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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 106 133
Rank change year-on-year -39 +27 +54
Contract jobs citing ITSM 282 358 352
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.96% 2.36% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.63% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 195 237
10th Percentile £190 £252 £206
25th Percentile £351 £403 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £625
90th Percentile £750 £670 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £35.45 £19.10 -
25th Percentile £50.91 £20.00 -
Median hourly rate £76.67 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +222.14% +19.00% -
75th Percentile £85.84 £27.25 £48.13
90th Percentile £91.33 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £20.69 £27.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year -25.44% +73.44% +10.34%

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 13,135 13,632 16,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.46% 90.03% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,670 8,766 12,134
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.65 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +4.71% -10.83%
75th Percentile £48.00 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -20 44 £500 +5.04% 16
South London -6 12 £506 +84.09% 3
West London -14 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London +2 2 £675 +22.73% 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 22 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.32%) Confluence
3 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.71%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.71%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.71%) WildFly
5 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.42%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 48 (17.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.42%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.71%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.35%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.24%) Azure
2 52 (18.44%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (10.28%) AWS
5 18 (6.38%) Entra ID
6 16 (5.67%) OneDrive
7 13 (4.61%) GCP
8 12 (4.26%) SaaS
9 8 (2.84%) PaaS
10 6 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.13%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.77%) IaaS
12 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.42%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.71%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.03%) Firewall
2 16 (5.67%) DNS
3 15 (5.32%) DHCP
4 14 (4.96%) VPN
5 13 (4.61%) SSL
6 8 (2.84%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.48%) Wireless
8 6 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (2.13%) WAN
9 5 (1.77%) LAN
10 4 (1.42%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (1.42%) IPv4
10 4 (1.42%) Network Security
11 3 (1.06%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.06%) VLAN
11 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.71%) Cisco Wireless
12 2 (0.71%) SAN
12 2 (0.71%) SSH
12 2 (0.71%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.06%) Power BI
1 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
1 3 (1.06%) Tableau
2 1 (0.35%) GIS
2 1 (0.35%) Metadata
2 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (17.73%) JIRA
2 5 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.06%) 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
1 117 (41.49%) Social Skills
2 67 (23.76%) Finance
3 32 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.74%) Banking
6 10 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.13%) Legal
9 6 (2.13%) Retail
9 6 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.42%) Military
11 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.71%) Automotive
12 2 (0.71%) Back Office
12 2 (0.71%) Billing
12 2 (0.71%) Law
13 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (17.38%) Architect
2 45 (15.96%) Analyst
3 34 (12.06%) Developer
4 31 (10.99%) Lead
5 30 (10.64%) ServiceNow Developer
6 27 (9.57%) Support Engineer
7 23 (8.16%) ServiceNow Architect
8 21 (7.45%) Consultant
9 17 (6.03%) Senior
10 14 (4.96%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.61%) IT Engineer
11 13 (4.61%) IT Support
11 13 (4.61%) Service Analyst
11 13 (4.61%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.55%) CyberArk Architect
12 10 (3.55%) Desktop Support
12 10 (3.55%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (3.55%) Service Manager
13 9 (3.19%) Operations Analyst
13 9 (3.19%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (19.86%) REST
1 56 (19.86%) SOAP
2 21 (7.45%) LDAP
2 21 (7.45%) Web Services
3 18 (6.38%) AngularJS
3 18 (6.38%) HTML
4 14 (4.96%) SAML
5 13 (4.61%) JSON
6 12 (4.26%) Apache Camel
6 12 (4.26%) HTML5
6 12 (4.26%) JDBC
6 12 (4.26%) jQuery
6 12 (4.26%) ODBC
6 12 (4.26%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.13%) CSS
8 5 (1.77%) .NET
8 5 (1.77%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (1.77%) RESTful
9 2 (0.71%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.71%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.50%) CMDB
2 18 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.19%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.84%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.84%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.48%) Replication
7 6 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.42%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.71%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.71%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.71%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 62 (21.99%) Windows
2 26 (9.22%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.55%) Mac OS
4 9 (3.19%) Android
5 6 (2.13%) Linux
6 5 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.06%) Mac OS X
7 3 (1.06%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) CentOS
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (39.01%) ITIL
2 98 (34.75%) Service Management
3 73 (25.89%) Agile
4 65 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (20.92%) DevOps
6 53 (18.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 49 (17.38%) Service Delivery
8 46 (16.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (14.54%) Scrum
11 38 (13.48%) Change Management
12 27 (9.57%) Analytics
13 26 (9.22%) Data Protection
13 26 (9.22%) Workflow
14 24 (8.51%) Configuration Management
14 24 (8.51%) Customer Service
15 23 (8.16%) Integration Patterns
15 23 (8.16%) Roadmaps
16 21 (7.45%) Dashboard Development
16 21 (7.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.02%) JavaScript
2 34 (12.06%) PowerShell
3 21 (7.45%) Python
4 11 (3.90%) SQL
5 7 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.06%) Bash
6 3 (1.06%) Bicep
7 2 (0.71%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.71%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.71%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) C#
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) R
8 1 (0.35%) Ruby
8 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (25.89%) Security Cleared
2 65 (23.05%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.87%) Degree
4 20 (7.09%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.84%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.42%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.06%) CCNP
8 3 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.06%) PMP
9 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.71%) CCIE
9 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.96%) SLA
2 12 (4.26%) QA
3 11 (3.90%) GDPR
4 9 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.84%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.48%) GRC
7 6 (2.13%) NIST
8 5 (1.77%) COBIT
8 5 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.06%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.71%) NCSC
11 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.35%) GxP
11 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (20.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.71%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (7.09%) SCCM
2 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (4.26%) SCOM
5 8 (2.84%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.48%) Terraform
7 5 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.42%) Ansible
9 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.71%) 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
1 157 (55.67%) ServiceNow
2 75 (26.60%) Microsoft
3 48 (17.02%) Remedy
4 19 (6.74%) HP
5 18 (6.38%) BMC
6 13 (4.61%) CyberArk
6 13 (4.61%) Splunk
7 12 (4.26%) Apple
7 12 (4.26%) Ivanti
7 12 (4.26%) SAP
8 11 (3.90%) Cisco
9 10 (3.55%) Citrix
10 9 (3.19%) BeyondTrust
11 8 (2.84%) Centrify
11 8 (2.84%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.77%) Dell
12 5 (1.77%) Forcepoint
12 5 (1.77%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.77%) VMware
12 5 (1.77%) Workday