Service Manager Contracts in the North of England

Services Manager
England > North of England

The median Services Manager daily rate in the North of England is £492 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 142 152
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 29 78 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.61% 1.33% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.40% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 63 70
10th Percentile £363 £333 £219
25th Percentile £408 £413 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £547
90th Percentile £552 £648 £576
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £18.26
25th Percentile - - £19.41
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £34.45
% change year-on-year +131.66% -62.41% +5.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,455 5,566 6,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.15% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 3,937 5,141
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £385 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £590 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 397 174 298
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.64 £11.12
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.64 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +65.08% +2.78%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.30 £30.44
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.93 £50.23
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service 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 Service Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 17 £493 +3.79% 24
Yorkshire +4 11 £490 -5.31% 17
North East +16 1 - - 3
Service Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Service 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 Service Manager in the job title.

1 15 (51.72%) Service Delivery
2 12 (41.38%) ITIL
3 11 (37.93%) Service Management
4 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
4 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
5 9 (31.03%) Finance
5 9 (31.03%) SLA
6 7 (24.14%) Fault Management
7 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (17.24%) Agile
8 5 (17.24%) Incident Management
9 4 (13.79%) Supplier Management
9 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
9 4 (13.79%) Service Design
10 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
10 3 (10.34%) Confluence
10 3 (10.34%) JIRA
10 3 (10.34%) Change Management
10 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
10 3 (10.34%) Migration
11 2 (6.90%) Legal
11 2 (6.90%) ITSM
11 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
11 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
11 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
11 2 (6.90%) SQL
11 2 (6.90%) SAP
11 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis

Service 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) IaaS
1 1 (3.45%) PaaS
1 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.90%) Legal
3 2 (6.90%) Retail
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) CMDB
1 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Service Delivery
2 12 (41.38%) ITIL
3 11 (37.93%) Service Management
4 7 (24.14%) Fault Management
5 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.24%) Agile
6 5 (17.24%) Incident Management
7 4 (13.79%) Problem Management
7 4 (13.79%) Service Design
7 4 (13.79%) Supplier Management
8 3 (10.34%) Change Management
8 3 (10.34%) Migration
8 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
9 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.90%) Configuration Management
9 2 (6.90%) Data Analysis
9 2 (6.90%) ITSM
9 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.90%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Cadence
2 1 (3.45%) Remedy