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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 54 34
Rank change year-on-year -14 -20 +28
Contract jobs citing Service Management 85 56 86
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.99% 4.15% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 4.49% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 19 56
10th Percentile £190 £140 £211
25th Percentile £238 £230 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +19.07% -30.23% +7.50%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £556
90th Percentile £688 £594 £600
England median daily rate £520 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 2
10th Percentile - £19.10 £15.73
25th Percentile - - £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 £74.26 £21.06 £20.74
% change year-on-year +252.70% +1.52% -28.17%

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 2,430 1,246 1,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.53% 92.23% 84.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 774 858
10th Percentile £325 £266 £292
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £577
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 57 57
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.75 -
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.35 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -28.95%
75th Percentile £33.25 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £31.83 £50.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 0 37 £500 +5.26% 10
West Yorkshire -40 30 £456 -3.95% 19
North Yorkshire -4 10 £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 17 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.71%) Confluence
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.18%) Maple
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.71%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 16 (18.82%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.71%) SaaS
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.35%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (2.35%) PaaS
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (1.18%) AWS
8 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.18%) Datadog
8 1 (1.18%) OCI
8 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.18%) Serverless
8 1 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.71%) LAN
3 3 (3.53%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.35%) Network Security
5 1 (1.18%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.18%) DHCP
5 1 (1.18%) DNS
5 1 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.18%) VoIP
5 1 (1.18%) WAN
Development Applications
1 13 (15.29%) JIRA
2 3 (3.53%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (3.53%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.18%) Hudson
General
1 26 (30.59%) Finance
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.59%) Banking
4 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.35%) Legal
8 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Retail
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Games
9 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.18%) Law
9 1 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (15.29%) Analyst
2 12 (14.12%) 2nd Line Support
3 8 (9.41%) Architect
3 8 (9.41%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.24%) Service Analyst
4 7 (8.24%) Technical Manager
4 7 (8.24%) Technical Project Manager
5 6 (7.06%) Lead
5 6 (7.06%) Service Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Senior
7 4 (4.71%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Product Owner
8 3 (3.53%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Service Delivery Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Service Desk Engineer
9 2 (2.35%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (2.35%) IT Manager
9 2 (2.35%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) OAuth
1 4 (4.71%) OpenID
1 4 (4.71%) SAML
2 3 (3.53%) FIDO
2 3 (3.53%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.35%) JSON
3 2 (2.35%) REST
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.18%) Web Services
4 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.59%) Onboarding
3 6 (7.06%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.88%) CMDB
5 3 (3.53%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.53%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.53%) Smartphone
5 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.35%) CCTV
7 1 (1.18%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.18%) IoT
7 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.35%) Windows
2 3 (3.53%) Mac OS
2 3 (3.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.18%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (49.41%) ITIL
2 30 (35.29%) ITSM
3 26 (30.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (30.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (22.35%) Agile
5 18 (21.18%) Service Delivery
6 16 (18.82%) Change Management
6 16 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (16.47%) Roadmaps
8 13 (15.29%) DevOps
8 13 (15.29%) Problem Management
9 12 (14.12%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (12.94%) Incident Management
10 11 (12.94%) Risk Management
11 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (10.59%) Data Protection
12 9 (10.59%) Observability
13 7 (8.24%) Customer Service
13 7 (8.24%) Knowledge Transfer
13 7 (8.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.53%) Python
2 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.18%) Java
3 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.18%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 9 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) Degree
4 3 (3.53%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.53%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.53%) PMP
5 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.18%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.35%) QA
3 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (22.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.18%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.18%) Firmware
2 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.71%) SCCM
2 4 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.53%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.18%) Ansible
4 1 (1.18%) Grafana
4 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.53%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.53%) Remedy
4 2 (2.35%) Cisco
4 2 (2.35%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.18%) Citrix
5 1 (1.18%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.18%) F5
5 1 (1.18%) HP
5 1 (1.18%) IFS
5 1 (1.18%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.18%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (1.18%) McAfee
5 1 (1.18%) Mitel
5 1 (1.18%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.18%) New Relic
5 1 (1.18%) Palantir
5 1 (1.18%) Splunk
5 1 (1.18%) VMware