Services Director Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Director daily rate in the UK excluding London is £553, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 352 405
Rank change year-on-year -32 +53 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Services Director 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.013% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.014% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £198 £824 -
25th Percentile £413 £841 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £888 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.75% - -
75th Percentile £826 £941 -
90th Percentile £1,268 £961 -
UK median daily rate £570 £825 £913
% change year-on-year -30.91% -9.59% +30.36%

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 16,378 13,796 18,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.40% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,232 11,988
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 784 1,199
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.48 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.29 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Services Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Services Director job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Services Director
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Services Director job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Services Director job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Services Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Services Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 20 December 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
Yorkshire - 4 £535 - 1
North of England - 4 £535 - 1
West Midlands -30 1 £1,375 +54.93% 3
Midlands -37 1 £1,375 +54.93% 4
Services Director
UK

Services Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Services Director 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 Services Director in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Escalation Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery Management
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Tech Ops
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Identity
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response

Services Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Escalation Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery Management
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Tech Ops
2 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft