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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 106 122
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 +46
Contract jobs citing ITSM 300 347 352
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.08% 2.37% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.63% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 192 235
10th Percentile £197 £256 £204
25th Percentile £358 £409 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -1.46% +4.04%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £616
90th Percentile £750 £675 £683
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £19.25 -
25th Percentile - £20.95 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.75% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £31.19 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £66.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £20.79 £29.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -28.31% +100.00% -3.33%

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 13,193 13,182 16,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.18% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 8,439 11,605
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 163 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.15
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £69.12 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 44 £488 +2.20% 20
South London -7 13 £463 +68.18% 6
West London -16 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London -1 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 25 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.00%) Confluence
4 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.67%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.67%) WildFly
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.33%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 43 (14.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.67%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.33%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 94 (31.33%) Azure
2 56 (18.67%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (16.00%) AWS
4 34 (11.33%) GCP
5 30 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 20 (6.67%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.67%) SaaS
8 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.33%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.00%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.67%) IaaS
11 5 (1.67%) PaaS
12 3 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.67%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.33%) VPN
2 15 (5.00%) Firewall
3 13 (4.33%) DNS
4 12 (4.00%) DHCP
5 9 (3.00%) SSL
6 8 (2.67%) Wireless
7 6 (2.00%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.67%) IPv4
9 4 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (1.33%) Network Security
9 4 (1.33%) WAN
10 3 (1.00%) LAN
10 3 (1.00%) NetScaler
10 3 (1.00%) VLAN
10 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.67%) Intranet
11 2 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.67%) SSH
11 2 (0.67%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.33%) Tableau
3 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.33%) GIS
4 1 (0.33%) Metadata
4 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (15.00%) JIRA
2 5 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.00%) Git
4 2 (0.67%) TestRail
5 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.33%) GitLab
5 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 137 (45.67%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.00%) Finance
3 36 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.33%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.00%) Banking
6 11 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.00%) Legal
10 5 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.67%) Retail
11 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.00%) Military
13 2 (0.67%) Automotive
13 2 (0.67%) Back Office
13 2 (0.67%) Billing
13 2 (0.67%) Law
13 2 (0.67%) Marketing
14 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (20.67%) Architect
2 53 (17.67%) Analyst
3 34 (11.33%) Developer
4 31 (10.33%) CyberArk Architect
5 30 (10.00%) ServiceNow Developer
6 27 (9.00%) Lead
7 22 (7.33%) Consultant
8 20 (6.67%) Support Engineer
9 19 (6.33%) ServiceNow Architect
10 16 (5.33%) Service Analyst
11 15 (5.00%) Business Analyst
11 15 (5.00%) Support Analyst
12 13 (4.33%) IT Engineer
12 13 (4.33%) Senior
13 12 (4.00%) IT Support
14 10 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
14 10 (3.33%) Service Manager
14 10 (3.33%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
15 9 (3.00%) Operations Analyst
15 9 (3.00%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (25.00%) REST
2 74 (24.67%) SOAP
3 39 (13.00%) LDAP
4 16 (5.33%) HTML
5 15 (5.00%) AngularJS
6 14 (4.67%) Web Services
7 10 (3.33%) SAML
8 9 (3.00%) JSON
9 8 (2.67%) Apache Camel
9 8 (2.67%) CSS
9 8 (2.67%) HTML5
9 8 (2.67%) JDBC
9 8 (2.67%) jQuery
9 8 (2.67%) ODBC
9 8 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.67%) .NET
10 2 (0.67%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.67%) RESTful
10 2 (0.67%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.00%) CMDB
2 33 (11.00%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.67%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.67%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.00%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.67%) Replication
9 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.67%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.67%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.67%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (19.33%) Windows
2 29 (9.67%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.67%) Android
5 7 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.67%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.33%) Linux
8 3 (1.00%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.00%) Unix
9 1 (0.33%) CentOS
9 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (36.33%) ITIL
2 100 (33.33%) Service Management
3 84 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (23.33%) Agile
4 70 (23.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 52 (17.33%) DevOps
6 49 (16.33%) Service Delivery
7 46 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (13.67%) Integration Patterns
9 39 (13.00%) Change Management
9 39 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (13.00%) Scrum
10 38 (12.67%) SIEM
10 38 (12.67%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (11.00%) Task Automation
12 32 (10.67%) Presales
13 31 (10.33%) Privileged Access Management
14 30 (10.00%) Analytics
15 26 (8.67%) Data Protection
15 26 (8.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 59 (19.67%) PowerShell
2 45 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 40 (13.33%) Python
4 11 (3.67%) SQL
5 7 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.00%) Bash
6 3 (1.00%) Bicep
7 2 (0.67%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.67%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.67%) Perl
8 1 (0.33%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) Java
8 1 (0.33%) R
8 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 89 (29.67%) Security Cleared
2 80 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.33%) Degree
4 19 (6.33%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.33%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.67%) PMP
10 1 (0.33%) CCDP
10 1 (0.33%) CCIE
10 1 (0.33%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.33%) SLA
2 12 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.33%) QA
4 9 (3.00%) GDPR
4 9 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.33%) GRC
6 6 (2.00%) NIST
7 4 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.00%) COBIT
8 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.67%) NCSC
10 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.33%) ITGC
10 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (26.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.67%) vSphere
4 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (6.67%) SCCM
2 16 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.00%) SCOM
4 11 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.67%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.33%) Terraform
7 5 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.33%) Ansible
9 3 (1.00%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.00%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.67%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.67%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.33%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.33%) Nessus
11 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.33%) vRealize
11 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 157 (52.33%) ServiceNow
2 75 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 43 (14.33%) Remedy
4 34 (11.33%) CyberArk
5 30 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
5 30 (10.00%) Centrify
6 16 (5.33%) HP
7 14 (4.67%) BMC
8 13 (4.33%) Splunk
9 11 (3.67%) Apple
9 11 (3.67%) Citrix
9 11 (3.67%) SAP
10 10 (3.33%) Cisco
11 8 (2.67%) Ivanti
12 6 (2.00%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.67%) Dell
13 5 (1.67%) Forcepoint
13 5 (1.67%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.67%) Workday
14 4 (1.33%) Zscaler