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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 155 172
Rank change year-on-year +28 +17 -35
Contract jobs citing ITSM 399 221 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.08% 1.72% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.87% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 147 157
10th Percentile £334 £213 £250
25th Percentile £425 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £588
90th Percentile £800 £700 £688
England median daily rate £515 £452 £495
% change year-on-year +13.94% -8.69% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile - - £16.85
25th Percentile £18.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.13 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% - +6.24%
75th Percentile £20.25 - £57.50
90th Percentile £27.08 - £63.80
England median hourly rate £30.25 £18.82 £17.00
% change year-on-year +60.73% +10.71% +17.24%

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 17,060 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -14 41 £569 +13.75% 14
West London -9 19 £400 +60.00% 2
South London -7 5 £190 -15.56% 1
East London +1 3 £550 -12.70% 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 10 (2.51%) Confluence
2 7 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (2.51%) AutoCAD
2 8 (2.01%) Revit
3 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (5.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.25%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.25%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (22.06%) Azure
2 60 (15.04%) AWS
3 40 (10.03%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (8.52%) SaaS
5 21 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.51%) GCP
7 16 (4.01%) OpenShift
7 16 (4.01%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.26%) PaaS
9 12 (3.01%) Datadog
9 12 (3.01%) IaaS
10 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.50%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.50%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (1.50%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.50%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.50%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.25%) GitHub
13 5 (1.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.52%) Firewall
2 18 (4.51%) VLAN
3 15 (3.76%) Network Security
4 13 (3.26%) DNS
4 13 (3.26%) VPN
5 11 (2.76%) Cisco ISE
5 11 (2.76%) TACACS
5 11 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.26%) DHCP
6 9 (2.26%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.26%) WAN
7 7 (1.75%) SAN
8 4 (1.00%) LAN
8 4 (1.00%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.75%) SNMP
10 2 (0.50%) BGP
10 2 (0.50%) Internet
10 2 (0.50%) NGFW
10 2 (0.50%) SSL
10 2 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.01%) Power BI
2 8 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.50%) Flink
4 2 (0.50%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.50%) MySQL
4 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.50%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.25%) Metadata
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 69 (17.29%) JIRA
2 13 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.75%) Chocolatey
3 7 (1.75%) Git
4 4 (1.00%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (0.50%) AdminStudio
5 2 (0.50%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.50%) MSI
5 2 (0.50%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.50%) TestRail
6 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
6 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 152 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 75 (18.80%) Finance
3 67 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.02%) Telecoms
5 22 (5.51%) Banking
6 21 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.01%) Legal
10 9 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.25%) Billing
12 5 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.25%) Retail
13 4 (1.00%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.50%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.50%) Military
15 1 (0.25%) International Banking
15 1 (0.25%) Law
15 1 (0.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (19.30%) Architect
2 50 (12.53%) Analyst
3 42 (10.53%) Consultant
4 38 (9.52%) ServiceNow Architect
5 37 (9.27%) Developer
6 34 (8.52%) Senior
7 27 (6.77%) ServiceNow Developer
8 24 (6.02%) IT Manager
9 20 (5.01%) CyberArk Architect
10 19 (4.76%) Lead
11 18 (4.51%) Service Manager
12 15 (3.76%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.51%) IT Support
14 13 (3.26%) Applications Support
14 13 (3.26%) Applications Support Analyst
14 13 (3.26%) ITSM Consultant
14 13 (3.26%) Network Engineer
15 12 (3.01%) Salesforce Analyst
15 12 (3.01%) ServiceNow Consultant
16 11 (2.76%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.29%) REST
2 44 (11.03%) SOAP
3 21 (5.26%) LDAP
4 14 (3.51%) Web Services
5 12 (3.01%) OpenID
5 12 (3.01%) SAML
6 6 (1.50%) .NET
7 5 (1.25%) JSON
7 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.25%) Middleware
7 5 (1.25%) XML
8 4 (1.00%) HTML
8 4 (1.00%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.75%) CSS
9 3 (0.75%) Kafka
9 3 (0.75%) RESTful
9 3 (0.75%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.50%) Node.js
10 2 (0.50%) OAuth
10 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 95 (23.81%) CMDB
2 51 (12.78%) Onboarding
3 28 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.51%) Cloud Native
5 21 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.76%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.51%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.26%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.01%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.50%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 3 (0.75%) Mainframe
14 3 (0.75%) Replication
14 3 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.03%) Windows
2 9 (2.26%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.00%) Android
4 4 (1.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.25%) Linux
6 1 (0.25%) VMS
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (42.86%) ITIL
2 154 (38.60%) Service Management
3 104 (26.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 88 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (18.05%) Agile
6 63 (15.79%) Service Delivery
7 62 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 57 (14.29%) DevOps
9 53 (13.28%) Change Management
9 53 (13.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 52 (13.03%) Roadmaps
11 45 (11.28%) Problem Management
12 44 (11.03%) Incident Management
13 42 (10.53%) Workflow
14 41 (10.28%) Migration
15 39 (9.77%) AI
16 38 (9.52%) CI/CD
17 34 (8.52%) Customer Service
17 34 (8.52%) Decision-Making
18 33 (8.27%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (8.02%) JavaScript
2 28 (7.02%) Python
3 24 (6.02%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.26%) SQL
5 7 (1.75%) Java
6 3 (0.75%) Groovy
6 3 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.50%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.50%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.50%) Bicep
7 2 (0.50%) C++
8 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.25%) Bash
8 1 (0.25%) Korn
8 1 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 92 (23.06%) Security Cleared
2 76 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.51%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (4.51%) Degree
5 17 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.26%) PMP
7 7 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.75%) CISA
10 3 (0.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CCNA
11 2 (0.50%) CCNP
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.52%) SLA
2 27 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.01%) NIST
5 13 (3.26%) NCSC
6 9 (2.26%) QA
7 8 (2.01%) GRC
8 7 (1.75%) COBIT
8 7 (1.75%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.50%) GDPR
9 6 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.50%) PMO
13 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 32 (8.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.00%) IAG
5 2 (0.50%) Docker
5 2 (0.50%) Firmware
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) etcd
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.76%) SCCM
3 11 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.26%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.75%) Terraform
6 5 (1.25%) Grafana
7 3 (0.75%) Ansible
7 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.50%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.50%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.50%) Kibana
9 1 (0.25%) CASB
9 1 (0.25%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 229 (57.39%) ServiceNow
2 72 (18.05%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.51%) CyberArk
3 22 (5.51%) Remedy
3 22 (5.51%) Salesforce
4 20 (5.01%) Splunk
5 17 (4.26%) Cisco
6 16 (4.01%) Dynatrace
7 14 (3.51%) SAP
7 14 (3.51%) VMware
8 13 (3.26%) Palo Alto
9 12 (3.01%) BMC
10 10 (2.51%) CheckPoint
10 10 (2.51%) MuleSoft
11 9 (2.26%) Adobe
11 9 (2.26%) AppDynamics
12 8 (2.01%) Autodesk
12 8 (2.01%) Conga
12 8 (2.01%) DocuSign
12 8 (2.01%) Fortinet