Service Management Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Management Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Management Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £354 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 464 519
Rank change year-on-year +81 +55 -100
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Consultant 12 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.004% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.004% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £252 - £518
25th Percentile £281 £256 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 £263 £550
Median % change year-on-year +34.67% -52.27% +42.86%
75th Percentile £540 £269 £580
90th Percentile £590 - £592
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +33.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,271 22,924 30,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,866 16,072 21,068
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,189 1,202 1,498
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Service Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Service Management Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London

Service Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London

Service Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London

Service Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK excluding London

Service Management Consultant
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 Service Management Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Scotland +46 7 £280 +6.67%
North of England - 2 £590 -
North East - 2 £590 -
South West - 2 £540 -
South East - 1 £425 -
Service Management Consultant
UK

Service Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Service Management Consultant 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Management Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Service Management
2 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (75.00%) Agile
4 7 (58.33%) ITIL
4 7 (58.33%) SLA
4 7 (58.33%) Process Management
4 7 (58.33%) Service Delivery
4 7 (58.33%) ITSM
4 7 (58.33%) ServiceNow
4 7 (58.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (50.00%) Coaching
6 5 (41.67%) QA
7 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
8 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
8 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
8 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
8 2 (16.67%) Change Management
8 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 2 (16.67%) CMS
8 2 (16.67%) OpenText
8 2 (16.67%) HP UFT
8 2 (16.67%) LoadRunner
8 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
8 2 (16.67%) Project Management

Service Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) CMS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) HP UFT
1 2 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Service Management
2 9 (75.00%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 7 (58.33%) ITSM
3 7 (58.33%) Process Management
3 7 (58.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (58.33%) Service Delivery
4 6 (50.00%) Coaching
5 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
6 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) SLA
2 5 (41.67%) QA
3 2 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) OpenText
3 1 (8.33%) NEC