Service Manager Contracts in the North of England

Services Manager
England > North of England

The median Services Manager daily rate in the North of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 132 151
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Service Manager 30 70 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.62% 1.29% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.35% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 52 74
10th Percentile £250 £363 £226
25th Percentile £375 £413 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% +1.12%
75th Percentile £493 £588 £536
90th Percentile £500 £650 £550
England median daily rate £493 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% +0.20% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.88
25th Percentile - - £18.45
Median hourly rate - - £20.82
75th Percentile - - £24.61
90th Percentile - - £26.04
England median hourly rate £30.00 £12.95 £27.00
% change year-on-year +131.66% -52.04% -17.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,496 5,185 6,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.28% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,630 5,013
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £663 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 165 268
10th Percentile £11.12 £14.10 £11.28
25th Percentile £13.19 £17.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.75 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £57.06 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Manager in the North of England

Service Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
North West -9 18 £469 -3.30% 21
Yorkshire -5 11 £450 -5.26% 15
North East +8 1 - - 6
Service Manager
England

Service Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 North of England region featuring Service Manager in the job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Service Delivery
2 11 (36.67%) Service Management
3 10 (33.33%) ITIL
3 10 (33.33%) SLA
3 10 (33.33%) Finance
3 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 7 (23.33%) Fault Management
4 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
7 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 4 (13.33%) Agile
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
8 3 (10.00%) Confluence
8 3 (10.00%) JIRA
8 3 (10.00%) Change Management
8 3 (10.00%) Migration
8 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
9 2 (6.67%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (6.67%) Service Catalogue
9 2 (6.67%) Budget Management
9 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.67%) Business Case
9 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
9 2 (6.67%) People Management

Service Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) IaaS
1 1 (3.33%) PaaS
1 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Hudson
General
1 10 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.67%) Legal
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Billing
4 1 (3.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) CMDB
1 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Service Delivery
2 11 (36.67%) Service Management
3 10 (33.33%) ITIL
4 7 (23.33%) Fault Management
4 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
5 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (13.33%) Agile
6 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
6 4 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 4 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 3 (10.00%) Change Management
7 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
7 3 (10.00%) Migration
8 2 (6.67%) Business Case
8 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.67%) Mentoring
8 2 (6.67%) People Management
8 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) Cadence
2 1 (3.33%) Remedy