Service Management Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Service Management
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Service Management 7 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 8.97% - 15.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% - 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £571 - -
25th Percentile £584 - £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £578
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.32%
75th Percentile £634 - £591
90th Percentile £644 - £611
Somerset median daily rate £390 £633 £575
% change year-on-year -38.34% +10.00% -26.52%

All Process & 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 66 15 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 84.62% 93.75% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 26
10th Percentile £406 £529 £550
25th Percentile £431 £605 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £695 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.65% +15.83% -10.58%
75th Percentile £600 £893 £605
90th Percentile £650 £970 £619
Somerset median daily rate £523 £523 £500
% change year-on-year - +4.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.85 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -51.46%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Taunton

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
1 3 (42.86%) Lead Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Service Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Service Transition Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Leader
1 3 (42.86%) Transition Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Business Impact Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (14.29%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Atlassian