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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 +23
Contract jobs citing Service Management 104 71 59
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.57% 4.53% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 5.01% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 36 32
10th Percentile £190 £185 £210
25th Percentile £231 £288 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £355 £520
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -31.73% -9.57%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £556
90th Percentile £688 £575 £588
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.48 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.55 -
Median hourly rate £21.34 £22.14 £15.17
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +45.95% -28.81%
75th Percentile £24.67 - -
90th Percentile £26.67 - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £22.14 £23.25
% change year-on-year +182.29% -4.77% -48.48%

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 2,425 1,416 1,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.30% 90.36% 84.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 909 743
10th Percentile £337 £240 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £580
90th Percentile £669 £649 £665
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 56 43
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.13 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.29 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.68 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +26.51% -13.58%
75th Percentile £26.72 £25.15 £31.25
90th Percentile £43.96 £66.88 £46.75
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%

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 25 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Yorkshire

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 25 September 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 +2 52 £500 +40.85% 24
West Yorkshire -29 33 £463 -5.13% 40
North Yorkshire -2 8 £200 +42.86% 10
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 (16.35%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) Confluence
3 4 (3.85%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.96%) Maple
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.96%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 28 (26.92%) Azure
1 28 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 15 (14.42%) OneDrive
4 5 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.81%) SaaS
5 4 (3.85%) AWS
6 2 (1.92%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.92%) GCP
6 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.92%) PaaS
7 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.96%) GitHub
7 1 (0.96%) OCI
7 1 (0.96%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.85%) Firewall
2 2 (1.92%) Network Security
2 2 (1.92%) VPN
2 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.96%) Internet
3 1 (0.96%) VoIP
3 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.81%) Metadata
2 1 (0.96%) Power BI
2 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.58%) JIRA
2 3 (2.88%) Browser DevTools
2 3 (2.88%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.96%) Hudson
3 1 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 39 (37.50%) Finance
3 17 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.54%) Banking
6 6 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Law
7 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.96%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (16.35%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (11.54%) Architect
2 12 (11.54%) Lead
3 9 (8.65%) Analyst
4 8 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 8 (7.69%) Technical Manager
5 6 (5.77%) IT Support
5 6 (5.77%) Senior
5 6 (5.77%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Technical Project Manager
6 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Product Owner
6 5 (4.81%) ServiceNow Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Data Architect
7 4 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Service Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) Middleware
2 4 (3.85%) OAuth
2 4 (3.85%) OpenID
2 4 (3.85%) SAML
3 3 (2.88%) FIDO
3 3 (2.88%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.96%) .NET
4 1 (0.96%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.96%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.96%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.96%) REST
4 1 (0.96%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.54%) Onboarding
1 12 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.58%) CMDB
3 8 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.77%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.88%) Mainframe
7 3 (2.88%) NHS
8 2 (1.92%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.92%) CCTV
8 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.96%) IoT
9 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.92%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Android
2 5 (4.81%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.81%) Linux
2 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (41.35%) ITIL
2 42 (40.38%) ITSM
2 42 (40.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (27.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (25.96%) Roadmaps
5 24 (23.08%) Agile
6 19 (18.27%) Service Delivery
7 18 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (17.31%) Data Protection
8 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (15.38%) Change Management
9 16 (15.38%) Problem Management
10 14 (13.46%) User Experience
11 13 (12.50%) DevOps
11 13 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 12 (11.54%) AI
12 12 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 12 (11.54%) Incident Management
12 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.96%) Java
1 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.65%) SC Cleared
1 9 (8.65%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.77%) PMI Certification
2 6 (5.77%) PMP
3 5 (4.81%) Degree
4 4 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.73%) QA
3 3 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.88%) SLA
4 2 (1.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.96%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.96%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.96%) NIST
5 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.96%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.96%) Docker
5 1 (0.96%) Firmware
5 1 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (3.85%) Tivoli
2 4 (3.85%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 3 (2.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.92%) SCCM
5 1 (0.96%) Ansible
5 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (25.96%) Microsoft
2 23 (22.12%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.81%) Cisco
3 5 (4.81%) IBM
4 4 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.88%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.88%) Remedy
5 3 (2.88%) VMware
6 2 (1.92%) BMC
6 2 (1.92%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.96%) Apple
7 1 (0.96%) Centrify
7 1 (0.96%) Citrix
7 1 (0.96%) HP
7 1 (0.96%) IFS
7 1 (0.96%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.96%) McAfee
7 1 (0.96%) Mitel
7 1 (0.96%) Palantir
7 1 (0.96%) Veeam