Service Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Services Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Services Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £436, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 128 97
Rank change year-on-year +36 -31 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 10 17 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.66% 0.63% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.68% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 43
10th Percentile £370 £341 £358
25th Percentile £405 £424 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.61% +12.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £604 £578 £506
90th Percentile £650 £596 £612
South East median daily rate £465 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -10.14% +15.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.60 -
South East median hourly rate - £17.60 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the Thames Valley

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +27 5 £650 +13.04% 15
Buckinghamshire +12 4 £415 -1.40% 6
Oxfordshire - 1 £250 - 10
Service Manager
South East

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (30.00%) IoT
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Telematics
4 3 (30.00%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Infotainment
4 3 (30.00%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (20.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) PMI
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) ITSM
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Infotainment
1 3 (30.00%) IoT
1 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 3 (30.00%) Financial Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Telematics
4 2 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) SLA