ITSM Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

IT Service Management (ITSM)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing ITSM 14 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 6.73% 0.68% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.00% 0.81% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile - - £566
25th Percentile - £609 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £618 £630
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -1.98% +80.00%
75th Percentile - £626 £674
90th Percentile - - £699
North West median daily rate £550 £401 £545
% change year-on-year +37.33% -26.51% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £72.01 - -
25th Percentile £72.86 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £52.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.08% +197.14% -60.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 123 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.13% 83.11% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 59 117
10th Percentile £165 £272 £390
25th Percentile £353 £425 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £518 £623
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -16.87% +19.71%
75th Percentile £551 £556 £717
90th Percentile £678 £624 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 19 52
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.54 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £30.96 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £63.20 £53.46 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £66.10 £61.37
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.73
% change year-on-year +1.60% -12.53% +34.66%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

ITSM job vacancy trend in Lancashire

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ITSM

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing ITSM

ITSM
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Preston - 6 £550 - 1
Chorley - 1 £575 -
ITSM
North West

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) BGP
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
1 8 (57.14%) Software-Defined Networking
1 8 (57.14%) VLAN
2 4 (28.57%) WebEx
3 3 (21.43%) Network Security
General
1 10 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Legal
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Head of Digital
4 1 (7.14%) Management Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Service Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 5 (35.71%) Data Centre
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Linux
1 10 (71.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Change Control
1 10 (71.43%) Platform Engineering
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (71.43%) Service Management
2 9 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Knowledge Management
3 8 (57.14%) Containerisation
4 6 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (42.86%) Product Requirements
4 6 (42.86%) User Stories
5 5 (35.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (35.71%) High Availability
5 5 (35.71%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
6 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) Bash
1 12 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 9 (64.29%) Perl
2 9 (64.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) SC Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) CCDP
2 7 (50.00%) CCNA
2 7 (50.00%) CCNP
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) Docker
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Red Hat
2 7 (50.00%) Citrix
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
3 6 (42.86%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.14%) BMC
5 1 (7.14%) Remedy