Service Manager Contracts in the Midlands

Services Manager
England > Midlands

The median Services Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 120 155
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 18 40 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.67% 1.23% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.30% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 29 39
10th Percentile £452 £363 £359
25th Percentile £457 £513 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £534 £625 £575
90th Percentile £586 £658 £586
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.97 - -
Median hourly rate £71.93 - -
75th Percentile £72.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £32.50
% change year-on-year +131.66% -60.15% +2.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,486 3,067 4,803
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 94.57% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,157 3,506
10th Percentile £213 £225 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £560
90th Percentile £676 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 116 166
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.23 £15.18 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.55 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +17.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.77 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Service Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the Midlands

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the Midlands

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the Midlands

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. 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
East Midlands -8 12 £500 -14.89% 17
West Midlands +14 6 £501 -4.52% 22
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Service Delivery
2 12 (66.67%) Service Management
3 11 (61.11%) Finance
4 10 (55.56%) Change Management
5 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (50.00%) Migration
5 9 (50.00%) Azure
5 9 (50.00%) Decision-Making
6 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (44.44%) Okta
6 8 (44.44%) Swift
6 8 (44.44%) Service Delivery Management
6 8 (44.44%) AWS
6 8 (44.44%) Problem Management
6 8 (44.44%) SaaS
6 8 (44.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (44.44%) People Management
6 8 (44.44%) Performance Metrics
6 8 (44.44%) Legal
6 8 (44.44%) Information Security
6 8 (44.44%) Business Analysis
6 8 (44.44%) IT Governance
6 8 (44.44%) ITSM
7 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (27.78%) Service Design
8 3 (16.67%) Architectural Design
8 3 (16.67%) User Experience
8 3 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (16.67%) Open Source

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) AWS
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (44.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Service Delivery
2 12 (66.67%) Service Management
3 10 (55.56%) Change Management
4 9 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 9 (50.00%) Migration
5 8 (44.44%) Business Analysis
5 8 (44.44%) Information Security
5 8 (44.44%) IT Governance
5 8 (44.44%) ITSM
5 8 (44.44%) People Management
5 8 (44.44%) Performance Metrics
5 8 (44.44%) Problem Management
5 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (44.44%) Service Delivery Management
6 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (27.78%) Service Design
7 3 (16.67%) Architectural Design
7 3 (16.67%) Open Source
7 3 (16.67%) Password Management
7 3 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Okta
3 1 (5.56%) Netskope