Service Manager Contracts in Knutsford

Services Manager
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Services Manager daily rate in Knutsford is £334, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 0.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £317 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 - -
75th Percentile £351 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £334 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -36.43% +20.00% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 178 138 113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 95.17% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 124 92
10th Percentile £317 £356 £466
25th Percentile £357 £390 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £470 £565
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -16.81% +15.31%
75th Percentile £492 £580 £611
90th Percentile £530 £635 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +11.11%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Knutsford

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in Knutsford.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in Knutsford

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 Knutsford region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow