ITSM Contracts in the East of England

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 80 48
Rank change year-on-year +37 -32 +16
Contract jobs citing ITSM 36 28 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.84% 1.46% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 1.70% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 45
10th Percentile £195 £418 £190
25th Percentile £211 £438 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +60.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £566 £700 £475
90th Percentile £575 £731 £723
England median daily rate £499 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.30% +11.11% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 13
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £16.95 - £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £20.69 - £14.75
90th Percentile £21.31 - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +6.15%

All Process and 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 835 1,648 1,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.11% 86.06% 87.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 704 1,052
10th Percentile £225 £209 £200
25th Percentile £400 £342 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 611 339
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.46 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the East of England

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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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the East of England

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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 2 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +8 15 £443 -36.71% 7
Hertfordshire +36 12 £475 -2.56% 36
Suffolk -2 6 £225 -50.00% 6
Norfolk - 2 - - 2
Essex - 1 £375 - 8
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England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) SAP LE
1 3 (8.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Google Workspace
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) GitHub
3 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) DNS
2 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 6 (16.67%) VPN
3 2 (5.56%) Firewall
4 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.78%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 19 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Service Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Logistics Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Sales Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) SAP Logistics Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Services Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) ITSM Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Service Management Specialist
6 1 (2.78%) Developer
6 1 (2.78%) Junior
6 1 (2.78%) Junior IT Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.78%) CSS
2 1 (2.78%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) Node.js
2 1 (2.78%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (16.67%) CMDB
2 6 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (13.89%) iPad
3 5 (13.89%) iPhone
4 2 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
2 5 (13.89%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) Service Management
2 13 (36.11%) ITIL
3 7 (19.44%) Time Management
4 6 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 6 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 6 (16.67%) Data Entry
4 6 (16.67%) Inventory Management
4 6 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
4 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.89%) Agile
6 4 (11.11%) Change Management
6 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 4 (11.11%) Major Incident Management
6 4 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
6 4 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.33%) Contract Management
7 3 (8.33%) Cross-Platform Development
7 3 (8.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.78%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (19.44%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) vRealize
1 2 (5.56%) VxRail
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) Avamar
2 1 (2.78%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.78%) Puppet
2 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) ServiceNow
2 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.89%) Google
3 5 (13.89%) MobileIron
3 5 (13.89%) Nexthink
4 3 (8.33%) SAP
5 2 (5.56%) Dell
5 2 (5.56%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.56%) MEDITECH
5 2 (5.56%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.56%) VMware
6 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.78%) HP