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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 104 142
Rank change year-on-year -26 +38 -1
Contract jobs citing ITSM 344 331 313
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 2.58% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.82% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 208 178
10th Percentile £300 £250 £204
25th Percentile £413 £412 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £700 £619 £592
90th Percentile £765 £700 £688
England median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile - £19.83 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.38 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.47% +25.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.56 -
90th Percentile £80.34 £30.93 -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £20.05 £14.00
% change year-on-year -2.74% +43.21% -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 14,871 11,726 15,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.70% 91.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,969 7,878 11,440
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £677 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.52 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.73 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.89 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +17.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.98 £52.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.15 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -33 39 £475 -0.42% 14
South London -24 4 £364 +45.21% 1
East London -6 2 £675 +35.00% 2
West London -24 2 £525 +3.45% 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 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.33%) Confluence
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (7.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.58%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.29%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 102 (29.65%) Azure
2 64 (18.60%) AWS
3 49 (14.24%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (12.79%) GCP
5 26 (7.56%) Entra ID
6 21 (6.10%) OpenShift
6 21 (6.10%) SaaS
7 18 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.36%) PaaS
9 14 (4.07%) IaaS
9 14 (4.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 13 (3.78%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.62%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.33%) Datadog
13 7 (2.03%) Azure AKS
13 7 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.03%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.74%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.74%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.85%) Firewall
2 19 (5.52%) DNS
3 17 (4.94%) DHCP
3 17 (4.94%) VPN
4 11 (3.20%) VLAN
5 9 (2.62%) WAN
5 9 (2.62%) Wireless
6 8 (2.33%) Network Security
6 8 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (1.74%) SAN
9 5 (1.45%) IPv4
9 5 (1.45%) TACACS
9 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.16%) LAN
10 4 (1.16%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.58%) Internet
11 2 (0.58%) NaaS
11 2 (0.58%) NGFW
11 2 (0.58%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.78%) Power BI
2 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.58%) Flink
3 2 (0.58%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.58%) Metadata
3 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.58%) MySQL
3 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.58%) Tableau
3 2 (0.58%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 39 (11.34%) JIRA
2 17 (4.94%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.74%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.16%) Git
5 3 (0.87%) TestRail
6 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.58%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.58%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.29%) ScriptRunner
General
1 149 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.22%) Finance
3 48 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.14%) Banking
5 27 (7.85%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (6.10%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.20%) Legal
8 11 (3.20%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.45%) Billing
10 4 (1.16%) Retail
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Law
12 2 (0.58%) Military
13 1 (0.29%) Automotive
13 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.29%) International Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (24.42%) Architect
2 47 (13.66%) CyberArk Architect
3 39 (11.34%) Analyst
4 36 (10.47%) Consultant
5 33 (9.59%) Developer
6 24 (6.98%) Lead
7 23 (6.69%) Senior
7 23 (6.69%) ServiceNow Architect
8 22 (6.40%) ServiceNow Developer
9 16 (4.65%) IT Engineer
10 14 (4.07%) IT Support
10 14 (4.07%) ServiceNow Consultant
10 14 (4.07%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.78%) Service Analyst
12 12 (3.49%) Service Manager
13 11 (3.20%) IT Manager
13 11 (3.20%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (2.91%) ServiceNow Manager
15 9 (2.62%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (21.80%) REST
2 68 (19.77%) SOAP
3 48 (13.95%) LDAP
4 13 (3.78%) OpenID
4 13 (3.78%) SAML
5 8 (2.33%) CSS
5 8 (2.33%) HTML
6 7 (2.03%) Web Services
7 5 (1.45%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.16%) Middleware
8 4 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.87%) .NET
9 3 (0.87%) Kafka
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (0.87%) OAuth
9 3 (0.87%) XML
10 2 (0.58%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.58%) Node.js
10 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 65 (18.90%) CMDB
2 37 (10.76%) Enterprise Software
2 37 (10.76%) Onboarding
2 37 (10.76%) Security Posture
3 28 (8.14%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.52%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.20%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.74%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.74%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.45%) Replication
8 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.87%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.58%) iPhone
10 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.70%) Windows
2 21 (6.10%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.78%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.20%) Android
5 7 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.87%) Unix
8 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.29%) Linux
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.47%) ITIL
2 109 (31.69%) Service Management
3 90 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (24.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (19.77%) Agile
6 67 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 53 (15.41%) Technical Leadership
8 52 (15.12%) DevOps
9 51 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (14.53%) SIEM
11 49 (14.24%) Change Management
11 49 (14.24%) Service Delivery
12 48 (13.95%) Integration Patterns
13 40 (11.63%) Migration
14 39 (11.34%) Problem Management
14 39 (11.34%) Workflow
15 36 (10.47%) Presales
15 36 (10.47%) Task Automation
16 35 (10.17%) Privileged Access Management
17 32 (9.30%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.41%) PowerShell
2 45 (13.08%) Python
3 26 (7.56%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.33%) SQL
5 5 (1.45%) Bicep
5 5 (1.45%) Java
5 5 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.58%) C++
7 1 (0.29%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.29%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.29%) Bash
7 1 (0.29%) Korn
7 1 (0.29%) Perl
7 1 (0.29%) R
7 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 104 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 92 (26.74%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.40%) Degree
4 17 (4.94%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.03%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.45%) PMP
8 4 (1.16%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.87%) CISA
9 3 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.87%) CISSP
9 3 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CCNA
10 2 (0.58%) CCNP
10 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.59%) SLA
2 26 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (6.69%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.94%) NIST
5 15 (4.36%) NCSC
6 11 (3.20%) GDPR
6 11 (3.20%) GRC
6 11 (3.20%) QA
7 8 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.03%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.16%) COBIT
11 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.29%) ITGC
12 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (20.06%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) etcd
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (7.56%) SCCM
2 19 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.33%) Terraform
4 6 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.16%) SCOM
7 3 (0.87%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.58%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.58%) Ansible
8 2 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 190 (55.23%) ServiceNow
2 62 (18.02%) Microsoft
3 50 (14.53%) CyberArk
4 34 (9.88%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (9.88%) Centrify
5 26 (7.56%) Remedy
6 18 (5.23%) Splunk
7 15 (4.36%) Cisco
7 15 (4.36%) SAP
8 12 (3.49%) Dynatrace
9 11 (3.20%) VMware
10 8 (2.33%) AppDynamics
10 8 (2.33%) Apple
10 8 (2.33%) BMC
10 8 (2.33%) HP
10 8 (2.33%) Salesforce
11 7 (2.03%) Tenable
12 6 (1.74%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.45%) Dell
13 5 (1.45%) Zscaler