The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 22 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 West Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 75 73 62
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 16 17 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.257% 1.051% 0.812%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.327% 1.112% 0.864%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 5
Average daily rate £394 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -4.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £338
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +11.11%
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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1206 1529 1042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.74% 94.50% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 849 482
Average daily rate £313 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 70 75
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.64 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Manager
Yorkshire

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds +2 12 £400 +11.11%
Huddersfield - 1 - -
Service Manager
Yorkshire

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 26 (78.79%) ITIL
2 16 (48.48%) ITIL Certification
3 14 (42.42%) SLA
4 12 (36.36%) Service Management
5 11 (33.33%) Change Management
6 9 (27.27%) Service Delivery
7 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
8 5 (15.15%) Finance
8 5 (15.15%) Retail
9 4 (12.12%) Capacity Management
10 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
10 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (9.091%) Project Management
10 3 (9.091%) PRINCE
11 2 (6.061%) Configuration Management
11 2 (6.061%) NHS
11 2 (6.061%) ITSM
11 2 (6.061%) ITIL V3
11 2 (6.061%) Mobile App
11 2 (6.061%) Mobile Device Management
11 2 (6.061%) Knowledge Management
11 2 (6.061%) Incident Management
11 2 (6.061%) Problem Management
11 2 (6.061%) Release Management
12 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
12 1 (3.030%) APMP
12 1 (3.030%) Supplier Management
12 1 (3.030%) Service Desk Management
12 1 (3.030%) Process Improvement
12 1 (3.030%) Project Planning

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (3.030%) Lotus Notes
General
1 5 (15.15%) Finance
1 5 (15.15%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) NHS
1 2 (6.061%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
1 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) ITIL
2 12 (36.36%) Service Management
3 11 (33.33%) Change Management
4 9 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Capacity Management
7 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.091%) Project Management
7 3 (9.091%) PRINCE
8 2 (6.061%) Configuration Management
8 2 (6.061%) ITSM
8 2 (6.061%) ITIL V3
8 2 (6.061%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (6.061%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (6.061%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.061%) Problem Management
8 2 (6.061%) Release Management
9 1 (3.030%) Supplier Management
9 1 (3.030%) Service Desk Management
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.030%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (3.030%) Altiris
1 1 (3.030%) Citrix
1 1 (3.030%) Lotus