCSI
9 3 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.25%) Metadata
2 2 (0.25%) MySQL
3 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (0.76%) NDoc
2 1 (0.13%) JIRA
2 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 580 (73.32%) Manufacturing
2 114 (14.41%) Social Skills
3 55 (6.95%) Finance
4 29 (3.67%) Legal
5 19 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.02%) Law
8 13 (1.64%) Public Sector
9 12 (1.52%) Military
10 9 (1.14%) Games
11 6 (0.76%) Local Government
12 5 (0.63%) Billing
12 5 (0.63%) Marketing
12 5 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.51%) Banking
13 4 (0.51%) Retail
14 3 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (6.70%) Technical Support
2 52 (6.57%) Support Technician
3 32 (4.05%) Senior
4 30 (3.79%) Consultant
4 30 (3.79%) IT Manager
5 27 (3.41%) Senior Manager
6 24 (3.03%) Lead
7 23 (2.91%) Auditor
8 19 (2.40%) Analyst
9 18 (2.28%) Support Analyst
10 16 (2.02%) Service Manager
11 13 (1.64%) IT Services Manager
11 13 (1.64%) Service Desk Manager
12 12 (1.52%) Senior Service Manager
13 10 (1.26%) IT Support
14 9 (1.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 9 (1.14%) Engineering Manager
14 9 (1.14%) ServiceNow Manager
14 9 (1.14%) Support Engineer
14 9 (1.14%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.64%) Hugging Face
1 13 (1.64%) LangChain
1 13 (1.64%) PyTorch
1 13 (1.64%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.13%) .NET
2 1 (0.13%) Kafka
2 1 (0.13%) REST
2 1 (0.13%) SOAP
2 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.29%) Driving Licence
2 18 (2.28%) Management Information System
2 18 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (1.77%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.26%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (0.51%) AS400
7 4 (0.51%) CCTV
7 4 (0.51%) iSeries
7 4 (0.51%) Mainframe
7 4 (0.51%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.51%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.38%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.38%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.25%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.25%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.25%) Freedom of Information Act
9 2 (0.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.17%) Windows
2 18 (2.28%) Mac OS
3 12 (1.52%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.26%) Linux
5 9 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.76%) CentOS
7 6 (0.76%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.25%) Android
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.13%) Unix
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (14.16%) Customer Service
2 81 (10.24%) Coaching
3 79 (9.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 57 (7.21%) ITIL
5 55 (6.95%) Service Management
6 53 (6.70%) Customer Experience
6 53 (6.70%) Technical Analysis
7 48 (6.07%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (5.31%) Change Management
8 42 (5.31%) Problem Management
9 32 (4.05%) ITSM
10 29 (3.67%) Computer Science
10 29 (3.67%) Roadmaps
11 28 (3.54%) Incident Management
12 27 (3.41%) Mentoring
12 27 (3.41%) Time Management
13 26 (3.29%) Internal Audit
14 23 (2.91%) Root Cause Analysis
15 22 (2.78%) Stakeholder Management
16 20 (2.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (1.64%) SQL
2 4 (0.51%) RPG
3 2 (0.25%) Bash
3 2 (0.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.25%) Python
4 1 (0.13%) C#
4 1 (0.13%) Java
4 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.13%) VBA
4 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 523 (66.12%) NVQ Level 3
2 58 (7.33%) NVQ Level 4
3 48 (6.07%) Degree
4 23 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.65%) Security Cleared
6 14 (1.77%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.64%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.76%) CCNA
10 6 (0.76%) CCNP
10 6 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.76%) MCSA
10 6 (0.76%) MCSE
10 6 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.38%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.38%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.25%) APMG
12 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.26%) GDPR
1 10 (1.26%) SLA
2 9 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.51%) QA
5 3 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.25%) NIST
6 2 (0.25%) PMO
7 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.13%) COBIT
7 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Docker
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) vCloud
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (1.77%) Grafana
1 14 (1.77%) Prometheus
2 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.51%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.25%) Terraform
5 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.13%) SCCM
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.13%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (10.75%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 23 (2.91%) Sun
4 16 (2.02%) VMware
5 13 (1.64%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.26%) Workday
7 9 (1.14%) Apple
7 9 (1.14%) Cisco
8 6 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 6 (0.76%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.76%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.63%) Intapp
9 5 (0.63%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (0.51%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.38%) BT
11 3 (0.38%) HP
11 3 (0.38%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.38%) Sage
11 3 (0.38%) Veeam
12 2 (0.25%) Aruba