ITIL Service Manager Contract Job Trends in London

ITIL Service Manager
England > London

The median ITIL Service Manager daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 381 398
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 +154
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Service Manager 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.013% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.014% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £490 £408 £485
25th Percentile £513 £456 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £655
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -16.03% +27.80%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £790
90th Percentile £615 £673 -
England median daily rate £600 £590 £550
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,276 14,056 17,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 93.53% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,790 9,097 12,749
10th Percentile £345 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.65
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

ITIL Service Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITIL Service Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

ITIL Service Manager job vacancy trend in London

ITIL Service Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in London

ITIL Service Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Manager job vacancies in London

ITIL Service Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, ITIL Service Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring ITIL Service Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation

ITIL Service Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy
ITIL Service Manager jobs