ITSM Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 100 146
Rank change year-on-year -17 +46 +16
Contract jobs citing ITSM 387 559 567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.86% 2.45% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 2.75% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 384 395
10th Percentile £213 £180 £150
25th Percentile £409 £350 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +12.50% -7.19%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £543
90th Percentile £653 £676 £635
UK median daily rate £500 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +8.69% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 30
10th Percentile - £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile - £13.16 £11.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.25 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +4.32% -26.16%
75th Percentile - £19.23 £14.81
90th Percentile £24.12 £49.63 £23.35
UK median hourly rate £16.09 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +10.93% +6.15% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 of England +44 123 £513 +13.89% 45
South West +44 90 £489 -17.68% 29
South East -55 84 £485 +2.11% 46
Yorkshire +44 65 £540 +20.00% 13
North West +14 55 £450 - 30
Scotland -35 34 £282 -37.33% 12
Midlands -12 30 £400 -5.88% 43
East of England -37 26 £605 +51.25% 24
East Midlands +2 15 £650 +10.64% 16
West Midlands -7 15 £375 +66.67% 27
North East +12 3 £590 +93.44% 3
Northern Ireland -4 2 £550 +209.86% 3
ITSM
UK

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 33 (8.53%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.98%) Confluence
3 25 (6.46%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.81%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (8.01%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (7.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 55 (14.21%) Azure
2 43 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.20%) Azure Stack
5 18 (4.65%) SaaS
6 16 (4.13%) AWS
6 16 (4.13%) OpenShift
7 10 (2.58%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.33%) IaaS
9 8 (2.07%) PaaS
10 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.78%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.78%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.78%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 57 (14.73%) Firewall
2 39 (10.08%) BGP
3 25 (6.46%) Cisco Nexus
3 25 (6.46%) DMZ
4 18 (4.65%) VPN
5 14 (3.62%) OSPF
5 14 (3.62%) SD-WAN
6 13 (3.36%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (3.36%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (3.36%) Cisco IOS
6 13 (3.36%) Cisco ISE
6 13 (3.36%) EIGRP
6 13 (3.36%) HSRP
6 13 (3.36%) IPsec
6 13 (3.36%) NetScaler
6 13 (3.36%) Wireless
7 11 (2.84%) SNMP
7 11 (2.84%) Spanning Tree
7 11 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (2.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.98%) Power BI
2 11 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.81%) MySQL
4 7 (1.81%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (0.78%) Metadata
5 3 (0.78%) Tableau
6 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 40 (10.34%) JIRA
2 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.52%) Hudson
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
4 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 131 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.40%) Public Sector
3 43 (11.11%) Finance
4 34 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.13%) Banking
6 16 (4.13%) Legal
7 15 (3.88%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.36%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.55%) Retail
11 3 (0.78%) Law
11 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.78%) Publishing
12 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Military
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Electronics
13 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 76 (19.64%) Analyst
2 44 (11.37%) Service Manager
3 39 (10.08%) Network Engineer
4 38 (9.82%) Developer
5 37 (9.56%) Architect
6 36 (9.30%) ServiceNow Developer
7 29 (7.49%) Consultant
7 29 (7.49%) Service Analyst
8 26 (6.72%) IT Manager
9 24 (6.20%) IT Analyst
10 23 (5.94%) IT Services Manager
11 21 (5.43%) Service Architect
12 19 (4.91%) Senior
13 18 (4.65%) Support Analyst
14 17 (4.39%) Service Desk Analyst
14 17 (4.39%) ServiceNow Consultant
15 16 (4.13%) Delivery Manager
15 16 (4.13%) Site Engineer
15 16 (4.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 14 (3.62%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.01%) Web Services
2 18 (4.65%) CSS
2 18 (4.65%) HTML
3 17 (4.39%) Kafka
4 12 (3.10%) AngularJS
5 11 (2.84%) Jinja
6 6 (1.55%) ActiveMQ
6 6 (1.55%) XML
7 5 (1.29%) .NET
8 4 (1.03%) REST
8 4 (1.03%) SOAP
9 3 (0.78%) LDAP
9 3 (0.78%) Middleware
10 2 (0.52%) Ajax
10 2 (0.52%) JSON
11 1 (0.26%) HTML5
11 1 (0.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 1 (0.26%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 1 (0.26%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.30%) CMDB
2 29 (7.49%) Management Information System
3 25 (6.46%) Private Cloud
4 15 (3.88%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.36%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.33%) iPhone
7 4 (1.03%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.03%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.03%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.78%) iPad
8 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.52%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.52%) PKI
9 2 (0.52%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.26%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.31%) Windows
2 22 (5.68%) Windows 10
3 20 (5.17%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.07%) Linux
5 7 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.03%) Android
6 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Solaris
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (59.69%) ITIL
2 230 (59.43%) Service Management
3 81 (20.93%) Agile
4 73 (18.86%) Service Delivery
5 67 (17.31%) Change Management
6 53 (13.70%) Customer Service
6 53 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (11.37%) DevOps
9 39 (10.08%) Network Management
10 36 (9.30%) Asset Management
11 34 (8.79%) IT Asset Management
12 32 (8.27%) Incident Management
13 30 (7.75%) Capacity Management
13 30 (7.75%) Configuration Management
14 29 (7.49%) Security Monitoring
15 25 (6.46%) Operations Management
15 25 (6.46%) Problem Management
16 24 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.65%) JavaScript
1 18 (4.65%) Python
2 15 (3.88%) SQL
3 12 (3.10%) Perl
4 11 (2.84%) Tcl
5 8 (2.07%) Swift
6 7 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.03%) Java
8 3 (0.78%) C#
8 3 (0.78%) PHP
8 3 (0.78%) Ruby
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (43.67%) Security Cleared
2 116 (29.97%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.95%) DV Cleared
4 39 (10.08%) Degree
5 19 (4.91%) CCNA
5 19 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.10%) CCNP
8 11 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (2.58%) MCP
10 9 (2.33%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.07%) PMP
12 7 (1.81%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.03%) VCAP
13 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.52%) CISM
15 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.72%) SLA
2 25 (6.46%) Government Security Classifications
3 11 (2.84%) QA
4 5 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (9.82%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.10%) Firmware
3 10 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.03%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.03%) vSphere
5 3 (0.78%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.78%) Docker
5 3 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.26%) NFS
Systems Management
1 17 (4.39%) Ansible
2 16 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.13%) SCOM
3 12 (3.10%) SCCM
4 11 (2.84%) Argo
4 11 (2.84%) Grafana
4 11 (2.84%) Istio
4 11 (2.84%) Kibana
4 11 (2.84%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.52%) OPNET
9 1 (0.26%) Autotask
9 1 (0.26%) Nessus
9 1 (0.26%) Observium
9 1 (0.26%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 122 (31.52%) ServiceNow
2 84 (21.71%) Microsoft
3 40 (10.34%) Cisco
4 29 (7.49%) Citrix
5 28 (7.24%) Remedy
6 27 (6.98%) Palo Alto
7 25 (6.46%) Atlassian
8 16 (4.13%) SolarWinds
9 13 (3.36%) F5
9 13 (3.36%) Fortinet
9 13 (3.36%) VMware
10 12 (3.10%) Blue Coat
10 12 (3.10%) CheckPoint
10 12 (3.10%) Juniper
11 9 (2.33%) BMC
12 8 (2.07%) Apple
12 8 (2.07%) Okta
13 7 (1.81%) Cadence
14 6 (1.55%) IBM
14 6 (1.55%) Solace