IT Services Manager Contracts in the North of England

IT Service Manager
England > North of England

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in the North of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 181 182
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 +37
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 6 2 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.18% 0.043% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.046% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 17
10th Percentile £411 - £391
25th Percentile £484 £513 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £440
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +19.32% -2.22%
75th Percentile £591 £538 £488
90th Percentile £619 - £523
England median daily rate £504 £588 £475
% change year-on-year -14.26% +23.68% -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,089 4,314 5,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 93.24% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,699 3,757
10th Percentile £230 £263 £275
25th Percentile £364 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £682
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 398 157
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -31.99% +57.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.14 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.50 £66.28
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in the North of England

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in the North of England

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in the North of England

IT Services Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Services Manager in the North of England

IT Services Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North West +10 4 £550 +4.76% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £625 - 2
IT Services Manager
England

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, IT Services Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Service Continuity Management
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 22301
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 31000
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Atlassian

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Continuity Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 22301
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 31000
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Atlassian