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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 140 148
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 -23
Contract jobs citing ITSM 376 242 299
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.11% 1.94% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.11% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 170 168
10th Percentile £325 £255 £208
25th Percentile £420 £405 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £624 £600
90th Percentile £760 £694 £688
England median daily rate £513 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +4.59% -2.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile - £19.26 £17.07
25th Percentile £18.75 £20.97 £18.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £23.80 £19.07
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +24.84% -7.00%
75th Percentile £24.07 £28.15 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.61 £30.76 £38.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £18.82 £14.00
% change year-on-year +33.63% +34.43% -11.29%

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 15,718 11,485 15,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.39% 92.19% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,513 7,782 11,264
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 172 317
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £65.85
England median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -28 33 £475 -2.56% 30
West London -23 12 £400 +58.42% 1
South London -18 7 £190 -24.15% 2
East London -7 2 £550 -12.70% 3
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 12 (3.19%) Confluence
2 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.80%) Revit
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (6.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (28.19%) Azure
2 77 (20.48%) AWS
3 44 (11.70%) GCP
3 44 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.45%) SaaS
5 27 (7.18%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.59%) OpenShift
7 16 (4.26%) PaaS
7 16 (4.26%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.99%) IaaS
9 13 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (2.93%) Datadog
11 8 (2.13%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.60%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (1.60%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.60%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.60%) Slack
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.71%) Firewall
2 17 (4.52%) DNS
3 16 (4.26%) VLAN
3 16 (4.26%) VPN
4 15 (3.99%) DHCP
5 13 (3.46%) Network Security
6 10 (2.66%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (2.66%) TACACS
6 10 (2.66%) WAN
7 9 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (2.13%) Wireless
9 7 (1.86%) SAN
10 6 (1.60%) LAN
11 4 (1.06%) IPv4
11 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.53%) Internet
13 2 (0.53%) NaaS
13 2 (0.53%) NGFW
13 2 (0.53%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.26%) Power BI
2 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.53%) Flink
4 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.53%) MySQL
4 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.53%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) Metadata
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (11.97%) JIRA
2 15 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.86%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.06%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.80%) Git
5 3 (0.80%) TestRail
6 2 (0.53%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.53%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.53%) MSI
6 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.53%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 149 (39.63%) Social Skills
2 77 (20.48%) Finance
3 51 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.45%) Banking
5 27 (7.18%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
6 20 (5.32%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.52%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.19%) Legal
9 5 (1.33%) Billing
9 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.80%) Retail
11 2 (0.53%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.53%) Military
12 1 (0.27%) Front Office
12 1 (0.27%) International Banking
12 1 (0.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 100 (26.60%) Architect
2 48 (12.77%) CyberArk Architect
3 46 (12.23%) Analyst
4 35 (9.31%) ServiceNow Architect
5 31 (8.24%) Consultant
6 28 (7.45%) Developer
7 27 (7.18%) Senior
8 19 (5.05%) Lead
9 18 (4.79%) IT Manager
9 18 (4.79%) ServiceNow Developer
10 15 (3.99%) Service Analyst
10 15 (3.99%) Service Manager
11 12 (3.19%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.19%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 12 (3.19%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.19%) Technical Architect
12 11 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (2.93%) Incident Manager
12 11 (2.93%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.93%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (20.21%) REST
2 65 (17.29%) SOAP
3 48 (12.77%) LDAP
4 13 (3.46%) OpenID
4 13 (3.46%) SAML
5 8 (2.13%) Web Services
6 6 (1.60%) .NET
7 5 (1.33%) CSS
7 5 (1.33%) HTML
7 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.33%) Middleware
8 4 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.80%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.80%) Kafka
10 2 (0.53%) ADO
10 2 (0.53%) EDI
10 2 (0.53%) JSON
10 2 (0.53%) Node.js
10 2 (0.53%) OAuth
10 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 73 (19.41%) CMDB
2 46 (12.23%) Onboarding
3 41 (10.90%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (10.64%) Security Posture
5 31 (8.24%) Product Ownership
6 19 (5.05%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.13%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.86%) Replication
10 5 (1.33%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.80%) iPhone
12 3 (0.80%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.44%) Windows
2 13 (3.46%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.19%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.39%) Android
5 8 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (38.83%) ITIL
2 118 (31.38%) Service Management
3 94 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (22.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (18.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 63 (16.76%) Agile
7 57 (15.16%) Service Delivery
8 52 (13.83%) Change Management
8 52 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (13.83%) DevOps
8 52 (13.83%) Integration Patterns
8 52 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
9 50 (13.30%) SIEM
10 42 (11.17%) Problem Management
11 41 (10.90%) Roadmaps
12 40 (10.64%) Migration
12 40 (10.64%) Workflow
13 37 (9.84%) Incident Management
14 36 (9.57%) AI
15 35 (9.31%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (13.03%) PowerShell
2 44 (11.70%) Python
3 22 (5.85%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.66%) SQL
5 6 (1.60%) Java
6 4 (1.06%) Bicep
6 4 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.80%) Groovy
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) Korn
9 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 111 (29.52%) Security Cleared
2 96 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.32%) DV Cleared
4 18 (4.79%) Degree
5 13 (3.46%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.86%) PMP
7 6 (1.60%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.33%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.80%) CISA
9 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CCNP
10 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 1 (0.27%) CCDP
11 1 (0.27%) CCIE
11 1 (0.27%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.37%) SLA
2 25 (6.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (5.85%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.52%) NIST
5 15 (3.99%) NCSC
6 10 (2.66%) GDPR
6 10 (2.66%) QA
7 9 (2.39%) GRC
7 9 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (1.86%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.80%) COBIT
10 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.53%) PMO
12 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.27%) ITGC
System Software
1 64 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) IAG
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.27%) etcd
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (6.38%) SCCM
2 19 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.13%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.86%) Terraform
6 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.80%) Ansible
7 3 (0.80%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.80%) SCOM
8 2 (0.53%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.53%) Grafana
9 1 (0.27%) CASB
9 1 (0.27%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 202 (53.72%) ServiceNow
2 63 (16.76%) Microsoft
3 48 (12.77%) CyberArk
4 34 (9.04%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (9.04%) Centrify
5 23 (6.12%) Remedy
6 19 (5.05%) Cisco
6 19 (5.05%) Splunk
7 17 (4.52%) SAP
8 15 (3.99%) Salesforce
9 12 (3.19%) Dynatrace
10 11 (2.93%) Palo Alto
10 11 (2.93%) VMware
11 9 (2.39%) AppDynamics
11 9 (2.39%) BMC
11 9 (2.39%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.13%) HP
13 7 (1.86%) Tenable
14 6 (1.60%) Apple
15 5 (1.33%) Dell