ITSM Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

IT Service Management Consultant
England > London

The median IT Service Management Consultant daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 349 386
Rank change year-on-year -40 +37 +142
Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Consultant 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.051% 0.015% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.016% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £433 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £700 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £563 £600 £130
% change year-on-year -6.25% +361.54% -71.89%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 14,583 12,403 17,108
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 93.60% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,778 8,134 12,341
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 142 339
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.21 £15.99
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.03
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year - +22.81% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.12 £53.31 £48.03
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.72 £65.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year - +2.31% -15.53%

ITSM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITSM Consultant job vacancy trend in London

ITSM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Consultant job vacancies in London

ITSM Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM Consultant in London over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM Consultant in London

ITSM Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Central London -5 2 £350 -33.33%
ITSM Consultant
England

ITSM Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, ITSM Consultant 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 ITSM Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) ITSM
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Service Management
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (50.00%) Change Management
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (12.50%) Nexthink
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery

ITSM Consultant 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:

General
1 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITSM
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Service Management
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (50.00%) Change Management
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
4 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Nexthink