Service Manager Contract Job Trends 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 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 90 100
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 5 9 24
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.34% 0.65% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.72% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 17
10th Percentile - £453 £493
25th Percentile - £520 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +0.87% +10.15%
75th Percentile - £581 £588
90th Percentile - £650 £600
South East median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +38.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £88.00 - -
25th Percentile £92.50 - £61.75
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £63.50
75th Percentile £102.75 - £65.25
90th Percentile £104.40 - -
South East median hourly rate £90.00 - £63.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,342 1,255 1,580
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 90.16% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 925 715 965
10th Percentile £300 £258 £213
25th Percentile £413 £408 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 29 74
10th Percentile £14.75 £38.00 £24.39
25th Percentile £19.43 £42.88 £48.40
Median hourly rate £62.25 £59.00 £61.13
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -3.48% +11.14%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £67.44
90th Percentile £98.75 £65.89 £75.97
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +41.94%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Service Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies 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 6 January 2026. 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
Reading +14 3 - - 1
Bracknell -6 1 £650 - 1
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Process Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) SaaS
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) CMS
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (60.00%) PKI
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Process Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow