Service Support Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Services Support Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Services Support Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 365 417
Rank change year-on-year +3 +52 +93
Contract jobs requiring a Service Support Manager 9 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.039% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.042% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -34.21% +3.64%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £400 £618
UK median daily rate £466 £375 £570
% change year-on-year +24.13% -34.21% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £64.82 - -
75th Percentile £89.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £64.82 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,760 16,487 20,409
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 92.34% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,425 9,764 13,710
10th Percentile £213 £225 £228
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,238 1,522 1,154
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +12.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Service Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Support Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Support Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Support Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Service Support Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Support 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 Support Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 September 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 +24 4 - - 3
East of England - 3 £350 - 1
South East - 2 - - 2
Service Support Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Service Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) DHCP
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
4 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 2 (22.22%) Local Government
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) JIRA
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared

Service Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Local Government
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) ITSM
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Release Management
2 2 (22.22%) Revenue Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) System Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow