Service Management Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Service Management
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 57 54
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Service Management 13 8 24
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.81% 1.21% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.41% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 17
10th Percentile £353 £93 £413
25th Percentile £436 £154 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £195 £575
Median % change year-on-year +169.23% -66.09% +21.05%
75th Percentile £548 £274 £606
90th Percentile £584 £402 £734
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £195 £550
% change year-on-year +169.23% -64.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £21.31
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 - £21.31
% change year-on-year - - -0.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 568 885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.40% 85.67% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 361 614
10th Percentile £300 £325 £316
25th Percentile £400 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £624
90th Percentile £650 £655 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £478 £516
% change year-on-year +4.71% -7.37% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 7
10th Percentile £25.10 £15.54 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.00 £18.97
Median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +52.51% +0.28%
75th Percentile £27.63 £41.50 £22.86
90th Percentile £28.30 £61.75 £39.05
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year -31.88% +56.97% -1.80%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Leeds

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Leeds

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
1 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Mac Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Service Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Development Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Development Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Support Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) iPhone
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
1 3 (23.08%) Smartphone
2 2 (15.38%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) Security Patching
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 2 (15.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ACSP
1 3 (23.08%) ACTC
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
3 1 (7.69%) ISEB
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint