Service Owner Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Service Owner
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Service Owner daily rate in Portsmouth is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Owner 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 151 107 263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 95.54% 92.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 57 134
10th Percentile £243 £266 £358
25th Percentile £377 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £536
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.43% +9.44%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £635
90th Percentile £638 £675 £790
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -2.60% -2.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 22 61
10th Percentile £25.15 £31.25 £41.70
25th Percentile £44.58 £35.00 £57.50
Median hourly rate £48.05 £57.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% -7.26% +3.33%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £67.02
90th Percentile £56.44 £64.88 £75.16
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.29 £35.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -30.61% -32.64% +21.74%

Service Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Owner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Service Owner job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Service Owner Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Service Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring Service Owner in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Service Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared