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 7 January 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
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 44 79
Rank change year-on-year +8 +35 -17
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 74 41 26
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.66% 3.74% 1.53%
As % of the Vendors category 10.50% 7.77% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 15
10th Percentile £416 - £173
25th Percentile £475 £306 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £650
90th Percentile £673 £625 £718
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 4
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.40
25th Percentile £16.03 £16.23 £14.99
Median hourly rate £17.30 £21.46 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +37.12% +0.97%
75th Percentile £17.69 - £16.98
90th Percentile £20.09 - £18.79
England median hourly rate £19.25 £21.46 £19.00
% change year-on-year -10.30% +12.95% +18.23%

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 705 528 707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.42% 48.18% 41.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 223 403
10th Percentile £199 £226 £212
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £591
90th Percentile £688 £700 £724
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 98 104
10th Percentile £16.00 - £13.29
25th Percentile £17.24 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £20.00 £34.22
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -41.55% +31.62%
75th Percentile £33.75 £67.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.58% -32.58% +50.85%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +3 41 £528 +68.96% 5
Cambridgeshire -6 19 £515 -14.17%
Bedfordshire +2 12 £475 -9.52% 2
Suffolk +1 1 £550 +46.67%
Norfolk -18 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 (9.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (12.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.46%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 7 (9.46%) SAP FI
2 7 (9.46%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.46%) Azure
3 5 (6.76%) OneDrive
4 3 (4.05%) AWS
4 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.70%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.51%) VPN
2 8 (10.81%) Firewall
3 7 (9.46%) Network Security
4 4 (5.41%) LAN
4 4 (5.41%) WAN
5 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.70%) DNS
7 1 (1.35%) SSL
7 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) Metadata
2 1 (1.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Git
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 31 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.32%) Finance
3 12 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.05%) Law
5 3 (4.05%) Polish Language
5 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.35%) Electronics
6 1 (1.35%) Games
6 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Legal
6 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
6 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.35%) Retail
6 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Consultant
2 14 (18.92%) Analyst
3 10 (13.51%) IT Support
4 9 (12.16%) Developer
4 9 (12.16%) ServiceNow Developer
5 7 (9.46%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) IT Analyst
6 6 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 6 (8.11%) Senior
7 5 (6.76%) Administrator
7 5 (6.76%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (5.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
8 4 (5.41%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.05%) IT Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.05%) Service Design Consultant
9 3 (4.05%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) SAP Basis
1 6 (8.11%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.70%) REST
2 2 (2.70%) SOAP
3 1 (1.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.70%) CMDB
3 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.35%) Clustering
4 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.35%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.92%) Windows
2 8 (10.81%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.11%) Linux
4 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.35%) Android
6 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (60.81%) ITSM
2 19 (25.68%) Knowledge Transfer
3 16 (21.62%) ITIL
4 15 (20.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (20.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 14 (18.92%) Service Management
6 12 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (14.86%) Customer Service
7 11 (14.86%) Product Strategy
8 10 (13.51%) System Testing
9 9 (12.16%) Validation
9 9 (12.16%) Workflow
10 8 (10.81%) Incident Management
10 8 (10.81%) Time Management
11 7 (9.46%) Analytics
11 7 (9.46%) Invoice Processing
11 7 (9.46%) OCR
11 7 (9.46%) Performance Improvement
11 7 (9.46%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) ABAP
2 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.70%) Python
4 1 (1.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.68%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.81%) Degree
4 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.05%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.05%) MCSA
6 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.35%) APMG
7 1 (1.35%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) CCNA
7 1 (1.35%) CCNP
7 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) QA
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.76%) SLA
3 4 (5.41%) GRC
4 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.70%) NIST
5 1 (1.35%) GPG13
5 1 (1.35%) PMO
5 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (31.08%) SAP
2 11 (14.86%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.46%) Cisco
3 7 (9.46%) OpenText
3 7 (9.46%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.76%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (6.76%) Dell
4 5 (6.76%) HP
4 5 (6.76%) VMware
5 4 (5.41%) Remedy
5 4 (5.41%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.05%) Citrix
6 3 (4.05%) Computacenter
7 2 (2.70%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.70%) Pega
8 1 (1.35%) Oracle
8 1 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.35%) Workday