Service Delivery Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £472 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 369 430
Rank change year-on-year +20 +61 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Service Delivery Manager 42 75 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.35% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 57 53
10th Percentile £369 £446 £370
25th Percentile £375 £500 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £585
90th Percentile £1,000 £763 £643
UK median daily rate £400 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.75 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 -
Median % change year-on-year +131.66% - -
75th Percentile £51.57 - -
90th Percentile £72.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 -
% change year-on-year +131.66% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,741 21,586 29,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.28% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,029 20,438
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £598 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,282 1,102 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.72 £18.04 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Service Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Delivery Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
South West +17 12 £375 -37.50% 4
North of England +25 11 £493 -10.36% 6
Midlands +12 11 £545 -7.50% 8
North West +21 10 £493 -8.70% 2
South East +5 9 £860 +63.81% 9
East Midlands 0 8 - - 5
West Midlands +18 3 £545 +3.81% 3
Yorkshire +7 1 £450 -35.71% 3
Service Delivery Manager
UK

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 21 (50.00%) Finance
3 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
4 16 (38.10%) SC Cleared
5 12 (28.57%) Service Management
5 12 (28.57%) Change Management
6 11 (26.19%) ITSM
7 10 (23.81%) SLA
8 9 (21.43%) Problem Management
8 9 (21.43%) Legal
8 9 (21.43%) People Management
8 9 (21.43%) Decision-Making
9 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (19.05%) Okta
9 8 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
9 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (19.05%) Swift
9 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery Management
9 8 (19.05%) Migration
9 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
9 8 (19.05%) Azure
9 8 (19.05%) AWS
9 8 (19.05%) SaaS
9 8 (19.05%) Apple iOS
9 8 (19.05%) Business Analysis
9 8 (19.05%) Information Security
9 8 (19.05%) IT Governance
10 7 (16.67%) Fault Management
11 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (11.90%) Customer Engagement

Service Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) AWS
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (19.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 21 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (21.43%) Legal
3 4 (9.52%) Local Government
3 4 (9.52%) Police
3 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Automotive
5 1 (2.38%) Billing
5 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Publishing
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 12 (28.57%) Change Management
2 12 (28.57%) Service Management
3 11 (26.19%) ITSM
4 9 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 9 (21.43%) People Management
4 9 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 8 (19.05%) Business Analysis
5 8 (19.05%) Information Security
5 8 (19.05%) IT Governance
5 8 (19.05%) Migration
5 8 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
5 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery Management
6 7 (16.67%) Fault Management
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.90%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.52%) ITIL
9 4 (9.52%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 8 (19.05%) Okta
2 1 (2.38%) Cadence
2 1 (2.38%) NEC
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle
2 1 (2.38%) Remedy
2 1 (2.38%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow