Service Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Services Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Services Manager daily rate in Manchester is £403, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 73 87
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 7 14 14
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.63% 1.18% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.25% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile £346 £259 £313
25th Percentile £358 £279 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% -26.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £513 £500 £600
90th Percentile £569 £509 -
North West median daily rate £469 £300 £575
% change year-on-year +56.25% -47.83% +16.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,018 1,118 1,521
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 93.87% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 645 1,114
10th Percentile £303 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £671
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 42 66
10th Percentile £16.44 £15.91 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £31.40 £48.44 £46.88
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £30.50 £33.54
% change year-on-year -2.95% -9.06% +67.70%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Service Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in Manchester

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Service Design
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Publishing
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Service Design
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow