Service Manager Contracts in Taunton

Services Manager
Somerset > Taunton

The median Services Manager daily rate in Taunton is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton 5.00% 9.38% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% 10.00% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £573 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% -
75th Percentile - £579 £388
90th Percentile - £580 -
Somerset median daily rate £513 £575 £375
% change year-on-year -10.87% +53.33% -18.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 20 30 31
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.75% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 24 29
10th Percentile £520 £425 £601
25th Percentile £605 £519 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £575 £690
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% -16.67% +32.12%
75th Percentile £837 £600 £738
90th Percentile £930 - £800
Somerset median daily rate £550 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% +2.78%
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 £23.08 £14.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +59.17% -72.06% +3.78%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Taunton

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in Taunton.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in Taunton

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Taunton region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Service Asset and Configuration Management

Service Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow