Service Management Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Service Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 53 39
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 +27
Contract jobs citing Service Management 93 63 72
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.25% 4.13% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 4.53% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 27 46
10th Percentile £190 £232 £211
25th Percentile £225 £300 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £355 £525
Median % change year-on-year +24.79% -32.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £516 £519 £554
90th Percentile £688 £580 £588
England median daily rate £525 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.57% -1.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 2
10th Percentile - £17.48 £15.73
25th Percentile - £17.71 £16.56
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.14 £17.96
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% +23.31% -15.74%
75th Percentile - - £19.35
90th Percentile - - £20.18
England median hourly rate £63.25 £20.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year +204.82% -20.19% -46.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,389 1,391 1,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.56% 91.15% 83.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 884 779
10th Percentile £335 £263 £318
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £584
90th Percentile £669 £625 £667
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 59 51
10th Percentile £13.91 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.20 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% +59.63% -30.65%
75th Percentile £28.13 £25.15 £23.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £38.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Yorkshire

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
South Yorkshire -3 43 £494 +40.44% 7
West Yorkshire -40 32 £475 - 23
North Yorkshire -6 7 £200 +42.86% 4
Service Management
England

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 16 (17.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.38%) Confluence
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.15%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.08%) Maple
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (27.96%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (25.81%) Azure
2 24 (25.81%) Entra ID
3 15 (16.13%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.23%) SaaS
5 2 (2.15%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (2.15%) PaaS
6 1 (1.08%) AWS
6 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.08%) GitHub
6 1 (1.08%) OCI
6 1 (1.08%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) Firewall
2 2 (2.15%) Network Security
2 2 (2.15%) VPN
2 2 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.08%) Internet
3 1 (1.08%) VoIP
3 1 (1.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) Metadata
2 1 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (11.83%) JIRA
2 3 (3.23%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (3.23%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.08%) Hudson
3 1 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 32 (34.41%) Finance
3 17 (18.28%) Public Sector
4 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.60%) Banking
6 6 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.30%) Law
7 4 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Retail
9 2 (2.15%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.15%) Legal
9 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Games
10 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (18.28%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (11.83%) Project Manager
3 10 (10.75%) Analyst
3 10 (10.75%) Lead
4 8 (8.60%) Architect
4 8 (8.60%) Technical Manager
4 8 (8.60%) Technical Project Manager
5 6 (6.45%) Senior
5 6 (6.45%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) IT Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) IT Support
6 5 (5.38%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (5.38%) Service Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) ServiceNow Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Data Architect
7 4 (4.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Product Owner
7 4 (4.30%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) OAuth
1 4 (4.30%) OpenID
1 4 (4.30%) SAML
2 3 (3.23%) FIDO
2 3 (3.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.08%) .NET
3 1 (1.08%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.08%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.08%) REST
3 1 (1.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.98%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 8 (8.60%) CMDB
3 8 (8.60%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.23%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (3.23%) NHS
7 2 (2.15%) CCTV
7 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.15%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.08%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.08%) IoT
8 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (23.66%) Windows
2 5 (5.38%) Android
2 5 (5.38%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.16%) ITIL
1 42 (45.16%) ITSM
2 33 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (32.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (23.66%) Agile
5 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (19.35%) Roadmaps
6 18 (19.35%) Service Delivery
7 16 (17.20%) Change Management
7 16 (17.20%) Data Protection
8 15 (16.13%) Problem Management
9 14 (15.05%) DevOps
10 13 (13.98%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (11.83%) Incident Management
12 11 (11.83%) Risk Management
12 11 (11.83%) User Experience
13 10 (10.75%) AI
14 9 (9.68%) Customer Service
15 8 (8.60%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.08%) Java
1 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (11.83%) SC Cleared
1 11 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.45%) Degree
2 6 (6.45%) PMI Certification
2 6 (6.45%) PMP
3 4 (4.30%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.53%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.45%) QA
3 5 (5.38%) SLA
4 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.15%) PMO
6 1 (1.08%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (23.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.08%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.08%) Docker
3 1 (1.08%) Firmware
3 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.30%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.08%) Ansible
4 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.73%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.38%) Cisco
4 4 (4.30%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.23%) Remedy
6 2 (2.15%) BMC
6 2 (2.15%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.08%) Apple
7 1 (1.08%) Centrify
7 1 (1.08%) Citrix
7 1 (1.08%) HP
7 1 (1.08%) IFS
7 1 (1.08%) McAfee
7 1 (1.08%) Mitel
7 1 (1.08%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.08%) Oracle
7 1 (1.08%) Palantir
7 1 (1.08%) Veeam
7 1 (1.08%) VMware