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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 46 43
Rank change year-on-year -26 -3 +15
Contract jobs citing Service Management 77 51 71
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.91% 4.77% 4.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 5.13% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 17 40
10th Percentile £200 £226 £210
25th Percentile £413 £240 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -22.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £591
90th Percentile £725 £575 £619
England median daily rate £513 £516 £524
% change year-on-year -0.61% -1.50% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £17.35 £21.27 -
25th Percentile £19.13 - -
Median hourly rate £22.13 £22.14 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -0.07% +76.70% -
75th Percentile £25.08 - £15.17
90th Percentile £26.83 - £18.51
England median hourly rate £71.92 £21.71 £17.72
% change year-on-year +231.25% +22.52% -65.76%

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 2,295 995 1,426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.83% 92.99% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 610 859
10th Percentile £325 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £569 £545 £579
90th Percentile £675 £618 £650
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 39 69
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.32 £11.30
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.95 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.24 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +57.33% +27.00%
75th Percentile £56.63 £22.14 £20.74
90th Percentile £68.75 £29.06 £53.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -25 35 £475 +34.47% 12
West Yorkshire -43 30 £513 +20.59% 16
North Yorkshire +1 9 £200 - 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 12 (15.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 15 (19.48%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.99%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.19%) SaaS
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.60%) AWS
7 2 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (2.60%) OpenShift
7 2 (2.60%) PaaS
7 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.30%) Amazon ELB
8 1 (1.30%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.30%) Datadog
8 1 (1.30%) GCP
8 1 (1.30%) GitHub
8 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.19%) LAN
3 3 (3.90%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (2.60%) DNS
4 2 (2.60%) Network Security
4 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.30%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.30%) DHCP
5 1 (1.30%) Firewall
5 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.30%) VoIP
5 1 (1.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) GIS
1 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (3.90%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.30%) Git
3 1 (1.30%) GitLab
3 1 (1.30%) Hudson
3 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (33.77%) Finance
2 24 (31.17%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.39%) Banking
4 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.60%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.30%) Law
7 1 (1.30%) Local Government
7 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (12.99%) Analyst
2 9 (11.69%) Project Manager
3 7 (9.09%) Architect
3 7 (9.09%) Lead
3 7 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 7 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
4 6 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (7.79%) Service Manager
5 5 (6.49%) Service Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Senior
7 3 (3.90%) Service Delivery Manager
8 2 (2.60%) Data Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Architect
8 2 (2.60%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Security Manager
8 2 (2.60%) Support Manager
8 2 (2.60%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) OAuth
1 4 (5.19%) OpenID
1 4 (5.19%) SAML
2 3 (3.90%) FIDO
2 3 (3.90%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.60%) JSON
3 2 (2.60%) REST
4 1 (1.30%) .NET
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.30%) Web Services
4 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 8 (10.39%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.49%) CMDB
4 3 (3.90%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.90%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.90%) PMI
4 3 (3.90%) Smartphone
4 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.60%) CCTV
5 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.48%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
2 3 (3.90%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.60%) Linux
3 2 (2.60%) Unix
4 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.75%) ITIL
2 28 (36.36%) ITSM
3 25 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (31.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (25.97%) Agile
6 17 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.78%) Service Delivery
8 15 (19.48%) Change Management
9 14 (18.18%) DevOps
10 12 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 11 (14.29%) Roadmaps
11 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
12 9 (11.69%) Observability
13 8 (10.39%) CI/CD
13 8 (10.39%) Problem Management
14 7 (9.09%) Service Design
14 7 (9.09%) User Experience
15 6 (7.79%) AI
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.30%) C#
3 1 (1.30%) Java
3 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.30%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) Degree
3 6 (7.79%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.19%) PMP
5 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.30%) CISM
7 1 (1.30%) CISSP
7 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) SLA
2 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (16.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.19%) SCCM
2 4 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.90%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (2.60%) Ansible
4 2 (2.60%) Grafana
4 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.90%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.90%) Remedy
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco
4 2 (2.60%) HP
4 2 (2.60%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.60%) SAP
4 2 (2.60%) Splunk
5 1 (1.30%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.30%) Canon
5 1 (1.30%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.30%) F5
5 1 (1.30%) IFS
5 1 (1.30%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.30%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (1.30%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.30%) New Relic
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle
5 1 (1.30%) Palantir