Service Management Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Service Management
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Service Management 5 15 7
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 2.43% 9.15% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 11.28% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile - £513 £365
25th Percentile £350 £553 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £633 £500
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +26.50% +136.69%
75th Percentile £538 £834 £614
90th Percentile £605 £900 £625
South West median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 133 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 68.45% 81.10% 83.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 84 98
10th Percentile £181 £208 £143
25th Percentile £263 £364 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.95% +2.11% -16.81%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £584
90th Percentile £600 £722 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 23
10th Percentile £34.03 - £37.00
25th Percentile £37.25 £12.50 £47.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £13.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +361.54% -74.95% +15.31%
75th Percentile £63.75 £15.00 £63.96
90th Percentile £63.90 £15.90 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Somerset

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Somerset over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Somerset

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath -2 2 £350 -44.66% 9
Taunton - 2 £500 -
Service Management
South West

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (40.00%) PowerApps
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow