Service Manager Contracts in Wiltshire

Services Manager
South West > Wiltshire

The median Services Manager daily rate in Wiltshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 74 71
Rank change year-on-year +41 -3 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 24 15 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 5.35% 1.59% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.99% 1.74% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 19
10th Percentile £425 £424 £450
25th Percentile £458 £433 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £539
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -6.40% -6.26%
75th Percentile £575 £641 £601
90th Percentile £608 £650 £642
South West median daily rate £500 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -8.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 401 860 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 91.10% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 641 866
10th Percentile £270 £263 £338
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £651
90th Percentile £688 £725 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in Wiltshire

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in Wiltshire

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in Wiltshire

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in Wiltshire

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Salisbury - 13 £550 -
Corsham +28 4 £533 -4.27% 2
Swindon -4 1 £330 -42.61%
Service Manager
South West

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Wiltshire region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 23 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (91.67%) ITIL
3 20 (83.33%) SC Cleared
4 19 (79.17%) Service Management
5 14 (58.33%) Service Catalogue
6 13 (54.17%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (54.17%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (41.67%) SLA
8 10 (41.67%) ITSM
8 10 (41.67%) Problem Management
9 9 (37.50%) Data Analysis
9 9 (37.50%) Service Delivery
9 9 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
10 8 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (33.33%) Quality Management
10 8 (33.33%) Statistics
11 7 (29.17%) Project Management
11 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
13 5 (20.83%) Change Management
13 5 (20.83%) Military
14 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
14 4 (16.67%) Remedy
15 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
15 3 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
15 3 (12.50%) Customer Service

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 13 (54.17%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (20.83%) Military
6 2 (8.33%) Finance
6 2 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) ITIL
2 19 (79.17%) Service Management
3 14 (58.33%) Service Catalogue
4 13 (54.17%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (41.67%) ITSM
5 10 (41.67%) Problem Management
6 9 (37.50%) Data Analysis
6 9 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (37.50%) Service Delivery
7 8 (33.33%) Quality Management
7 8 (33.33%) Statistics
8 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (29.17%) Project Management
9 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (20.83%) Change Management
11 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
11 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
11 3 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
12 2 (8.33%) Change Advisory Board
12 2 (8.33%) Major Incident Management
Qualifications
1 23 (95.83%) Security Cleared
2 20 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Remedy
2 2 (8.33%) Foundry