ITSM Contracts in London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 145 129
Rank change year-on-year +5 -16 +98
Contract jobs citing ITSM 250 298 543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.99% 1.67% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.89% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 167 376
10th Percentile £255 £208 £250
25th Percentile £407 £320 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +9.29% -12.86%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £588
90th Percentile £698 £688 £719
England median daily rate £497 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.60% +11.11% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £19.26 £17.20 £17.68
25th Percentile £20.97 £19.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.80 £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £28.15 £29.38 -
90th Percentile £30.76 £46.25 £29.40
England median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +6.15%

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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in London

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in London.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in London

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in London.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in London

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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 May 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 +27 50 £488 -12.95% 16
West London +14 8 £253 -12.93% 3
South London +11 7 £251 +0.20% 2
East London +10 3 £630 +59.49% 2
North London - 1 - -
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.40%) Confluence
4 5 (2.00%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (1.20%) CMS
5 3 (1.20%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.80%) JBoss
6 2 (0.80%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.80%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.80%) 1Password
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.40%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.40%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.80%) iTrent
2 2 (0.80%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.40%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.40%) Azure
2 43 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (5.20%) AWS
4 11 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (4.40%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.60%) OneDrive
7 8 (3.20%) Lucidchart
8 7 (2.80%) Slack
9 6 (2.40%) Azure AKS
9 6 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.40%) GCP
9 6 (2.40%) GitHub
10 5 (2.00%) Asana
10 5 (2.00%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.00%) SaaS
11 4 (1.60%) OCI
12 3 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.20%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (4.40%) VPN
3 10 (4.00%) Firewall
4 7 (2.80%) DNS
5 6 (2.40%) Network Security
6 5 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (1.60%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (1.60%) SAN
7 4 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.60%) VoIP
8 3 (1.20%) DHCP
8 3 (1.20%) Skype
8 3 (1.20%) SMTP
8 3 (1.20%) Wireless
9 2 (0.80%) HTTP
9 2 (0.80%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.80%) SMS
10 1 (0.40%) VSAN
10 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.00%) Power BI
3 3 (1.20%) MySQL
4 2 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.80%) DB2
4 2 (0.80%) IMS/DB
4 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (11.20%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.80%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.40%) MLflow
4 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.00%) Finance
3 44 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.40%) Legal
6 10 (4.00%) Banking
7 9 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.60%) Retail
8 6 (2.40%) Law
9 4 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.60%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.80%) Aviation
10 2 (0.80%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.80%) Local Government
10 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 46 (18.40%) Architect
2 36 (14.40%) Developer
3 33 (13.20%) ServiceNow Developer
4 30 (12.00%) ServiceNow Architect
5 24 (9.60%) Analyst
6 22 (8.80%) Consultant
7 20 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (7.20%) Lead
9 17 (6.80%) Senior
10 15 (6.00%) Support Engineer
11 13 (5.20%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (5.20%) IT Support
12 12 (4.80%) Business Analyst
13 11 (4.40%) Project Manager
14 10 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 9 (3.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 9 (3.60%) IT Engineer
15 9 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
15 9 (3.60%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.60%) HTML
2 20 (8.00%) Web Services
3 19 (7.60%) CSS
4 18 (7.20%) AngularJS
4 18 (7.20%) REST
5 15 (6.00%) SOAP
6 10 (4.00%) JSON
6 10 (4.00%) XML
7 8 (3.20%) RESTful
8 6 (2.40%) .NET
8 6 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.00%) Ajax
9 5 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (1.20%) DCOM
10 3 (1.20%) jQuery
11 2 (0.80%) Bootstrap
11 2 (0.80%) EJB
11 2 (0.80%) J2EE
11 2 (0.80%) Node.js
11 2 (0.80%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.20%) CMDB
2 16 (6.40%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.40%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.80%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.80%) Replication
4 6 (2.40%) Smartphone
5 5 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.60%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Blog
8 2 (0.80%) BYOD
8 2 (0.80%) iPad
8 2 (0.80%) iPhone
8 2 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.40%) Windows
2 17 (6.80%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.60%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.40%) Android
5 6 (2.40%) VMS
6 4 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.80%) Linux
7 2 (0.80%) Unix
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (50.80%) Service Management
2 116 (46.40%) ITIL
3 80 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.80%) Agile
5 31 (12.40%) Service Delivery
6 30 (12.00%) Asset Management
7 29 (11.60%) Customer Service
8 28 (11.20%) Incident Management
9 27 (10.80%) Change Management
10 26 (10.40%) Migration
10 26 (10.40%) Project Management
11 23 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (8.40%) IT Asset Management
12 21 (8.40%) Workflow
13 20 (8.00%) DevOps
14 18 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (6.80%) Analytics
15 17 (6.80%) Configuration Management
15 17 (6.80%) Decision-Making
16 15 (6.00%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.20%) JavaScript
2 14 (5.60%) SQL
3 13 (5.20%) Java
4 11 (4.40%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (2.40%) Python
6 5 (2.00%) Bicep
7 2 (0.80%) C
7 2 (0.80%) C#
7 2 (0.80%) Groovy
7 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.80%) REXX
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
Qualifications
1 46 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.80%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.60%) Degree
4 5 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.20%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.20%) PMP
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) GIAC
7 1 (0.40%) MCP
7 1 (0.40%) MCSA
7 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.60%) SLA
2 11 (4.40%) QA
3 5 (2.00%) GRC
3 5 (2.00%) NIST
4 4 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) COBIT
6 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.40%) GDPR
6 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (18.80%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.60%) vSphere
6 3 (1.20%) KVM
6 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.80%) Docker
7 2 (0.80%) Firmware
7 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (3.60%) Kubernetes
1 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.20%) Terraform
3 7 (2.80%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.40%) Grafana
4 6 (2.40%) SCCM
5 4 (1.60%) Ansible
6 3 (1.20%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.80%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.40%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.40%) Plesk
8 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (52.80%) ServiceNow
2 57 (22.80%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.20%) VMware
4 15 (6.00%) Cisco
5 10 (4.00%) Remedy
6 8 (3.20%) Oracle
7 7 (2.80%) Meraki
8 6 (2.40%) BMC
8 6 (2.40%) Google
9 5 (2.00%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.00%) IBM
9 5 (2.00%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.00%) SAP
9 5 (2.00%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.60%) HP
11 3 (1.20%) Apple
11 3 (1.20%) Netskope
11 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.80%) Freshdesk
12 2 (0.80%) Snow