ITSM Contracts in England

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ITSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITSM over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 124 190
Rank change year-on-year -3 +66 +61
Contract jobs citing ITSM 674 1,041 1,087
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.83% 2.12% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.35% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 713 771
10th Percentile £225 £213 £175
25th Percentile £413 £370 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £485
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -6.19% +2.11%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £585
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 31 35
10th Percentile - £12.24 £11.00
25th Percentile - £13.16 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +6.15% -26.16%
75th Percentile £18.13 £21.69 £20.25
90th Percentile £35.00 £83.75 £31.94
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £15.78 £13.66
% change year-on-year -11.29% +15.54% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

ITSM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in England

ITSM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
London -18 299 £500 +8.70% 88
North of England +56 128 £513 +7.89% 67
South West +46 93 £475 -17.39% 26
South East -59 78 £492 +9.30% 41
Yorkshire +49 69 £525 +5.00% 18
North West +33 58 £475 +5.56% 35
Midlands +5 39 £525 +0.48% 36
East of England -32 29 £600 +57.38% 27
West Midlands +16 24 £525 +58.49% 24
East Midlands +5 15 £650 +18.18% 12
North East +18 4 £590 +93.44% 14
ITSM
UK

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 40 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.75%) Confluence
3 29 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (4.15%) SharePoint Server
5 15 (2.23%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.89%) CMS
Applications
1 65 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 43 (6.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 80 (11.87%) Azure
2 73 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (4.15%) AWS
4 27 (4.01%) Azure Stack
5 23 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 18 (2.67%) SaaS
7 15 (2.23%) IaaS
8 12 (1.78%) Entra ID
8 12 (1.78%) OpenShift
9 8 (1.19%) PaaS
10 7 (1.04%) GCP
11 5 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.74%) GitHub
11 5 (0.74%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.45%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (10.39%) Firewall
2 46 (6.82%) BGP
3 37 (5.49%) VPN
4 30 (4.45%) Cisco Nexus
5 27 (4.01%) Wireless
6 24 (3.56%) DMZ
7 18 (2.67%) IPsec
7 18 (2.67%) OSPF
7 18 (2.67%) Skype
8 17 (2.52%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.23%) WAN
10 13 (1.93%) Cisco IOS
11 12 (1.78%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (1.78%) Cisco Firepower
11 12 (1.78%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (1.78%) EIGRP
11 12 (1.78%) HSRP
11 12 (1.78%) NetScaler
11 12 (1.78%) SNMP
12 11 (1.63%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.26%) Power BI
2 7 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.45%) Metadata
5 3 (0.45%) Tableau
6 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.30%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.15%) DB2
7 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 44 (6.53%) JIRA
2 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.30%) GitLab
4 2 (0.30%) Hudson
4 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.15%) Git
5 1 (0.15%) Selenium
5 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 213 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 122 (18.10%) Finance
3 73 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.42%) Banking
6 35 (5.19%) Telecoms
7 27 (4.01%) Legal
8 22 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.08%) Retail
11 12 (1.78%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.74%) French Language
13 5 (0.74%) Marketing
14 4 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.59%) Law
14 4 (0.59%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.59%) Military
15 3 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (20.62%) Analyst
2 97 (14.39%) Architect
3 70 (10.39%) Developer
4 65 (9.64%) Service Analyst
5 64 (9.50%) ServiceNow Developer
6 61 (9.05%) Service Manager
7 49 (7.27%) ServiceNow Architect
8 45 (6.68%) Network Engineer
9 42 (6.23%) Consultant
10 39 (5.79%) IT Analyst
10 39 (5.79%) Senior
10 39 (5.79%) Service Desk Analyst
11 37 (5.49%) Service Architect
12 30 (4.45%) IT Manager
13 29 (4.30%) Lead
14 26 (3.86%) IT Services Manager
15 25 (3.71%) Banking Analyst
16 24 (3.56%) Technical Analyst
17 22 (3.26%) Data Analyst
18 21 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.49%) Web Services
2 13 (1.93%) CSS
2 13 (1.93%) HTML
2 13 (1.93%) Kafka
3 11 (1.63%) Jinja
4 10 (1.48%) XML
5 9 (1.34%) AngularJS
5 9 (1.34%) JSON
6 7 (1.04%) SOAP
7 6 (0.89%) ActiveMQ
8 5 (0.74%) REST
9 4 (0.59%) .NET
9 4 (0.59%) Ajax
9 4 (0.59%) LDAP
9 4 (0.59%) Middleware
10 3 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 2 (0.30%) jQuery
12 1 (0.15%) JAX-WS
12 1 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.61%) CMDB
2 43 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.15%) Private Cloud
4 14 (2.08%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.63%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.63%) iPhone
6 8 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.19%) Hedge funds
6 8 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.74%) NHS
7 5 (0.74%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.74%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.59%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.45%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 121 (17.95%) Windows
2 52 (7.72%) Windows 10
3 23 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.82%) Linux
5 18 (2.67%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.48%) Unix
7 9 (1.34%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.59%) Android
8 4 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.15%) Solaris
11 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (56.23%) ITIL
2 353 (52.37%) Service Management
3 118 (17.51%) Agile
3 118 (17.51%) Change Management
4 106 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (14.39%) Service Delivery
6 95 (14.09%) Customer Service
7 59 (8.75%) Asset Management
7 59 (8.75%) Incident Management
8 57 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (8.01%) DevOps
10 51 (7.57%) Configuration Management
11 49 (7.27%) Customer Requirements
12 43 (6.38%) IT Asset Management
13 42 (6.23%) Problem Management
13 42 (6.23%) Project Management
14 41 (6.08%) Network Management
15 34 (5.04%) Capacity Management
15 34 (5.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (4.60%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (2.82%) Python
2 16 (2.37%) JavaScript
3 14 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 13 (1.93%) Perl
5 11 (1.63%) SQL
5 11 (1.63%) Tcl
6 8 (1.19%) Swift
7 4 (0.59%) C#
7 4 (0.59%) Java
8 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.45%) PHP
8 3 (0.45%) Ruby
9 2 (0.30%) Bash
9 2 (0.30%) SOQL
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 218 (32.34%) Security Cleared
2 146 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 72 (10.68%) DV Cleared
4 61 (9.05%) Degree
5 39 (5.79%) ITIL Certification
6 31 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (4.01%) CCNA
8 18 (2.67%) CCNP
9 15 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.93%) MCP
12 9 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.59%) MCITP
15 4 (0.59%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.59%) VCAP
16 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
16 3 (0.45%) PMP
17 2 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.16%) SLA
2 28 (4.15%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.89%) QA
5 3 (0.45%) GRC
5 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.30%) GDPR
6 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (9.64%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.82%) Firmware
3 16 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.34%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.04%) vSphere
6 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.45%) Docker
7 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.15%) NFS
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (4.30%) SCCM
2 25 (3.71%) SCOM
3 23 (3.41%) Ansible
4 13 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (1.78%) Kubernetes
6 9 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.04%) Argo
7 7 (1.04%) Grafana
7 7 (1.04%) Istio
7 7 (1.04%) Kibana
7 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.89%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.89%) Puppet
9 4 (0.59%) Terraform
9 4 (0.59%) vRealize
9 4 (0.59%) VxRail
10 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.45%) OPNET
11 2 (0.30%) Salt
Vendors
1 234 (34.72%) ServiceNow
2 135 (20.03%) Microsoft
3 50 (7.42%) Cisco
4 43 (6.38%) Remedy
5 39 (5.79%) Citrix
6 29 (4.30%) VMware
7 28 (4.15%) Atlassian
8 26 (3.86%) Palo Alto
9 19 (2.82%) F5
9 19 (2.82%) SolarWinds
10 18 (2.67%) SAP
11 14 (2.08%) Apple
12 12 (1.78%) BMC
12 12 (1.78%) Dell
13 11 (1.63%) Blue Coat
13 11 (1.63%) CheckPoint
13 11 (1.63%) Fortinet
13 11 (1.63%) Juniper
14 10 (1.48%) Splunk
15 8 (1.19%) Okta