Senior Service Manager Contracts in the South East

Senior Service Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Service Manager daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Service Manager 8 0 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £442 - £411
25th Percentile £470 - £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.33%
75th Percentile £585 - £502
90th Percentile £617 - £505
England median daily rate £554 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +10.39% -4.41% -15.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 2,755 5,123 5,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 92.41% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,082 3,818
10th Percentile £248 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.88%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £607
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 483 243
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.48 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +142.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.96 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.34 £44.77
% change year-on-year -16.20% -18.83% +98.96%

Senior Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Service Manager in the South East

Senior Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Service Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior Service Manager in the South East

Senior Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Service Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Service Manager in the South East

Senior Service 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 Senior Service Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Hampshire - 7 £625 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £425 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 £425 -
Senior Service Manager
England

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Service Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Contract Management
2 6 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (62.50%) VPN
3 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Internet
3 5 (62.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (62.50%) Network Security
3 5 (62.50%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (62.50%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
3 5 (62.50%) Power BI
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (62.50%) Case Management
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (37.50%) Server Management
5 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
6 2 (25.00%) Design for Test
6 2 (25.00%) Military
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
7 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) Internet
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Contract Management
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Case Management
2 5 (62.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (62.50%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (37.50%) Server Management
4 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
5 2 (25.00%) Design for Test
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) Agile
6 1 (12.50%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) ITSM
6 1 (12.50%) Line Management
6 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 1 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow