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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 111 145
Rank change year-on-year -28 +34 -11
Contract jobs citing ITSM 358 302 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.11% 2.40% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.62% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 199 174
10th Percentile £306 £255 £206
25th Percentile £413 £409 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £705 £600 £588
90th Percentile £760 £700 £688
England median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.65% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile - £19.26 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £20.97 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +19.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £24.07 £28.15 -
90th Percentile £40.61 £30.76 -
England median hourly rate £19.50 £18.82 £14.00
% change year-on-year +3.61% +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 15,175 11,511 15,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.43% 91.41% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,190 7,798 11,384
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £751 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 167 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.65 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.10 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.25 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -36 39 £475 -0.99% 12
South London -16 8 £364 +61.67% 1
West London -26 6 £400 -21.18% 3
East London -3 2 £675 +35.00% 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 12 (3.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.07%) Confluence
2 11 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.28%) Revit
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (6.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.56%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.28%) Remedy AR System
Cloud Services
1 100 (27.93%) Azure
2 68 (18.99%) AWS
3 50 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (12.29%) GCP
5 26 (7.26%) Entra ID
5 26 (7.26%) SaaS
6 21 (5.87%) OpenShift
7 16 (4.47%) PaaS
8 15 (4.19%) IaaS
9 14 (3.91%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (3.91%) Power Platform
10 11 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.07%) Datadog
11 10 (2.79%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.96%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.96%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.68%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.68%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.10%) Firewall
2 19 (5.31%) DNS
3 17 (4.75%) DHCP
3 17 (4.75%) VPN
4 13 (3.63%) VLAN
5 9 (2.51%) WAN
5 9 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (2.51%) Wireless
6 8 (2.23%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (2.23%) Network Security
7 7 (1.96%) SAN
8 6 (1.68%) TACACS
9 5 (1.40%) IPv4
9 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.12%) LAN
10 4 (1.12%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (0.56%) NaaS
11 2 (0.56%) NGFW
11 2 (0.56%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.91%) Power BI
2 7 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.56%) Flink
4 2 (0.56%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.56%) Metadata
4 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.56%) MySQL
4 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.56%) Tableau
4 2 (0.56%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 38 (10.61%) JIRA
2 15 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.96%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.12%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.84%) Git
5 3 (0.84%) TestRail
6 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.56%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.56%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 150 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.35%) Finance
3 48 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.10%) Banking
5 28 (7.82%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.07%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.79%) Legal
10 5 (1.40%) Billing
11 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.84%) Retail
13 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.56%) Law
13 2 (0.56%) Military
13 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) International Banking
14 1 (0.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 90 (25.14%) Architect
2 48 (13.41%) CyberArk Architect
3 41 (11.45%) Analyst
4 36 (10.06%) Consultant
5 32 (8.94%) Developer
6 29 (8.10%) ServiceNow Architect
7 22 (6.15%) Senior
8 21 (5.87%) Lead
9 20 (5.59%) ServiceNow Developer
10 16 (4.47%) IT Engineer
11 14 (3.91%) IT Support
11 14 (3.91%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.63%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 12 (3.35%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.35%) Service Analyst
13 12 (3.35%) Service Manager
13 12 (3.35%) Technical Architect
14 11 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
15 10 (2.79%) ServiceNow Manager
16 9 (2.51%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (21.23%) REST
2 66 (18.44%) SOAP
3 48 (13.41%) LDAP
4 13 (3.63%) OpenID
4 13 (3.63%) SAML
5 8 (2.23%) Web Services
6 6 (1.68%) CSS
6 6 (1.68%) HTML
7 4 (1.12%) .NET
7 4 (1.12%) Middleware
7 4 (1.12%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.84%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.84%) Kafka
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.84%) OAuth
8 3 (0.84%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.56%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.56%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.56%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.27%) CMDB
2 40 (11.17%) Onboarding
3 39 (10.89%) Security Posture
4 38 (10.61%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (8.66%) Product Ownership
6 19 (5.31%) Cloud Native
7 12 (3.35%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.68%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.40%) Replication
12 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.84%) iPhone
13 3 (0.84%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.84%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.08%) Windows
2 20 (5.59%) Windows 10
3 14 (3.91%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.07%) Android
5 7 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.84%) Unix
7 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (36.87%) ITIL
2 111 (31.01%) Service Management
3 92 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (22.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (20.11%) Agile
6 66 (18.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 52 (14.53%) Change Management
7 52 (14.53%) DevOps
7 52 (14.53%) Integration Patterns
7 52 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
8 51 (14.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (14.25%) Service Delivery
9 49 (13.69%) SIEM
10 44 (12.29%) Migration
11 39 (10.89%) Problem Management
12 36 (10.06%) Privileged Access Management
12 36 (10.06%) Workflow
13 35 (9.78%) Task Automation
14 34 (9.50%) Presales
15 33 (9.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.97%) PowerShell
2 45 (12.57%) Python
3 23 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.79%) SQL
5 5 (1.40%) Java
5 5 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.12%) Bicep
7 3 (0.84%) Groovy
8 2 (0.56%) C++
9 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.28%) Korn
9 1 (0.28%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) R
9 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 107 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 94 (26.26%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.87%) Degree
4 19 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.68%) PMP
7 4 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.84%) CISA
8 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.84%) CISSP
8 3 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.56%) CCNA
9 2 (0.56%) CCNP
9 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.06%) SLA
2 25 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (6.70%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.75%) NIST
5 15 (4.19%) NCSC
6 11 (3.07%) GRC
6 11 (3.07%) QA
7 9 (2.51%) GDPR
8 8 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.96%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.84%) COBIT
11 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.28%) ITGC
12 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 69 (19.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.56%) IAG
3 2 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) etcd
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (7.26%) SCCM
2 20 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.23%) Terraform
4 6 (1.68%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.12%) SCOM
6 3 (0.84%) Ansible
6 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.56%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.56%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) CASB
8 1 (0.28%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 195 (54.47%) ServiceNow
2 60 (16.76%) Microsoft
3 51 (14.25%) CyberArk
4 34 (9.50%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (9.50%) Centrify
5 25 (6.98%) Remedy
6 19 (5.31%) Splunk
7 16 (4.47%) Cisco
7 16 (4.47%) SAP
8 13 (3.63%) Dynatrace
9 12 (3.35%) VMware
10 11 (3.07%) Salesforce
11 9 (2.51%) AppDynamics
11 9 (2.51%) Apple
12 8 (2.23%) HP
13 7 (1.96%) BMC
13 7 (1.96%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.96%) Tenable
14 5 (1.40%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.40%) Zscaler