ITIL Service Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median ITIL Service Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 356 418
Rank change year-on-year -23 +62 +64
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Service Manager 3 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.035% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.038% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £590 £433 -
25th Percentile £617 £496 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £590 £363
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% +62.76% -14.71%
75th Percentile £706 - £369
90th Percentile £718 £660 £425
UK median daily rate £514 £590 £506
% change year-on-year -12.92% +16.61% +0.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,151 15,920 19,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 92.28% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,699 9,039 13,246
10th Percentile £206 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £369 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,338 1,207 1,247
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.38 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

ITIL Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITIL Service Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ITIL Service Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Service Manager in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITIL Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Service Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
North West - 2 £688 -
North of England - 2 £688 -
South East +13 1 £594 -17.57% 1
ITIL Service Manager
UK

ITIL Service Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, ITIL Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring ITIL Service Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement

ITIL Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification