Service Management Contract Job Trends in Devon

Service Management
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 10 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 4.61% 0.71% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.85% 0.79% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £528 - £498
25th Percentile £606 - £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 £551 £503
% change year-on-year +4.36% +9.54% -12.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 171 126 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 78.80% 90.00% 79.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 60 173
10th Percentile £173 £152 £158
25th Percentile £213 £392 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.29% -8.50%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £650 £660
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 37
10th Percentile £15.74 £28.32 £10.42
25th Percentile £19.30 £55.00 £15.59
Median hourly rate £24.71 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.46% +108.33% -45.45%
75th Percentile £46.00 £68.13 £42.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £67.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -22.76%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Devon

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 2 April 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
Exeter - 8 £663 - 3
Plymouth - 2 - -
Service Management
South West

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) GitHub
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Military
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Service Manager
2 6 (60.00%) IT Manager
3 5 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
4 4 (40.00%) Senior
5 3 (30.00%) Lead
5 3 (30.00%) Senior IT Manager
5 3 (30.00%) Senior Manager
6 2 (20.00%) Senior Service Manager
7 1 (10.00%) Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Business Integration Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Integration Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Senior Integration Analyst
7 1 (10.00%) Service Transition Manager
7 1 (10.00%) Software Manager
7 1 (10.00%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) ITSM
3 5 (50.00%) Analytics
3 5 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 5 (50.00%) Contract Management
3 5 (50.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Operations Management
5 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow