Service Manager Contract Job Trends in Kent

Services Manager
South East > Kent

The median Services Manager daily rate in Kent is £594, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 3 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.48% 1.06% 4.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 1.14% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £359 - £426
25th Percentile £439 £710 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £720 £438
Median % change year-on-year -17.57% +64.57% -18.60%
75th Percentile £639 £730 £453
90th Percentile £653 - £459
South East median daily rate £415 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -27.19% +3.64% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 113 176 225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 93.62% 97.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 63 180
10th Percentile £152 £145 £160
25th Percentile £256 £203 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £416
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.12% -6.20%
75th Percentile £563 £611 £538
90th Percentile £630 £668 £613
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £513
% change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 13
10th Percentile - £12.88 £16.90
25th Percentile £13.75 £22.40 £20.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £57.54 £54.37
Median % change year-on-year -75.67% +5.83% +28.49%
75th Percentile £20.40 £75.16 £61.25
90th Percentile - - £79.15
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.17 £51.90
% change year-on-year -64.26% +12.09% +66.61%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Service Manager job vacancy trend in Kent

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in Kent

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Service 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 Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Maidstone - 2 £622 - 2
Service Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Service 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 Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap

Service 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
3 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft