The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 67 62 73
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 6 19 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.682% 1.651% 0.494%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.749% 1.792% 0.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £500 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £130.00 £15.88 £12.38
% change year-on-year
+718.89% +28.28%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
801 1060 876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.09% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 370 393
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 51 39
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.38 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £27.50 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Service Manager
Berkshire

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Service Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Service Manager
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Management
3 6 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
5 4 (28.57%) PRINCE
5 4 (28.57%) Degree
6 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) SAP
7 2 (14.29%) LAN
7 2 (14.29%) SLA
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (14.29%) SAP CS
7 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 2 (14.29%) Huawei
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
8 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
8 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
8 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (7.143%) Project Management
8 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
8 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
8 1 (7.143%) Migration

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (14.29%) SAP CS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
General
1 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Management
3 6 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 4 (28.57%) PRINCE
5 3 (21.43%) Resource Management
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.143%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.143%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
1 2 (14.29%) Huawei