Hybrid/Remote Technical Services Manager Contract Job Trends

Technical Service Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Service Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 310 334
Rank change year-on-year -51 +24 -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Services Manager 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.010% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.011% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £445
25th Percentile £550 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £600
75th Percentile £650 - £650
90th Percentile - - £665
UK median daily rate £618 £588 £525
% change year-on-year +5.11% +11.90% -20.30%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 12,482 9,193 11,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 93.81% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,824 6,073 7,878
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 666 294 328
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.08 £18.20
25th Percentile £27.34 £19.07 £30.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.64 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.76% -18.58% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.71
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.68 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Technical Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Services Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Technical Services Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Technical Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Technical Services Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Technical Services Manager job vacancies

Technical Services Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, Technical Services Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Technical Services Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Technical Services Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow