Service Management Contracts

Service Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 85 110
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +18
Contract jobs citing Service Management 1,167 1,665 2,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.70% 2.78% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 3.10% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 1,193 1,505
10th Percentile £282 £240 £200
25th Percentile £425 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £615
90th Percentile £731 £738 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +11.05% +2.15% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 84
10th Percentile £12.85 £17.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.46 £20.44 £12.38
Median hourly rate £17.72 £55.00 £17.81
Median % change year-on-year -67.78% +208.86% -23.28%
75th Percentile £26.75 £65.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £57.00 £65.75 £46.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £51.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year -65.76% +204.41% -24.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management.

Daily rate trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +10 988 £525 +5.00% 379
UK excluding London +14 722 £528 +11.05% 276
Work from Home +21 446 £525 - 143
London -22 331 £513 +2.30% 120
North of England +39 195 £500 +11.11% 95
South East -13 164 £575 +19.79% 51
South West +25 148 £525 -8.70% 35
North West +28 109 £493 +10.79% 62
Midlands +25 82 £500 -4.76% 48
Yorkshire +21 77 £550 +12.82% 21
Scotland +3 77 £563 +25.00% 16
West Midlands +39 53 £475 -7.32% 34
East of England -12 47 £525 +90.91% 22
East Midlands +9 27 £500 -8.68% 14
Wales +1 15 £535 +7.00% 8
North East +22 12 £488 +57.26% 13

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 81 (6.94%) Confluence
2 70 (6.00%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (3.00%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.77%) CMS
6 8 (0.69%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.60%) IBM HTTP Server
7 7 (0.60%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.60%) WebSphere Application Server
7 7 (0.60%) WebSphere Portal
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.086%) Apache
10 1 (0.086%) IIS
10 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
Applications
1 71 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.086%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 32 (2.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 19 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.51%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.34%) Maximo
5 3 (0.26%) Remedy AR System
5 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.086%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.086%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.086%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.086%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.086%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.086%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.086%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 167 (14.31%) Azure
2 89 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (6.51%) AWS
4 45 (3.86%) Power Platform
5 36 (3.08%) Azure Stack
6 29 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 26 (2.23%) GCP
7 26 (2.23%) SaaS
8 25 (2.14%) IaaS
9 20 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (1.37%) Azure Storage
12 15 (1.29%) OneDrive
13 14 (1.20%) PaaS
14 12 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (0.77%) Serverless
16 6 (0.51%) AWS CodeBuild
16 6 (0.51%) AWS CodeDeploy
16 6 (0.51%) AWS CodePipeline
16 6 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.03%) Firewall
2 37 (3.17%) BGP
3 32 (2.74%) DHCP
3 32 (2.74%) DNS
4 20 (1.71%) LAN
4 20 (1.71%) WAN
5 16 (1.37%) Network Security
6 14 (1.20%) VPN
7 13 (1.11%) Wireless
8 11 (0.94%) Skype
9 10 (0.86%) HTTP
10 9 (0.77%) VSAN
11 8 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (0.60%) HTTPS
13 6 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
14 5 (0.43%) AMQP
14 5 (0.43%) SAN
15 4 (0.34%) SNA
16 3 (0.26%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.17%) Power BI
2 13 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.03%) Big Data
3 12 (1.03%) Data Lake
4 11 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 10 (0.86%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.69%) MySQL
7 6 (0.51%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.51%) Tableau
8 5 (0.43%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.43%) GIS
8 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.26%) Metadata
9 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.17%) Flink
10 2 (0.17%) Pentaho
10 2 (0.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 101 (8.65%) JIRA
2 17 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.60%) Robot Framework
3 7 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.43%) Git
4 5 (0.43%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.26%) Hudson
5 3 (0.26%) Maven
5 3 (0.26%) Selenium
5 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.17%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.17%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.086%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.086%) Gatling
7 1 (0.086%) GitLab
7 1 (0.086%) JMeter
7 1 (0.086%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.086%) webpack
General
1 426 (36.50%) Social Skills
2 214 (18.34%) Finance
3 187 (16.02%) Public Sector
4 158 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (7.88%) Banking
6 47 (4.03%) Telecoms
7 41 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.40%) Marketing
11 25 (2.14%) Legal
12 24 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.71%) Retail
14 15 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.20%) Back Office
15 14 (1.20%) Electronics
16 13 (1.11%) Law
17 12 (1.03%) Military
18 10 (0.86%) Local Government
19 8 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 221 (18.94%) Analyst
2 163 (13.97%) Architect
3 119 (10.20%) Service Manager
4 84 (7.20%) Service Architect
5 79 (6.77%) Service Analyst
6 72 (6.17%) Lead
7 57 (4.88%) Consultant
8 51 (4.37%) Banking Analyst
9 50 (4.28%) Business Analyst
10 47 (4.03%) Senior
11 45 (3.86%) Developer
12 41 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
12 41 (3.51%) IT Analyst
13 39 (3.34%) Support Engineer
14 38 (3.26%) IT Manager
15 37 (3.17%) Support Analyst
16 36 (3.08%) Data Analyst
16 36 (3.08%) Transition Manager
17 35 (3.00%) Incident Manager
17 35 (3.00%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.51%) Web Services
2 27 (2.31%) REST
3 17 (1.46%) Middleware
4 16 (1.37%) ARM Templates
4 16 (1.37%) CSS
5 13 (1.11%) HTML
5 13 (1.11%) SOAP
6 10 (0.86%) J2EE
7 9 (0.77%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (0.60%) .NET
10 6 (0.51%) Flash
11 5 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 4 (0.34%) LDAP
12 4 (0.34%) RESTful
12 4 (0.34%) XML
13 3 (0.26%) jQuery
13 3 (0.26%) Spring
13 3 (0.26%) Spring MVC
13 3 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 68 (5.83%) CMDB
3 43 (3.68%) PKI
4 42 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.17%) Private Cloud
6 35 (3.00%) Data Centre
7 32 (2.74%) Virtual Team
8 16 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (1.20%) Product Ownership
10 13 (1.11%) LIMS
11 12 (1.03%) Clustering
11 12 (1.03%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.86%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.60%) NHS
14 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
15 5 (0.43%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.43%) SCADA
15 5 (0.43%) Smartphone
16 4 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
16 4 (0.34%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 170 (14.57%) Windows
2 70 (6.00%) Linux
3 69 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 62 (5.31%) Windows 10
5 45 (3.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (2.06%) Apple iOS
9 21 (1.80%) Windows NT
10 15 (1.29%) Unix
11 11 (0.94%) Android
11 11 (0.94%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.43%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.17%) VMS
14 1 (0.086%) CentOS
14 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.086%) Solaris
14 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (51.16%) ITIL
2 403 (34.53%) ITSM
3 212 (18.17%) Agile
4 199 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
5 185 (15.85%) Change Management
6 157 (13.45%) Service Delivery
7 139 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 130 (11.14%) Customer Service
9 123 (10.54%) Problem Management
10 115 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 108 (9.25%) Asset Management
12 107 (9.17%) Project Management
13 98 (8.40%) Service Design
14 97 (8.31%) Incident Management
15 89 (7.63%) Configuration Management
16 76 (6.51%) DevOps
17 75 (6.43%) Analytics
17 75 (6.43%) Roadmaps
18 72 (6.17%) Decision-Making
18 72 (6.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 64 (5.48%) PowerShell
2 41 (3.51%) SQL
3 26 (2.23%) Python
4 25 (2.14%) Java
5 21 (1.80%) C#
6 19 (1.63%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.54%) VB
7 18 (1.54%) VBScript
8 16 (1.37%) Bicep
9 8 (0.69%) Swift
10 6 (0.51%) Bash
10 6 (0.51%) Go
10 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.34%) C
12 2 (0.17%) C++
12 2 (0.17%) VBA
13 1 (0.086%) ABAP
13 1 (0.086%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.086%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.086%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 467 (40.02%) Security Cleared
2 292 (25.02%) SC Cleared
3 193 (16.54%) DV Cleared
4 108 (9.25%) Degree
5 43 (3.68%) ITIL Certification
6 36 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 25 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (1.03%) MCSE
13 11 (0.94%) CCNA
13 11 (0.94%) MCP
14 9 (0.77%) CCNP
15 8 (0.69%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 5 (0.43%) A+ Certification
17 5 (0.43%) CCSA
17 5 (0.43%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.00%) SLA
2 47 (4.03%) QA
3 36 (3.08%) Government Security Classifications
4 30 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 20 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.11%) JSP 440
8 9 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
9 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.60%) RMADS
11 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.43%) COBIT
11 5 (0.43%) GDPR
11 5 (0.43%) NIST
11 5 (0.43%) PMO
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.086%) HIPAA
System Software
1 113 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (1.80%) Firmware
5 17 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.20%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.86%) Docker
8 9 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.51%) vSphere
10 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
12 1 (0.086%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.086%) NFS
12 1 (0.086%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (5.31%) SCCM
2 48 (4.11%) SCOM
2 48 (4.11%) Terraform
3 41 (3.51%) WSUS
4 38 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (2.91%) Ansible
6 28 (2.40%) Kubernetes
7 21 (1.80%) Sysprep
8 19 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 17 (1.46%) Puppet
10 16 (1.37%) OPNET
11 11 (0.94%) Progress Chef
12 9 (0.77%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.51%) Grafana
13 6 (0.51%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 5 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.43%) IBM BigFix
14 5 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 237 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 195 (16.71%) ServiceNow
3 61 (5.23%) Atlassian
4 44 (3.77%) SAP
5 40 (3.43%) Remedy
6 34 (2.91%) VMware
7 29 (2.49%) Cisco
8 25 (2.14%) Oracle
9 17 (1.46%) BMC
9 17 (1.46%) Dell
9 17 (1.46%) Google
10 12 (1.03%) SolarWinds
11 11 (0.94%) InterSystems
12 10 (0.86%) Citrix
12 10 (0.86%) Okta
13 9 (0.77%) Apple
14 8 (0.69%) Juniper
14 8 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.60%) CheckPoint
15 7 (0.60%) Salesforce