IT Services Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

IT Service Manager
England > South East

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in the South East is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 160 187
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +46
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 5 6 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £343 £410 £431
25th Percentile £370 £421 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £458 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -20.43% +22.28%
75th Percentile £483 £465 £597
90th Percentile £504 £483 £600
England median daily rate £506 £465 £575
% change year-on-year +8.87% -19.13% +11.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,901 3,108 4,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.56% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,532 1,944 3,023
10th Percentile £231 £238 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 113 283
10th Percentile £13.88 £18.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.42
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -24.85% +28.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.55
90th Percentile £84.68 £67.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Services Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IT Services Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South East

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in the South East

IT Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Services Manager job vacancies in the South East

IT Services Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Surrey - 3 £350 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £513 -
Hampshire - 1 - - 1
IT Services Manager
England

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, IT Services Manager 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 South East region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) PMO
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mitel
4 1 (20.00%) Network Management
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) SIAM
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Military
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Network Management
4 1 (20.00%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aruba
1 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (20.00%) Mitel
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow