Service Management
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 | 13 | 27 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | +4 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Service Management | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | 11.22% | 0.61% | 1.85% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 12.22% | 0.71% | 2.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £184 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | £220 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £280 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +107.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | £340 |
| 90th Percentile | £583 | - | £376 |
| South West median daily rate | £551 | £525 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.95% | -8.70% | +9.52% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £18.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £19.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £32.50 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.58% | -26.92% | +96.97% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 90 | 141 | 179 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 91.84% | 85.45% | 82.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 91 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £175 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £175 | £243 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -12.82% | +2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £630 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £825 | £638 |
| South West median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £549 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.37% | +9.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 35 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.47 | £11.87 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | £13.69 | £48.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.63 | £15.31 | £56.29 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.25% | -72.80% | +5.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £56.49 | £62.72 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £61.25 | £70.77 |
| South West median hourly rate | £63.00 | £50.00 | £61.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.00% | -18.70% | +26.16% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Dorset.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Dorset.
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Contract Job Locations in Dorset
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 Dorset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blandford Forum | - | 8 | £550 | - | |
| Bournemouth | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Service Management South West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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: