Service Delivery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Delivery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 142 151
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +32
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 230 446 783
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.53% 1.77% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.97% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 343 584
10th Percentile £290 £350 £363
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £624
90th Percentile £638 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 25
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.50 £15.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £15.85 £24.62 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.62% -5.31% +36.84%
75th Percentile £24.56 £67.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £68.31 £69.00 £40.65
UK median hourly rate £14.82 £23.25 £14.50
% change year-on-year -36.26% +60.34% -22.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Service Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Delivery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Delivery.

Service Delivery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Service Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Service Delivery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Delivery.

Service Delivery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Service Delivery over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Service Delivery hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 3 (1.30%) Confluence
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 15 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.87%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.87%) Azure
2 13 (5.65%) AWS
3 11 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
5 9 (3.91%) SaaS
6 7 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.61%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.61%) IaaS
7 6 (2.61%) PaaS
7 6 (2.61%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 5 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.74%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.87%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.87%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.91%) Network Security
2 8 (3.48%) Firewall
3 7 (3.04%) Ethernet
3 7 (3.04%) Internet
3 7 (3.04%) MPLS
3 7 (3.04%) VPN
3 7 (3.04%) WAN
4 5 (2.17%) DNS
4 5 (2.17%) VLAN
5 4 (1.74%) ADSL
5 4 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.30%) DHCP
6 3 (1.30%) LAN
6 3 (1.30%) PSTN
6 3 (1.30%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.87%) HTTP
7 2 (0.87%) PPP
7 2 (0.87%) SDH
7 2 (0.87%) SNMP
7 2 (0.87%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.61%) Power BI
2 5 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.17%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.74%) MySQL
3 4 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.30%) GIS
4 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database 10g
4 3 (1.30%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.87%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (3.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.87%) Maven
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.43%) Gatling
3 1 (0.43%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.43%) Mockito
3 1 (0.43%) ScalaTest
General
1 66 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.87%) Finance
3 41 (17.83%) Public Sector
4 26 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.65%) Local Government
5 13 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.48%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.04%) Police
9 6 (2.61%) Banking
9 6 (2.61%) Marketing
9 6 (2.61%) Retail
10 5 (2.17%) French Language
11 4 (1.74%) German Language
12 3 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.87%) Front Office
13 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.87%) Law
13 2 (0.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (16.09%) Service Manager
2 25 (10.87%) Consultant
3 24 (10.43%) Analyst
4 22 (9.57%) Delivery Manager
4 22 (9.57%) Service Delivery Manager
5 20 (8.70%) Senior
6 19 (8.26%) Developer
7 17 (7.39%) Architect
8 13 (5.65%) Lead
8 13 (5.65%) ServiceNow Developer
9 12 (5.22%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.91%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 7 (3.04%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.04%) Coordinator
11 7 (3.04%) Designer
11 7 (3.04%) Management Consultant
11 7 (3.04%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.04%) Service Designer
11 7 (3.04%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.30%) Web Services
2 6 (2.61%) .NET
3 5 (2.17%) CSS
4 4 (1.74%) REST
4 4 (1.74%) RESTful
5 3 (1.30%) J2EE
5 3 (1.30%) Middleware
5 3 (1.30%) Spring
5 3 (1.30%) Spring MVC
6 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.87%) HTML
6 2 (0.87%) jQuery
6 2 (0.87%) Kafka
6 2 (0.87%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.87%) RAML
6 2 (0.87%) React
6 2 (0.87%) Sass
6 2 (0.87%) Swagger
6 2 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (0.87%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.96%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.17%) FMCG
2 5 (2.17%) Replication
3 4 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.74%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (0.87%) iPad
5 2 (0.87%) Life Science
5 2 (0.87%) NHS
5 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (0.87%) VAX
6 1 (0.43%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.00%) Windows
2 17 (7.39%) Linux
3 8 (3.48%) Unix
4 6 (2.61%) VMS
5 5 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.74%) OpenVMS
7 3 (1.30%) Solaris
8 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.87%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.43%) Android
9 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (34.78%) ITIL
2 67 (29.13%) Service Management
3 41 (17.83%) ITSM
4 39 (16.96%) Customer Service
5 30 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.61%) Agile
7 28 (12.17%) Change Management
8 24 (10.43%) Asset Management
8 24 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (9.57%) Project Delivery
9 22 (9.57%) Service Design
10 21 (9.13%) IT Asset Management
10 21 (9.13%) Operations Management
11 20 (8.70%) Roadmaps
12 19 (8.26%) Project Management
13 18 (7.83%) Risk Management
14 15 (6.52%) API Development
14 15 (6.52%) CRM
14 15 (6.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.22%) SQL
2 5 (2.17%) Java
3 4 (1.74%) COBOL
3 4 (1.74%) DCL
4 3 (1.30%) C#
4 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.87%) Bash
5 2 (0.87%) C++
5 2 (0.87%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.87%) Python
5 2 (0.87%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.43%) Scala
6 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (24.78%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.17%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.65%) Degree
4 10 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.61%) BC Cleared
7 5 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.30%) CGEIT
9 3 (1.30%) CISA
9 3 (1.30%) CISM
9 3 (1.30%) CISSP
9 3 (1.30%) CRISC
9 3 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.78%) SLA
2 17 (7.39%) QA
3 11 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.35%) NIST
5 5 (2.17%) GDPR
6 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.87%) GxP
8 2 (0.87%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.87%) WCAG
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.17%) Ansible
1 5 (2.17%) NetBackup
1 5 (2.17%) Puppet
2 3 (1.30%) SCCM
3 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.87%) WSUS
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (19.13%) ServiceNow
2 38 (16.52%) Microsoft
3 19 (8.26%) SAP
4 14 (6.09%) Oracle
5 5 (2.17%) Cisco
5 5 (2.17%) Veritas
6 4 (1.74%) Dell
6 4 (1.74%) Google
6 4 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.30%) Adobe
7 3 (1.30%) BT
7 3 (1.30%) Citrix
7 3 (1.30%) Openreach
7 3 (1.30%) OpenText
7 3 (1.30%) Reuters
7 3 (1.30%) VMware
8 2 (0.87%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.87%) Databricks
8 2 (0.87%) HP
8 2 (0.87%) Intel