Service Manager Contracts in Hampshire

Services Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median Services Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 87 76
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +31
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Service Manager 3 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.30% 0.62% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.67% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 14
10th Percentile £533 £425 £491
25th Percentile £544 £483 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £570
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -1.32% +14.00%
75th Percentile £613 £580 £658
90th Percentile £628 £603 £675
South East median daily rate £415 £570 £500
% change year-on-year -27.19% +14.00% +5.26%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 926 1,351 1,184
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 92.79% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 845 702
10th Percentile £200 £360 £260
25th Percentile £418 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £650 £708 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 133 98
10th Percentile £18.88 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £51.06 £19.43
Median hourly rate £44.25 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.84% +9.24% +40.00%
75th Percentile £59.69 £70.43 £66.19
90th Percentile £71.48 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Hampshire

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Service Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton +2 1 £625 +11.11% 2
Portsmouth - 1 £550 - 1
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 Hampshire region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aviation
3 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Retail

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow