Service Management Contracts in Manchester

Service Management
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 79 79
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 -11
Contract jobs citing Service Management 28 30 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.94% 1.69% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.86% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 49
10th Percentile £375 £250 £135
25th Percentile £413 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £550
90th Percentile £598 £645 £640
North West median daily rate £493 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +3.79% +2.15% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 12
10th Percentile £16.40 - £11.36
25th Percentile £19.81 - £11.65
Median hourly rate £26.00 £65.00 £12.59
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +416.28% -0.71%
75th Percentile £26.75 - £18.11
90th Percentile £26.90 - £69.88
North West median hourly rate £17.50 £65.00 £12.68
% change year-on-year -73.07% +412.62% -30.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,245 1,609 2,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.34% 90.49% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,180 1,822
10th Percentile £325 £317 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 56 52
10th Percentile £12.46 £15.74 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.49 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +34.21% +17.07%
75th Percentile £61.25 £40.63 £56.25
90th Percentile £73.30 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.22
% change year-on-year -23.83% +50.72% +29.66%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Service Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Manchester

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Salford - 6 - - 1
Wigan - 2 £450 -
Bolton -1 1 - -
Oldham - 1 £400 -
Rochdale - 1 - -
Service Management
North West

Service Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) IaaS
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Hudson
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Advertising
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) French Language
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Configuration Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Process Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Product Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Service Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) CMDB
2 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.71%) Digital Signage
3 3 (10.71%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) ITIL
2 9 (32.14%) ITSM
3 8 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 7 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
6 5 (17.86%) Agile
6 5 (17.86%) Problem Management
7 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 4 (14.29%) Inventory Management
8 3 (10.71%) Coaching
8 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
8 3 (10.71%) Information Security
8 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
8 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
9 2 (7.14%) Change Management
9 2 (7.14%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.57%) MCTS
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (3.57%) NCSC
2 1 (3.57%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Logitech
2 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.57%) Remedy
3 1 (3.57%) Sophos