Service Management Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Service Management Specialist
UK > England

The median Service Management Specialist daily rate in England is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 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
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 522 599
Rank change year-on-year +8 +77 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Specialist 3 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.015% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.016% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £80 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -2.38% -17.26%
75th Percentile - £588 £538
90th Percentile - £591 -
UK median daily rate £700 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +36.59% -2.38% -17.26%

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 25,379 30,460 40,300
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 93.04% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,358 19,213 28,262
10th Percentile £281 £305 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £532
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.22% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,348 1,535 1,329
10th Percentile £13.62 £14.56 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +7.95% +67.05%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Service Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Specialist in England

Service Management Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Service Management Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Service Management Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 +24 2 £700 +36.59% 3
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Service Management Specialist
UK

Service Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Service Management Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) COBIT
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution

Service Management Specialist 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow