Service Management Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Service Management
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 5.67% - 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% - 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £528 - £486
25th Percentile £606 - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £585
75th Percentile £688 - £600
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £663 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -1.85% +12.50% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

Service Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 54 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 74.47% 88.52% 85.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 38 118
10th Percentile £210 £321 £159
25th Percentile £282 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.83% -16.82%
75th Percentile £506 £584 £580
90th Percentile £639 £606 £660
Devon median daily rate £450 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.29% -8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.84%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £62.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -60.46% +108.33% -45.45%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Exeter

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Service Management

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) IntelliJ
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Service Manager
2 5 (62.50%) IT Manager
2 5 (62.50%) IT Services Manager
3 3 (37.50%) Lead
4 2 (25.00%) Senior
4 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Budget Management
2 5 (62.50%) Contract Management
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft