Service Delivery Manager Contracts in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
England > South East

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in the South East is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 205 244
Rank change year-on-year +36 +39 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 10 14 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 24
10th Percentile £524 £435 £381
25th Percentile £558 £459 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £550
90th Percentile £730 £584 £657
England median daily rate £525 £532 £525
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +10.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.50 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £68.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year -0.74% +130.51% -41.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,850 5,162 7,438
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 94.51% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,317 3,436 5,181
10th Percentile £250 £210 £225
25th Percentile £400 £381 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +1.35% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £613
90th Percentile £686 £688 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 251 285
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £12.85
25th Percentile £27.00 £21.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £57.79 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% +53.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £73.29 £66.84 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.16 £76.53 £72.50
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Service Delivery Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the South East

Service Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Thames Valley +10 7 £580 +16.00% 1
Berkshire +8 6 £580 +10.48% 1
Hampshire +15 3 £580 +5.45%
Kent - 2 £720 -
Buckinghamshire +8 1 £700 +51.54%
Service Delivery Manager
England

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Service Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Service Design
4 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
7 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
7 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Organisational Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce