Senior Service Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Service Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Service Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £525, 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 300 338 455
Rank change year-on-year +38 +117 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Service Manager 4 7 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.046% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.049% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 19
10th Percentile - - £460
25th Percentile £513 £500 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% -22.79% +8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £738
90th Percentile - £711 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +4.61% -4.41% -12.50%

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%

Senior Service Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Service Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Service 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 Senior Service Manager.

Senior Service Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Management
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

Senior Service 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Case Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow