Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SIAM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SIAM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 665 706
Rank change year-on-year +108 +41 -79
Contract jobs citing SIAM 41 54 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.090% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 40 103
10th Percentile - £463 £432
25th Percentile £441 £581 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £675 £585
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +15.38% +4.46%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £644
90th Percentile - £880 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £675 £575
% change year-on-year -3.67% +17.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +36.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIAM 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

SIAM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SIAM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIAM within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +117 36 £525 -22.22% 8
London +104 27 £497 -29.01% 2
Work from Home +130 18 £494 -31.88% 1
UK excluding London +55 9 £650 -3.67% 3
South East +30 6 £650 -7.14% 1
Midlands - 3 £710 -
West Midlands - 3 £710 -

SIAM
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 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) SaaS
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.44%) HDInsight
2 1 (2.44%) MS Access
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (31.71%) Public Sector
2 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Police
5 4 (9.76%) Finance
6 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.44%) Law
8 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Service Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Service Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Development Manager
5 5 (12.20%) Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) Lead
6 4 (9.76%) Management Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Commercial Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Lead Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Service Design Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Asset Management Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Commercial Project Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Configuration Management Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Designer
8 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Service Management Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) DCOM
1 1 (2.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Data Centre
1 6 (14.63%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (12.20%) CMDB
3 4 (9.76%) Virtual Team
4 3 (7.32%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) ITIL
2 16 (39.02%) Service Design
3 15 (36.59%) Service Management
4 13 (31.71%) Agile
5 10 (24.39%) ITSM
6 8 (19.51%) Performance Management
6 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.51%) Service Delivery
7 7 (17.07%) Supplier Management
8 6 (14.63%) Business Analysis
8 6 (14.63%) Business Strategy
8 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (14.63%) Information Assurance
8 6 (14.63%) Migration
8 6 (14.63%) Security Architecture
8 6 (14.63%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
9 4 (9.76%) DevOps
9 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Python
1 1 (2.44%) R
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (48.78%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (7.32%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.44%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) SLA
3 1 (2.44%) COBIT
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) ServiceNow
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Remedy
4 1 (2.44%) BMC
4 1 (2.44%) Snow
4 1 (2.44%) TOWER Software