Service Management Consultant Contracts

Service Management Consultant
UK

The median Service Management Consultant daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 690 831
Rank change year-on-year +124 +141 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Consultant 20 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.005% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.005% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 12
10th Percentile £259 £286 £414
25th Percentile £281 £331 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £413 £533
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -22.54% +35.67%
75th Percentile £540 £547 £576
90th Percentile £590 £624 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £391 £263 £550
% change year-on-year +48.95% -52.27% +42.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Service Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK

Service Management Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK

Service Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management Consultant over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management Consultant in the UK

Service Management Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Management Consultant in the UK

Service Management Consultant
Top 9 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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
UK excluding London +82 12 £391 +48.95%
England +100 11 £540 +1.65%
Work from Home - 11 £391 -
Scotland +48 7 £280 +6.67%
London +105 6 £525 -1.18%
North of England - 3 £590 -
North East - 2 £590 -
South West - 2 £540 -
North West - 1 £500 -

Service Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Service Management Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) Service Management
2 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (60.00%) Agile
4 11 (55.00%) ITIL
5 9 (45.00%) SLA
5 9 (45.00%) ITSM
5 9 (45.00%) ServiceNow
6 8 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (40.00%) Process Management
6 8 (40.00%) Service Delivery
7 7 (35.00%) Coaching
8 6 (30.00%) QA
8 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
9 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
10 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (20.00%) Business Transformation
10 4 (20.00%) Project Management
10 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
11 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
11 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
11 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
11 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
12 2 (10.00%) SAP HANA
12 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
12 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 2 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
12 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
12 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing

Service Management Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) HP UFT
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
1 2 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Media Streaming
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Service Management
2 12 (60.00%) Agile
3 11 (55.00%) ITIL
4 9 (45.00%) ITSM
5 8 (40.00%) Process Management
5 8 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (40.00%) Service Delivery
6 7 (35.00%) Coaching
7 4 (20.00%) Business Transformation
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Project Management
8 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
8 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
9 2 (10.00%) Configuration Management
9 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (10.00%) SIAM
9 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) SLA
2 6 (30.00%) QA
3 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) OpenText
2 2 (10.00%) SAP