Senior Service Manager Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior Service Manager
England > East Midlands

The median Senior Service Manager daily rate in the East Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Service Manager 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £586 - -
England median daily rate £550 £554 £600
% change year-on-year -0.72% -7.67% +18.81%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 888 533 756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 91.27% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 328 521
10th Percentile £190 £219 £166
25th Percentile £352 £340 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £606 £600 £650
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 22 71
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.29 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.26
Median hourly rate £19.57 £23.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +31.72% +3.47%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.54 £21.60
90th Percentile £30.25 £33.55 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% - -6.67%

Senior Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Senior Service Manager job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies in the East Midlands

Senior Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Service Manager in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Service Manager in the East Midlands

Senior Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Service Manager within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Leicestershire - 3 £425 -
Derbyshire - 1 £650 - 2
Senior Service Manager
England

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 February 2026, Senior 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 East Midlands region featuring Senior Service Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 3 (75.00%) Operational Stability
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) COBIT
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SIAM
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 3 (75.00%) Operational Stability
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 20000