ITSM Contract Job Trends in London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 3 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 104 101
Rank change year-on-year -15 -3 +18
Contract jobs citing ITSM 164 139 183
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 2.42% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.65% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 98 96
10th Percentile £279 £263 £178
25th Percentile £363 £458 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £750 £614 £578
90th Percentile - £683 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £21.69 £24.17 -
25th Percentile £22.99 £24.73 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% +34.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £50.91 £30.33 -
90th Percentile £66.37 £31.63 -
England median hourly rate £16.71 £30.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -44.32% +114.29% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,861 5,241 7,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.41% 91.15% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,614 3,619 5,338
10th Percentile £350 £350 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £799
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 65 162
10th Percentile £18.26 £21.35 £15.50
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £18.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year - +18.64% -15.71%
75th Percentile £56.73 £50.75 £51.28
90th Percentile £68.33 £73.04 £66.68
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £30.08
% change year-on-year -13.04% +14.69% +14.63%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in London

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in London over the 3 months to 19 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in London

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITSM

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in London over the 3 months to 19 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in London

ITSM
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 within the London region over the 3 months to 19 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -18 21 £525 +8.25% 16
South London -5 4 £364 -44.04% 3
East London 0 1 £675 +35.00% 3
West London -19 1 £525 -7.08% 2
ITSM
England

ITSM
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.04%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.68%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.68%) WildFly
5 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.36%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (11.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.68%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 98 (33.33%) Azure
2 53 (18.03%) AWS
2 53 (18.03%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (12.59%) GCP
4 30 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.80%) OneDrive
6 19 (6.46%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.74%) SaaS
8 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (2.72%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.70%) IaaS
11 4 (1.36%) PaaS
12 3 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.68%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.68%) Serverless
13 2 (0.68%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.78%) Firewall
2 16 (5.44%) VPN
3 13 (4.42%) DNS
4 12 (4.08%) DHCP
5 8 (2.72%) Wireless
6 6 (2.04%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.70%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (1.70%) IPv4
7 5 (1.70%) Network Security
7 5 (1.70%) WAN
8 4 (1.36%) VLAN
9 3 (1.02%) LAN
9 3 (1.02%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.02%) SSL
9 3 (1.02%) TACACS
9 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.68%) Intranet
10 2 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.68%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.04%) Power BI
2 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.02%) Tableau
3 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.34%) GIS
4 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (13.95%) JIRA
2 7 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.68%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) TestRail
4 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 141 (47.96%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.77%) Finance
3 37 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.48%) Banking
5 20 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.04%) Legal
8 6 (2.04%) Retail
8 6 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.02%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Automotive
11 2 (0.68%) Back Office
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Marketing
12 1 (0.34%) Games
12 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (20.75%) Architect
2 52 (17.69%) Analyst
3 37 (12.59%) CyberArk Architect
4 36 (12.24%) Developer
5 32 (10.88%) ServiceNow Developer
6 25 (8.50%) Lead
7 24 (8.16%) Consultant
8 18 (6.12%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.44%) Business Analyst
10 15 (5.10%) Service Analyst
10 15 (5.10%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.76%) IT Engineer
12 13 (4.42%) ServiceNow Architect
13 12 (4.08%) IT Support
14 11 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (3.74%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
15 10 (3.40%) Service Manager
16 9 (3.06%) Operational Support Analyst
16 9 (3.06%) Operations Analyst
16 9 (3.06%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (26.53%) REST
2 76 (25.85%) SOAP
3 39 (13.27%) LDAP
4 11 (3.74%) HTML
5 9 (3.06%) AngularJS
5 9 (3.06%) CSS
6 6 (2.04%) SAML
6 6 (2.04%) Web Services
7 3 (1.02%) JSON
7 3 (1.02%) Middleware
7 3 (1.02%) OpenID
7 3 (1.02%) XML
8 2 (0.68%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.68%) EDI
8 2 (0.68%) HTML5
8 2 (0.68%) JDBC
8 2 (0.68%) jQuery
8 2 (0.68%) ODBC
8 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.68%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.01%) CMDB
2 37 (12.59%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (11.56%) Security Posture
4 18 (6.12%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.70%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.70%) Replication
9 4 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.02%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.68%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.68%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.34%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.37%) Windows
2 27 (9.18%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.74%) Android
3 11 (3.74%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.70%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.02%) Linux
6 3 (1.02%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (37.41%) ITIL
2 100 (34.01%) Service Management
3 90 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (23.81%) Agile
4 70 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 55 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (18.37%) Service Delivery
7 50 (17.01%) DevOps
8 43 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
9 41 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (13.61%) SIEM
11 39 (13.27%) Integration Patterns
12 38 (12.93%) Change Management
13 37 (12.59%) Scrum
13 37 (12.59%) Task Automation
14 36 (12.24%) Presales
15 35 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management
16 27 (9.18%) Analytics
16 27 (9.18%) Workflow
17 25 (8.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.09%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.97%) Python
3 40 (13.61%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.08%) SQL
5 3 (1.02%) Bicep
5 3 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.68%) ActionScript
6 2 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (0.68%) Bash
6 2 (0.68%) Java
6 2 (0.68%) Perl
7 1 (0.34%) C#
7 1 (0.34%) R
7 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 86 (29.25%) Security Cleared
2 77 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.16%) Degree
4 21 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.72%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.36%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.68%) CCNP
8 2 (0.68%) CISA
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.68%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) CCDP
9 1 (0.34%) CCNA
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.12%) SLA
2 12 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.74%) GDPR
3 11 (3.74%) QA
4 7 (2.38%) NIST
4 7 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.04%) GRC
6 4 (1.36%) COBIT
6 4 (1.36%) NCSC
6 4 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.34%) ITGC
8 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (27.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.68%) vSphere
4 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (6.12%) SCCM
2 17 (5.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.08%) SCOM
4 8 (2.72%) HP SiteScope
5 7 (2.38%) Terraform
6 5 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.36%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.36%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.02%) Ansible
9 2 (0.68%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.34%) vRealize
10 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (52.04%) ServiceNow
2 66 (22.45%) Microsoft
3 40 (13.61%) CyberArk
4 34 (11.56%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (11.56%) Centrify
4 34 (11.56%) Remedy
5 15 (5.10%) Splunk
6 12 (4.08%) Cisco
6 12 (4.08%) SAP
7 11 (3.74%) Apple
8 10 (3.40%) HP
9 8 (2.72%) BMC
10 7 (2.38%) Citrix
11 5 (1.70%) Dell
11 5 (1.70%) Oracle
11 5 (1.70%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.36%) Workday
12 4 (1.36%) Zscaler
13 3 (1.02%) Dynatrace
13 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto