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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 49 50
Rank change year-on-year -26 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Service Management 57 45 62
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.20% 3.33% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 3.92% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 42
10th Percentile £185 £156 £413
25th Percentile £211 £230 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year -28.43% -11.30% +21.05%
75th Percentile £538 £554 £600
90th Percentile £561 £563 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £17.48 - -
25th Percentile £17.55 - -
Median hourly rate £22.14 - £21.31
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £29.00 £28.88
% change year-on-year -23.66% +0.43% +37.50%

All Process and 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 1,600 1,148 1,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.74% 84.91% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,060 661 1,082
10th Percentile £250 £250 £294
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -3.41% +2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 37 26
10th Percentile £15.25 - £16.12
25th Percentile £18.87 £12.55 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £21.66
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -12.26% +13.97%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £29.20
90th Percentile £81.25 £39.85 £44.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +27.14%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 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
South Yorkshire -37 23 £485 -5.87% 4
West Yorkshire +2 21 £525 +169.23% 14
North Yorkshire +9 5 £165 - 2
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 9 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Confluence
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.75%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Entra ID
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (17.54%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (14.04%) OneDrive
4 4 (7.02%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.75%) AWS
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.75%) DHCP
2 1 (1.75%) DNS
2 1 (1.75%) Firewall
2 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Power BI
2 4 (7.02%) Data Mining
2 4 (7.02%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
General
1 21 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Finance
4 10 (17.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (17.54%) Police
5 8 (14.04%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (12.28%) Banking
7 4 (7.02%) Billing
8 3 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.26%) Retail
9 2 (3.51%) Legal
9 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Analyst
2 10 (17.54%) IT Support
3 9 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 8 (14.04%) Data Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) Report Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Service Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Developer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Lead
7 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Service Transition Manager
7 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Transition Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Service Design Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.04%) Mainframe
3 4 (7.02%) iPhone
3 4 (7.02%) NHS
3 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
3 4 (7.02%) Smartphone
4 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.26%) Smartcard
5 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) ITIL
2 16 (28.07%) ITSM
2 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.54%) Budgeting
3 10 (17.54%) Cost Management
3 10 (17.54%) Virtual Environments
4 9 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 9 (15.79%) Information Security
4 9 (15.79%) Performance Measurement
5 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (12.28%) Agile
6 7 (12.28%) Data Mapping
6 7 (12.28%) Incident Management
6 7 (12.28%) Observability
7 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
7 6 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (10.53%) Project Management
7 6 (10.53%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) SQL
2 4 (7.02%) Perl
2 4 (7.02%) Python
2 4 (7.02%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) ACSP
2 3 (5.26%) ACTC
3 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.51%) PMP
4 1 (1.75%) ISEB
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) SLA
2 4 (7.02%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (26.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.02%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.75%) SCCM
3 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) ServiceNow
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Apple
3 4 (7.02%) Splunk
4 1 (1.75%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.75%) SAP