Service Manager Contracts in the East of England

Services Manager
England > East of England

The median Services Manager daily rate in the East of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 95 102
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +14
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Service Manager 7 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.55% 0.065% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.074% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £370 - £393
25th Percentile £400 £513 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £538 £450
90th Percentile £545 - -
England median daily rate £500 £520 £520
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £12.95
75th Percentile £42.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £48.46 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +61.53% -47.83% +85.19%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 1,088 1,355 1,703
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.67% 87.42% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 567 1,025
10th Percentile £186 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £300 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £478
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -7.43% +0.53%
75th Percentile £580 £566 £600
90th Percentile £686 £625 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 405 249
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.44 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +47.66% +53.84%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.04 £70.00 £80.87
England median hourly rate £25.15 £44.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -42.84% +0.32% +68.69%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the East of England

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East of England

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the East of England

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in the East of England

Service Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 6 £450 - 3
Cambridgeshire - 1 £575 - 2
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Revenue Management
4 2 (28.57%) Release Management
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Local Government
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) SLA
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Release Management
4 2 (28.57%) Revenue Management
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory