Service Manager Contract Job Trends in Derby

Services Manager
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Services Manager daily rate in Derby is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 1.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £526 - -
25th Percentile £547 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £622 - -
90th Percentile £639 - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £588 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 124 82 137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.98% 94.25% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 88
10th Percentile £199 £173 £149
25th Percentile £384 £313 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 £272
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% +47.06% -39.56%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £461
90th Percentile £615 £576 £654
Derbyshire median daily rate £465 £400 £255
% change year-on-year +16.25% +56.86% -43.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 23
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.69 £18.65 £16.98
Median hourly rate £17.94 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% +36.46% +14.32%
75th Percentile £25.36 - £20.00
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.94 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -25.83% +36.46% +14.32%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Service Manager job vacancy trend in Derby

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Derby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Derby

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Derby over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in Derby

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Derby region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) SIAM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) SIAM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000