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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 114 135
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 +33
Contract jobs citing ITSM 313 320 340
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.13% 2.32% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.56% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 178 212
10th Percentile £206 £255 £208
25th Percentile £370 £431 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £750 £600 £600
90th Percentile £800 £696 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.60% +10.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £21.14 -
25th Percentile - £22.85 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.75% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £28.56 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £30.93 £65.00
England median hourly rate £19.00 £29.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -34.48% +107.14% -9.68%

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 13,393 12,486 16,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.95% 90.46% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 7,905 11,829
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.23
25th Percentile £25.08 £25.23 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +16.39% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%

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 1 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 6 months to 1 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 6 months to 1 February 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 -31 37 £475 -2.06% 18
South London -5 13 £463 +85.00% 1
West London -23 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London +1 3 £675 +100.00%
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 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.28%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.28%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (10.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.64%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 104 (33.23%) Azure
2 60 (19.17%) AWS
3 52 (16.61%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (12.46%) GCP
5 30 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.71%) Entra ID
7 20 (6.39%) OneDrive
8 18 (5.75%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.47%) SaaS
10 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.56%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.24%) IaaS
13 6 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.92%) PaaS
14 4 (1.28%) Slack
15 3 (0.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 3 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.75%) Firewall
2 16 (5.11%) VPN
3 15 (4.79%) DNS
4 14 (4.47%) DHCP
5 8 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.56%) Wireless
6 7 (2.24%) WAN
7 6 (1.92%) Network Security
8 5 (1.60%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.60%) IPv4
9 4 (1.28%) LAN
9 4 (1.28%) VLAN
10 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.96%) TACACS
10 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.64%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.64%) Intranet
11 2 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.64%) SSH
12 1 (0.32%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.56%) Power BI
2 3 (0.96%) Tableau
3 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.32%) GIS
4 1 (0.32%) Metadata
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (12.14%) JIRA
2 17 (5.43%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) TestRail
4 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 152 (48.56%) Social Skills
2 75 (23.96%) Finance
3 39 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.67%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (7.35%) Banking
6 22 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.56%) Legal
10 6 (1.92%) Retail
11 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.96%) Billing
12 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.96%) Military
13 2 (0.64%) Automotive
13 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.64%) Law
14 1 (0.32%) Games
14 1 (0.32%) International Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (24.60%) Architect
2 54 (17.25%) Analyst
3 47 (15.02%) CyberArk Architect
4 34 (10.86%) Developer
5 30 (9.58%) ServiceNow Developer
6 25 (7.99%) Consultant
7 24 (7.67%) Lead
8 19 (6.07%) ServiceNow Architect
8 19 (6.07%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.11%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.11%) Service Analyst
10 15 (4.79%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.47%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.83%) IT Support
13 11 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.51%) Senior
13 11 (3.51%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
13 11 (3.51%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 11 (3.51%) Technical Architect
14 9 (2.88%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (25.88%) REST
2 79 (25.24%) SOAP
3 48 (15.34%) LDAP
4 14 (4.47%) SAML
5 13 (4.15%) OpenID
6 8 (2.56%) CSS
6 8 (2.56%) HTML
7 6 (1.92%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.28%) Web Services
9 3 (0.96%) Middleware
9 3 (0.96%) OAuth
9 3 (0.96%) XML
10 2 (0.64%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.64%) EDI
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.32%) .NET
11 1 (0.32%) Ajax
11 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.93%) CMDB
2 37 (11.82%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.86%) Security Posture
4 30 (9.58%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.79%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.79%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.92%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.92%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.60%) Replication
8 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.96%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.64%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.64%) iPhone
9 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (16.93%) Windows
2 25 (7.99%) Windows 10
3 13 (4.15%) Mac OS
4 12 (3.83%) Android
5 8 (2.56%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.92%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.96%) Linux
7 3 (0.96%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (35.46%) ITIL
2 104 (33.23%) Service Management
3 89 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (23.64%) Agile
5 70 (22.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 69 (22.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 58 (18.53%) DevOps
8 51 (16.29%) Service Delivery
9 49 (15.65%) SIEM
10 46 (14.70%) Technical Leadership
11 42 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 40 (12.78%) Change Management
12 40 (12.78%) Scrum
13 38 (12.14%) Integration Patterns
14 37 (11.82%) Task Automation
15 36 (11.50%) Presales
16 35 (11.18%) Privileged Access Management
17 28 (8.95%) Customer Service
17 28 (8.95%) Workflow
18 27 (8.63%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 61 (19.49%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.06%) Python
3 40 (12.78%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.83%) SQL
5 4 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.96%) Bicep
7 2 (0.64%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.64%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.64%) Bash
7 2 (0.64%) Java
7 2 (0.64%) Perl
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) Korn
8 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 97 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.12%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.35%) Degree
4 18 (5.75%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.96%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.96%) CISSP
7 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.64%) CCNA
8 2 (0.64%) CCNP
8 2 (0.64%) CISA
8 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.64%) PMP
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.03%) SLA
3 17 (5.43%) NIST
4 15 (4.79%) NCSC
5 14 (4.47%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.51%) GDPR
6 11 (3.51%) QA
7 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.92%) GRC
9 5 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.28%) COBIT
10 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.32%) ITGC
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (25.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.64%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (5.75%) SCCM
2 17 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.11%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.83%) SCOM
5 8 (2.56%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.24%) Terraform
7 6 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.28%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.96%) Ansible
11 2 (0.64%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.32%) vRealize
12 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 162 (51.76%) ServiceNow
2 67 (21.41%) Microsoft
3 50 (15.97%) CyberArk
4 34 (10.86%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (10.86%) Centrify
4 34 (10.86%) Remedy
5 25 (7.99%) Splunk
6 14 (4.47%) SAP
7 12 (3.83%) Cisco
8 10 (3.19%) Apple
9 8 (2.56%) HP
10 6 (1.92%) BMC
11 5 (1.60%) Dell
11 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.60%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.28%) Oracle
12 4 (1.28%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.28%) Workday
13 3 (0.96%) Citrix
13 3 (0.96%) Dynatrace