IT Services Manager Contracts in England

IT Service Manager
UK > England

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 486 558
Rank change year-on-year +37 +72 +71
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 36 56 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 37 74
10th Percentile £400 £425 £354
25th Percentile £425 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £469
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +22.73% -10.76%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £668
UK median daily rate £506 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -11.96% +21.05% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £33.56 -
25th Percentile - £33.57 £56.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £33.90 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% -41.04% +66.91%
75th Percentile - £34.54 £58.75
90th Percentile - £34.74 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £33.90 £57.50
% change year-on-year +106.49% -41.04% +66.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

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

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Services Manager in England

IT Services Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the England 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
South East +51 10 £500 -9.17% 30
London +23 9 £445 -31.54% 23
North of England +23 6 £550 +4.76% 30
South West +42 4 £490 -20.52% 11
Midlands +14 4 £450 -18.18% 33
North West +18 3 £550 +4.76% 13
West Midlands +13 3 £450 -18.18% 24
Yorkshire - 3 £625 - 13
East of England +31 2 - - 18
East Midlands +3 1 £350 - 8
IT Services Manager
UK

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services 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 England region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 20 (55.56%) ITIL
2 13 (36.11%) Service Delivery
3 12 (33.33%) Service Management
4 11 (30.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (30.56%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
5 10 (27.78%) ITSM
5 10 (27.78%) Risk Management
6 9 (25.00%) Firewall
6 9 (25.00%) Project Management
6 9 (25.00%) Azure
6 9 (25.00%) ServiceNow
6 9 (25.00%) Contract Management
7 8 (22.22%) Analytics
7 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 8 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 8 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
8 7 (19.44%) Power Platform
8 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
8 7 (19.44%) VPN
8 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (19.44%) Internet
8 7 (19.44%) Finance
8 7 (19.44%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (19.44%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (19.44%) Case Management

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (19.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) Firewall
2 7 (19.44%) Internet
2 7 (19.44%) VPN
3 6 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (5.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) Power BI
General
1 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.89%) Legal
4 4 (11.11%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Military
5 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Back Office
6 2 (5.56%) Billing
6 2 (5.56%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.56%) Police
7 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.78%) International Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.56%) Replication
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) ITIL
2 13 (36.11%) Service Delivery
3 12 (33.33%) Service Management
4 11 (30.56%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (30.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (27.78%) ITSM
5 10 (27.78%) Risk Management
6 9 (25.00%) Contract Management
6 9 (25.00%) Project Management
7 8 (22.22%) Analytics
7 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (19.44%) Case Management
8 7 (19.44%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (16.67%) Change Management
10 5 (13.89%) Antivirus Management
10 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
10 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
10 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) ISO 22301
1 2 (5.56%) ISO 31000
1 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.33%) BMC
3 3 (8.33%) Remedy
4 2 (5.56%) Foundry
5 1 (2.78%) Oracle