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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 51 45
Rank change year-on-year -10 -6 +18
Contract jobs citing Service Management 106 76 60
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.69% 4.68% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 5.18% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 41 34
10th Percentile £190 £185 £194
25th Percentile £255 £297 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £375 £515
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -27.18% -10.43%
75th Percentile £553 £538 £555
90th Percentile £688 £575 £588
England median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.48 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.55 -
Median hourly rate £21.34 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -
75th Percentile £24.67 - -
90th Percentile £26.67 - -
England median hourly rate £62.00 £22.14 £27.00
% change year-on-year +180.04% -18.00% -40.17%

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 2,392 1,467 1,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.17% 90.33% 84.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,425 942 735
10th Percentile £331 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £669 £650 £654
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 53 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £17.27 £12.52
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.34 £22.58 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +23.70% -10.98%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £33.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £75.50 £49.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 53 £498 +4.74% 29
West Yorkshire -28 33 £463 -9.76% 47
North Yorkshire -5 8 £200 +42.86% 8
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 (16.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.72%) Confluence
3 4 (3.77%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.89%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.94%) Maple
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.89%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.47%) Azure
1 27 (25.47%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (23.58%) Entra ID
3 14 (13.21%) OneDrive
4 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.77%) AWS
5 4 (3.77%) SaaS
6 2 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.89%) GCP
6 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.94%) GitHub
7 1 (0.94%) OCI
7 1 (0.94%) PaaS
7 1 (0.94%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.77%) Firewall
2 2 (1.89%) Network Security
2 2 (1.89%) VPN
2 2 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.94%) Internet
3 1 (0.94%) VoIP
3 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.72%) Metadata
2 1 (0.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) JIRA
2 2 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (1.89%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 39 (36.79%) Finance
3 17 (16.04%) Public Sector
4 15 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.26%) Banking
6 6 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.77%) Law
8 4 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.83%) Retail
10 2 (1.89%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.89%) Local Government
11 1 (0.94%) Games
11 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (16.04%) 2nd Line Support
2 13 (12.26%) Lead
3 12 (11.32%) Architect
4 9 (8.49%) Analyst
5 8 (7.55%) Project Manager
5 8 (7.55%) Technical Manager
6 7 (6.60%) Senior
7 6 (5.66%) IT Support
7 6 (5.66%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.66%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (4.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) Service Manager
8 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow Architect
9 4 (3.77%) Data Architect
9 4 (3.77%) Developer
9 4 (3.77%) Product Owner
9 4 (3.77%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) Middleware
2 3 (2.83%) OAuth
2 3 (2.83%) OpenID
2 3 (2.83%) SAML
3 2 (1.89%) FIDO
3 2 (1.89%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.94%) .NET
4 1 (0.94%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.94%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.94%) REST
4 1 (0.94%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.32%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.38%) CMDB
2 11 (10.38%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.49%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.66%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.83%) Mainframe
7 3 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.83%) NHS
8 2 (1.89%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.89%) SystemC
9 1 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.94%) IoT
9 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.42%) Windows
2 5 (4.72%) Android
2 5 (4.72%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.72%) Linux
2 5 (4.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.45%) ITIL
1 45 (42.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (40.57%) ITSM
3 32 (30.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (27.36%) Roadmaps
5 25 (23.58%) Agile
6 20 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (18.87%) Service Delivery
7 18 (16.98%) Data Protection
8 17 (16.04%) Problem Management
8 17 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (14.15%) Change Management
9 15 (14.15%) Decision-Making
10 14 (13.21%) Risk Management
11 13 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (12.26%) Incident Management
11 13 (12.26%) User Experience
12 12 (11.32%) AI
12 12 (11.32%) DevOps
12 12 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.94%) Java
1 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.49%) SC Cleared
1 9 (8.49%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.55%) PMI Certification
2 8 (7.55%) PMP
3 5 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.77%) Degree
4 4 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.94%) PgMP
6 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.55%) Data Quality
1 8 (7.55%) QA
2 4 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.83%) SLA
4 2 (1.89%) GRC
4 2 (1.89%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (21.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.66%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.89%) vSphere
5 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.94%) Docker
5 1 (0.94%) Firmware
5 1 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (14.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.77%) Tivoli
2 4 (3.77%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 3 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.89%) SCCM
4 2 (1.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.94%) Ansible
5 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (21.70%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.72%) Cisco
3 5 (4.72%) IBM
4 3 (2.83%) CyberArk
4 3 (2.83%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.83%) Remedy
4 3 (2.83%) VMware
5 2 (1.89%) BMC
5 2 (1.89%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (1.89%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.94%) Apple
6 1 (0.94%) Citrix
6 1 (0.94%) HP
6 1 (0.94%) McAfee
6 1 (0.94%) Mitel
6 1 (0.94%) MobileIron
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle
6 1 (0.94%) Palantir
6 1 (0.94%) Veeam