Service Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Service Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 85 118
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 +2
Contract jobs citing Service Management 430 645 946
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.91% 2.62% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 2.92% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 456 698
10th Percentile £310 £250 £312
25th Percentile £450 £423 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £598 £650 £624
90th Percentile £650 £743 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 31
10th Percentile - £17.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £19.00 £29.35 £11.88
Median hourly rate £20.74 £55.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.29% +223.53% -8.11%
75th Percentile £26.50 £58.19 £25.13
90th Percentile £26.80 £74.38 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £51.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -65.76% +158.75% -13.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Service Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Service Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Management.

Service Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Service Management over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Service Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Management.

Service Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 37 (8.60%) Confluence
2 24 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 20 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (3.95%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (1.40%) IBM HTTP Server
5 6 (1.40%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.40%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (1.40%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.23%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (3.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Shopify
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.23%) Relativity
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.23%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 74 (17.21%) Azure
2 30 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (6.05%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.12%) Entra ID
5 21 (4.88%) AWS
6 19 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (3.95%) Azure Stack
7 17 (3.95%) Azure Storage
8 13 (3.02%) SaaS
9 12 (2.79%) IaaS
10 9 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.63%) GCP
12 5 (1.16%) Google Sheets
12 5 (1.16%) PaaS
12 5 (1.16%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.93%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.93%) Serverless
14 3 (0.70%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.84%) Firewall
2 21 (4.88%) DNS
3 20 (4.65%) DHCP
4 18 (4.19%) BGP
5 7 (1.63%) LAN
6 6 (1.40%) HTTP
6 6 (1.40%) Network Security
6 6 (1.40%) WAN
7 5 (1.16%) Wireless
8 4 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.93%) VPN
9 3 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.70%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.23%) 5G
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.23%) OSPF
10 1 (0.23%) Skype
10 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.35%) Power BI
2 10 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.16%) GIS
3 5 (1.16%) MySQL
4 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.70%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 46 (10.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.47%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Maven
4 2 (0.47%) Selenium
4 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 167 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 96 (22.33%) Finance
3 74 (17.21%) Public Sector
4 65 (15.12%) Banking
5 55 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.02%) Marketing
8 11 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.09%) Retail
9 9 (2.09%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.86%) Back Office
10 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.16%) Legal
11 5 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.93%) Publishing
13 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Electronics
13 3 (0.70%) Law
13 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 85 (19.77%) Analyst
2 58 (13.49%) Service Manager
3 36 (8.37%) Architect
3 36 (8.37%) Banking Analyst
3 36 (8.37%) Consultant
4 30 (6.98%) Service Analyst
5 29 (6.74%) IT Analyst
6 27 (6.28%) Business Analyst
7 26 (6.05%) Lead
7 26 (6.05%) Senior
8 25 (5.81%) Data Analyst
8 25 (5.81%) Developer
9 22 (5.12%) Service Transition Manager
9 22 (5.12%) Transition Manager
10 18 (4.19%) Banking Business Analyst
10 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Engineer
11 17 (3.95%) Active Directory Support
12 16 (3.72%) Service Architect
12 16 (3.72%) ServiceNow Developer
13 15 (3.49%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.51%) Web Services
2 18 (4.19%) ARM Templates
3 9 (2.09%) REST
4 8 (1.86%) J2EE
4 8 (1.86%) Middleware
5 5 (1.16%) CSS
6 3 (0.70%) .NET
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) HTML
6 3 (0.70%) React Native
6 3 (0.70%) SOAP
7 2 (0.47%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.47%) jQuery
7 2 (0.47%) RESTful
7 2 (0.47%) Sass
7 2 (0.47%) Spring
7 2 (0.47%) Spring MVC
7 2 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.47%) VML
7 2 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.84%) Management Information System
2 27 (6.28%) CMDB
3 22 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.42%) PKI
5 17 (3.95%) Private Cloud
6 13 (3.02%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.16%) Clustering
9 5 (1.16%) LIMS
10 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.93%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.70%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.47%) BYOD
12 2 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.47%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.23%) FMCG
13 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (12.56%) Windows
2 29 (6.74%) Linux
3 25 (5.81%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (3.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.09%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.47%) Unix
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.23%) Android
8 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.23%) CentOS
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (54.19%) ITIL
2 172 (40.00%) ITSM
3 91 (21.16%) Change Management
4 84 (19.53%) Agile
5 66 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (15.12%) Service Delivery
7 50 (11.63%) DevOps
8 46 (10.70%) Asset Management
8 46 (10.70%) Configuration Management
8 46 (10.70%) Customer Service
9 45 (10.47%) Service Design
10 39 (9.07%) Problem Management
10 39 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (8.60%) Analytics
11 37 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (8.37%) Incident Management
13 34 (7.91%) Project Management
14 32 (7.44%) Business Analysis
15 30 (6.98%) Capacity Management
16 28 (6.51%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (6.05%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.35%) SQL
3 20 (4.65%) C#
4 19 (4.42%) Bicep
5 17 (3.95%) VB
5 17 (3.95%) VBScript
6 10 (2.33%) Java
7 8 (1.86%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.70%) Python
9 2 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 170 (39.53%) Security Cleared
2 139 (32.33%) SC Cleared
3 50 (11.63%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.81%) Degree
5 20 (4.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 15 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.63%) MCSE
10 4 (0.93%) CCNP
11 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.70%) CCSA
11 3 (0.70%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.47%) CCNA
12 2 (0.47%) HNC
12 2 (0.47%) ISEB
12 2 (0.47%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.28%) SLA
2 18 (4.19%) Government Security Classifications
3 13 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 11 (2.56%) QA
5 7 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.93%) COBIT
7 4 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.47%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
3 18 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Docker
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (7.91%) SCOM
2 20 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (4.42%) Kubernetes
4 18 (4.19%) SCCM
4 18 (4.19%) WSUS
5 17 (3.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.93%) Terraform
7 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.23%) Ansible
8 1 (0.23%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 84 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 75 (17.44%) ServiceNow
3 22 (5.12%) Atlassian
4 14 (3.26%) Remedy
5 11 (2.56%) SAP
6 9 (2.09%) Cisco
7 8 (1.86%) Google
8 7 (1.63%) Oracle
9 6 (1.40%) IBM
10 5 (1.16%) InterSystems
10 5 (1.16%) Juniper
11 4 (0.93%) Dell
11 4 (0.93%) Freshdesk
11 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.70%) Blue Coat
12 3 (0.70%) Cadence
12 3 (0.70%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.70%) Databricks
12 3 (0.70%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.70%) Splunk