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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 112 130
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +44
Contract jobs citing ITSM 314 322 347
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 2.35% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.60% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 182 217
10th Percentile £268 £256 £205
25th Percentile £394 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £505
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% +6.32%
75th Percentile £750 £600 £588
90th Percentile £771 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £502
% change year-on-year - -0.30% +10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £21.14 -
25th Percentile - £22.85 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.75% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £28.56 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £30.93 £65.00
England median hourly rate £18.45 £29.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -36.40% +107.14% -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 13,335 12,405 16,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.04% 90.46% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,836 7,879 11,756
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
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 £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 155 323
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.08 £24.66 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.09% +16.67% -19.40%
75th Percentile £56.25 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.20 £79.50 £72.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -32 38 £475 -0.42% 12
South London -6 13 £463 +85.00% 2
West London -17 4 £405 -28.32% 5
East London +2 3 £675 +35.00% 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 (7.64%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) 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 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (11.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.27%) 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
4 1 (0.32%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 104 (33.12%) Azure
2 59 (18.79%) AWS
3 53 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (12.42%) GCP
5 30 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (6.69%) Entra ID
7 20 (6.37%) OneDrive
8 18 (5.73%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.46%) SaaS
10 10 (3.18%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (2.55%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.23%) IaaS
13 6 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.91%) PaaS
14 3 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.96%) AWS Control Tower
14 3 (0.96%) Azure AKS
14 3 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.73%) Firewall
2 15 (4.78%) VPN
3 13 (4.14%) DNS
4 12 (3.82%) DHCP
5 8 (2.55%) Wireless
6 7 (2.23%) WAN
7 6 (1.91%) Network Security
7 6 (1.91%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.59%) IPv4
9 4 (1.27%) LAN
9 4 (1.27%) VLAN
10 3 (0.96%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
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
11 2 (0.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.55%) 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 38 (12.10%) JIRA
2 17 (5.41%) 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
1 155 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 75 (23.89%) Finance
3 39 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.64%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (7.32%) Banking
6 22 (7.01%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (6.05%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.18%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.23%) Legal
10 6 (1.91%) Retail
11 5 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.96%) Billing
12 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.96%) Military
13 2 (0.64%) Automotive
13 2 (0.64%) Back Office
13 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.64%) Law
14 1 (0.32%) Front Office
14 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (23.57%) Architect
2 53 (16.88%) Analyst
3 47 (14.97%) CyberArk Architect
4 35 (11.15%) Developer
5 30 (9.55%) ServiceNow Developer
6 26 (8.28%) Lead
7 25 (7.96%) Consultant
8 20 (6.37%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.10%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.10%) Service Analyst
9 16 (5.10%) ServiceNow Architect
10 15 (4.78%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.46%) IT Engineer
12 12 (3.82%) IT Support
13 11 (3.50%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.50%) Senior
13 11 (3.50%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
14 10 (3.18%) Service Manager
14 10 (3.18%) ServiceNow Consultant
15 9 (2.87%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (25.16%) REST
2 77 (24.52%) SOAP
3 47 (14.97%) LDAP
4 14 (4.46%) SAML
5 13 (4.14%) OpenID
6 9 (2.87%) CSS
6 9 (2.87%) HTML
7 7 (2.23%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.27%) Middleware
8 4 (1.27%) Web Services
9 3 (0.96%) OAuth
9 3 (0.96%) XML
10 2 (0.64%) Bootstrap
10 2 (0.64%) EDI
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.32%) .NET
11 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.32%) JSON
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.56%) CMDB
2 37 (11.78%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (10.83%) Security Posture
4 30 (9.55%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.78%) Cloud Native
5 15 (4.78%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.91%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.91%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.59%) Replication
8 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.96%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.64%) iPhone
9 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.64%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (16.88%) Windows
2 26 (8.28%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.50%) Android
3 11 (3.50%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.91%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.96%) Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (35.35%) ITIL
2 100 (31.85%) Service Management
3 92 (29.30%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (22.93%) Agile
5 70 (22.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 70 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 58 (18.47%) DevOps
7 55 (17.52%) Service Delivery
8 49 (15.61%) SIEM
9 44 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
10 42 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (12.42%) Integration Patterns
12 38 (12.10%) Change Management
12 38 (12.10%) Scrum
13 37 (11.78%) Task Automation
14 36 (11.46%) Presales
15 35 (11.15%) Privileged Access Management
16 28 (8.92%) Workflow
17 27 (8.60%) Analytics
18 25 (7.96%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 62 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.01%) Python
3 40 (12.74%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.82%) SQL
5 4 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.96%) Bicep
7 2 (0.64%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.64%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.64%) Bash
7 2 (0.64%) Java
7 2 (0.64%) Perl
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) R
8 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (30.89%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.03%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.64%) Degree
4 19 (6.05%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.96%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.96%) CISSP
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%) 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 24 (7.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (6.69%) SLA
3 17 (5.41%) NIST
4 15 (4.78%) NCSC
5 14 (4.46%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.50%) GDPR
6 11 (3.50%) QA
7 7 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (1.91%) GRC
9 5 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.27%) COBIT
10 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.32%) ITGC
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (25.48%) 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 (5.73%) SCCM
2 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.10%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.82%) SCOM
5 8 (2.55%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.23%) Terraform
7 5 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.27%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.96%) Ansible
10 2 (0.64%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.32%) vRealize
11 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 157 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 67 (21.34%) Microsoft
3 50 (15.92%) CyberArk
4 35 (11.15%) Remedy
5 34 (10.83%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (10.83%) Centrify
6 25 (7.96%) Splunk
7 14 (4.46%) SAP
8 12 (3.82%) Cisco
9 10 (3.18%) Apple
10 8 (2.55%) HP
11 7 (2.23%) BMC
11 7 (2.23%) Oracle
12 6 (1.91%) Citrix
13 5 (1.59%) Dell
13 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.59%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.27%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.27%) Workday
15 3 (0.96%) Dynatrace