The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 24 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 Northamptonshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 31 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.397% 2.885% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.420% 3.053% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
Average daily rate £300 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £11.75 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+65.02% -52.64%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
238 393 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.44% 94.47% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 261 141
Average daily rate £407 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.44% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £152 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 26
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Service Manager Daily Rate Trend

Service Manager
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capita
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Capita
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy