Service Management Contracts in Milton Keynes

Service Management
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Service Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 35 17
Rank change year-on-year +15 -18 +22
Contract jobs citing Service Management 11 10 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 6.43% 2.56% 9.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.92% 3.01% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 56
10th Percentile £393 £237 £382
25th Percentile £408 £280 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £421 £495
Median % change year-on-year +18.80% -14.97% -2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £465 £600
90th Percentile £613 £504 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £421 £500
% change year-on-year +18.80% -15.82% -4.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 332 711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 92.98% 84.91% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 241 578
10th Percentile £289 £280 £313
25th Percentile £396 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £588 £590 £571
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 1
10th Percentile £13.68 £15.85 -
25th Percentile £14.69 £17.64 £9.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £23.22 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.69% +132.15% -7.15%
75th Percentile £28.81 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £48.75 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Consultant
1 4 (36.36%) ITSM Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Service Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Relationships Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Relationship Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) HR Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Relationships Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) CMDB
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 7 (63.64%) ITSM
2 7 (63.64%) Service Delivery
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
5 3 (27.27%) Emotional Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Financial Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (18.18%) User Experience
7 1 (9.09%) Business Forecasting
7 1 (9.09%) Critical Success Factor
7 1 (9.09%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (9.09%) Planning and Forecasting
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) BMC
2 1 (9.09%) Workday