IT Services Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

IT Service Manager
England > South West

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in the South West is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 116 158
Rank change year-on-year +7 +42 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 4 23 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.21% 0.86% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.93% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £381 £526 £375
25th Percentile £466 £538 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +38.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £619 £641 £519
90th Percentile - £650 £545
England median daily rate £525 £581 £510
% change year-on-year -9.68% +13.97% -7.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,706 2,460 3,161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.90% 92.34% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 975 1,534 2,182
10th Percentile £223 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +1.40%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 279 276
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £18.18
25th Percentile £18.13 £37.07 £39.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +10.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.79
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.23 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.60% +5.40% +66.34%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in the South West

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in the South West

IT Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

IT Services Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Wiltshire +10 4 £613 -2.00%
IT Services Manager
England

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, IT Services 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 West region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Police
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Remedy
4 1 (25.00%) Foundry
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Finance

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy ITSM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Police
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Foundry
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy