The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leicestershire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 29 25 34
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.952% 0.469% 1.288%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.020% 0.508% 1.345%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £12.25 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+58.28% -50.62%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
196 197 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 93.33% 92.49% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 51 60
Average daily rate £325 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 28 33
Average hourly rate £13.50 £11.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.72% -66.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Service Manager
East Midlands

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Service Manager across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leicestershire Service Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Manager across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Service Manager Daily Rate Trend

Service Manager
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Service Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Manager in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) SLA
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire region that cited Service Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA