Service Management Contracts in Cheshire

Service Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2025, 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 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -21
Contract jobs citing Service Management 11 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.45% 1.98% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.35% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 7
10th Percentile £382 - £323
25th Percentile £435 £122 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £161 £450
Median % change year-on-year +216.77% -64.22% +3.27%
75th Percentile £550 £284 £550
90th Percentile £582 £436 £664
North West median daily rate £517 £493 £445
% change year-on-year +4.85% +10.79% -3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £18.54 £16.64 -
25th Percentile £27.12 £16.79 -
Median hourly rate £41.41 £17.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +133.69% - -
75th Percentile £55.71 - -
90th Percentile £64.28 £17.75 -
North West median hourly rate £29.70 £17.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +67.61% -72.74% +420.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Cheshire

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire 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
Knutsford - 6 £504 - 4
Wilmslow +4 1 £200 -
Crewe -2 1 £700 -
Chester - 1 - - 1
Warrington - 1 - - 4
Service Management
North West

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (45.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) assyst
1 1 (9.09%) SAP MM
1 1 (9.09%) SAP PP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Business Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (9.09%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) CMDB
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITSM
1 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 7 (63.64%) Focus Group
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (63.64%) Test Strategy
3 6 (54.55%) Business Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
4 5 (45.45%) Service Catalogue
4 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Identification
5 4 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) Dell