Service Management Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Service Management
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.64% 1.60% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 2.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.86% - -
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £551 £570
% change year-on-year -2.45% -3.33% +17.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 96 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 85.90% 76.80% 75.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 58 100
10th Percentile £170 £318 £269
25th Percentile £231 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £533
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -8.45% +4.41%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £640
90th Percentile £650 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £12.80 - £31.48
25th Percentile £22.50 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £72.63 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.90 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Southampton

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Service Management

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP