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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 115 149
Rank change year-on-year -29 +34 +53
Contract jobs citing ITSM 269 355 335
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.91% 2.23% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.49% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 196 235
10th Percentile £190 £250 £207
25th Percentile £323 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.10% +1.43%
75th Percentile £591 £593 £625
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £490 £500 £532
% change year-on-year -2.00% -6.06% +12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £31.14 £18.95 -
25th Percentile £40.11 £19.63 £68.75
Median hourly rate £57.58 £23.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.63% -67.93% +291.89%
75th Percentile £77.54 £45.44 £76.25
90th Percentile £88.02 £78.18 -
England median hourly rate £20.74 £29.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -28.48% +100.00% -

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 12,972 14,232 17,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 89.44% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,522 9,196 12,900
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 174 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.61
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.31 £37.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +3.36% -6.68%
75th Percentile £47.13 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.43 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.65% -19.66% +25.35%

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 23 November 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 -6 43 £475 +3.04% 14
South London -5 12 £463 +72.90% 1
West London -8 6 £268 -52.65% 5
East London +3 2 £675 +35.00%
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 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.95%) Confluence
3 14 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.74%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.74%) WildFly
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.49%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (17.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.49%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.37%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.37%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 67 (24.91%) Azure
2 56 (20.82%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.69%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.32%) AWS
6 15 (5.58%) OneDrive
6 15 (5.58%) SaaS
7 9 (3.35%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.97%) PaaS
9 5 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.86%) IaaS
10 4 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.49%) GCP
10 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.12%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.12%) Serverless
12 2 (0.74%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.06%) DNS
2 17 (6.32%) DHCP
2 17 (6.32%) Firewall
2 17 (6.32%) VPN
3 13 (4.83%) SSL
4 10 (3.72%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (2.60%) WAN
6 6 (2.23%) LAN
6 6 (2.23%) Wireless
7 5 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.49%) IPv4
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.12%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.12%) Network Security
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.74%) NAS
10 2 (0.74%) SAN
10 2 (0.74%) SSH
10 2 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.97%) Power BI
2 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.12%) Tableau
3 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.37%) GIS
3 1 (0.37%) Metadata
3 1 (0.37%) MySQL
3 1 (0.37%) Pentaho
3 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 51 (18.96%) JIRA
2 3 (1.12%) Git
3 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.37%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 108 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.93%) Finance
3 33 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.81%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.09%) Banking
6 8 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.23%) Legal
8 6 (2.23%) Retail
8 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.49%) Local Government
9 4 (1.49%) Military
10 2 (0.74%) Automotive
10 2 (0.74%) Back Office
10 2 (0.74%) Billing
10 2 (0.74%) Law
10 2 (0.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (15.99%) Analyst
2 37 (13.75%) Architect
3 33 (12.27%) Developer
4 31 (11.52%) Support Engineer
5 30 (11.15%) Lead
6 27 (10.04%) ServiceNow Developer
7 22 (8.18%) ServiceNow Architect
8 20 (7.43%) Consultant
9 18 (6.69%) Senior
10 17 (6.32%) IT Support
11 16 (5.95%) IT Engineer
12 15 (5.58%) Business Analyst
13 14 (5.20%) Service Analyst
14 13 (4.83%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (4.83%) Support Analyst
15 11 (4.09%) Service Manager
16 10 (3.72%) Desktop Support
16 10 (3.72%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
17 9 (3.35%) Desktop Engineer
17 9 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (17.10%) REST
2 45 (16.73%) SOAP
3 21 (7.81%) Web Services
4 17 (6.32%) AngularJS
4 17 (6.32%) HTML
5 13 (4.83%) jQuery
5 13 (4.83%) JSON
5 13 (4.83%) SAML
6 12 (4.46%) Apache Camel
6 12 (4.46%) HTML5
6 12 (4.46%) JDBC
6 12 (4.46%) LDAP
6 12 (4.46%) ODBC
6 12 (4.46%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.23%) .NET
7 6 (2.23%) RESTful
8 5 (1.86%) CSS
8 5 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.74%) EDI
9 2 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.84%) CMDB
2 14 (5.20%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.97%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.23%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.23%) Replication
6 5 (1.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.74%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
9 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (24.54%) Windows
2 28 (10.41%) Windows 10
3 10 (3.72%) Android
3 10 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.72%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.23%) Linux
6 3 (1.12%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.12%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (40.15%) ITIL
2 104 (38.66%) Service Management
3 70 (26.02%) Agile
4 60 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (20.07%) DevOps
6 48 (17.84%) Service Delivery
7 43 (15.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 42 (15.61%) Scrum
9 37 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (13.38%) Change Management
10 36 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (11.52%) Customer Service
12 28 (10.41%) Data Protection
13 26 (9.67%) Analytics
14 23 (8.55%) Configuration Management
15 22 (8.18%) Workflow
16 21 (7.81%) Roadmaps
17 20 (7.43%) Dashboard Development
17 20 (7.43%) Migration
17 20 (7.43%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.84%) JavaScript
2 27 (10.04%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.20%) SQL
4 13 (4.83%) Python
5 6 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.49%) Bash
7 2 (0.74%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.74%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.74%) Bicep
7 2 (0.74%) C#
7 2 (0.74%) Java
7 2 (0.74%) Perl
8 1 (0.37%) Groovy
8 1 (0.37%) R
8 1 (0.37%) Ruby
8 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (22.68%) Security Cleared
2 55 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.67%) Degree
4 20 (7.43%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.86%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.12%) CCNP
8 3 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.12%) PMP
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.74%) CCIE
9 2 (0.74%) CCNA
9 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CCDP
10 1 (0.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.09%) QA
2 9 (3.35%) GDPR
2 9 (3.35%) SLA
3 8 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.23%) COBIT
5 4 (1.49%) GRC
5 4 (1.49%) NIST
6 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) GxP
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (20.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.49%) vSphere
3 3 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.69%) SCCM
3 15 (5.58%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (4.46%) SCOM
5 8 (2.97%) HP SiteScope
6 5 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.86%) Terraform
7 3 (1.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 1 (0.37%) Nessus
9 1 (0.37%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.37%) vRealize
9 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 144 (53.53%) ServiceNow
2 84 (31.23%) Microsoft
3 47 (17.47%) Remedy
4 16 (5.95%) BMC
4 16 (5.95%) HP
5 12 (4.46%) Ivanti
6 11 (4.09%) Apple
6 11 (4.09%) Splunk
7 10 (3.72%) Citrix
7 10 (3.72%) SAP
8 8 (2.97%) Cisco
9 7 (2.60%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.23%) Oracle
10 6 (2.23%) VMware
11 5 (1.86%) Databricks
11 5 (1.86%) Forcepoint
11 5 (1.86%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.86%) Workday
12 4 (1.49%) CyberArk
13 3 (1.12%) Guidewire