ITSM Contract Job Trends in Devon

IT Service Management (ITSM)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 24 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 -
Contract jobs citing ITSM 9 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 3.96% 0.78% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.06% 0.87% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £496 - -
25th Percentile £603 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.01% +23.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 178 115 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 78.41% 89.15% 79.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 53 165
10th Percentile £146 £145 £152
25th Percentile £213 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £581
90th Percentile £688 £650 £660
South West median daily rate £511 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.62% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 35
10th Percentile £17.25 £28.46 £10.42
25th Percentile £19.30 £55.00 £14.72
Median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £46.00 £70.00 £43.75
90th Percentile - £73.00 £68.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -22.76%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Devon

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Devon over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Devon

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing ITSM

ITSM
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Devon region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Exeter - 8 £675 - 2
Plymouth - 1 - -
ITSM
South West

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) IT Manager
1 7 (77.78%) Service Manager
2 6 (66.67%) IT Services Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Lead
3 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior IT Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Service Management
3 6 (66.67%) Budget Management
3 6 (66.67%) Contract Management
4 5 (55.56%) Analytics
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
7 1 (11.11%) Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
7 1 (11.11%) Information Management
7 1 (11.11%) Information Security
7 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Product Management
7 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow