Service Management Manager Contract Job Trends in Kent

Service Management Manager
South East > Kent

The median Service Management Manager daily rate in Kent is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £656 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £663 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 210 119 180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.71% 95.20% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 93 63
10th Percentile £248 £153 £145
25th Percentile £421 £256 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £465
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -19.35% +27.40%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £583
90th Percentile £675 £625 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 10 36
10th Percentile £15.00 - £12.88
25th Percentile £38.03 £13.75 £33.65
Median hourly rate £52.50 £14.00 £68.67
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -79.61% +26.30%
75th Percentile £86.00 £20.40 £75.16
90th Percentile £87.83 - £82.43
South East median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £58.49
% change year-on-year +94.08% -57.00% +13.22%

Service Management Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Management Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Service Management Manager job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Management Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Management Manager job vacancies in Kent

Service Management Manager
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
West Malling - 1 £663 -
Service Management Manager
South East

Service Management Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, Service Management 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 Kent region featuring Service Management Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap

Service Management Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA