Service Management Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Service Management
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Service Management 8 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 3.98% 2.33% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.10% 2.73% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £174 - £615
25th Percentile - - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile £210 - £743
90th Percentile £407 - £753
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £200 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 110 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 78.11% 85.27% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 57 94
10th Percentile £192 £298 £295
25th Percentile £381 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £647
90th Percentile £685 £580 £729
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £436 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -12.90% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 2 7
10th Percentile £13.36 £14.70 £9.08
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.76 £10.76
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% -0.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £17.53 £15.06 £22.63
90th Percentile £17.87 £15.09 £26.50
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £23.80 £15.00
% change year-on-year -31.30% +58.67% +31.58%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Nottingham over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Nottingham

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure AKS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Time Management
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Service Design
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow