Service Management Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Service Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Service Management 2 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.72% 0.70% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.82% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £185 - £378
25th Percentile £229 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.73%
75th Percentile £379 - -
90th Percentile £422 - -
South East median daily rate £518 £465 £575
% change year-on-year +11.29% -19.13% +19.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

Service Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 223 122 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 79.93% 85.31% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 74 173
10th Percentile £255 £215 £213
25th Percentile £356 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% +3.39% -7.22%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £525
90th Percentile £720 £633 £588
South East median daily rate £510 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 15
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.39 £14.07
25th Percentile £27.00 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £50.00 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +165.67% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.25 £26.59
90th Percentile £67.50 £81.15 £35.75
South East median hourly rate £39.28 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +20.85% -23.53% -5.56%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Service Management job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in West Sussex over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in West Sussex

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Service Management

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. 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
Crawley - 1 £160 -
Service Management
South East

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow