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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 50 40
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 +27
Contract jobs citing Service Management 89 64 71
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.09% 4.21% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 4.61% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 26 47
10th Percentile £188 £230 £212
25th Percentile £213 £299 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £355 £525
Median % change year-on-year +24.79% -32.38% -
75th Percentile £529 £528 £554
90th Percentile £688 £581 £588
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 2
10th Percentile - £17.48 £15.73
25th Percentile - £18.88 £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 £64.50 £20.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year +210.84% -20.19% -9.96%

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 2,412 1,389 1,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.75% 91.32% 83.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,457 877 769
10th Percentile £325 £263 £320
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 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 61 52
10th Percentile £14.18 £16.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.35 £12.45
Median hourly rate £22.80 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +59.63% -30.65%
75th Percentile £28.25 £25.15 £22.75
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% +2.41%

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 22 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 22 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 +5 42 £495 +40.72% 6
West Yorkshire -40 29 £444 -6.58% 16
North Yorkshire -4 7 £200 +42.86% 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 15 (16.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.49%) Confluence
3 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
1 2 (2.25%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.12%) Maple
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.21%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (26.97%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) Entra ID
3 15 (16.85%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (3.37%) SaaS
5 2 (2.25%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (2.25%) PaaS
5 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.12%) AWS
6 1 (1.12%) GitHub
6 1 (1.12%) OCI
6 1 (1.12%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.12%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.12%) Network Security
2 1 (1.12%) VoIP
2 1 (1.12%) VPN
2 1 (1.12%) WAN
2 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.24%) JIRA
2 3 (3.37%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (3.37%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.12%) Hudson
3 1 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.83%) Finance
3 14 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.24%) Banking
4 10 (11.24%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.49%) Law
6 4 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.37%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.25%) Legal
8 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Games
9 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (19.10%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (15.73%) Analyst
3 10 (11.24%) Lead
3 10 (11.24%) Project Manager
4 9 (10.11%) Service Analyst
5 8 (8.99%) Technical Manager
5 8 (8.99%) Technical Project Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Senior
6 6 (6.74%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) IT Support
7 5 (5.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Architect
8 4 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Product Owner
8 4 (4.49%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.37%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) Service Delivery Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) OAuth
1 4 (4.49%) OpenID
1 4 (4.49%) SAML
2 3 (3.37%) FIDO
2 3 (3.37%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.12%) .NET
3 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.12%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.12%) REST
3 1 (1.12%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.11%) Onboarding
3 7 (7.87%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (6.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.37%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.37%) CMDB
6 3 (3.37%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (3.37%) NHS
7 2 (2.25%) CCTV
7 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.12%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.12%) IoT
8 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.84%) Windows
2 5 (5.62%) Android
2 5 (5.62%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (49.44%) ITIL
2 36 (40.45%) ITSM
3 32 (35.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (30.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (24.72%) Service Delivery
6 21 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (21.35%) Agile
8 15 (16.85%) Change Management
8 15 (16.85%) Data Protection
8 15 (16.85%) Problem Management
8 15 (16.85%) Roadmaps
9 14 (15.73%) DevOps
10 13 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (12.36%) Incident Management
11 11 (12.36%) Risk Management
11 11 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (10.11%) Migration
12 9 (10.11%) User Experience
13 8 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
14 7 (7.87%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.12%) Java
1 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (12.36%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) Degree
4 4 (4.49%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.49%) PMP
5 3 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.12%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) SLA
2 4 (4.49%) QA
3 2 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.12%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.12%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) Firmware
3 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.98%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.62%) Cisco
4 4 (4.49%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.37%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.37%) Remedy
6 2 (2.25%) BMC
6 2 (2.25%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.12%) Apple
7 1 (1.12%) Centrify
7 1 (1.12%) Citrix
7 1 (1.12%) HP
7 1 (1.12%) IFS
7 1 (1.12%) McAfee
7 1 (1.12%) Mitel
7 1 (1.12%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (1.12%) Palantir
7 1 (1.12%) Veeam
7 1 (1.12%) VMware