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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 63 40
Rank change year-on-year -14 -23 +11
Contract jobs citing Service Management 56 26 72
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.03% 2.21% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 2.57% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 14 42
10th Percentile £185 £151 £416
25th Percentile £213 £193 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £231 £587
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -60.72% +23.68%
75th Percentile £525 £425 £600
90th Percentile £559 £514 £702
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.48 - -
Median hourly rate £18.73 - £21.31
75th Percentile £22.14 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.14 £29.50 £21.16
% change year-on-year -24.95% +39.45% -15.38%

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 1,656 1,013 1,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.56% 85.99% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 607 1,040
10th Percentile £250 £234 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -4.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 30 25
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.52 £15.69
25th Percentile £17.48 £15.88 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%
75th Percentile £43.59 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £59.65 £60.29 £38.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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
South Yorkshire -35 23 £478 +107.61% 7
West Yorkshire -5 20 £500 +17.65% 18
North Yorkshire +6 5 £190 - 3
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 11 (19.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (16.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.79%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 11 (19.64%) Azure
3 11 (19.64%) Power Platform
4 9 (16.07%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.93%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.79%) AWS
6 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.79%) DHCP
2 1 (1.79%) DNS
2 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) Power BI
2 4 (7.14%) Data Mining
2 4 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.79%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) JIRA
General
1 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Finance
3 12 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.71%) Banking
6 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.93%) Police
7 4 (7.14%) Billing
7 4 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.36%) Retail
9 2 (3.57%) Legal
9 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Analyst
2 10 (17.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 10 (17.86%) IT Support
3 8 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Report Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Service Manager
5 5 (8.93%) Support Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Developer
7 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Lead
7 3 (5.36%) Senior
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Service Transition Manager
7 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Transition Manager
8 2 (3.57%) SAP Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Service Design Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Splunk Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.29%) Mainframe
3 5 (8.93%) NHS
4 4 (7.14%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 3 (5.36%) Smartcard
6 2 (3.57%) iPhone
6 2 (3.57%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.57%) Smartphone
6 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.64%) Windows
2 2 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) ITIL
2 15 (26.79%) ITSM
3 12 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (17.86%) Budgeting
4 10 (17.86%) Cost Management
4 10 (17.86%) Virtual Environments
5 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (14.29%) Project Management
7 7 (12.50%) Agile
7 7 (12.50%) Observability
8 6 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (10.71%) Data Analysis
8 6 (10.71%) Data Mapping
8 6 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (10.71%) Incident Management
8 6 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 6 (10.71%) Service Delivery
8 6 (10.71%) Visualisation
9 5 (8.93%) Information Security
9 5 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) SQL
2 4 (7.14%) Perl
2 4 (7.14%) Python
2 4 (7.14%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.36%) PMP
3 2 (3.57%) ACSP
3 2 (3.57%) ACTC
3 2 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.79%) CISM
4 1 (1.79%) CISSP
4 1 (1.79%) ISEB
4 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) SLA
2 4 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) GDPR
3 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 14 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.79%) SCCM
3 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) ServiceNow
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.14%) Splunk
4 2 (3.57%) Apple
4 2 (3.57%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.79%) HP