Senior Service Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior Service Manager
England > South East

The median Senior Service Manager daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 174 208
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Service Manager 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.094% 0.025% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.027% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £540 - £554
25th Percentile £563 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.85%
75th Percentile £713 - £672
90th Percentile £780 - £711
England median daily rate £575 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +27.45%

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 3,822 3,679 4,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 92.88% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,456 2,271 3,215
10th Percentile £213 £238 £208
25th Percentile £400 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £681 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 169 245
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £24.18 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.69 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Senior Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Service Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Service Manager job vacancies 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 8 December 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 8 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
Thames Valley -2 3 £600 - 1
Berkshire 0 2 £575 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £800 -
Senior Service Manager
England

Senior Service Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Senior Service 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 Senior Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Waterfall

Senior Service 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow