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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 112 131
Rank change year-on-year -18 +19 +25
Contract jobs citing ITSM 331 321 331
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.18% 2.36% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 2.61% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 183 200
10th Percentile £276 £255 £206
25th Percentile £400 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £743 £600 £602
90th Percentile £800 £693 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £18.88 -
25th Percentile - £20.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +19.00% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £27.25 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £30.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £20.74 £29.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -28.48% +107.14% -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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
10th Percentile £350 £350 £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 £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -25 37 £475 -0.99% 17
South London -10 13 £463 +85.00%
West London -19 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London +4 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 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.21%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (10.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 103 (31.12%) Azure
2 60 (18.13%) AWS
3 53 (16.01%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (11.78%) GCP
5 25 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 20 (6.04%) OneDrive
7 18 (5.44%) OpenShift
8 15 (4.53%) SaaS
9 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (3.02%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.72%) IaaS
12 8 (2.42%) PaaS
13 6 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.51%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.51%) PowerApps
15 4 (1.21%) Copilot Studio
15 4 (1.21%) Slack
16 3 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
16 3 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.04%) Firewall
2 18 (5.44%) VPN
3 17 (5.14%) DNS
4 16 (4.83%) DHCP
5 8 (2.42%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.42%) Wireless
6 7 (2.11%) WAN
7 6 (1.81%) Network Security
7 6 (1.81%) VLAN
8 5 (1.51%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.51%) IPv4
8 5 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.21%) LAN
10 3 (0.91%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.91%) TACACS
11 2 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.60%) SAN
11 2 (0.60%) SSH
12 1 (0.30%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.02%) Power BI
2 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.91%) Tableau
3 2 (0.60%) Metadata
3 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (10.27%) JIRA
2 17 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.91%) TestRail
4 2 (0.60%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.60%) Git
4 2 (0.60%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 159 (48.04%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.56%) Finance
3 41 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.55%) Banking
4 25 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.11%) Legal
9 6 (1.81%) Retail
10 5 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.91%) Billing
11 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.60%) Automotive
12 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.60%) Law
12 2 (0.60%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.30%) International Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (23.56%) Architect
2 56 (16.92%) Analyst
3 47 (14.20%) CyberArk Architect
4 32 (9.67%) Developer
5 28 (8.46%) Consultant
6 26 (7.85%) Lead
6 26 (7.85%) ServiceNow Developer
7 20 (6.04%) ServiceNow Architect
8 18 (5.44%) Support Engineer
9 16 (4.83%) IT Engineer
9 16 (4.83%) Service Analyst
10 15 (4.53%) Business Analyst
10 15 (4.53%) Senior
10 15 (4.53%) Support Analyst
11 13 (3.93%) Service Manager
11 13 (3.93%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 12 (3.63%) IT Support
13 11 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.32%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
13 11 (3.32%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (22.66%) REST
2 73 (22.05%) SOAP
3 48 (14.50%) LDAP
4 14 (4.23%) SAML
5 13 (3.93%) OpenID
6 8 (2.42%) CSS
6 8 (2.42%) HTML
7 6 (1.81%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.21%) Middleware
8 4 (1.21%) Web Services
9 3 (0.91%) OAuth
9 3 (0.91%) XML
10 2 (0.60%) .NET
10 2 (0.60%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.60%) EDI
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.60%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.41%) CMDB
2 37 (11.18%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.27%) Security Posture
4 31 (9.37%) Onboarding
5 17 (5.14%) Product Ownership
6 15 (4.53%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.81%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.51%) Replication
10 4 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.91%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.60%) iPhone
12 2 (0.60%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.31%) Windows
2 24 (7.25%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.93%) Mac OS
4 12 (3.63%) Android
5 8 (2.42%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.81%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.91%) Linux
7 3 (0.91%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (35.65%) ITIL
2 114 (34.44%) Service Management
3 93 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (22.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (21.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 70 (21.15%) Agile
7 57 (17.22%) Service Delivery
8 53 (16.01%) DevOps
9 50 (15.11%) SIEM
10 48 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (14.20%) Technical Leadership
12 44 (13.29%) Change Management
13 39 (11.78%) Integration Patterns
14 37 (11.18%) Task Automation
15 36 (10.88%) Presales
16 35 (10.57%) Privileged Access Management
16 35 (10.57%) Problem Management
17 34 (10.27%) Scrum
18 30 (9.06%) Customer Service
19 29 (8.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.43%) PowerShell
2 44 (13.29%) Python
3 35 (10.57%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.93%) SQL
5 4 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.91%) Bicep
7 2 (0.60%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.60%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.60%) Bash
7 2 (0.60%) Java
7 2 (0.60%) Perl
8 1 (0.30%) C#
8 1 (0.30%) Korn
8 1 (0.30%) R
8 1 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 99 (29.91%) Security Cleared
2 88 (26.59%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.25%) Degree
4 19 (5.74%) ITIL Certification
5 12 (3.63%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.91%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.91%) CISSP
8 2 (0.60%) CCNA
8 2 (0.60%) CCNP
8 2 (0.60%) CISA
8 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.55%) SLA
2 24 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.14%) NIST
4 16 (4.83%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.53%) NCSC
6 13 (3.93%) QA
7 11 (3.32%) GDPR
8 8 (2.42%) GRC
9 7 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.21%) COBIT
11 4 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.30%) ITGC
13 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (24.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.60%) vSphere
4 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (6.95%) SCCM
2 19 (5.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (4.83%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.63%) SCOM
5 8 (2.42%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.11%) Terraform
7 6 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.21%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.91%) Ansible
10 3 (0.91%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.30%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.30%) vRealize
12 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 171 (51.66%) ServiceNow
2 70 (21.15%) Microsoft
3 50 (15.11%) CyberArk
4 35 (10.57%) Remedy
5 34 (10.27%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (10.27%) Centrify
6 25 (7.55%) Splunk
7 15 (4.53%) SAP
8 12 (3.63%) Cisco
9 10 (3.02%) Apple
10 9 (2.72%) HP
11 7 (2.11%) BMC
12 5 (1.51%) Dell
12 5 (1.51%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.51%) VMware
12 5 (1.51%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.21%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.21%) Workday
14 3 (0.91%) Google