Service Management Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Service Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 42 17
Rank change year-on-year +19 -25 +21
Contract jobs citing Service Management 12 11 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 5.17% 2.31% 8.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 2.79% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 61
10th Percentile £393 £237 £399
25th Percentile £408 £280 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £421 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.80% -15.82% -4.31%
75th Percentile £588 £465 £601
90th Percentile £613 £504 £650
South East median daily rate £463 £575 £480
% change year-on-year -19.57% +19.79% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Service Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 216 394 819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 93.10% 82.60% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 272 661
10th Percentile £279 £257 £313
25th Percentile £396 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £575
90th Percentile £647 £686 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 1
10th Percentile - £15.85 -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £9.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%
75th Percentile £39.13 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Milton Keynes +15 11 £500 +18.80% 5
Bletchley - 1 - - 1
Service Management
South East

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) ITSM Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 3 (25.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Relationships Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Service Relationship Manager
5 1 (8.33%) HR Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Management Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Relationships Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) CMDB
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 8 (66.67%) ITSM
3 7 (58.33%) Service Delivery
4 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (16.67%) User Experience
8 1 (8.33%) Critical Success Factor
8 1 (8.33%) Line Management
8 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) BMC
2 1 (8.33%) Workday