Service Management Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Service Management
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 4.72% 1.51% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 1.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £430 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 - -
75th Percentile £690 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £464 £413 £528
% change year-on-year +12.48% -21.80% +24.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 98 160 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 77.17% 80.40% 82.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 62 119
10th Percentile £411 £366 £355
25th Percentile £460 £432 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -13.04% +34.66%
75th Percentile £551 £581 £638
90th Percentile £638 £675 £670
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 10
10th Percentile £25.91 £18.13 £24.39
25th Percentile £28.19 £45.22 £28.30
Median hourly rate £41.69 £62.32 £46.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.09% +33.29% -10.43%
75th Percentile £56.82 £70.90 £54.69
90th Percentile £63.40 £74.75 £56.77
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.29% +1.03% +59.09%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Cumbria over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Cumbria

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Barrow-in-Furness +9 6 £595 - 1
Service Management
North West

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) LAN
1 5 (83.33%) Skype
1 5 (83.33%) VLAN
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
2 5 (83.33%) Disk Encryption
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) VB
1 5 (83.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy