Service Manager Contracts in the West Midlands

Services Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Services Manager daily rate in the West Midlands is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 114 140
Rank change year-on-year +11 +26 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 8 15 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.39% 0.68% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.72% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 31
10th Percentile £452 £435 £363
25th Percentile £454 £453 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £613 £539 £586
90th Percentile £623 £763 £588
England median daily rate £493 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +0.20% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.97 - -
Median hourly rate £71.93 - -
75th Percentile £72.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £27.00
% change year-on-year +131.66% -52.04% -17.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,870 2,090 3,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 94.44% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,426 2,483
10th Percentile £250 £260 £230
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 63 67
10th Percentile £12.02 £12.50 £12.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £14.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39.69 £28.38 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.63 £56.75 £24.05
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the West Midlands

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the West Midlands

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the West Midlands

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the West Midlands

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Birmingham +6 4 £498 -5.24%
Warwickshire -2 3 £516 -28.79%
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 June 2024, Service 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Service Design
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Password Management
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) Architectural Design
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Transition Management
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Netskope
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Data Centre

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Architectural Design
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 3 (37.50%) Password Management
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Service Design
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Transition Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Netskope