Service Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Service Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Service Management 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 6.52% 2.17% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 2.38% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +214.29%
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £285 £645
% change year-on-year +92.98% -55.81% +84.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £48.34 - -
25th Percentile £52.66 - -
Median hourly rate £59.86 £30.40 -
Median % change year-on-year +96.91% - -
75th Percentile £67.06 - -
90th Percentile £71.38 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £30.40 -
% change year-on-year +144.28% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79 42 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 85.87% 91.30% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 19 22
10th Percentile £250 £290 £328
25th Percentile £403 £469 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +26.59% -3.97%
75th Percentile £578 £559 £498
90th Percentile £680 £600 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £455 £500 £623
% change year-on-year -9.00% -19.68% +19.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 36
10th Percentile £29.21 £24.43 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £25.17 £33.66
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -32.96% +15.39%
75th Percentile £45.84 £44.63 £51.63
90th Percentile £71.79 £67.70 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.45%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Preston

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Preston over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Preston

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) WebEx
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Change Control
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (50.00%) Product Requirements
3 3 (50.00%) User Stories
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Bash
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) Perl
2 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CCDP
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) CCNP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Red Hat
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware