Technical Services Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Technical Service Manager
UK > England

The median Technical Service Manager daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 484 553
Rank change year-on-year -63 +69 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Services Manager 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.012% 0.011% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.012% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £445 - £433
25th Percentile £456 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £409 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% -9.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £473 £513
90th Percentile £663 £512 £580
UK median daily rate £475 £467 £450
% change year-on-year +1.71% +3.78% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 29,700 24,791 34,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,949 15,305 23,643
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,844 747 1,904
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.97 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% -7.28% +7.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £37.88
% change year-on-year -12.31% -14.19% +11.40%

Technical Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Technical Services Manager job vacancy trend in England

Technical Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Services Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Services Manager job vacancies in England

Technical Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Services Manager in England over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Services Manager in England

Technical Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Services Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Services Manager job vacancies in England

Technical 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 Technical Services Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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 - 2 £475 - 3
London -21 1 £450 +10.02% 1
Midlands - 1 £725 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £725 - 1
Technical Services Manager
UK

Technical Services Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 January 2026, Technical Services 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 Technical Services Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows

Technical Services 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) GCIH
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared