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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 109 122
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 +48
Contract jobs citing ITSM 313 327 360
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 2.35% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.60% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 186 227
10th Percentile £216 £255 £206
25th Percentile £370 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £743 £600 £600
90th Percentile £765 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £514
% change year-on-year - -2.68% +12.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £21.52 -
25th Percentile - £23.80 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +32.50% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £32.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £73.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £18.45 £29.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year -37.47% +110.71% -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 13,346 12,596 16,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.41% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,853 8,021 11,715
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
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 £501 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.67% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 155 306
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.77 £24.71 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.36% -15.86%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.06
90th Percentile £70.80 £80.45 £73.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.33% +11.41%

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 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 24 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 24 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 40 £475 -0.42% 14
South London -2 13 £463 +85.00% 1
West London -15 4 £405 -28.32% 6
East London -2 3 £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 24 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.64%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.64%) WildFly
5 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 36 (11.50%) 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%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 102 (32.59%) Azure
2 57 (18.21%) AWS
3 54 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (12.46%) GCP
5 30 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (6.39%) Entra ID
6 20 (6.39%) OneDrive
7 17 (5.43%) OpenShift
8 12 (3.83%) SaaS
9 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (2.56%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.92%) IaaS
12 5 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.60%) PaaS
13 3 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.64%) AWS Control Tower
14 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.75%) Firewall
2 16 (5.11%) VPN
3 13 (4.15%) DNS
4 12 (3.83%) DHCP
5 8 (2.56%) Wireless
6 7 (2.24%) WAN
7 6 (1.92%) Network Security
7 6 (1.92%) TCP/IP
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%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.96%) SSL
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.24%) Power BI
2 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.96%) Tableau
3 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.32%) GIS
4 1 (0.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 40 (12.78%) JIRA
2 16 (5.11%) 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
1 154 (49.20%) Social Skills
2 74 (23.64%) Finance
3 39 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.35%) Banking
4 23 (7.35%) Influencing Skills
5 21 (6.71%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (6.39%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.24%) Legal
9 6 (1.92%) Retail
10 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Billing
11 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Military
12 2 (0.64%) Automotive
12 2 (0.64%) Back Office
12 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.64%) Law
12 2 (0.64%) Marketing
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (22.68%) Architect
2 53 (16.93%) Analyst
3 46 (14.70%) CyberArk Architect
4 37 (11.82%) Developer
5 32 (10.22%) ServiceNow Developer
6 25 (7.99%) Consultant
6 25 (7.99%) Lead
7 20 (6.39%) Support Engineer
8 16 (5.11%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.11%) Service Analyst
9 15 (4.79%) ServiceNow Architect
9 15 (4.79%) Support Analyst
10 14 (4.47%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.83%) IT Support
12 11 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.51%) Service Manager
12 11 (3.51%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
13 10 (3.19%) Senior
13 10 (3.19%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 9 (2.88%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (25.56%) REST
2 78 (24.92%) SOAP
3 48 (15.34%) LDAP
4 15 (4.79%) SAML
5 12 (3.83%) OpenID
6 11 (3.51%) HTML
7 9 (2.88%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.88%) CSS
8 6 (1.92%) Web Services
9 4 (1.28%) Middleware
10 3 (0.96%) JSON
10 3 (0.96%) XML
11 2 (0.64%) EDI
11 2 (0.64%) HTML5
11 2 (0.64%) JDBC
11 2 (0.64%) jQuery
11 2 (0.64%) OAuth
11 2 (0.64%) ODBC
11 2 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.29%) CMDB
2 37 (11.82%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.86%) Security Posture
4 28 (8.95%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.79%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.47%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.92%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.60%) Replication
10 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.96%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.64%) iPhone
11 2 (0.64%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 54 (17.25%) Windows
2 27 (8.63%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.51%) Android
3 11 (3.51%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.24%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.96%) Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Unix
7 2 (0.64%) 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
1 112 (35.78%) ITIL
2 101 (32.27%) Service Management
3 92 (29.39%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (23.64%) Agile
5 70 (22.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 68 (21.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (19.17%) DevOps
8 56 (17.89%) Service Delivery
9 48 (15.34%) SIEM
10 45 (14.38%) Technical Leadership
11 42 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 40 (12.78%) Integration Patterns
13 39 (12.46%) Change Management
13 39 (12.46%) Scrum
14 37 (11.82%) Task Automation
15 36 (11.50%) Presales
16 35 (11.18%) Privileged Access Management
17 27 (8.63%) Analytics
17 27 (8.63%) Workflow
18 25 (7.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.81%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.06%) Python
3 42 (13.42%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.83%) SQL
5 3 (0.96%) Bicep
5 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.64%) ActionScript
6 2 (0.64%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (0.64%) Bash
6 2 (0.64%) Java
6 2 (0.64%) Perl
7 1 (0.32%) C#
7 1 (0.32%) R
7 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.12%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.67%) Degree
4 20 (6.39%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.96%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.96%) PMP
8 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.64%) CCNA
8 2 (0.64%) CCNP
8 2 (0.64%) CISA
8 2 (0.64%) CISSP
8 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.71%) SLA
3 16 (5.11%) NIST
4 14 (4.47%) NCSC
5 12 (3.83%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.51%) GDPR
6 11 (3.51%) QA
7 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.92%) GRC
9 4 (1.28%) COBIT
9 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.32%) ITGC
11 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (25.88%) 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 14 (4.47%) 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
1 159 (50.80%) ServiceNow
2 67 (21.41%) Microsoft
3 49 (15.65%) CyberArk
4 36 (11.50%) Remedy
5 34 (10.86%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (10.86%) Centrify
6 24 (7.67%) Splunk
7 13 (4.15%) SAP
8 12 (3.83%) Cisco
9 10 (3.19%) Apple
9 10 (3.19%) HP
10 8 (2.56%) BMC
11 7 (2.24%) Oracle
12 6 (1.92%) Citrix
13 5 (1.60%) Dell
13 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.60%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.28%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.28%) Workday
15 3 (0.96%) Dynatrace