ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

ServiceNow
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of ServiceNow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ServiceNow over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ServiceNow.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 53 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 41 7 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.67% 1.20% 1.91%
As % of the Vendors category 8.12% 2.81% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 11
10th Percentile - - £160
25th Percentile £190 £506 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £513 £275
Median % change year-on-year -33.66% +86.36% -46.34%
75th Percentile £419 £519 £409
90th Percentile £494 - £443
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All Vendors
East Midlands

ServiceNow falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 505 249 318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.17% 42.78% 40.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 176 198
10th Percentile £190 £250 £166
25th Percentile £358 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year - -1.10% -0.10%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £600
90th Percentile £638 £630 £640
England median daily rate £505 £521 £518
% change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 16 26
10th Percentile £13.25 - £10.90
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.81 £12.39
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.36 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +31.11% -33.92%
75th Percentile £24.49 £19.24 £14.35
90th Percentile £72.98 £27.38 £26.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ServiceNow relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

ServiceNow job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ServiceNow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ServiceNow

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ServiceNow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ServiceNow within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Nottinghamshire -3 20 £200 -60.98% 4
Derbyshire -4 8 £488 - 2
Leicestershire - 5 - - 2
Lincolnshire - 5 £413 - 1
Northamptonshire - 3 £410 - 1
ServiceNow
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (2.44%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (21.95%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.32%) Azure AKS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.44%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) LAN
1 8 (19.51%) WLAN
2 1 (2.44%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.88%) Power Query
3 2 (4.88%) PowerPivot
4 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Chocolatey
2 1 (2.44%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Military
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Analyst
2 10 (24.39%) IT Support
2 10 (24.39%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) IT Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Portfolio Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) ITSM Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) CloudOps Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Operations Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Data Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Process Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Service Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
1 1 (2.44%) ISPF
1 1 (2.44%) REST
1 1 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Onboarding
1 8 (19.51%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.44%) MVS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) ITIL
2 13 (31.71%) ITSM
3 11 (26.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (21.95%) Customer Service
4 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (19.51%) Change Management
5 8 (19.51%) Process Improvement
6 7 (17.07%) DevOps
7 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
8 5 (12.20%) Cloud Operations
8 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
8 5 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (12.20%) Quality Management
8 5 (12.20%) Service Management
8 5 (12.20%) Target Operating Model
9 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
9 4 (9.76%) Demand Management
9 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
2 3 (7.32%) Python
3 2 (4.88%) VBA
4 1 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (2.44%) JCL
4 1 (2.44%) REXX
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.44%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
1 7 (17.07%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) SLA
3 1 (2.44%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Control-M
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Fortinet
1 9 (21.95%) NetApp
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) Ariba
4 1 (2.44%) BMC
4 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.44%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.44%) OpenText
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Splunk