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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 59
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Management 62 46 56
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.50% 3.34% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.95% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 25 40
10th Percentile £185 £156 £403
25th Percentile £220 £230 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -11.30% +21.05%
75th Percentile £538 £554 £600
90th Percentile £575 £563 £625
England median daily rate £500 £515 £543
% change year-on-year -2.91% -5.07% +3.33%
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 £27.50 £28.88
% change year-on-year -19.49% -4.76% +35.88%

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 1,585 1,166 1,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.50% 84.74% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,046 665 1,071
10th Percentile £257 £263 £281
25th Percentile £376 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £649 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 36 27
10th Percentile £15.25 - £16.28
25th Percentile £18.78 £12.55 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.79 £18.07 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +31.66% -15.22% +12.16%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.75 £28.39
90th Percentile £68.13 £38.75 £44.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +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 4 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 4 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
West Yorkshire +3 25 £525 +169.23% 15
South Yorkshire -42 24 £478 -7.28% 9
North Yorkshire +9 5 £165 -
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 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.45%) Confluence
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.61%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.42%) Entra ID
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (17.74%) Azure
3 10 (16.13%) Power Platform
4 8 (12.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.45%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.61%) AWS
6 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.61%) DHCP
2 1 (1.61%) DNS
2 1 (1.61%) Firewall
2 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.13%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) Data Mining
2 4 (6.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Finance
4 10 (16.13%) Police
5 8 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (11.29%) Banking
7 6 (9.68%) Retail
8 4 (6.45%) Billing
9 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Analyst
2 13 (20.97%) IT Support
3 9 (14.52%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (14.52%) Support Analyst
4 8 (12.90%) Data Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) Report Analyst
5 6 (9.68%) Support Manager
6 5 (8.06%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (8.06%) Developer
6 5 (8.06%) IT Manager
7 4 (6.45%) 1st Line Support Manager
7 4 (6.45%) IT Support Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Service Manager
7 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow Developer
8 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.84%) Lead
8 3 (4.84%) Senior
8 3 (4.84%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (4.84%) Service Transition Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.61%) REST
2 1 (1.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.90%) iPhone
2 8 (12.90%) Mainframe
2 8 (12.90%) Smartphone
3 4 (6.45%) NHS
3 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.45%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.84%) Smartcard
5 2 (3.23%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.61%) CMDB
6 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (67.74%) ITIL
2 21 (33.87%) ITSM
3 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (17.74%) Customer Service
4 11 (17.74%) Incident Management
5 10 (16.13%) Budgeting
5 10 (16.13%) Cost Management
5 10 (16.13%) Decision-Making
5 10 (16.13%) Virtual Environments
6 9 (14.52%) Information Security
6 9 (14.52%) Performance Measurement
7 8 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
7 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (11.29%) Data Mapping
8 7 (11.29%) Observability
9 6 (9.68%) Agile
9 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis
9 6 (9.68%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (9.68%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) SQL
2 4 (6.45%) Perl
2 4 (6.45%) Python
2 4 (6.45%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.61%) C#
3 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) ACSP
2 3 (4.84%) ACTC
3 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) ISEB
4 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.61%) PMP
4 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) SLA
2 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (30.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.90%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.61%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (25.81%) ServiceNow
2 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.90%) Apple
4 4 (6.45%) Splunk
5 1 (1.61%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.61%) SAP