IT Services Manager Contracts in Birmingham

IT Service Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £450, 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 47 63 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 0.52% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.56% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £525 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £675
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -18.52% +22.73%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £688
90th Percentile £575 £585 -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -18.18% -10.20% +11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in Birmingham

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in Birmingham

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in Birmingham

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (66.67%) BMC
2 2 (66.67%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) BMC
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
22 IT Services Manager jobs in the West Midlands