Service Management Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Service Management
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire 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 17 17 27
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +6
Contract jobs citing Service Management 8 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 4.85% 1.01% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.35% 1.14% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £231 - -
25th Percentile £297 £185 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £190 £540
Median % change year-on-year +117.11% -64.81% -
75th Percentile £428 £195 -
90th Percentile £434 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 126 88 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 76.36% 88.89% 84.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 67 110
10th Percentile £132 £203 £157
25th Percentile £250 £278 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £449 £453
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -0.82% +11.78%
75th Percentile £550 £514 £575
90th Percentile £636 £681 £706
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -6.18% -6.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £17.05 - £12.80
25th Percentile £20.51 £23.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £23.15 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +14.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £29.31 £24.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £30.25 - £57.80
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.39
% change year-on-year -18.84% +3.85% +33.02%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Leicestershire

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Market Harborough - 1 £195 -
Service Management
East Midlands

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) IT Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Assurance Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Driving Licence
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Problem Management
3 6 (75.00%) Change Management
4 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (62.50%) Data Protection
4 5 (62.50%) Information Security
4 5 (62.50%) ITSM
4 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (62.50%) Project Management
4 5 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (25.00%) Logistics
5 2 (25.00%) Operational Stability
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
6 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft