Service Management Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Service Management
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Contract jobs citing Service Management 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 3.19% - 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - £455
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.06%
South West median daily rate £575 £550 £528
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.27% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% +71.43% -67.69%

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 69 88 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 73.40% 90.72% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 49 103
10th Percentile £188 £245 £172
25th Percentile £296 £405 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £548 £550 £675
90th Percentile £675 £675 £825
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 52
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £20.16
Median hourly rate £18.19 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +19.55% -73.07% +172.70%
75th Percentile £23.58 £15.62 £65.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £20.40 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Dorset

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk