Service Management Specialist Contracts

Service Management Specialist
UK

The median Service Management Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 579 704
Rank change year-on-year +56 +125 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Specialist 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.009% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.010% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £80 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £303 £700
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -56.79% +412.86%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £725
90th Percentile - £592 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £303 -
% change year-on-year +81.82% - -

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 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Service Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Service Management Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +67 3 £550 +81.82% 1
UK excluding London +59 3 £550 +81.82%
Work from Home - 2 £550 - 1
East of England - 2 £550 -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

Service Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Service Management Specialist 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 Service Management Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Major Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement

Service Management Specialist 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Major Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement