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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 53 52
Rank change year-on-year +20 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing ITSM 70 40 65
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.03% 2.87% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 3.56% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 46
10th Percentile £205 £300 £406
25th Percentile £238 £388 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -22.22% +80.00%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £750
90th Percentile £623 £695 £844
England median daily rate £475 £482 £525
% change year-on-year -1.45% -8.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 17
10th Percentile £6.96 £15.51 £12.60
25th Percentile £15.94 £15.53 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.30 £16.46 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% +17.57% +2.49%
75th Percentile £22.08 £18.67 £14.75
90th Percentile £24.76 £20.17 £15.25
England median hourly rate £22.56 £19.39 £14.50
% change year-on-year +16.33% +33.74% -

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 1,250 1,125 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.80% 80.59% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 447 882
10th Percentile £198 £221 £225
25th Percentile £364 £314 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £565 £613
90th Percentile £682 £650 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 254 368
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.76
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.59 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +39.25% -5.67%
75th Percentile £59.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 23 October 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 -2 33 £550 +33.33% 22
Cambridgeshire +19 25 £450 +5.88% 13
Essex +1 4 £225 -68.97% 3
Bedfordshire -5 4 £575 +9.52% 3
Norfolk - 4 £500 - 1
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 8 (11.43%) WebSphere
2 5 (7.14%) Apache
2 5 (7.14%) IIS
2 5 (7.14%) OpenStack
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.29%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Maximo
2 3 (4.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.43%) SAP LE
3 1 (1.43%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (12.86%) AWS
3 8 (11.43%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (7.14%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (5.71%) Datadog
5 4 (5.71%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.29%) Azure
7 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.86%) SaaS
8 1 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) DNS
2 5 (7.14%) iSCSI
2 5 (7.14%) SAN
3 3 (4.29%) LAN
3 3 (4.29%) WAN
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.43%) VPN
5 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (7.14%) DB2
1 5 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (20.00%) JIRA
2 8 (11.43%) GitLab
2 8 (11.43%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.43%) Git
General
1 30 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.71%) Finance
5 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Legal
5 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Publishing
6 1 (1.43%) Electronics
6 1 (1.43%) Games
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.43%) Marketing
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (22.86%) Consultant
2 15 (21.43%) Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) IT Support
4 9 (12.86%) Administrator
5 6 (8.57%) IT Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (7.14%) Developer
6 5 (7.14%) Linux Administrator
6 5 (7.14%) Maximo Consultant
6 5 (7.14%) Service Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 5 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
7 4 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Junior
7 4 (5.71%) Junior IT Support
7 4 (5.71%) Programme Manager
7 4 (5.71%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.29%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Junior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.57%) SOAP
2 5 (7.14%) Web Services
2 5 (7.14%) XML
3 3 (4.29%) .NET
3 3 (4.29%) HTML
3 3 (4.29%) Middleware
3 3 (4.29%) Node.js
4 1 (1.43%) REST
4 1 (1.43%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 5 (7.14%) Enterprise Storage
1 5 (7.14%) iPad
1 5 (7.14%) iPhone
1 5 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (4.29%) NHS
3 2 (2.86%) CMDB
3 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.43%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.29%) Windows
2 8 (11.43%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 5 (7.14%) CentOS
4 5 (7.14%) Linux
4 5 (7.14%) Ubuntu
5 3 (4.29%) Android
6 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.57%) Service Management
2 17 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (22.86%) ITIL
4 15 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 12 (17.14%) CI/CD
6 11 (15.71%) Service Design
7 10 (14.29%) DevOps
7 10 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (12.86%) Containerisation
9 8 (11.43%) Agile
9 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (11.43%) System Testing
9 8 (11.43%) Workflow
10 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.00%) Incident Management
10 7 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (8.57%) Project Management
11 6 (8.57%) Risk Management
11 6 (8.57%) Service Delivery
11 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.43%) Python
2 9 (12.86%) Shell Script
3 7 (10.00%) SQL
4 6 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.29%) C
5 3 (4.29%) C++
5 3 (4.29%) Java
5 3 (4.29%) PHP
6 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.43%) Degree
4 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.29%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.86%) APMG
6 2 (2.86%) HNC
6 2 (2.86%) HND
6 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.86%) MCP
6 2 (2.86%) MCSE
7 1 (1.43%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.43%) CISA
7 1 (1.43%) CISM
7 1 (1.43%) CISSP
7 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) PCI DSS
2 8 (11.43%) QA
3 4 (5.71%) SLA
4 1 (1.43%) GRC
4 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.43%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) Ansible
2 4 (5.71%) Grafana
2 4 (5.71%) Progress Chef
2 4 (5.71%) Puppet
2 4 (5.71%) Salt
2 4 (5.71%) Terraform
3 2 (2.86%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.43%) SCCM
4 1 (1.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (62.86%) ServiceNow
2 19 (27.14%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.00%) SAP
4 6 (8.57%) VMware
5 5 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 5 (7.14%) Google
5 5 (7.14%) IBM
5 5 (7.14%) MobileIron
5 5 (7.14%) Nexthink
6 4 (5.71%) Splunk
7 3 (4.29%) Remedy
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco
9 1 (1.43%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (1.43%) Computacenter
9 1 (1.43%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.43%) Dell
9 1 (1.43%) HP
9 1 (1.43%) Oracle
9 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.43%) Snow