ITSM Contracts in London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ITSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITSM over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 130 228
Rank change year-on-year -21 +98 +51
Contract jobs citing ITSM 297 544 495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.66% 2.01% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.21% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 377 372
10th Percentile £207 £250 £214
25th Percentile £316 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -12.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £600
90th Percentile £688 £718 £669
England median daily rate £500 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £17.20 £17.68 £17.90
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.00 £20.38
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £29.38 - £25.40
90th Percentile £46.25 £29.40 £33.32
England median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year -3.45% +6.15% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

ITSM 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,787 24,631 35,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.12% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,315 17,709 26,172
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.87%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in London

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in London.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in London.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Central London -10 27 £560 +25.84% 7
East London +2 8 £395 +23.44% 3
West London +9 6 £290 -37.30% 5
South London +13 4 £238 -50.00% 2
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 11 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.37%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.35%) CMS
5 2 (0.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (4.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.01%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.67%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.67%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.78%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (7.74%) Azure
3 13 (4.38%) AWS
4 7 (2.36%) GCP
5 6 (2.02%) IaaS
6 4 (1.35%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.01%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.01%) GitHub
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.67%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.67%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.67%) Route 53
8 2 (0.67%) Serverless
8 2 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.74%) VPN
2 16 (5.39%) Wireless
3 11 (3.70%) Firewall
3 11 (3.70%) Skype
3 11 (3.70%) WAN
4 7 (2.36%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (2.36%) LAN
5 6 (2.02%) BGP
5 6 (2.02%) IPsec
5 6 (2.02%) MPLS
5 6 (2.02%) OSPF
5 6 (2.02%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.35%) Cisco Wireless
6 4 (1.35%) DWDM
6 4 (1.35%) IP Telephony
6 4 (1.35%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.35%) VoIP
7 3 (1.01%) DHCP
7 3 (1.01%) DNS
7 3 (1.01%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.01%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.67%) Pentaho
3 2 (0.67%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 81 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 73 (24.58%) Finance
3 35 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.43%) Banking
5 18 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.38%) Legal
7 10 (3.37%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.68%) Retail
10 4 (1.35%) French Language
10 4 (1.35%) Marketing
11 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Electronics
11 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.67%) Military
12 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (22.22%) Analyst
2 60 (20.20%) Architect
3 37 (12.46%) Service Analyst
3 37 (12.46%) ServiceNow Architect
4 29 (9.76%) Developer
5 27 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
6 26 (8.75%) IT Analyst
7 24 (8.08%) Service Desk Analyst
8 21 (7.07%) Consultant
9 18 (6.06%) Senior
9 18 (6.06%) Service Architect
10 17 (5.72%) Service Manager
11 16 (5.39%) Banking Analyst
11 16 (5.39%) Business Analyst
11 16 (5.39%) Lead
12 15 (5.05%) ITSM Developer
13 12 (4.04%) Data Analyst
14 11 (3.70%) Business IT Analyst
15 9 (3.03%) Desktop Support
15 9 (3.03%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.35%) CSS
1 4 (1.35%) HTML
1 4 (1.35%) JSON
1 4 (1.35%) SOAP
1 4 (1.35%) Web Services
1 4 (1.35%) XML
2 3 (1.01%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.01%) REST
3 2 (0.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) Ajax
4 1 (0.34%) DCOM
4 1 (0.34%) DHTML
4 1 (0.34%) JAX-WS
4 1 (0.34%) LDAP
4 1 (0.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) SAML
4 1 (0.34%) WSDL
4 1 (0.34%) XHTML
4 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.15%) CMDB
2 12 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.03%) Hedge funds
4 8 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.02%) iPhone
6 4 (1.35%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.35%) NHS
7 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.67%) Animation
8 2 (0.67%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.67%) FMCG
8 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.67%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.67%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.50%) Windows
2 34 (11.45%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.37%) Apple iOS
5 9 (3.03%) Windows 7
6 8 (2.69%) Linux
6 8 (2.69%) Unix
7 3 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.01%) VMS
8 2 (0.67%) Android
8 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (54.21%) ITIL
2 121 (40.74%) Service Management
3 55 (18.52%) Change Management
4 51 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (13.80%) Customer Service
6 39 (13.13%) Incident Management
7 33 (11.11%) Agile
8 32 (10.77%) Customer Requirements
9 30 (10.10%) Service Delivery
10 22 (7.41%) Configuration Management
11 21 (7.07%) Problem Management
12 20 (6.73%) Project Management
13 17 (5.72%) Asset Management
14 16 (5.39%) Roadmaps
15 14 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (4.38%) Service Design
17 12 (4.04%) DevOps
18 11 (3.70%) Computer Science
18 11 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
19 9 (3.03%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.69%) SQL
2 7 (2.36%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.68%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.67%) Bash
5 1 (0.34%) C
5 1 (0.34%) C#
5 1 (0.34%) C++
5 1 (0.34%) Perl
5 1 (0.34%) Python
5 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.76%) Degree
4 23 (7.74%) ITIL Certification
5 19 (6.40%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.02%) CCNA
8 6 (2.02%) CCNP
9 4 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.35%) MCITP
10 2 (0.67%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.67%) CCIE
10 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.67%) PMP
10 2 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.34%) MBA
11 1 (0.34%) MCP
11 1 (0.34%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.79%) SLA
2 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.01%) QA
4 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.67%) GRC
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.36%) Firmware
3 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.35%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.01%) vSphere
5 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (4.71%) SCCM
2 8 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.02%) SCOM
4 5 (1.68%) Ansible
4 5 (1.68%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.68%) Puppet
5 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.01%) Terraform
6 3 (1.01%) vRealize
6 3 (1.01%) VxRail
7 2 (0.67%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.67%) Nagios
7 2 (0.67%) Salt
7 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.34%) OPNET
Vendors
1 120 (40.40%) ServiceNow
2 57 (19.19%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.38%) Remedy
3 13 (4.38%) VMware
4 12 (4.04%) Cisco
4 12 (4.04%) Citrix
5 11 (3.70%) Apple
6 10 (3.37%) SAP
6 10 (3.37%) Splunk
7 6 (2.02%) F5
7 6 (2.02%) Infoblox
7 6 (2.02%) Qualys
8 5 (1.68%) BMC
8 5 (1.68%) Dell
9 4 (1.35%) Avaya
9 4 (1.35%) Becrypt
9 4 (1.35%) Freshdesk
9 4 (1.35%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.01%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.67%) SaltStack