Service Management Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Service Management
Kent > Maidstone

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Maidstone requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 5.26% 3.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 3.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £622 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +148.70% - -
75th Percentile £651 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
Kent median daily rate £547 £565 £165
% change year-on-year -3.23% +242.42% +34.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36 31 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 94.74% 96.88% 69.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 8
10th Percentile £329 £210 £282
25th Percentile £331 £248 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £346 £365
Median % change year-on-year +27.80% -5.14% +4.29%
75th Percentile £500 £574 £373
90th Percentile £625 £621 £403
Kent median daily rate £440 £538 £445
% change year-on-year -18.14% +20.79% +21.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.25
Median hourly rate £20.40 - £45.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +257.42%
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median hourly rate £21.61 £22.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -1.80% -38.03% -25.26%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Maidstone

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

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

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Service Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA