Service Management Specialist Contracts

Service Management Specialist
UK

The median Service Management Specialist daily rate in the UK is £303, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 696 846
Rank change year-on-year +117 +150 -129
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Specialist 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £621
25th Percentile £80 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 - £642
Median % change year-on-year - - +202.24%
75th Percentile £589 - £651
90th Percentile £592 - £652
UK excluding London median daily rate £303 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +333.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Service Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Management Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Management Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for Service Management Specialist in the UK

Service Management Specialist
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London - 5 £303 -
South West - 4 £303 -
England - 4 £303 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Service Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Service Management Specialist 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 featuring Service Management Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) BMC
2 4 (80.00%) Remedy
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Process Management
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance

Service Management Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Process Management
4 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BMC
1 4 (80.00%) Remedy