Service Management Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 26 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 -12
Contract jobs citing Service Management 10 21 21
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.22% 6.58% 3.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 7.53% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 19
10th Percentile £182 £267 £266
25th Percentile £184 £381 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £458 £365
Median % change year-on-year -38.80% +25.34% -11.52%
75th Percentile £416 £591 £580
90th Percentile £489 £634 £616
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +2.56% -15.22% +35.29%

All Process & 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 379 279 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.04% 87.46% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 200 373
10th Percentile £225 £233 £279
25th Percentile £358 £389 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - -
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £635 £650 £735
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 20
10th Percentile - £15.35 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +53.31% +42.32%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £27.75
90th Percentile £35.36 £55.63 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Buckinghamshire

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Service Management

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 13 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
Milton Keynes -15 9 £280 -38.80% 3
Marlow - 1 - -
Service Management
South East

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Service Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Service Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Procurement Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Report Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Coaching
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Service Design
4 2 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (10.00%) TIBCO
3 1 (10.00%) webMethods