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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 10.47% 1.79% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.33% 2.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile £630 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £618 £650
% change year-on-year -10.93% -5.00% +1.96%
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 & 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 73 50 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 84.88% 89.29% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 30 18
10th Percentile £250 £391 £350
25th Percentile £417 £481 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +18.67% +7.46%
75th Percentile £680 £563 £519
90th Percentile £721 £633 £593
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 25
10th Percentile £31.07 £27.02 £11.77
25th Percentile £39.53 £30.40 £20.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +33.06% -31.75% +14.63%
75th Percentile £45.84 £37.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.86 £55.71 £53.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +14.63%

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 31 January 2026.

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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) WebEx
2 2 (22.22%) BGP
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (22.22%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) IT Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITSM
2 5 (55.56%) Change Control
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (33.33%) Product Requirements
4 3 (33.33%) User Stories
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bash
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (33.33%) Perl
2 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCDP
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GRC
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Docker
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware