The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 108 125 107
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 9 17 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.432% 0.521% 0.473%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.458% 0.561% 0.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
Average daily rate £350 £410 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.68% +23.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £351 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £429 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £338
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £19.39 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £11.75 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+65.02% -52.64%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1964 3033 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 92.89% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1174 1821 1288
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 190 241
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £21.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +5.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £37.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Manager
England

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Service Manager Daily Rate Trend

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West Service Manager Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West Service Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Service Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucestershire +29 2 £350 -15.15%
Wiltshire - 2 £363 -
Somerset +2 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 - -
Service Manager
England

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (64.71%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
3 6 (35.29%) Project Management
3 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
4 4 (23.53%) NHS
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Remedy
5 3 (17.65%) BMC
5 3 (17.65%) SLA
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.76%) ITSM
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL V3
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.882%) BC Cleared
7 1 (5.882%) DV Cleared
7 1 (5.882%) Budget Control
7 1 (5.882%) Business Process Improvement
7 1 (5.882%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.882%) Release Management
7 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
7 1 (5.882%) Risk Management

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
3 6 (35.29%) Project Management
3 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
4 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.76%) ITSM
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL V3
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (5.882%) Budget Control
7 1 (5.882%) Business Process Improvement
7 1 (5.882%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.882%) Release Management
7 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
7 1 (5.882%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.882%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) BC Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) ISEB
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.882%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Remedy
1 3 (17.65%) BMC
South West
Our prestigious client are currently looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager to join the business on an initial 6 month contract to implement ITIL v3 processes within...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013