Service Management Contracts in Cheshire

Service Management
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 55 36
Rank change year-on-year +8 -19 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Management 10 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.00% 1.51% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.66% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 14
10th Percentile - £323 £360
25th Percentile £122 - £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £161 £450 £436
Median % change year-on-year -64.22% +3.27% -1.75%
75th Percentile £284 £550 £631
90th Percentile £436 £664 £638
North West median daily rate £493 £445 £463
% change year-on-year +10.79% -3.78% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £16.64 - -
25th Percentile £16.79 - -
Median hourly rate £17.72 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £17.75 - -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £65.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year -72.74% +420.00% -31.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Service Management 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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 423 483 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.43% 91.13% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 328 263
10th Percentile £277 £275 £214
25th Percentile £400 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £637 £660 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -27.06%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +9.18%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Macclesfield -12 7 £122 -72.89% 3
Wilmslow - 1 £200 - 3
Crewe - 1 - -
Service Management
North West

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (70.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 4 (40.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 6 (60.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Asset Management
1 7 (70.00%) Customer Experience
1 7 (70.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (60.00%) Inventory Management
2 6 (60.00%) Software Deployment
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) Availability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (60.00%) SCCM
2 6 (60.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
2 6 (60.00%) Apple
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (10.00%) Dell