Services Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £950, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 389 445
Rank change year-on-year +53 +56 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Services Director 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.005% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £719 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £738 £625
Median % change year-on-year +28.81% +18.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £756 £638
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £825 £975 £625
% change year-on-year -15.38% +56.00% -26.47%

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 11,803 19,102 22,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.55% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 11,668 15,787
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,253 1,161
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -5.11% +115.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%

Services Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Services Director in the UK excluding London

Services Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Services Director in the UK excluding London

Services Director
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 Services Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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 East +33 1 - - 14
South West - 1 £950 - 7
Services Director
UK

Services Director Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Services Director 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 Services Director in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Development Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue

Services Director 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Development Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle