The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 45 52 45
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 10 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.908% 1.393% 1.681%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.028% 1.473% 1.776%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 6
Average daily rate £325 £350 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £315 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £11.75 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+65.02% -52.64%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
493 679 563
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 94.08% 94.57% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 286 219
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 54 69
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Manager
Buckinghamshire

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Service Manager Daily Rate Trend

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Manager across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Service Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 15 (78.95%) ITIL
2 12 (63.16%) Service Delivery
3 7 (36.84%) Service Management
4 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Capacity Management
4 4 (21.05%) SLA
5 3 (15.79%) ISEB
5 3 (15.79%) SAP
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
5 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
6 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (5.263%) Finance
7 1 (5.263%) Validation
7 1 (5.263%) ITSM
7 1 (5.263%) Change Management
7 1 (5.263%) Oracle
7 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.263%) ERP
7 1 (5.263%) NHS
7 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.263%) Retail
7 1 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
7 1 (5.263%) Release Management
7 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
General
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.263%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) ITIL
2 12 (63.16%) Service Delivery
3 7 (36.84%) Service Management
4 4 (21.05%) Capacity Management
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL V3
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Validation
7 1 (5.263%) ITSM
7 1 (5.263%) Change Management
7 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.263%) ERP
7 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
7 1 (5.263%) Release Management
7 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) ISEB
2 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) SAP
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle