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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 62 49
Rank change year-on-year +28 -13 -1
Contract jobs citing ITSM 61 35 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.69% 2.30% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.24% 2.82% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 6 45
10th Percentile £198 £175 £204
25th Percentile £225 £210 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £363 £550
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -34.09% +100.00%
75th Percentile £575 £466 £738
90th Percentile £619 £606 £800
England median daily rate £463 £488 £504
% change year-on-year -5.13% -3.23% +0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 14
10th Percentile £16.43 £15.51 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.36 £15.52 £13.04
Median hourly rate £19.44 £16.75 £13.88
Median % change year-on-year +16.08% +20.68% +1.57%
75th Percentile £22.40 £19.29 £14.75
90th Percentile £41.28 £20.42 -
England median hourly rate £29.60 £18.13 £16.53
% change year-on-year +63.27% +9.66% +21.03%

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 1,164 1,239 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.40% 81.46% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 453 882
10th Percentile £200 £200 £225
25th Percentile £375 £306 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £586 £550 £631
90th Percentile £686 £638 £734
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 384 357
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.64 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.42 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.85 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

ITSM
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

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Hertfordshire +8 28 £550 +74.60% 28
Cambridgeshire +24 26 £450 +50.00% 9
Essex +2 5 £225 -68.97% 8
Bedfordshire -12 1 £600 - 10
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 1
ITSM
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 8 (13.11%) WebSphere
2 5 (8.20%) Apache
2 5 (8.20%) IIS
2 5 (8.20%) OpenStack
3 3 (4.92%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Maximo
2 3 (4.92%) SAP LE
2 3 (4.92%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) AWS
2 8 (13.11%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.20%) Google Workspace
5 4 (6.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (6.56%) Datadog
6 3 (4.92%) Azure
7 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.28%) SaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.75%) DNS
2 5 (8.20%) iSCSI
2 5 (8.20%) SAN
3 1 (1.64%) Firewall
3 1 (1.64%) LAN
3 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.64%) WAN
3 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (8.20%) DB2
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) JIRA
2 8 (13.11%) GitLab
2 8 (13.11%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 22 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Finance
4 2 (3.28%) Legal
4 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Analyst
2 12 (19.67%) Consultant
3 9 (14.75%) Administrator
4 7 (11.48%) Service Analyst
5 6 (9.84%) Developer
5 6 (9.84%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (8.20%) IT Analyst
6 5 (8.20%) IT Support
6 5 (8.20%) Linux Administrator
6 5 (8.20%) Maximo Consultant
6 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow Developer
7 4 (6.56%) Junior
7 4 (6.56%) Junior IT Support
7 4 (6.56%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Junior Support Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.92%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) SOAP
2 5 (8.20%) Web Services
2 5 (8.20%) XML
3 4 (6.56%) .NET
3 4 (6.56%) HTML
3 4 (6.56%) Node.js
4 3 (4.92%) Middleware
4 3 (4.92%) SAP PI
5 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.64%) CSS
5 1 (1.64%) React
5 1 (1.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.20%) Enterprise Storage
1 5 (8.20%) iPad
1 5 (8.20%) iPhone
1 5 (8.20%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (6.56%) CMDB
2 4 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
2 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.20%) Apple iOS
3 5 (8.20%) CentOS
3 5 (8.20%) Linux
3 5 (8.20%) Ubuntu
4 4 (6.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (44.26%) Service Management
2 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
4 11 (18.03%) DevOps
5 10 (16.39%) Customer Service
5 10 (16.39%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (14.75%) Agile
6 9 (14.75%) Containerisation
7 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.11%) System Testing
8 7 (11.48%) Service Design
8 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.84%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (9.84%) ITIL
9 6 (9.84%) Project Management
9 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.84%) Service Delivery
9 6 (9.84%) Workflow
10 5 (8.20%) CAFM
10 5 (8.20%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.23%) Python
2 9 (14.75%) Shell Script
3 7 (11.48%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.48%) SQL
4 3 (4.92%) C
4 3 (4.92%) C++
4 3 (4.92%) Java
4 3 (4.92%) PHP
5 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.48%) Degree
4 3 (4.92%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.28%) APMG
5 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.64%) CISA
6 1 (1.64%) CISM
6 1 (1.64%) CISSP
6 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.75%) PCI DSS
2 8 (13.11%) QA
3 2 (3.28%) SLA
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (18.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) Ansible
2 4 (6.56%) Grafana
2 4 (6.56%) Progress Chef
2 4 (6.56%) Puppet
2 4 (6.56%) Salt
2 4 (6.56%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.64%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (55.74%) ServiceNow
2 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.84%) SAP
3 6 (9.84%) VMware
4 5 (8.20%) Dynatrace
4 5 (8.20%) Google
4 5 (8.20%) IBM
4 5 (8.20%) MobileIron
4 5 (8.20%) Nexthink
5 4 (6.56%) Splunk
6 1 (1.64%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.64%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.64%) Dell
6 1 (1.64%) HP
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.64%) Snow
6 1 (1.64%) Thycotic