Service Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Services Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Services Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 115 102
Rank change year-on-year +27 -13 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 5 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.43% 0.45% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.48% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £422 £508 £354
25th Percentile £436 £531 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £594 £475
90th Percentile - £600 £535
South East median daily rate £465 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -10.14% +15.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.60 -
South East median hourly rate - £17.60 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Berkshire

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in Berkshire

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in Berkshire

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in Berkshire

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bracknell - 3 £650 - 2
Slough - 2 £436 - 2
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Telematics
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
1 3 (60.00%) Infotainment
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) PMI
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Automotive
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (20.00%) COBIT
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Infotainment
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (40.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Telematics
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT