Service Management
Somerset > Taunton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Taunton requiring Service Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +5 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Service Management | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton | 9.09% | 9.68% | 6.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 9.52% | 10.34% | 7.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £766 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £573 | £767 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £575 | £784 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | -26.63% | +431.36% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £578 | £802 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £802 |
| Somerset median daily rate | £579 | £575 | £784 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.65% | -26.63% | +301.92% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Taunton
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 Taunton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 21 | 29 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton | 95.45% | 93.55% | 90.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 24 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £516 | £448 | £607 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £544 | £653 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £715 | £575 | £692 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.35% | -16.88% | +32.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £811 | £600 | £739 |
| 90th Percentile | £920 | £661 | £800 |
| Somerset median daily rate | £520 | £500 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +3.90% | +4.62% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £12.45 | £13.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.23% | - | - |
| Somerset median hourly rate | £18.51 | £16.00 | £51.89 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.69% | -69.17% | +3.78% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton
Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Taunton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Taunton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Taunton.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Taunton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management in Taunton.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton 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: