ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in the East of England

ServiceNow
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 20 February 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
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 33 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 +45 -8
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 68 57 37
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.73% 5.39% 1.96%
As % of the Vendors category 8.37% 10.52% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 17
10th Percentile £458 £225 £218
25th Percentile £476 £266 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £669
90th Percentile £675 £625 £750
England median daily rate £486 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -1.92% -1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 14
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.05 £15.44 £15.33
Median hourly rate £17.30 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile £17.69 - £21.37
90th Percentile £19.49 - £21.43
England median hourly rate £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
% change year-on-year -12.07% +21.11% +2.72%

All Vendors
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 812 542 766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.54% 51.23% 40.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 261 429
10th Percentile £190 £225 £225
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £700 £738
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 82 155
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.46 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £14.38
Median hourly rate £19.91 £21.46 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -12.41% +11.36%
75th Percentile £23.75 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £27.14
% change year-on-year -22.60% +13.41% -18.99%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

ServiceNow job vacancy trend in the East of England

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in the East of England

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

ServiceNow
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 ServiceNow within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 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 35 £539 +19.78% 11
Cambridgeshire +1 21 £525 -10.64% 2
Bedfordshire -5 9 £475 -9.52% 2
Suffolk -2 1 £550 +144.44% 1
East Anglia - 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 - - 2
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
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 (10.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (13.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 7 (10.29%) SAP FI
2 7 (10.29%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.29%) Azure
3 5 (7.35%) OneDrive
4 3 (4.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) VPN
2 8 (11.76%) Firewall
3 7 (10.29%) Network Security
4 4 (5.88%) LAN
4 4 (5.88%) WAN
5 3 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.94%) DNS
7 1 (1.47%) SSL
7 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) Metadata
2 1 (1.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 27 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Law
5 3 (4.41%) Polish Language
6 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.47%) Electronics
6 1 (1.47%) Games
6 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.47%) Marketing
6 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (23.53%) Consultant
2 11 (16.18%) Analyst
3 10 (14.71%) IT Support
4 8 (11.76%) Administrator
5 7 (10.29%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) IT Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) ServiceNow Manager
7 5 (7.35%) Risk Manager
8 4 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
9 3 (4.41%) IT Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) IT Support Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.41%) Service Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Service Design Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.41%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) SAP Basis
1 6 (8.82%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (8.82%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.94%) REST
2 2 (2.94%) SOAP
3 1 (1.47%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.41%) CMDB
2 3 (4.41%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.47%) Clustering
4 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.47%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.47%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.53%) Windows
2 10 (14.71%) Windows 10
3 7 (10.29%) Linux
4 5 (7.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.47%) Android
6 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (66.18%) ITSM
2 19 (27.94%) ITIL
3 15 (22.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (16.18%) Service Management
5 10 (14.71%) Knowledge Transfer
6 9 (13.24%) Incident Management
6 9 (13.24%) Validation
6 9 (13.24%) Workflow
7 8 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 8 (11.76%) Logistics
7 8 (11.76%) Migration
7 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.29%) Accounts Payable
8 7 (10.29%) Analytics
8 7 (10.29%) Business Continuity
8 7 (10.29%) Invoice Processing
8 7 (10.29%) OCR
8 7 (10.29%) Performance Improvement
8 7 (10.29%) Risk Management
9 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) ABAP
2 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.94%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.76%) Degree
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.41%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.41%) CISM
5 3 (4.41%) CISSP
5 3 (4.41%) CRISC
5 3 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (4.41%) MCSA
6 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) APMG
7 1 (1.47%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.47%) CCNA
7 1 (1.47%) CCNP
7 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) GRC
1 7 (10.29%) SLA
2 5 (7.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.35%) QA
3 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.94%) NIST
4 1 (1.47%) GLP
4 1 (1.47%) GMP
4 1 (1.47%) GPG13
4 1 (1.47%) PMO
4 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.47%) SCCM
2 1 (1.47%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 24 (35.29%) SAP
2 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.29%) Cisco
3 7 (10.29%) OpenText
3 7 (10.29%) Palo Alto
4 5 (7.35%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (7.35%) Dell
4 5 (7.35%) HP
4 5 (7.35%) VMware
5 4 (5.88%) Remedy
6 3 (4.41%) Citrix
6 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.94%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.94%) Pega
8 1 (1.47%) Red Hat