ITSM Contracts in Birmingham

IT Service Management (ITSM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 50 67
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing ITSM 23 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.41% 2.20% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 2.64% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 4
10th Percentile - - £336
25th Percentile - £325 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £107 £400 £663
Median % change year-on-year -73.25% -39.62% +248.68%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £688
90th Percentile £700 £718 -
West Midlands median daily rate £551 £508 £350
% change year-on-year +8.47% +45.00% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £29.30 - -
25th Percentile £29.75 - -
Median hourly rate £30.23 - -
75th Percentile £30.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.23 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
1 1 (4.35%) GitHub
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (39.13%) Metadata
General
1 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Audio Visual Technician
2 3 (13.04%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Service Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (4.35%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Operations Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Service Operations Manager
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) CMDB
2 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) SCADA
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Service Management
2 11 (47.83%) Asset Management
3 7 (30.43%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (17.39%) Workflow
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Change Advisory Board
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
6 2 (8.70%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.70%) Release Management
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.70%) Service Design
6 2 (8.70%) Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Budgeting
7 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Ansible
2 4 (17.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) ServiceNow
2 4 (17.39%) Broadcom
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) BMC
3 2 (8.70%) Remedy
4 1 (4.35%) Foundry
4 1 (4.35%) Snow