The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the 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 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Manager
Rank 94 92 89
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 18 18 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.968% 0.801% 0.754%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.027% 0.847% 0.805%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 8
Average daily rate £388 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £246 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £363 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £370 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.91% +9.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £11.75 £24.81
% change year-on-year
+65.02% -52.64%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1753 2126 1740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.25% 94.62% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 899 1137 820
Average daily rate £315 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £201
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 104 114 122
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.92% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.30 £7.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £30.00 £40.00
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire +1 16 £394 +9.37%
North Yorkshire 0 1 - -
South Yorkshire - 1 £263 -
Service Manager
England

Service Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 29 (80.56%) ITIL
2 17 (47.22%) ITIL Certification
3 14 (38.89%) SLA
4 13 (36.11%) Service Management
4 13 (36.11%) Change Management
5 11 (30.56%) Service Delivery
6 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.89%) Retail
7 5 (13.89%) Finance
8 4 (11.11%) Capacity Management
9 3 (8.333%) ITIL V3
9 3 (8.333%) Incident Management
9 3 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (8.333%) ITSM
9 3 (8.333%) Configuration Management
9 3 (8.333%) Project Management
9 3 (8.333%) PRINCE
10 2 (5.556%) NHS
10 2 (5.556%) Problem Management
10 2 (5.556%) Release Management
10 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
10 2 (5.556%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (5.556%) Knowledge Management
11 1 (2.778%) Service Desk Management
11 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
11 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
11 1 (2.778%) APMP
11 1 (2.778%) Process Improvement
11 1 (2.778%) Supplier Management

Service Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) Intranet
General
1 5 (13.89%) Retail
1 5 (13.89%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) NHS
1 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
1 1 (2.778%) Windows
1 1 (2.778%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (80.56%) ITIL
2 13 (36.11%) Service Management
2 13 (36.11%) Change Management
3 11 (30.56%) Service Delivery
4 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.11%) Capacity Management
6 3 (8.333%) ITIL V3
6 3 (8.333%) Incident Management
6 3 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.333%) ITSM
6 3 (8.333%) Configuration Management
6 3 (8.333%) Project Management
6 3 (8.333%) PRINCE
7 2 (5.556%) Problem Management
7 2 (5.556%) Release Management
7 2 (5.556%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (5.556%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (2.778%) Service Desk Management
8 1 (2.778%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) APMP
2 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (38.89%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.778%) Altiris
1 1 (2.778%) Citrix
1 1 (2.778%) Lotus