Service Manager Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Services Manager
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Services Manager daily rate in Gloucestershire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 46 48
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 3 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.97% 2.69% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 2.82% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £323 - £288
25th Percentile £338 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.44%
75th Percentile £388 - £591
90th Percentile - - £641
South West median daily rate £470 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -8.29% -2.38% -3.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 272 425 477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.74% 95.29% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 206 286
10th Percentile £200 £356 £359
25th Percentile £325 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £724 £734 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 49 47
10th Percentile £13.50 £22.50 £31.80
25th Percentile £13.84 £40.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £33.67 £67.50 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% -7.93% +105.24%
75th Percentile £67.19 £71.50 £78.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £84.04
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Gloucestershire

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Gloucester - 1 £325 - 2
Service Manager
South West

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 16 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) IFS
2 2 (66.67%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) assyst
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (66.67%) assyst
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Planning and Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IFS