Service Manager Contracts in the City of London

Services Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Services Manager daily rate in the City of London is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 104 154
Rank change year-on-year -10 +50 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 11 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.59% 0.63% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.66% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 10
10th Percentile £436 £414 £449
25th Percentile £494 £425 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £495 £683
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -27.47% +51.67%
75th Percentile £595 £577 £750
90th Percentile £638 £761 £790
Central London median daily rate £514 £475 £683
% change year-on-year +8.16% -30.40% +56.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,749 1,963 3,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 94.65% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,304 2,109
10th Percentile £332 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.58%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 11
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.95% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60.25 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £84.11 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.79 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.61% -22.86% -15.66%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the City of London

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the City of London

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the City of London

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the City of London

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Service 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 City of London region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Service Management
3 5 (45.45%) Change Management
4 4 (36.36%) SLA
5 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Banking
6 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
6 2 (18.18%) Legal
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Replication
6 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
6 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (18.18%) Firewall
6 2 (18.18%) Oracle
6 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) Linux
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) HP
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (18.18%) IaaS
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (18.18%) PaaS
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
2 2 (18.18%) International Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
1 2 (18.18%) Replication
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Service Management
3 5 (45.45%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (9.09%) Change Advisory Board
6 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (9.09%) SIAM
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (18.18%) MCITP
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (9.09%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (18.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) HP
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow