Service Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Services Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Services Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 263 204
Rank change year-on-year +46 -59 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 123 137 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.96% 0.66% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.71% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 96 204
10th Percentile £308 £405 £350
25th Percentile £402 £448 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £518 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.95% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £649 £625 £634
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £31.30 £26.11 -
25th Percentile £37.75 £29.75 -
Median hourly rate £48.50 £30.00 £12.95
Median % change year-on-year +61.67% +131.66% -52.04%
75th Percentile £59.25 £40.91 -
90th Percentile £65.70 £72.90 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £12.95
% change year-on-year - +131.66% -60.22%

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Service Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West +36 36 £500 -13.04% 29
South East +44 28 £470 -9.18% 65
North of England +18 24 £425 -12.19% 40
Scotland +20 19 £381 -36.58% 10
North West +9 12 £525 +6.49% 21
Yorkshire +8 12 £425 -10.53% 15
Midlands +11 11 £450 -13.88% 35
West Midlands +16 9 £450 -18.18% 23
East of England +29 5 £443 -11.40% 19
East Midlands +5 2 £350 -30.00% 12
Wales - 1 - - 5
Service Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 82 (66.67%) ITIL
2 60 (48.78%) Service Management
3 49 (39.84%) Service Delivery
4 44 (35.77%) Security Cleared
5 37 (30.08%) SC Cleared
6 32 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (24.39%) Social Skills
8 27 (21.95%) ITSM
9 26 (21.14%) Finance
9 26 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (20.33%) ITIL Certification
11 24 (19.51%) Problem Management
12 19 (15.45%) Incident Management
12 19 (15.45%) Change Management
12 19 (15.45%) Public Sector
12 19 (15.45%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (15.45%) ServiceNow
13 17 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
13 17 (13.82%) Project Management
14 16 (13.01%) SLA
14 16 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (13.01%) Service Catalogue
15 15 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (11.38%) Root Cause Analysis
17 13 (10.57%) Agile
18 12 (9.76%) Risk Management
18 12 (9.76%) Customer Service
18 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
19 11 (8.94%) Contract Management
19 11 (8.94%) Cybersecurity

Service Manager 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 8 (6.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.94%) Azure
2 10 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.63%) SaaS
5 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.13%) Firewall
2 7 (5.69%) Internet
2 7 (5.69%) VPN
3 6 (4.88%) Network Security
4 2 (1.63%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (1.63%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Bugzilla
2 1 (0.81%) Git
2 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.81%) Selenium
2 1 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.14%) Finance
3 19 (15.45%) Public Sector
4 17 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (8.13%) Banking
7 9 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (7.32%) Military
8 7 (5.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.25%) Legal
10 3 (2.44%) Retail
11 2 (1.63%) Automotive
11 2 (1.63%) Back Office
11 2 (1.63%) Billing
11 2 (1.63%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Law
11 2 (1.63%) Local Government
11 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.63%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.44%) Infotainment
4 3 (2.44%) IoT
4 3 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.63%) PMI
6 1 (0.81%) CMDB
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) NHS
6 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Replication
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.81%) Windows
1 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (66.67%) ITIL
2 60 (48.78%) Service Management
3 49 (39.84%) Service Delivery
4 32 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (21.95%) ITSM
6 26 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (19.51%) Problem Management
8 19 (15.45%) Change Management
8 19 (15.45%) Collaborative Working
8 19 (15.45%) Incident Management
9 17 (13.82%) Project Management
10 16 (13.01%) Service Catalogue
10 16 (13.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (11.38%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (10.57%) Agile
13 12 (9.76%) Customer Service
13 12 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (9.76%) Risk Management
14 11 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (8.94%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 44 (35.77%) Security Cleared
2 37 (30.08%) SC Cleared
3 25 (20.33%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.44%) Degree
6 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.63%) CISA
7 2 (1.63%) CISM
7 2 (1.63%) CISSP
7 2 (1.63%) GIAC
7 2 (1.63%) ISACA
7 2 (1.63%) PMP
7 2 (1.63%) SANS
8 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) SLA
2 2 (1.63%) ISO 22301
2 2 (1.63%) ISO 31000
2 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.63%) PMO
3 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.81%) COBIT
3 1 (0.81%) COSHH
3 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.81%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.63%) OPNET
Vendors
1 19 (15.45%) ServiceNow
2 11 (8.94%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.88%) Remedy
4 3 (2.44%) BMC
5 2 (1.63%) Cisco
5 2 (1.63%) Foundry
5 2 (1.63%) Tenable
5 2 (1.63%) TOWER Software
6 1 (0.81%) SAP