Service Management Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Service Management Manager
UK > England

The median Service Management Manager daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 525 573
Rank change year-on-year +8 +48 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Manager 2 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% 0.016% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.017% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 16
10th Percentile - £308 £388
25th Percentile £413 £375 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £521 £765
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% -31.86% +26.45%
75th Percentile £438 £638 £823
90th Percentile - £660 -
UK median daily rate £650 £618 £765
% change year-on-year +5.26% -19.28% +30.77%

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 25,652 29,884 38,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 93.07% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,521 18,263 26,654
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,445 1,248 1,407
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.33 £21.25 £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +66.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%

Service Management Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Service Management Manager job vacancy trend in England

Service Management Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Management Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Management Manager job vacancies in England

Service Management Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Management Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Management Manager job vacancies in England

Service Management 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 Service Management Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 October 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 +13 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £425 -
Midlands - 1 £425 -
Service Management Manager
UK

Service Management Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Service Management 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 England region featuring Service Management Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI

Service Management Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy