Service Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Services Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Services Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £506 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 219 218
Rank change year-on-year -26 -1 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 142 264 353
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.12% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.19% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 201 286
10th Percentile £400 £350 £351
25th Percentile £425 £410 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £556
90th Percentile £622 £625 £623
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £26.11 - £18.26
25th Percentile £29.75 - £19.41
Median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.66% -44.89% -27.94%
75th Percentile £40.91 - £27.00
90th Percentile £72.90 - £31.92
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £29.50
% change year-on-year +131.66% -56.10% -7.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +36 50 £575 +17.95% 16
North of England -15 29 £484 -3.20% 43
South East -43 29 £525 +15.38% 37
Midlands +13 20 £523 -8.13% 33
North West -4 17 £493 +3.79% 29
Scotland +17 12 £600 +33.33% 5
East Midlands +3 12 £500 -14.89% 12
Yorkshire +8 11 £475 -11.21% 12
West Midlands +21 8 £550 +3.77% 21
East of England -8 3 £450 +12.50% 15
North East +14 1 - - 2
Service Manager
UK

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 88 (61.97%) Service Delivery
2 85 (59.86%) Service Management
3 70 (49.30%) ITIL
4 48 (33.80%) Security Cleared
5 45 (31.69%) ITSM
6 41 (28.87%) SC Cleared
7 23 (16.20%) Social Skills
7 23 (16.20%) Finance
8 22 (15.49%) Service Design
9 21 (14.79%) Change Management
10 19 (13.38%) Agile
10 19 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (11.97%) Microsoft
12 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (11.27%) Public Sector
13 13 (9.15%) Remedy
13 13 (9.15%) Problem Management
13 13 (9.15%) Remedy ITSM
14 12 (8.45%) Incident Management
14 12 (8.45%) SLA
14 12 (8.45%) Migration
14 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (8.45%) Performance Metrics
15 11 (7.75%) Decision-Making
15 11 (7.75%) Acceptance Criteria
15 11 (7.75%) Project Delivery
15 11 (7.75%) Legal
15 11 (7.75%) Business Analysis
15 11 (7.75%) DV Cleared
16 10 (7.04%) SaaS

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.11%) Confluence
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (9.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.04%) SaaS
2 9 (6.34%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.63%) AWS
3 8 (5.63%) Azure
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.70%) IaaS
4 1 (0.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 23 (16.20%) Finance
1 23 (16.20%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.27%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.75%) Legal
4 8 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.82%) Publishing
5 4 (2.82%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.11%) Law
7 2 (1.41%) Local Government
7 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Police
7 2 (1.41%) Retail
8 1 (0.70%) Automotive
8 1 (0.70%) Billing
8 1 (0.70%) Electronics
8 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.11%) CSS
1 3 (2.11%) HTML
1 3 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.23%) CMDB
2 5 (3.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.70%) NHS
4 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (61.97%) Service Delivery
2 85 (59.86%) Service Management
3 70 (49.30%) ITIL
4 45 (31.69%) ITSM
5 22 (15.49%) Service Design
6 21 (14.79%) Change Management
7 19 (13.38%) Agile
7 19 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (9.15%) Problem Management
10 12 (8.45%) Incident Management
10 12 (8.45%) Migration
10 12 (8.45%) Performance Metrics
10 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (7.75%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (7.75%) Business Analysis
11 11 (7.75%) Decision-Making
11 11 (7.75%) Project Delivery
12 10 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (7.04%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.63%) Swift
2 5 (3.52%) SQL
3 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 48 (33.80%) Security Cleared
2 41 (28.87%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.75%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.41%) Degree
6 2 (1.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.45%) SLA
2 7 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.41%) COBIT
4 2 (1.41%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.70%) PMO
Vendors
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.15%) Remedy
3 8 (5.63%) Okta
4 6 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.52%) Darktrace
6 3 (2.11%) BMC
6 3 (2.11%) SAP
7 1 (0.70%) Cadence
7 1 (0.70%) NEC
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle