Service Manager Contracts in the South East

Services Manager
England > South East

The median Services Manager daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 182 134
Rank change year-on-year +60 -48 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 32 25 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.01% 0.44% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.48% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 63
10th Percentile £367 £383 £350
25th Percentile £403 £425 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £563 £470
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +19.81% -1.16%
75th Percentile £581 £730 £550
90th Percentile £628 £1,000 £601
England median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.60 -
England median hourly rate £59.23 £30.00 £12.95
% change year-on-year +97.43% +131.66% -56.10%

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 2,882 5,259 5,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.43% 94.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,868 3,097 3,785
10th Percentile £218 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £604
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 537 244
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.35 £21.18
Median hourly rate £28.50 £48.40 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.12% -3.20% +138.10%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the South East

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the South East

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 Service Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 July 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 +35 14 £575 -0.95% 12
Thames Valley +27 11 £410 -7.44% 54
Buckinghamshire +8 8 £405 -3.77% 11
Berkshire +19 3 £549 -0.32% 28
Kent +5 3 £400 -44.44% 4
East Sussex - 2 £488 - 7
Surrey +25 1 - - 33
Service Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 South East region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 20 (62.50%) ITIL
2 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
3 13 (40.63%) SC Cleared
3 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
4 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
5 9 (28.13%) Contract Management
6 8 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (25.00%) Azure
6 8 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (25.00%) Analytics
6 8 (25.00%) SharePoint
6 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (25.00%) Firewall
6 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (21.88%) Power Platform
7 7 (21.88%) Power BI
7 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
7 7 (21.88%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (21.88%) Case Management
7 7 (21.88%) ITSM
7 7 (21.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (21.88%) Finance
7 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (21.88%) VPN
7 7 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (21.88%) Service Management
7 7 (21.88%) Internet
7 7 (21.88%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune

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 8 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Azure
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (21.88%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) Internet
2 7 (21.88%) VPN
3 6 (18.75%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) Power BI
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Finance
4 6 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 4 (12.50%) Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.38%) Military
6 3 (9.38%) Retail
7 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Aviation
8 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.13%) Infotainment
2 1 (3.13%) IoT
2 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) ITIL
2 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
3 9 (28.13%) Contract Management
4 8 (25.00%) Analytics
4 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (21.88%) Case Management
5 7 (21.88%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (21.88%) ITSM
5 7 (21.88%) Security Monitoring
5 7 (21.88%) Service Management
5 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (18.75%) Agile
7 5 (15.63%) Antivirus Management
7 5 (15.63%) Project Management
7 5 (15.63%) Server Management
7 5 (15.63%) Storage Management
8 4 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.13%) BMC