ITSM Contract Job Trends in Chester

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 15 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -7 +6
Contract jobs citing ITSM 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 4.35% 3.03% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 3.45% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £162 - -
25th Percentile £180 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.45% - -
75th Percentile £289 £575 -
90th Percentile £468 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £440 £375 £540
% change year-on-year +17.33% -30.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £17.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £17.75 £75.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -76.33% +328.57% -7.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86 58 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 74.78% 87.88% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 9
10th Percentile £190 £416 £388
25th Percentile £413 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +40.00%
75th Percentile £607 £591 £600
90th Percentile £688 £663 £712
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 10
10th Percentile £17.70 £15.53 £17.03
25th Percentile £21.65 £16.00 £17.17
Median hourly rate £26.50 £22.00 £20.56
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% +7.03% +27.91%
75th Percentile £40.00 £32.30 £34.50
90th Percentile £79.80 £40.10 £40.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £24.19 £24.81
% change year-on-year -5.52% -2.50% +58.40%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Chester

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Chester over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Chester

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing ITSM

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Remedy
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow