Service Manager Contracts in the South West

Services Manager
England > South West

The median Services Manager daily rate in the South West is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 114 131
Rank change year-on-year +39 +17 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 36 43 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.15% 1.34% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 1.44% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 31
10th Percentile £308 £423 £400
25th Percentile £419 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -8.87%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £581
90th Percentile £639 £650 £625
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £12.95
% change year-on-year - +131.66% -62.41%

All Contract 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 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the South West

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the South West

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the South West

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the South West

Service 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 Service Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Wiltshire +41 24 £550 +9.02% 6
Bristol +16 5 £475 -18.80% 4
Somerset +1 4 £300 -49.15% 6
Gloucestershire +16 3 £500 - 6
Service Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 West region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 28 (77.78%) ITIL
2 27 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 23 (63.89%) SC Cleared
4 22 (61.11%) Service Management
5 15 (41.67%) Service Delivery
6 14 (38.89%) ITSM
6 14 (38.89%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (38.89%) Service Catalogue
7 13 (36.11%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (36.11%) Problem Management
7 13 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (30.56%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (27.78%) SLA
10 9 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (25.00%) Data Analysis
10 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
11 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
11 8 (22.22%) Quality Management
11 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (22.22%) Statistics
12 7 (19.44%) Project Management
12 7 (19.44%) Change Management
13 6 (16.67%) Military
13 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
13 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
15 4 (11.11%) Finance
15 4 (11.11%) Remedy
15 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving

Service 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) SaaS
General
1 13 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (36.11%) Organisational Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (16.67%) Military
5 4 (11.11%) Finance
6 2 (5.56%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Local Government
6 2 (5.56%) Police
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (77.78%) ITIL
2 22 (61.11%) Service Management
3 15 (41.67%) Service Delivery
4 14 (38.89%) Collaborative Working
4 14 (38.89%) ITSM
4 14 (38.89%) Service Catalogue
5 13 (36.11%) Problem Management
6 11 (30.56%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (25.00%) Data Analysis
8 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (22.22%) Quality Management
8 8 (22.22%) Statistics
9 7 (19.44%) Change Management
9 7 (19.44%) Project Management
10 6 (16.67%) Incident Management
10 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (8.33%) Customer Service
12 3 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
12 3 (8.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 27 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (63.89%) SC Cleared
3 9 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.78%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.78%) COSHH
2 1 (2.78%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) OPNET
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Remedy
2 2 (5.56%) Foundry
3 1 (2.78%) SAP