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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 106 124
Rank change year-on-year -34 +18 +48
Contract jobs citing ITSM 286 359 358
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.99% 2.39% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 2.65% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 197 239
10th Percentile £196 £255 £206
25th Percentile £356 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £625
90th Percentile £750 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £19.10 -
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 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% +81.25% +6.67%

All Process and 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 13,161 13,523 16,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.38% 90.14% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,663 8,690 11,795
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 236
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.42
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £33.35
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +9.46% -13.52%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 -27 43 £500 +4.82% 40
South London -8 13 £475 +72.73% 5
West London -13 4 £405 -28.32% 2
East London +2 2 £675 +22.73% 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 21 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.70%) WildFly
5 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.40%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.70%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.35%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.02%) Azure
2 53 (18.53%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (13.99%) AWS
4 29 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (8.74%) GCP
6 17 (5.94%) Entra ID
6 17 (5.94%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.85%) SaaS
8 6 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.10%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.10%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.75%) IaaS
9 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.75%) PaaS
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.24%) Firewall
1 15 (5.24%) VPN
2 13 (4.55%) DNS
3 12 (4.20%) DHCP
4 9 (3.15%) SSL
5 8 (2.80%) Wireless
6 6 (2.10%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.75%) IPv4
8 4 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (1.40%) Network Security
8 4 (1.40%) WAN
9 3 (1.05%) LAN
9 3 (1.05%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.05%) VLAN
9 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.70%) SSH
10 2 (0.70%) TACACS
11 1 (0.35%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) Power BI
2 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) Tableau
3 1 (0.35%) GIS
3 1 (0.35%) Metadata
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (15.73%) JIRA
2 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.05%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.35%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.35%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 126 (44.06%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.03%) Finance
3 35 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.29%) Banking
6 10 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Legal
8 6 (2.10%) Retail
8 6 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.05%) Military
11 2 (0.70%) Automotive
11 2 (0.70%) Back Office
11 2 (0.70%) Billing
11 2 (0.70%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (18.53%) Architect
2 49 (17.13%) Analyst
3 34 (11.89%) Developer
4 30 (10.49%) ServiceNow Developer
5 28 (9.79%) Lead
6 22 (7.69%) CyberArk Architect
6 22 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 21 (7.34%) Consultant
8 19 (6.64%) ServiceNow Architect
9 15 (5.24%) Service Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Senior
10 14 (4.90%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.55%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.20%) IT Support
13 10 (3.50%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (3.50%) Service Manager
14 9 (3.15%) Desktop Support
14 9 (3.15%) Operations Analyst
14 9 (3.15%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (22.38%) REST
1 64 (22.38%) SOAP
2 29 (10.14%) LDAP
3 16 (5.59%) HTML
4 15 (5.24%) AngularJS
5 14 (4.90%) Web Services
6 10 (3.50%) SAML
7 9 (3.15%) JSON
8 8 (2.80%) Apache Camel
8 8 (2.80%) CSS
8 8 (2.80%) HTML5
8 8 (2.80%) JDBC
8 8 (2.80%) jQuery
8 8 (2.80%) ODBC
8 8 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.70%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.70%) RESTful
9 2 (0.70%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.70%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.88%) CMDB
2 24 (8.39%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (6.99%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.94%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.75%) Replication
9 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.70%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.63%) Windows
2 28 (9.79%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.20%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.50%) Android
5 6 (2.10%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.75%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.40%) Linux
8 3 (1.05%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.05%) Unix
9 1 (0.35%) CentOS
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (38.46%) ITIL
2 97 (33.92%) Service Management
3 75 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (24.13%) Agile
5 61 (21.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 53 (18.53%) DevOps
7 48 (16.78%) Service Delivery
8 45 (15.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (13.64%) Change Management
11 38 (13.29%) Scrum
12 31 (10.84%) Integration Patterns
13 29 (10.14%) Analytics
13 29 (10.14%) SIEM
14 28 (9.79%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (9.44%) Data Protection
15 27 (9.44%) Workflow
16 24 (8.39%) Configuration Management
16 24 (8.39%) Customer Service
17 23 (8.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.43%) PowerShell
2 44 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 31 (10.84%) Python
4 11 (3.85%) SQL
5 7 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.05%) Bash
6 3 (1.05%) Bicep
7 2 (0.70%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.70%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.70%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) C#
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) R
8 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 78 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 70 (24.48%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.69%) Degree
4 19 (6.64%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.80%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.40%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.05%) PMP
9 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.70%) CCNP
9 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCDP
10 1 (0.35%) CCIE
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.59%) SLA
2 12 (4.20%) QA
3 11 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.15%) GDPR
6 7 (2.45%) GRC
6 7 (2.45%) NIST
7 4 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.05%) COBIT
8 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.70%) NCSC
10 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.35%) ITGC
10 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 69 (24.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.70%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (7.34%) SCCM
2 16 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.20%) SCOM
4 11 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.80%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.45%) Terraform
7 5 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.40%) Ansible
9 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.35%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.35%) Nessus
11 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.35%) vRealize
11 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (53.50%) ServiceNow
2 72 (25.17%) Microsoft
3 44 (15.38%) Remedy
4 25 (8.74%) CyberArk
5 21 (7.34%) BeyondTrust
6 20 (6.99%) Centrify
7 15 (5.24%) HP
8 14 (4.90%) BMC
9 13 (4.55%) Splunk
10 11 (3.85%) Apple
10 11 (3.85%) Citrix
10 11 (3.85%) SAP
11 10 (3.50%) Cisco
12 8 (2.80%) Ivanti
13 6 (2.10%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.75%) Dell
14 5 (1.75%) Forcepoint
14 5 (1.75%) Fortinet
15 4 (1.40%) Oracle
15 4 (1.40%) Zscaler