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 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 154 133
Rank change year-on-year +34 -21 +7
Contract jobs citing ITSM 522 248 316
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.58% 1.85% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.00% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 157 168
10th Percentile £200 £188 £225
25th Percentile £378 £320 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £480 £495
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% -7.48%
75th Percentile £599 £615 £578
90th Percentile £675 £715 £663
England median daily rate £515 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +11.35% -5.13% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 8
10th Percentile £19.05 £31.14 £17.49
25th Percentile £19.50 £40.11 £18.13
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.58 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.53% +195.26% -13.29%
75th Percentile £23.78 £77.54 £37.44
90th Percentile £25.22 £88.02 £77.60
England median hourly rate £25.63 £29.60 £19.00
% change year-on-year -13.43% +55.79% +24.59%

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 17,999 12,398 14,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.95% 92.52% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 8,176 9,391
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 243 184
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.03 £17.33
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.01 £24.17
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -18.14% -8.18%
75th Percentile £61.50 £47.25 £56.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.55 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 6 months to 10 October 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 6 months to 10 October 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 6 months to 10 October 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 +9 80 £539 +7.75% 49
West London -5 18 £400 +60.00% 5
East London +8 4 £215 - 1
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 35 (6.70%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.53%) AutoCAD
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.15%) Revit
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (5.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.19%) iTrent
3 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 127 (24.33%) Azure
2 93 (17.82%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (12.64%) Entra ID
4 53 (10.15%) AWS
5 39 (7.47%) SaaS
6 30 (5.75%) OneDrive
7 22 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.45%) GCP
9 17 (3.26%) GitHub
10 13 (2.49%) Datadog
11 11 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.92%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.53%) PaaS
14 6 (1.15%) IaaS
15 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (0.77%) Azure AI
16 4 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.77%) PowerApps
17 3 (0.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.90%) DNS
2 34 (6.51%) VPN
3 30 (5.75%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.41%) Firewall
5 21 (4.02%) DHCP
6 19 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (3.07%) VLAN
8 13 (2.49%) Network Security
9 11 (2.11%) WebEx
10 8 (1.53%) Wireless
11 6 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (1.15%) TACACS
12 5 (0.96%) SAN
13 4 (0.77%) HTTP
13 4 (0.77%) Internet
13 4 (0.77%) WAN
14 3 (0.57%) LAN
15 2 (0.38%) BGP
15 2 (0.38%) Intranet
15 2 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.07%) Power BI
3 5 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.57%) Metadata
5 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.38%) Redis
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.19%) Big Data
6 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.19%) Looker
6 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (14.56%) JIRA
2 11 (2.11%) Git
3 6 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.77%) Chocolatey
4 4 (0.77%) MSI
5 3 (0.57%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.57%) GitLab
6 2 (0.38%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.38%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.38%) InstallShield
General
1 230 (44.06%) Social Skills
2 102 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (19.16%) Finance
4 39 (7.47%) Banking
5 37 (7.09%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.60%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.26%) Legal
7 17 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.34%) Law
12 6 (1.15%) Retail
13 5 (0.96%) Front Office
13 5 (0.96%) Military
13 5 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.57%) Italian Language
16 2 (0.38%) German Language
Job Titles
1 71 (13.60%) Architect
2 54 (10.34%) Developer
3 52 (9.96%) Analyst
3 52 (9.96%) ServiceNow Developer
4 46 (8.81%) Support Engineer
5 40 (7.66%) Consultant
5 40 (7.66%) IT Support
5 40 (7.66%) Senior
6 35 (6.70%) Lead
7 34 (6.51%) Service Manager
8 31 (5.94%) IT Engineer
9 28 (5.36%) Desktop Support
10 27 (5.17%) IT Manager
10 27 (5.17%) ServiceNow Architect
11 25 (4.79%) IT Support Engineer
12 22 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.64%) Support Analyst
14 18 (3.45%) Applications Support
14 18 (3.45%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.45%) ITSM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (14.18%) REST
2 38 (7.28%) SOAP
3 23 (4.41%) Terraform
4 12 (2.30%) Web Services
5 11 (2.11%) JSON
5 11 (2.11%) SailPoint
5 11 (2.11%) XML
6 8 (1.53%) HTML
7 7 (1.34%) CSS
8 6 (1.15%) JDBC
8 6 (1.15%) LDAP
9 5 (0.96%) Middleware
10 4 (0.77%) .NET
10 4 (0.77%) Ajax
10 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.77%) RESTful
11 3 (0.57%) OAuth
11 3 (0.57%) Software Packaging
12 2 (0.38%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 99 (18.97%) CMDB
2 89 (17.05%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.98%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 16 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 11 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.72%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
10 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.15%) iPhone
11 6 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.96%) Clustering
12 5 (0.96%) NHS
12 5 (0.96%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.96%) Replication
13 4 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 121 (23.18%) Windows
2 28 (5.36%) Windows 10
3 26 (4.98%) Mac OS
4 23 (4.41%) Apple iOS
5 15 (2.87%) Linux
6 14 (2.68%) Android
7 12 (2.30%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.38%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (48.66%) Service Management
2 228 (43.68%) ITIL
3 153 (29.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 87 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 83 (15.90%) Customer Service
8 79 (15.13%) Agile
9 66 (12.64%) Change Management
10 64 (12.26%) AI
10 64 (12.26%) Roadmaps
11 55 (10.54%) Incident Management
12 53 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (9.20%) DevOps
14 45 (8.62%) Observability
15 41 (7.85%) Workflow
16 40 (7.66%) Data Modelling
16 40 (7.66%) Migration
17 39 (7.47%) Decision-Making
18 38 (7.28%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.54%) PowerShell
2 32 (6.13%) JavaScript
2 32 (6.13%) Python
3 26 (4.98%) SQL
4 12 (2.30%) Bash
5 9 (1.72%) Java
6 4 (0.77%) BeanShell
7 3 (0.57%) Korn
7 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.57%) VBScript
8 2 (0.38%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.38%) Delphi
8 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 110 (21.07%) Security Cleared
2 85 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 35 (6.70%) Degree
4 32 (6.13%) ITIL Certification
5 25 (4.79%) A+ Certification
6 16 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 14 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.68%) PMP
9 13 (2.49%) PMI Certification
10 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.92%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (0.96%) CISM
13 5 (0.96%) CISSP
14 3 (0.57%) CEH
15 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.77%) SLA
2 18 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.45%) QA
3 17 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.11%) NIST
5 10 (1.92%) GRC
6 7 (1.34%) GDPR
7 6 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.96%) COBIT
8 5 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.77%) NCSC
9 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.38%) PMO
11 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 86 (16.48%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.15%) IAG
5 4 (0.77%) Docker
5 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.38%) Firmware
6 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.38%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (5.94%) SCCM
3 14 (2.68%) Grafana
3 14 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.34%) Control-M
6 6 (1.15%) Ansible
6 6 (1.15%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (0.77%) WSUS
8 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.38%) Kibana
9 2 (0.38%) Netcool
9 2 (0.38%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 2 (0.38%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.38%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 293 (56.13%) ServiceNow
2 161 (30.84%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.56%) BMC
4 27 (5.17%) Remedy
5 25 (4.79%) Dynatrace
5 25 (4.79%) Splunk
6 23 (4.41%) VMware
7 16 (3.07%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.87%) Okta
9 14 (2.68%) Cisco
10 13 (2.49%) Apple
11 12 (2.30%) Citrix
11 12 (2.30%) SAP
12 11 (2.11%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.92%) Adobe
14 8 (1.53%) Autodesk
14 8 (1.53%) Google
14 8 (1.53%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.53%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.34%) xMatters