IT Services Manager Contracts

IT Service Manager
UK

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 610 679
Rank change year-on-year +91 +69 -16
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 65 87 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 71 127
10th Percentile £393 £350 £315
25th Percentile £513 £415 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £644 £575 £597
90th Percentile £675 £675 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £440 £502
% change year-on-year +22.22% -12.29% +0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.26
25th Percentile £21.19 £56.25 £19.41
Median hourly rate £22.56 £57.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.77% +144.68% -27.94%
75th Percentile £33.55 £58.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £34.35 - £31.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.56 - £23.50
% change year-on-year - - -27.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in the UK

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager.

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in the UK

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Services Manager over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Services Manager in the UK

IT Services Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager.

Hourly rate trend for IT Services Manager in the UK

IT Services Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Services Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 June 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
England +60 56 £550 +15.84% 22
UK excluding London +18 38 £538 +22.22% 18
Work from Home +110 22 £550 +4.76% 7
London +68 20 £625 +16.82% 4
South West +15 15 £596 +32.39% 5
Midlands +23 10 - - 3
East Midlands +15 9 - - 1
North of England 0 4 £438 -0.57% 6
North West +7 3 £438 -0.57% 4
South East 0 3 £465 +13.35% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Scotland +50 2 - -
Wales +21 1 £163 -
West Midlands +16 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +2 1 - - 1

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 June 2024, IT Services 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 featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 35 (53.85%) Service Delivery
2 34 (52.31%) Service Management
3 29 (44.62%) ITIL
4 28 (43.08%) ITSM
5 24 (36.92%) Finance
6 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 14 (21.54%) Change Management
7 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (16.92%) Social Skills
8 11 (16.92%) Problem Management
9 10 (15.38%) Release Management
9 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
9 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (15.38%) Legal
9 10 (15.38%) Service Delivery Management
10 9 (13.85%) Information Security
10 9 (13.85%) Project Management
10 9 (13.85%) Performance Metrics
10 9 (13.85%) Azure
10 9 (13.85%) SaaS
11 8 (12.31%) AWS
11 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
11 8 (12.31%) Business Analysis
11 8 (12.31%) IT Governance
11 8 (12.31%) Swift
11 8 (12.31%) Apple iOS
11 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (12.31%) Migration
11 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (12.31%) Agile

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (13.85%) Azure
2 9 (13.85%) SaaS
3 8 (12.31%) AWS
4 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.08%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.54%) IaaS
6 1 (1.54%) PaaS
6 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Intranet
1 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Hudson
General
1 24 (36.92%) Finance
2 11 (16.92%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.38%) Legal
4 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.23%) Banking
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.08%) Billing
8 2 (3.08%) Local Government
9 1 (1.54%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.54%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.08%) NHS
2 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.85%) Service Delivery
2 34 (52.31%) Service Management
3 29 (44.62%) ITIL
4 28 (43.08%) ITSM
5 14 (21.54%) Change Management
5 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (16.92%) Problem Management
7 10 (15.38%) Release Management
7 10 (15.38%) Service Delivery Management
8 9 (13.85%) Information Security
8 9 (13.85%) Performance Metrics
8 9 (13.85%) Project Management
9 8 (12.31%) Agile
9 8 (12.31%) Business Analysis
9 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
9 8 (12.31%) IT Governance
9 8 (12.31%) Migration
9 8 (12.31%) People Management
9 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.69%) Degree
4 4 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.08%) ISEB
6 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) SLA
2 1 (1.54%) COBIT
2 1 (1.54%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) Okta
3 5 (7.69%) Remedy
4 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.62%) BMC
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco
6 2 (3.08%) SAP
7 1 (1.54%) Cadence
7 1 (1.54%) Foundry
7 1 (1.54%) VMware