Service Management Contract Job Trends in South London

Service Management
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 22 32
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing Service Management 5 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in South London 2.73% 5.83% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 6.67% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £302 £185 £420
25th Percentile £469 £190 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £250 £528
Median % change year-on-year +131.20% -52.65% -4.00%
75th Percentile £583 £606 £538
90th Percentile £586 £685 £575
London median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% -6.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £90.00 £22.75 £47.63
% change year-on-year +295.60% -52.23% +126.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 180 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 89.62% 87.38% 83.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 119 167
10th Percentile £263 £221 £197
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £508 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% -2.40% -5.45%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £588
90th Percentile £720 £728 £655
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -60.91% +13.08%
75th Percentile £40.54 £35.91 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.08 £61.41 £69.50
London median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in South London

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in South London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in South London

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Service Management

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 South London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Croydon -10 4 £581 -10.62%
Service Management
London

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Delivery Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Support Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) People Management
2 4 (80.00%) Problem Management
2 4 (80.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Resource Management
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft