Service Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Service Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 77 80
Rank change year-on-year -24 +3 +32
Contract jobs citing Service Management 40 48 37
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.70% 2.57% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.73% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 32 26
10th Percentile £263 £266 £213
25th Percentile £346 £347 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -3.95% -9.09%
75th Percentile £683 £595 £647
90th Percentile £781 £724 £675
Central London median daily rate £593 £480 £488
% change year-on-year +23.37% -1.49% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £75.00 - £19.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Service Management 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,060 1,759 1,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.51% 94.27% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,155 1,273
10th Percentile £379 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £770 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +4.91% -1.82%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -21.47% +7.67% -22.86%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Service Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in the City of London

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Management

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (7.50%) Confluence
1 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) Value-Added Service
3 1 (2.50%) DHCP
3 1 (2.50%) DNS
3 1 (2.50%) HTTP
3 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.00%) Finance
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Military
5 3 (7.50%) Police
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.50%) Integration Architect
3 3 (7.50%) Junior
3 3 (7.50%) Lead
3 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Analyst
4 2 (5.00%) Applications Support
4 2 (5.00%) Automation Specialist
4 2 (5.00%) Consultant
4 2 (5.00%) Designer
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) IT Support
4 2 (5.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (2.50%) Automation Consultant
5 1 (2.50%) Innovation Manager
5 1 (2.50%) Principal Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) Ajax
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) SOAP
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) CMDB
1 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.50%) AS400
3 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.50%) Android
4 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) ITIL
2 16 (40.00%) ITSM
3 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.50%) Configuration Management
5 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.50%) Problem Management
6 6 (15.00%) Agile
7 5 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (12.50%) ERP
7 5 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 5 (12.50%) Project Management
7 5 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 5 (12.50%) Service Design
8 4 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) COBOL
2 1 (2.50%) RPG
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.50%) PMP
4 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.50%) COBIT
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 19770
2 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.50%) SCCM
3 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
1 13 (32.50%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.50%) Adobe
2 3 (7.50%) Cisco
2 3 (7.50%) Okta
2 3 (7.50%) Remedy
3 2 (5.00%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.00%) Autodesk
3 2 (5.00%) Dynatrace
3 2 (5.00%) IBM
3 2 (5.00%) Oracle
3 2 (5.00%) Samsung
3 2 (5.00%) Symantec
4 1 (2.50%) BMC
4 1 (2.50%) ForeScout
4 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) SAP
4 1 (2.50%) VMware
4 1 (2.50%) Zscaler