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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 107 125
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 +49
Contract jobs citing ITSM 302 321 353
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.11% 2.30% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.55% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 180 227
10th Percentile £200 £262 £205
25th Percentile £363 £412 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £600
90th Percentile £750 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £516
% change year-on-year - -3.01% +13.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £21.52 -
25th Percentile - £23.80 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +32.50% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £32.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £73.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £20.74 £29.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year -29.69% +110.71% -6.67%

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 13,078 12,600 15,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.28% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,638 8,043 11,412
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.60 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.60 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

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 14 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 6 months to 14 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 6 months to 14 January 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 -25 43 £500 +4.82% 11
South London -5 13 £463 +68.18% 2
West London -16 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London -3 2 £675 +22.73% 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 24 (7.95%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.32%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.66%) WildFly
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.32%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (12.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.66%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.33%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 99 (32.78%) Azure
2 54 (17.88%) AWS
2 54 (17.88%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (12.25%) GCP
4 30 (9.93%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.62%) OneDrive
6 19 (6.29%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.64%) SaaS
8 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.32%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.32%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.66%) IaaS
11 4 (1.32%) PaaS
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.30%) Firewall
1 16 (5.30%) VPN
2 13 (4.30%) DNS
3 12 (3.97%) DHCP
4 8 (2.65%) Wireless
5 6 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.66%) IPv4
6 5 (1.66%) WAN
7 4 (1.32%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (1.32%) Network Security
7 4 (1.32%) SSL
8 3 (0.99%) LAN
8 3 (0.99%) NetScaler
8 3 (0.99%) VLAN
8 3 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.66%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (0.66%) Intranet
9 2 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.66%) SSH
9 2 (0.66%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) Power BI
2 3 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) Tableau
3 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.33%) GIS
4 1 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (13.91%) JIRA
2 6 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.66%) Git
3 2 (0.66%) TestRail
4 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 143 (47.35%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.19%) Finance
3 40 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.28%) Banking
5 20 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.32%) Legal
8 7 (2.32%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.99%) Retail
10 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.99%) Military
12 2 (0.66%) Automotive
12 2 (0.66%) Back Office
12 2 (0.66%) Billing
12 2 (0.66%) Law
12 2 (0.66%) Marketing
13 1 (0.33%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (19.87%) Architect
2 54 (17.88%) Analyst
3 36 (11.92%) CyberArk Architect
4 35 (11.59%) Developer
5 31 (10.26%) ServiceNow Developer
6 27 (8.94%) Consultant
7 26 (8.61%) Lead
8 19 (6.29%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.30%) Service Analyst
10 15 (4.97%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.64%) IT Engineer
11 14 (4.64%) ServiceNow Architect
12 12 (3.97%) IT Support
13 11 (3.64%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.64%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
14 10 (3.31%) Service Manager
15 9 (2.98%) Change Manager
15 9 (2.98%) Operations Analyst
15 9 (2.98%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (26.16%) REST
2 77 (25.50%) SOAP
3 39 (12.91%) LDAP
4 12 (3.97%) HTML
5 10 (3.31%) AngularJS
6 9 (2.98%) CSS
7 8 (2.65%) Web Services
8 6 (1.99%) SAML
9 4 (1.32%) JSON
10 3 (0.99%) Apache Camel
10 3 (0.99%) HTML5
10 3 (0.99%) JDBC
10 3 (0.99%) jQuery
10 3 (0.99%) Middleware
10 3 (0.99%) ODBC
10 3 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.99%) XML
11 2 (0.66%) Bootstrap
11 2 (0.66%) OpenID
11 2 (0.66%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.55%) CMDB
2 37 (12.25%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (11.26%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.63%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.97%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.66%) Replication
9 4 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.99%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.66%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.66%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 58 (19.21%) Windows
2 28 (9.27%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.64%) Android
3 11 (3.64%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.66%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.99%) Linux
6 3 (0.99%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (37.75%) ITIL
2 103 (34.11%) Service Management
3 90 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (24.17%) Agile
5 71 (23.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (17.88%) Service Delivery
6 54 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (16.89%) DevOps
8 43 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (14.24%) Technical Leadership
9 42 (13.91%) SIEM
10 41 (13.58%) Change Management
11 40 (13.25%) Integration Patterns
12 39 (12.91%) Scrum
13 37 (12.25%) Task Automation
14 36 (11.92%) Presales
15 35 (11.59%) Privileged Access Management
16 28 (9.27%) Analytics
17 26 (8.61%) Roadmaps
18 25 (8.28%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 62 (20.53%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.57%) Python
3 42 (13.91%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.97%) SQL
5 6 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.99%) Bicep
7 2 (0.66%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.66%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.66%) Bash
7 2 (0.66%) Java
7 2 (0.66%) Perl
8 1 (0.33%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) R
8 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (29.14%) Security Cleared
2 79 (26.16%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.28%) Degree
4 21 (6.95%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.65%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.32%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.66%) CCNP
8 2 (0.66%) CISA
8 2 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.66%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.29%) SLA
2 12 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.97%) QA
3 11 (3.64%) GDPR
3 11 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.32%) GRC
4 7 (2.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.99%) NIST
6 4 (1.32%) COBIT
6 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.99%) NCSC
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.33%) ITGC
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (27.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.66%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (5.96%) SCCM
2 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.97%) SCOM
4 8 (2.65%) HP SiteScope
5 7 (2.32%) Terraform
6 6 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.99%) Ansible
9 3 (0.99%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.33%) vRealize
11 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 156 (51.66%) ServiceNow
2 72 (23.84%) Microsoft
3 39 (12.91%) CyberArk
4 37 (12.25%) Remedy
5 34 (11.26%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (11.26%) Centrify
6 14 (4.64%) Splunk
7 12 (3.97%) SAP
8 11 (3.64%) Apple
8 11 (3.64%) Cisco
8 11 (3.64%) HP
9 10 (3.31%) BMC
9 10 (3.31%) Citrix
10 5 (1.66%) Dell
10 5 (1.66%) Oracle
10 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.32%) Forcepoint
11 4 (1.32%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.32%) Workday
11 4 (1.32%) Zscaler