Service Management Contracts

Service Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 86 109
Rank change year-on-year +6 +23 +25
Contract jobs citing Service Management 1,138 1,600 2,166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.64% 2.76% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 3.07% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 1,154 1,461
10th Percentile £281 £238 £200
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £615
90th Percentile £725 £738 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +10.53% +2.70% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 39 78
10th Percentile £12.53 £17.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.32 £20.44 £12.56
Median hourly rate £17.72 £55.00 £18.56
Median % change year-on-year -67.78% +196.38% -20.05%
75th Percentile £20.37 £65.00 £28.38
90th Percentile £33.10 £70.60 £46.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £60.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -70.83% +252.94% -26.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Service Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in the UK

Service Management
Top 16 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +6 956 £525 +5.00% 417
UK excluding London +13 704 £525 +10.53% 306
Work from Home +16 437 £525 - 152
London -35 319 £514 +0.24% 122
North of England +40 180 £500 +11.11% 93
South East -9 163 £575 +21.05% 56
South West +23 153 £500 -13.04% 44
North West +27 97 £493 +9.56% 53
Scotland +9 79 £563 +25.00% 18
Yorkshire +26 75 £550 +15.79% 25
Midlands +23 67 £500 -4.76% 59
East of England -12 50 £525 +90.91% 26
West Midlands +20 42 £488 +2.63% 37
East Midlands +15 24 £480 -12.73% 21
Wales +2 14 £535 +16.30% 11
North East +14 10 £488 +57.26% 18

Service Management
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 81 (7.12%) Confluence
2 63 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (3.08%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.79%) CMS
6 7 (0.62%) IBM HTTP Server
6 7 (0.62%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.62%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (0.62%) WebSphere Portal
7 5 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.088%) Apache
10 1 (0.088%) IIS
10 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 70 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.088%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.088%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 34 (2.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 20 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.53%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.35%) Maximo
5 3 (0.26%) Remedy AR System
5 3 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.18%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.088%) Cloudability
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.088%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.088%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.088%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.088%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 162 (14.24%) Azure
2 79 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (6.77%) AWS
4 47 (4.13%) Power Platform
5 36 (3.16%) Azure Stack
6 31 (2.72%) SaaS
7 29 (2.55%) GCP
8 28 (2.46%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.85%) IaaS
10 19 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (1.41%) Azure Storage
13 14 (1.23%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.05%) PaaS
15 10 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (0.88%) Serverless
16 8 (0.70%) Power Automate
17 6 (0.53%) AWS CodeBuild
17 6 (0.53%) AWS CodeDeploy
17 6 (0.53%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 82 (7.21%) Firewall
2 37 (3.25%) BGP
3 30 (2.64%) DHCP
3 30 (2.64%) DNS
4 17 (1.49%) LAN
5 16 (1.41%) Network Security
5 16 (1.41%) WAN
6 14 (1.23%) VPN
7 12 (1.05%) Wireless
8 10 (0.88%) HTTP
8 10 (0.88%) HTTPS
9 9 (0.79%) Skype
10 8 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (0.62%) VSAN
12 6 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.44%) AMQP
13 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.35%) SAN
14 4 (0.35%) SNA
15 3 (0.26%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.69%) Power BI
2 15 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (0.97%) Big Data
3 11 (0.97%) Data Lake
4 10 (0.88%) Relational Database
5 8 (0.70%) MySQL
6 6 (0.53%) InfluxDB
6 6 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 6 (0.53%) Tableau
7 5 (0.44%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.44%) GIS
7 5 (0.44%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.26%) Metadata
8 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.26%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.18%) Flink
Development Applications
1 102 (8.96%) JIRA
2 15 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (0.62%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.53%) Git
6 5 (0.44%) IBM UrbanCode
7 4 (0.35%) Selenium
8 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.26%) Maven
8 3 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.18%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.18%) Hudson
9 2 (0.18%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.088%) Gatling
10 1 (0.088%) GitLab
10 1 (0.088%) JMeter
10 1 (0.088%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.088%) TestRail
10 1 (0.088%) webpack
General
1 397 (34.89%) Social Skills
2 192 (16.87%) Finance
3 179 (15.73%) Public Sector
4 144 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (7.21%) Banking
6 39 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
6 39 (3.43%) Telecoms
7 33 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (2.64%) Legal
9 25 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (2.02%) Marketing
11 20 (1.76%) Retail
12 15 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.23%) Back Office
14 12 (1.05%) Law
14 12 (1.05%) Military
15 10 (0.88%) Local Government
15 10 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 209 (18.37%) Analyst
2 153 (13.44%) Architect
3 135 (11.86%) Service Manager
4 81 (7.12%) Service Architect
5 77 (6.77%) Service Analyst
6 67 (5.89%) Lead
7 63 (5.54%) Consultant
8 49 (4.31%) Senior
9 46 (4.04%) Banking Analyst
10 45 (3.95%) Business Analyst
11 44 (3.87%) Developer
11 44 (3.87%) IT Manager
12 41 (3.60%) IT Analyst
12 41 (3.60%) Transition Manager
13 40 (3.51%) Service Transition Manager
13 40 (3.51%) Support Engineer
14 39 (3.43%) IT Services Manager
15 36 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
15 36 (3.16%) Support Analyst
16 33 (2.90%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.78%) Web Services
2 28 (2.46%) REST
3 17 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 17 (1.49%) Middleware
4 15 (1.32%) CSS
5 13 (1.14%) SOAP
6 12 (1.05%) HTML
7 10 (0.88%) J2EE
8 9 (0.79%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (0.62%) .NET
11 5 (0.44%) Flash
11 5 (0.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 4 (0.35%) RESTful
12 4 (0.35%) XML
13 3 (0.26%) jQuery
13 3 (0.26%) LDAP
13 3 (0.26%) Spring
13 3 (0.26%) Spring MVC
13 3 (0.26%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.05%) Management Information System
2 70 (6.15%) CMDB
3 43 (3.78%) PKI
4 40 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.25%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.25%) Private Cloud
6 34 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 17 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.41%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.05%) Clustering
9 12 (1.05%) LIMS
10 8 (0.70%) Operational Technology
11 7 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.53%) NHS
13 5 (0.44%) SCADA
14 4 (0.35%) FMCG
14 4 (0.35%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 159 (13.97%) Windows
2 71 (6.24%) Linux
3 68 (5.98%) Windows Server
4 57 (5.01%) Windows 10
5 44 (3.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 41 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (1.85%) Apple iOS
9 20 (1.76%) Windows NT
10 15 (1.32%) Unix
11 8 (0.70%) Android
12 7 (0.62%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.35%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.18%) CentOS
14 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.18%) VMS
15 1 (0.088%) Solaris
15 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.088%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (51.05%) ITIL
2 398 (34.97%) ITSM
3 210 (18.45%) Agile
4 182 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
5 167 (14.67%) Change Management
6 164 (14.41%) Service Delivery
7 123 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (10.46%) Customer Service
9 113 (9.93%) Problem Management
10 107 (9.40%) Project Management
11 105 (9.23%) Service Design
12 103 (9.05%) Asset Management
13 101 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 93 (8.17%) Incident Management
15 90 (7.91%) Configuration Management
16 79 (6.94%) DevOps
17 76 (6.68%) Analytics
18 72 (6.33%) Roadmaps
19 70 (6.15%) Project Delivery
20 69 (6.06%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 47 (4.13%) SQL
3 26 (2.28%) Python
4 25 (2.20%) Java
5 22 (1.93%) C#
6 19 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.58%) VB
7 18 (1.58%) VBScript
8 17 (1.49%) Bicep
9 8 (0.70%) Swift
10 6 (0.53%) Bash
10 6 (0.53%) Go
10 6 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.35%) C
12 2 (0.18%) C++
12 2 (0.18%) VBA
13 1 (0.088%) ABAP
13 1 (0.088%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.088%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.088%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 466 (40.95%) Security Cleared
2 299 (26.27%) SC Cleared
3 190 (16.70%) DV Cleared
4 99 (8.70%) Degree
5 39 (3.43%) ITIL Certification
6 36 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 25 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.41%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (0.97%) MCSE
13 10 (0.88%) CCNA
13 10 (0.88%) MCP
14 9 (0.79%) CCNP
15 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
16 5 (0.44%) CCSA
16 5 (0.44%) JNCIA
16 5 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.15%) SLA
2 43 (3.78%) QA
3 36 (3.16%) Government Security Classifications
4 29 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 22 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.14%) JSP 440
8 9 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
9 8 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.62%) RMADS
11 5 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.44%) GDPR
11 5 (0.44%) NIST
11 5 (0.44%) PMO
12 4 (0.35%) COBIT
13 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.18%) GxP
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 104 (9.14%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (1.76%) Firmware
5 17 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.05%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.88%) Docker
8 7 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.53%) vSphere
10 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.088%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.088%) NFS
11 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (4.83%) SCCM
2 47 (4.13%) SCOM
3 43 (3.78%) Terraform
4 39 (3.43%) WSUS
5 34 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 32 (2.81%) Ansible
7 28 (2.46%) Kubernetes
8 20 (1.76%) Sysprep
9 19 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (1.41%) OPNET
11 15 (1.32%) Puppet
12 10 (0.88%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.62%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.53%) Grafana
14 6 (0.53%) Prometheus
14 6 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 5 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
15 5 (0.44%) IBM BigFix
15 5 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.44%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 239 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 185 (16.26%) ServiceNow
3 60 (5.27%) Atlassian
4 41 (3.60%) Remedy
5 38 (3.34%) SAP
6 32 (2.81%) VMware
7 29 (2.55%) Oracle
8 27 (2.37%) Cisco
9 17 (1.49%) Google
10 16 (1.41%) BMC
11 13 (1.14%) Dell
12 11 (0.97%) InterSystems
12 11 (0.97%) SolarWinds
13 10 (0.88%) Okta
14 9 (0.79%) Apple
15 8 (0.70%) Citrix
15 8 (0.70%) IBM
15 8 (0.70%) Juniper
15 8 (0.70%) Palo Alto
16 7 (0.62%) Salesforce