ITSM Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing ITSM 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 20.00% - 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.08% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £592 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £405 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £50.25 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Abingdon

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 86.67% 66.67% 47.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £411 - £141
25th Percentile £413 - £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £145
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.50%
75th Percentile £455 - £148
90th Percentile £532 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £494 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +19.70% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £38.13 - -
25th Percentile £50.63 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £13.46
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £33.50 £25.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year +32.41% +29.74% -35.49%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

ITSM job vacancy trend in Abingdon

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Abingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing ITSM

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) IaaS
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) PaaS
3 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) LDAP
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
1 1 (16.67%) OpenID
1 1 (16.67%) SailPoint
1 1 (16.67%) SAML
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) RBAC
3 4 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (50.00%) Internal Audit
4 3 (50.00%) OWASP
4 3 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (50.00%) SABSA
4 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) CISM
3 3 (50.00%) CISSP
3 3 (50.00%) CRISC
3 3 (50.00%) GIAC
3 3 (50.00%) GSEC
3 3 (50.00%) SANS
3 3 (50.00%) SSCP
4 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (16.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (50.00%) ISO 31000
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle