Service Management Architect Contracts in England

Service Management Architect
UK > England

The median Service Management Architect daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 524 612
Rank change year-on-year +24 +88 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Architect 12 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.003% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £533 - -
25th Percentile £563 £663 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -3.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £725
90th Percentile £708 - -
UK median daily rate £575 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -14.81% -3.57% -17.65%

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 25,286 31,125 42,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 92.90% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,399 20,504 30,192
10th Percentile £287 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,309 1,826 1,341
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Service Management Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Architect in England

Service Management Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Service Management Architect in England

Service Management Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management Architect in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management Architect in England

Service Management Architect
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 Service Management Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 5 £575 -
South West - 4 - - 2
North of England - 2 £675 -
West Midlands -3 1 - - 1
Midlands -7 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £775 -
Yorkshire - 1 £575 -
Service Management Architect
UK

Service Management Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, Service Management Architect 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 Service Management Architect in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Service Management
2 10 (83.33%) ITSM
3 8 (66.67%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Service Design
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
6 2 (16.67%) SLA
6 2 (16.67%) Remedy
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (16.67%) JIRA
6 2 (16.67%) Blog
6 2 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (16.67%) AWS
6 2 (16.67%) APMP
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Terraform
6 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy

Service Management Architect 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP HR
2 1 (8.33%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) GitLab
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) GraphQL
1 1 (8.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (8.33%) SAP PI
1 1 (8.33%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blog
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Service Management
2 10 (83.33%) ITSM
3 8 (66.67%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Service Design
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) APMP
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (8.33%) BMC
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (8.33%) SAP