Service Management Contract Job Trends in Kent

Service Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Management 5 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 3.38% 3.01% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.48% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £307 -
25th Percentile £488 £391 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £565 £165
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +242.42% +34.69%
75th Percentile £627 £610 -
90th Percentile £648 £618 -
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +2.56% -15.22% +35.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 115 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 83.78% 86.47% 81.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 57 118
10th Percentile £180 £185 £204
25th Percentile £320 £243 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £498
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +3.02% +32.67%
75th Percentile £564 £623 £575
90th Percentile £638 £688 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 12
10th Percentile £16.10 £19.40 £20.08
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.43 £32.75
Median hourly rate £20.40 £54.00 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% +28.01% +9.39%
75th Percentile £35.54 £57.54 £55.06
90th Percentile £39.00 £69.64 £60.65
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Kent over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Kent

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service Management
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 within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Maidstone +2 2 £622 +148.70%
Service Management
South East

Service Management
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 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) IT Business Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA