ITSM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 42 62
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 -19
Contract jobs citing ITSM 60 41 52
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.30% 3.88% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 4.49% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 21 36
10th Percentile £188 - £406
25th Percentile £375 £225 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% -25.00% +187.18%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £741
90th Percentile £598 £600 £859
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 15
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.22 £12.45
25th Percentile £13.52 £16.23 -
Median hourly rate £17.30 £17.45 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +24.61% -3.45%
75th Percentile £17.69 £19.92 -
90th Percentile £22.85 £20.67 £15.20
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% +107.14% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,470 913 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 80.86% 86.38% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 437 820
10th Percentile £197 £249 £250
25th Percentile £350 £375 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £694 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 150 466
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.06 £17.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.23 £40.75 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.36% +24.43% +27.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% - -

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in the East of England

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the East of England

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ITSM

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in the East of England

ITSM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
Hertfordshire -11 31 £550 +37.50% 17
Cambridgeshire +1 10 £491 -10.71% 5
Norfolk -17 10 £200 - 3
Bedfordshire -4 9 £475 -9.52% 2
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (11.67%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 7 (11.67%) SAP FI
1 7 (11.67%) SAP MM
1 7 (11.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 4 (6.67%) Azure
4 3 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.33%) OCI
6 1 (1.67%) AWS
6 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) VPN
2 5 (8.33%) Firewall
2 5 (8.33%) Network Security
3 4 (6.67%) LAN
3 4 (6.67%) WAN
4 2 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Metadata
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 30 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.33%) Finance
3 9 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Publishing
7 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Electronics
7 1 (1.67%) Games
7 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.67%) Law
7 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.67%) Marketing
7 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (31.67%) IT Support
2 15 (25.00%) Consultant
3 11 (18.33%) Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) SAP Consultant
4 7 (11.67%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 6 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Administrator
6 5 (8.33%) IT Analyst
6 5 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (6.67%) Lead
7 4 (6.67%) Technical Support
8 3 (5.00%) IT Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) Service Design Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Service Transition Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.00%) SAP Basis
1 6 (10.00%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) NHS
2 3 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.33%) CMDB
3 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.67%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.67%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (41.67%) Windows
2 13 (21.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.33%) Linux
3 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (5.00%) Android
5 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) ITIL
2 15 (25.00%) Service Management
2 15 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (15.00%) Workflow
5 8 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 7 (11.67%) Accounts Payable
6 7 (11.67%) Analytics
6 7 (11.67%) Business Continuity
6 7 (11.67%) Invoice Processing
6 7 (11.67%) Logistics
6 7 (11.67%) OCR
6 7 (11.67%) Performance Improvement
6 7 (11.67%) Validation
7 6 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
7 6 (10.00%) Migration
7 6 (10.00%) Service Design
7 6 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) ABAP
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (21.67%) Degree
2 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.67%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (8.33%) MCSE
5 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (6.67%) HNC
6 4 (6.67%) HND
7 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.67%) APMG
8 1 (1.67%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.67%) CCNA
8 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.33%) SLA
2 5 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.67%) GRC
4 1 (1.67%) PMO
4 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (73.33%) ServiceNow
2 18 (30.00%) SAP
3 11 (18.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (11.67%) Cisco
4 7 (11.67%) OpenText
5 5 (8.33%) Barracuda Networks
5 5 (8.33%) Dell
5 5 (8.33%) HP
5 5 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 5 (8.33%) VMware
6 4 (6.67%) Remedy
7 2 (3.33%) Oracle