Service Manager Contracts in the North West

Services Manager
England > North West

The median Services Manager daily rate in the North West is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 112 112
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 17 21 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.79% 0.79% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.84% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 30
10th Percentile £357 £257 £363
25th Percentile £364 £325 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £445 £520
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% -14.42% +19.54%
75th Percentile £678 £493 £588
90th Percentile £699 £530 £589
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,983 2,501 2,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.20% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,294 1,555 2,016
10th Percentile £251 £259 £291
25th Percentile £367 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 280 151
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.71 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £29.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +11.32% +6.00%
75th Percentile £56.44 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.08 £70.90 £55.85
England median hourly rate £27.59 £40.33 £43.00
% change year-on-year -31.59% -6.22% +70.01%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the North West

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the North West

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the North West

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the North West

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Manchester +25 12 £400 +6.67% 19
Cheshire -10 3 £463 -11.90% 5
Service Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, 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 West region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
1 11 (64.71%) Service Delivery
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
2 8 (47.06%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (41.18%) ITSM
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
4 5 (29.41%) Service Design
5 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (17.65%) DevOps
6 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (17.65%) Publishing
6 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
6 3 (17.65%) SaaS
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Governance

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Publishing
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
1 11 (64.71%) Service Delivery
2 8 (47.06%) Service Management
3 7 (41.18%) ITSM
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Service Design
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
5 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
6 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
6 3 (17.65%) DevOps
6 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Problem Management
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Release Management
6 3 (17.65%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 22301
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 31000
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) GxP
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) SAP
4 1 (5.88%) Atlassian