Service Delivery Contracts in Berkshire

Service Delivery
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Service Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Delivery over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 76 45
Rank change year-on-year +19 -31 +37
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 65 39 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.37% 2.20% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.45% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 82
10th Percentile £199 £400 £153
25th Percentile £205 £413 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £570 £425
Median % change year-on-year -63.16% +34.12% +13.33%
75th Percentile £400 £580 £513
90th Percentile £566 £656 £588
South East median daily rate £400 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.92% +10.64%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £26.50
90th Percentile - £20.10 -
South East median hourly rate £18.35 £19.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -5.90% -23.53% +35.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Service Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,694 1,590 2,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.77% 89.73% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 993 1,350
10th Percentile £235 £349 £267
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 53 38
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.89 £74.79 £34.97
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £67.72
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in Berkshire

Service Delivery
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Bracknell +10 30 - - 4
Reading -1 26 £210 -63.16% 10
Newbury +2 6 £400 -
Wokingham +2 1 - -
Windsor - 1 £700 -
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.15%) Azure
2 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.54%) LAN
2 3 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (3.08%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (1.54%) ADSL
4 1 (1.54%) BGP
4 1 (1.54%) DNS
4 1 (1.54%) DSL
4 1 (1.54%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.54%) MPLS
4 1 (1.54%) Network Security
4 1 (1.54%) OSPF
4 1 (1.54%) PPP
4 1 (1.54%) RIP
4 1 (1.54%) SNMP
4 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.54%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.54%) VoIP
4 1 (1.54%) VPN
4 1 (1.54%) WAN
4 1 (1.54%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
General
1 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.54%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.62%) Billing
4 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) 1st Line Support
2 13 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 10 (15.38%) Operations Technician
4 7 (10.77%) IT Technician
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Break Fix Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) IT Support
5 5 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.15%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 3 (4.62%) Build Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Network Build Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Support Technician
8 2 (3.08%) Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Chief Technology Officer
8 2 (3.08%) Project Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
2 2 (3.08%) Robotics
3 1 (1.54%) IoT
3 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.00%) Windows
1 13 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 13 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (49.23%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) Customer Service
2 14 (21.54%) ITIL
3 13 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 13 (20.00%) Software Deployment
3 13 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 10 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 7 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (10.77%) IT Strategy
6 5 (7.69%) Coaching
6 5 (7.69%) Information Management
6 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
6 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.15%) Migration
7 4 (6.15%) Product Roadmap
8 3 (4.62%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.62%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.62%) Project Management
8 3 (4.62%) Runbook
8 3 (4.62%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.08%) DV Cleared
3 14 (21.54%) Degree
4 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.54%) CCDP
5 1 (1.54%) CCIP
5 1 (1.54%) CCNA
5 1 (1.54%) CCNP
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (44.62%) SLA
2 6 (9.23%) QA
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) SCCM
2 3 (4.62%) Endace
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.00%) HP
3 4 (6.15%) Cisco
3 4 (6.15%) Juniper
4 3 (4.62%) Ariba
4 3 (4.62%) F5
5 1 (1.54%) ADVA
5 1 (1.54%) Alcatel-Lucent