The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 20 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 Wiltshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 48 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 2 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.447% - 1.471%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.478% - 1.533%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
Average daily rate £363 - £338
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 - £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 - £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £338
% change year-on-year
+2.06% +7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £12.25 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+58.28% -50.62%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
418 578 522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.51% 92.63% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 347 273
Average daily rate £400 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £473 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 46 48
Average hourly rate £13.50 £23.88 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.45% -3.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.48 £14.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Manager
South West

Service Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Swindon - 1 £550 -
Service Manager
South West

Service Manager
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) BPR

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) BPR
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) BMC
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy