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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 143 151
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 -25
Contract jobs citing ITSM 377 240 293
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.11% 1.94% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.10% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 169 162
10th Percentile £325 £255 £208
25th Percentile £425 £406 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £700 £625 £595
90th Percentile £767 £700 £688
England median daily rate £515 £488 £499
% change year-on-year +5.54% -2.26% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 6
10th Percentile - £19.26 £17.07
25th Percentile £18.75 £20.97 £18.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £23.80 £19.07
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +24.84% -9.21%
75th Percentile £24.07 £28.15 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.61 £30.76 £38.75
England median hourly rate £26.47 £18.82 £14.00
% change year-on-year +40.65% +34.43% -3.45%

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 15,783 11,435 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.26% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,560 7,742 11,125
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 176 311
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.17 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.86 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +22.13% -28.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -21 34 £475 -2.76% 32
West London -19 11 £400 +58.42% 2
South London -10 7 £190 -24.15% 1
East London -6 2 £550 -12.70% 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 13 (3.45%) Confluence
2 11 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.80%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.80%) Revit
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (5.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.27%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 102 (27.06%) Azure
2 79 (20.95%) AWS
3 45 (11.94%) GCP
4 40 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.90%) SaaS
6 21 (5.57%) OpenShift
7 16 (4.24%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.98%) PaaS
9 14 (3.71%) IaaS
10 13 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.92%) Datadog
12 8 (2.12%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.59%) Azure AKS
13 6 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.59%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.59%) Slack
14 5 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.37%) Firewall
2 16 (4.24%) VPN
3 15 (3.98%) DNS
3 15 (3.98%) VLAN
4 13 (3.45%) DHCP
5 12 (3.18%) Network Security
6 9 (2.39%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (2.39%) TACACS
7 8 (2.12%) WAN
7 8 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.86%) SAN
9 6 (1.59%) Wireless
10 4 (1.06%) LAN
10 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.53%) 5G
12 2 (0.53%) IPv4
12 2 (0.53%) NaaS
12 2 (0.53%) NGFW
12 2 (0.53%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.24%) Power BI
2 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.53%) Flink
4 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.53%) MySQL
4 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.53%) TimescaleDB
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.27%) Metadata
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (12.47%) JIRA
2 15 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.86%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.06%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.80%) Git
5 3 (0.80%) TestRail
6 2 (0.53%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.53%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.53%) MSI
6 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.53%) Selenium
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 153 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 76 (20.16%) Finance
3 51 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.69%) Banking
5 25 (6.63%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (5.57%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (4.77%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.18%) Legal
10 5 (1.33%) Billing
10 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.80%) Retail
12 2 (0.53%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.53%) Military
13 1 (0.27%) Front Office
13 1 (0.27%) International Banking
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 100 (26.53%) Architect
2 50 (13.26%) Analyst
3 48 (12.73%) CyberArk Architect
4 35 (9.28%) ServiceNow Architect
5 31 (8.22%) Consultant
6 29 (7.69%) Developer
7 28 (7.43%) Senior
8 19 (5.04%) Lead
8 19 (5.04%) ServiceNow Developer
9 17 (4.51%) IT Manager
10 15 (3.98%) Service Manager
11 14 (3.71%) Service Analyst
12 13 (3.45%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.18%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 12 (3.18%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.92%) Incident Manager
14 11 (2.92%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
15 10 (2.65%) Network Engineer
16 9 (2.39%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (20.16%) REST
2 65 (17.24%) SOAP
3 49 (13.00%) LDAP
4 13 (3.45%) OpenID
4 13 (3.45%) SAML
5 9 (2.39%) Web Services
6 6 (1.59%) .NET
6 6 (1.59%) HTML
7 5 (1.33%) CSS
7 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.33%) Middleware
8 4 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.80%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.80%) Kafka
10 2 (0.53%) ADO
10 2 (0.53%) JSON
10 2 (0.53%) Node.js
10 2 (0.53%) OAuth
10 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (20.16%) CMDB
2 46 (12.20%) Onboarding
3 41 (10.88%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (10.61%) Security Posture
5 31 (8.22%) Product Ownership
6 19 (5.04%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.12%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.33%) Replication
10 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.80%) iPhone
11 3 (0.80%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.61%) Windows
2 12 (3.18%) Mac OS
3 10 (2.65%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.12%) Android
5 6 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (39.52%) ITIL
2 121 (32.10%) Service Management
3 94 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (18.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 62 (16.45%) Agile
7 54 (14.32%) Service Delivery
8 53 (14.06%) Change Management
9 52 (13.79%) DevOps
9 52 (13.79%) Integration Patterns
9 52 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
10 51 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (13.26%) SIEM
12 43 (11.41%) Problem Management
13 42 (11.14%) Roadmaps
14 40 (10.61%) Workflow
15 38 (10.08%) Migration
16 37 (9.81%) Incident Management
17 36 (9.55%) AI
18 35 (9.28%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.47%) PowerShell
2 45 (11.94%) Python
3 22 (5.84%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.45%) SQL
5 6 (1.59%) Java
6 4 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.80%) Bicep
7 3 (0.80%) Groovy
7 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) Korn
9 1 (0.27%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.27%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 113 (29.97%) Security Cleared
2 96 (25.46%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.31%) DV Cleared
4 16 (4.24%) Degree
5 13 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.59%) PMP
7 5 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.33%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.80%) CISA
9 3 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CCNA
11 1 (0.27%) CCNP
11 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (10.08%) SLA
2 25 (6.63%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.51%) NIST
4 15 (3.98%) NCSC
5 10 (2.65%) GDPR
5 10 (2.65%) QA
6 9 (2.39%) GRC
6 9 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.86%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.80%) COBIT
9 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.53%) PMO
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.27%) ITGC
System Software
1 60 (15.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) IAG
4 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.27%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) etcd
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (5.31%) SCCM
2 19 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.86%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.86%) Terraform
5 4 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.80%) Ansible
6 3 (0.80%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.53%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.53%) Grafana
8 1 (0.27%) CASB
8 1 (0.27%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.27%) Kibana
8 1 (0.27%) SCOM
Vendors
1 206 (54.64%) ServiceNow
2 58 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 48 (12.73%) CyberArk
4 34 (9.02%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (9.02%) Centrify
5 20 (5.31%) Remedy
6 19 (5.04%) Splunk
7 17 (4.51%) SAP
8 16 (4.24%) Cisco
8 16 (4.24%) Salesforce
9 12 (3.18%) Dynatrace
10 11 (2.92%) VMware
11 10 (2.65%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.39%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.12%) BMC
13 8 (2.12%) CheckPoint
14 7 (1.86%) Tenable
15 6 (1.59%) Apple
15 6 (1.59%) HP
16 5 (1.33%) Adobe