Service Manager Contracts in Salford

Services Manager
Manchester > Salford

The median Services Manager daily rate in Salford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 May 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Salford 4.17% - 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £538 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +43.33% -31.82% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Salford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salford. 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 Salford with a recognized job title 24 20 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.91% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 5 31
10th Percentile £384 £319 £413
25th Percentile £400 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -29.17% +22.45%
75th Percentile £716 £450 £644
90th Percentile £767 £473 £713
Manchester median daily rate £450 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £22.26 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -36.40% +29.63%
Manchester median hourly rate £24.50 £27.00 £27.60
% change year-on-year -9.26% -2.17% +52.36%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Salford

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Salford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in Salford.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in Salford

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 Salford region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Service Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow