Service Management Contract Job Trends in Luton

Service Management
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 24 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Service Management 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 2.42% 2.73% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.78% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £604
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 £600 £750
Median % change year-on-year -91.00% -20.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.40 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 108 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 88.89% 98.18% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 57 66
10th Percentile £363 £458 £300
25th Percentile £500 £500 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +11.63% +7.93%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £675 £743 £675
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £580 £500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 29
10th Percentile £59.60 £60.75 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £80.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +272.09% -71.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £79.80 £92.50 £66.30
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -12.50% +272.09% -55.67%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Luton

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Luton over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Luton

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (80.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) PLM
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
1 4 (80.00%) Siemens