Service Management Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Service Management
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.96% - 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% - 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £541 £525
% change year-on-year +1.76% +2.95% +2.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 44 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 71.15% 88.00% 67.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 30 29
10th Percentile £313 £212 £183
25th Percentile £367 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £525
90th Percentile £675 £550 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £512 £450
% change year-on-year -2.34% +13.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 9
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.47 -
25th Percentile £14.66 £14.78 £14.05
Median hourly rate £17.06 £17.46 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +19.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £18.35 £20.48 £51.91
90th Percentile £18.75 £23.28 £52.27
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £22.38 £38.50
% change year-on-year +112.22% -41.86% +92.50%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
Leiston - 2 £600 -
Service Management
East of England

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 2 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SIAM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow