Service Manager Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Services Manager
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Services Manager daily rate in Gloucester is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 0.98% - 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% - 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £501
25th Percentile £313 - £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £588
75th Percentile £338 - £647
90th Percentile - - £664
Gloucestershire median daily rate £375 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 84 73 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.35% 92.41% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 52 93
10th Percentile £191 £351 £400
25th Percentile £291 £462 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £681 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £28.26 £18.00 £66.10
25th Percentile £32.93 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.33 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.79% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £50.35 £22.75 -
90th Percentile £55.39 £23.20 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.67 £67.50 £73.31
% change year-on-year -50.12% -7.93% +105.24%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Gloucester

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Gloucester

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Service Manager 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 Gloucester region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) IFS
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IFS