Service Management Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Service Management
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 49 57
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Service Management 19 14 23
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 2.10% 2.14% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.45% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 17
10th Percentile £305 £188 £397
25th Percentile £350 £306 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% -26.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £541 - £606
90th Percentile £587 £450 £737
Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £232 £587
% change year-on-year +99.78% -60.59% +23.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £12.53
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.73 - £12.53
% change year-on-year - - -27.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 772 572 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.49% 87.60% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 354 650
10th Percentile £286 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -8.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £478 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 14
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £12.72
25th Percentile £14.44 £17.08 £14.89
Median hourly rate £21.30 £30.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% +56.47% -14.79%
75th Percentile £28.19 £40.81 £29.25
90th Percentile £81.13 £98.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year +25.75% -8.05% +31.20%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in West Yorkshire

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Leeds -9 17 £519 +22.06% 5
Wakefield - 1 £319 - 1
Bradford - 1 £595 - 3
Service Management
Yorkshire

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) DHCP
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Legal
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Service Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Field Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Migration Manager
4 1 (5.26%) SAP WM Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) iPhone
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
1 2 (10.53%) NHS
1 2 (10.53%) Smartphone
2 1 (5.26%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Smartcard
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) ITIL
2 9 (47.37%) ITSM
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
5 4 (21.05%) DevOps
5 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
7 2 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (10.53%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C#
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) PMP
2 2 (10.53%) ACSP
2 2 (10.53%) ACTC
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) ISEB
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Apple
3 2 (10.53%) HP
4 1 (5.26%) Canon
4 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.26%) Dell
4 1 (5.26%) SAP