IT Services Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Service Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Service Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £463, 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 287 324 442
Rank change year-on-year +37 +118 +105
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 17 21 35
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 22
10th Percentile £355 £433 £404
25th Percentile £400 £469 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £496
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +10.89% -3.92%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £648
90th Percentile £631 £620 £675
UK median daily rate £506 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -11.96% +21.05% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £33.56 -
25th Percentile - £33.57 £56.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £33.90 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% -41.04% +188.84%
75th Percentile - £34.54 £58.75
90th Percentile - £34.74 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £33.90 £57.50
% change year-on-year +106.49% -41.04% +66.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Services Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Services Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Services Manager.

IT Services Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Services Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Services Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

IT Services Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Services Manager.

IT Services Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Service Delivery
1 9 (52.94%) ITIL
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Service Management
4 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) Azure
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (23.53%) Firewall
5 4 (23.53%) ITSM
5 4 (23.53%) Analytics
5 4 (23.53%) Contract Management
6 3 (17.65%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (17.65%) Power BI
6 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
6 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Storage Management
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
6 3 (17.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
6 3 (17.65%) SIAM
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
6 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (17.65%) VPN
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) Internet
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Back Office
4 1 (5.88%) Billing
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (17.65%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) ITIL
1 9 (52.94%) Service Delivery
2 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (29.41%) Service Management
4 4 (23.53%) Analytics
4 4 (23.53%) Contract Management
4 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (23.53%) ITSM
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 3 (17.65%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (17.65%) SIAM
5 3 (17.65%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 22301
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 31000
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow