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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 157 127
Rank change year-on-year +38 -30 +24
Contract jobs citing ITSM 538 249 331
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 1.86% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.01% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 157 176
10th Percentile £200 £189 £225
25th Percentile £375 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £479
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +1.77% -11.09%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £719 £661
England median daily rate £513 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +8.05% -2.56% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 7
10th Percentile £19.05 £31.14 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £40.11 £18.32
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.58 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.53% +187.88% -11.07%
75th Percentile £23.78 £77.54 £47.63
90th Percentile £25.22 £88.02 £80.80
England median hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £19.39
% change year-on-year - +28.92% +27.16%

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 18,262 12,381 14,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.07% 92.48% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,971 8,179 9,290
10th Percentile £358 £334 £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 £668 £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 352 241 177
10th Percentile £15.89 £18.25 £17.40
25th Percentile £18.69 £25.15 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.49 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -16.03% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.13 £65.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +13 80 £539 +7.75% 16
West London -10 18 £400 +60.00% 4
East London +7 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 37 (6.88%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.49%) AutoCAD
2 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.12%) Revit
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (5.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.37%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.19%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.19%) iTrent
3 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 134 (24.91%) Azure
2 96 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (12.83%) Entra ID
4 57 (10.59%) AWS
5 40 (7.43%) SaaS
6 31 (5.76%) OneDrive
7 23 (4.28%) Power Platform
8 18 (3.35%) GCP
9 17 (3.16%) GitHub
10 13 (2.42%) Datadog
11 11 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.86%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.49%) PaaS
14 6 (1.12%) IaaS
15 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.93%) Slack
16 4 (0.74%) Azure AI
16 4 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.69%) DNS
2 35 (6.51%) VPN
3 30 (5.58%) TCP/IP
4 22 (4.09%) Firewall
5 21 (3.90%) DHCP
6 19 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (2.97%) VLAN
8 11 (2.04%) Network Security
8 11 (2.04%) WebEx
9 9 (1.67%) Wireless
10 5 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.93%) Internet
10 5 (0.93%) SAN
10 5 (0.93%) TACACS
11 4 (0.74%) HTTP
11 4 (0.74%) WAN
12 3 (0.56%) BGP
12 3 (0.56%) LAN
13 2 (0.37%) MPLS
13 2 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.16%) Power BI
1 17 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (0.56%) Metadata
4 2 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.19%) Big Data
5 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) Looker
5 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (14.31%) JIRA
2 11 (2.04%) Git
3 7 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) Chocolatey
4 4 (0.74%) MSI
5 3 (0.56%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) GitLab
6 2 (0.37%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.37%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
General
1 241 (44.80%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.52%) Analytical Skills
2 105 (19.52%) Finance
3 42 (7.81%) Banking
4 37 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 19 (3.53%) Legal
7 17 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.86%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.49%) Law
12 5 (0.93%) Front Office
12 5 (0.93%) Military
12 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.93%) Retail
13 4 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.56%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 76 (14.13%) Architect
2 55 (10.22%) Developer
3 53 (9.85%) Analyst
3 53 (9.85%) ServiceNow Developer
4 46 (8.55%) Support Engineer
5 44 (8.18%) Senior
6 42 (7.81%) IT Support
7 40 (7.43%) Consultant
8 36 (6.69%) Service Manager
9 34 (6.32%) Lead
10 31 (5.76%) IT Engineer
11 29 (5.39%) IT Manager
12 28 (5.20%) Desktop Support
13 27 (5.02%) ServiceNow Architect
14 25 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
15 22 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (3.72%) Support Analyst
17 18 (3.35%) Applications Support
17 18 (3.35%) Business Analyst
17 18 (3.35%) ITSM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.13%) REST
2 39 (7.25%) SOAP
3 23 (4.28%) Terraform
4 13 (2.42%) Web Services
5 11 (2.04%) JSON
5 11 (2.04%) SailPoint
5 11 (2.04%) XML
6 8 (1.49%) HTML
7 7 (1.30%) CSS
8 6 (1.12%) JDBC
8 6 (1.12%) LDAP
9 5 (0.93%) Middleware
10 4 (0.74%) .NET
10 4 (0.74%) Ajax
10 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.74%) RESTful
11 3 (0.56%) LangChain
11 3 (0.56%) LangGraph
11 3 (0.56%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 102 (18.96%) CMDB
2 90 (16.73%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.97%) Video Conferencing
7 12 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 11 (2.04%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.86%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.67%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
11 8 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.12%) iPhone
12 6 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.93%) Clustering
13 5 (0.93%) NHS
13 5 (0.93%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.93%) Replication
13 5 (0.93%) Taxonomies
14 4 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 124 (23.05%) Windows
2 29 (5.39%) Windows 10
3 26 (4.83%) macOS
4 24 (4.46%) Apple iOS
5 16 (2.97%) Linux
6 15 (2.79%) Android
7 12 (2.23%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.37%) Unix
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.37%) 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
1 266 (49.44%) Service Management
2 233 (43.31%) ITIL
3 163 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 120 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 92 (17.10%) Service Delivery
7 83 (15.43%) Customer Service
8 81 (15.06%) Agile
9 70 (13.01%) AI
9 70 (13.01%) Roadmaps
10 68 (12.64%) Change Management
11 61 (11.34%) Incident Management
12 55 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 49 (9.11%) DevOps
13 49 (9.11%) Observability
14 46 (8.55%) Workflow
15 40 (7.43%) Data Modelling
15 40 (7.43%) Decision-Making
15 40 (7.43%) Migration
16 39 (7.25%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (10.41%) PowerShell
2 33 (6.13%) JavaScript
3 32 (5.95%) Python
4 26 (4.83%) SQL
5 12 (2.23%) Bash
6 9 (1.67%) Java
7 4 (0.74%) BeanShell
8 3 (0.56%) Korn
8 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.56%) VBScript
9 2 (0.37%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.37%) Delphi
9 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.19%) Bicep
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 111 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.80%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.69%) Degree
4 32 (5.95%) ITIL Certification
5 25 (4.65%) A+ Certification
6 16 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 14 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.60%) PMP
9 13 (2.42%) PMI Certification
10 11 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.93%) CISM
12 5 (0.93%) CISSP
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.56%) CEH
14 2 (0.37%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.22%) SLA
2 18 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.35%) QA
3 17 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.04%) NIST
5 10 (1.86%) GRC
6 7 (1.30%) GDPR
7 6 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.93%) COBIT
8 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.74%) NCSC
9 4 (0.74%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.37%) PMO
11 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 89 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.12%) IAG
5 5 (0.93%) Docker
6 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.37%) vSphere
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (5.95%) SCCM
3 14 (2.60%) Grafana
3 14 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (1.86%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.30%) Control-M
6 6 (1.12%) Ansible
7 5 (0.93%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.74%) WSUS
9 2 (0.37%) Kibana
9 2 (0.37%) Netcool
9 2 (0.37%) Netcool/OMNIbus
9 2 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.37%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 304 (56.51%) ServiceNow
2 165 (30.67%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.39%) BMC
4 27 (5.02%) Remedy
5 25 (4.65%) Dynatrace
5 25 (4.65%) Splunk
6 23 (4.28%) VMware
7 17 (3.16%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.79%) Okta
9 13 (2.42%) Apple
9 13 (2.42%) Cisco
9 13 (2.42%) Citrix
10 12 (2.23%) SAP
11 11 (2.04%) CyberArk
12 10 (1.86%) Adobe
13 8 (1.49%) Autodesk
13 8 (1.49%) Google
13 8 (1.49%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.49%) Palo Alto
14 7 (1.30%) xMatters