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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 108 105
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing ITSM 195 135 183
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 2.30% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 2.51% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 97 95
10th Percentile £313 £255 £190
25th Percentile £425 £425 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +22.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £750 £620 £573
90th Percentile £850 £688 £708
England median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £19.37 £19.26 -
25th Percentile £20.30 £20.97 -
Median hourly rate £23.71 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% +19.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £38.03 £28.15 -
90th Percentile £61.21 £30.76 -
England median hourly rate £17.69 £23.80 £14.00
% change year-on-year -25.67% +70.00% -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 7,288 5,369 8,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.64% 91.56% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,942 3,669 5,906
10th Percentile £350 £352 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 70 197
10th Percentile £19.77 £19.09 £14.89
25th Percentile £25.77 £24.30 £17.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +37.25% -29.17%
75th Percentile £59.54 £53.31 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £77.59 £62.50
England median hourly rate £37.00 £34.75 £26.32
% change year-on-year +6.47% +32.05% -9.26%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -21 19 £525 +7.47% 14
South London -14 3 £190 -70.77%
East London -5 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 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.53%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.22%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (11.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.31%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 100 (30.58%) Azure
2 60 (18.35%) AWS
3 52 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (11.93%) GCP
5 25 (7.65%) Entra ID
6 22 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.12%) OneDrive
8 18 (5.50%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.59%) SaaS
10 12 (3.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (3.06%) Power Platform
12 9 (2.75%) IaaS
13 8 (2.45%) PaaS
14 6 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (1.53%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.53%) PowerApps
16 4 (1.22%) Copilot Studio
16 4 (1.22%) Slack
17 3 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
17 3 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.12%) Firewall
2 18 (5.50%) VPN
3 17 (5.20%) DNS
4 16 (4.89%) DHCP
5 8 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.45%) Wireless
6 7 (2.14%) WAN
7 6 (1.83%) Network Security
7 6 (1.83%) VLAN
8 5 (1.53%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.53%) IPv4
8 5 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.22%) LAN
10 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.92%) TACACS
11 2 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.61%) SAN
11 2 (0.61%) SSH
12 1 (0.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.06%) Power BI
2 3 (0.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.92%) Tableau
3 2 (0.61%) Metadata
3 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (9.79%) JIRA
2 17 (5.20%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.92%) TestRail
4 2 (0.61%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.61%) Git
4 2 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) GitLab
5 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 157 (48.01%) Social Skills
2 79 (24.16%) Finance
3 39 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.95%) Banking
5 25 (7.65%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (7.34%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (5.50%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.14%) Legal
10 6 (1.83%) Retail
11 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.92%) Billing
12 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.61%) Automotive
13 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.61%) Law
13 2 (0.61%) Military
13 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Back Office
14 1 (0.31%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 79 (24.16%) Architect
2 54 (16.51%) Analyst
3 47 (14.37%) CyberArk Architect
4 29 (8.87%) Developer
5 28 (8.56%) Consultant
6 26 (7.95%) Lead
7 23 (7.03%) ServiceNow Developer
8 20 (6.12%) ServiceNow Architect
9 18 (5.50%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.89%) IT Engineer
11 15 (4.59%) Business Analyst
11 15 (4.59%) Senior
11 15 (4.59%) Service Analyst
12 14 (4.28%) Support Analyst
13 13 (3.98%) IT Support
13 13 (3.98%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 12 (3.67%) Service Manager
15 11 (3.36%) IT Support Engineer
15 11 (3.36%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
15 11 (3.36%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (22.02%) REST
2 70 (21.41%) SOAP
3 48 (14.68%) LDAP
4 14 (4.28%) SAML
5 13 (3.98%) OpenID
6 8 (2.45%) CSS
6 8 (2.45%) HTML
7 6 (1.83%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.22%) Middleware
8 4 (1.22%) Web Services
9 3 (0.92%) OAuth
9 3 (0.92%) XML
10 2 (0.61%) .NET
10 2 (0.61%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.61%) EDI
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.61%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.31%) Ajax
11 1 (0.31%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.68%) CMDB
2 37 (11.31%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.40%) Security Posture
4 30 (9.17%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.20%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.59%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.53%) Replication
10 4 (1.22%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.92%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.61%) iPhone
12 2 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (16.21%) Windows
2 24 (7.34%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.98%) Mac OS
4 12 (3.67%) Android
5 8 (2.45%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.83%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.92%) Linux
7 3 (0.92%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (35.17%) ITIL
2 112 (34.25%) Service Management
3 90 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (23.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (20.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 67 (20.49%) Agile
7 57 (17.43%) Service Delivery
8 51 (15.60%) DevOps
9 50 (15.29%) SIEM
10 49 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (14.37%) Technical Leadership
12 44 (13.46%) Change Management
13 39 (11.93%) Integration Patterns
14 37 (11.31%) Task Automation
15 36 (11.01%) Presales
15 36 (11.01%) Problem Management
16 35 (10.70%) Privileged Access Management
17 31 (9.48%) Customer Service
17 31 (9.48%) Scrum
18 27 (8.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.65%) PowerShell
2 44 (13.46%) Python
3 32 (9.79%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.98%) SQL
5 4 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.92%) Bicep
7 2 (0.61%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.61%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.61%) Bash
7 2 (0.61%) Java
7 2 (0.61%) Perl
8 1 (0.31%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) Korn
8 1 (0.31%) R
8 1 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 96 (29.36%) Security Cleared
2 86 (26.30%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.34%) Degree
4 19 (5.81%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (3.67%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.92%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.92%) CISSP
8 2 (0.61%) CCNA
8 2 (0.61%) CCNP
8 2 (0.61%) CISA
8 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.65%) SLA
2 24 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.20%) NIST
4 16 (4.89%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.59%) NCSC
6 13 (3.98%) QA
7 11 (3.36%) GDPR
8 8 (2.45%) GRC
9 7 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.22%) COBIT
11 4 (1.22%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.31%) ITGC
13 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (24.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.61%) vSphere
4 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (7.03%) SCCM
2 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.89%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.67%) SCOM
5 8 (2.45%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.14%) Terraform
7 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.92%) Ansible
10 3 (0.92%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.61%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.31%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.31%) vRealize
12 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 169 (51.68%) ServiceNow
2 70 (21.41%) Microsoft
3 50 (15.29%) CyberArk
4 36 (11.01%) Remedy
5 34 (10.40%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (10.40%) Centrify
6 25 (7.65%) Splunk
7 14 (4.28%) SAP
8 12 (3.67%) Cisco
9 10 (3.06%) Apple
10 9 (2.75%) HP
11 7 (2.14%) BMC
12 5 (1.53%) Dell
12 5 (1.53%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.53%) VMware
12 5 (1.53%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.22%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.92%) Workday