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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 106 123
Rank change year-on-year -24 +17 +53
Contract jobs citing ITSM 297 327 362
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.06% 2.33% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.58% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 184 233
10th Percentile £200 £255 £206
25th Percentile £363 £418 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £600
90th Percentile £750 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +13.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £22.55 £21.52 -
25th Percentile - £23.80 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +32.50% -
75th Percentile £76.67 £32.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.67 £73.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £18.50 £29.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year -37.29% +110.71% -6.67%

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 13,189 12,665 16,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.34% 90.32% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,718 8,082 11,550
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 155 276
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.69
25th Percentile £24.69 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -14.35%
75th Percentile £54.38 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £80.45 £73.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year -28.14% -13.14% +15.12%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -21 39 £488 +2.20% 16
South London -2 13 £463 +68.18% 3
West London -18 4 £405 -28.32% 2
East London -2 2 £675 +22.73% 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 (8.08%) SharePoint
2 15 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.02%) Confluence
4 2 (0.67%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.67%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.67%) WildFly
5 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.35%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (11.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.67%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.34%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 99 (33.33%) Azure
2 54 (18.18%) AWS
2 54 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (12.46%) GCP
4 30 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.73%) OneDrive
6 19 (6.40%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.70%) SaaS
8 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.68%) IaaS
11 4 (1.35%) PaaS
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.67%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.67%) Serverless
13 2 (0.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.72%) Firewall
2 16 (5.39%) VPN
3 13 (4.38%) DNS
4 12 (4.04%) DHCP
5 8 (2.69%) Wireless
6 6 (2.02%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (1.68%) IPv4
7 5 (1.68%) Network Security
7 5 (1.68%) WAN
8 4 (1.35%) VLAN
9 3 (1.01%) LAN
9 3 (1.01%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.01%) SSL
9 3 (1.01%) TACACS
9 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.67%) Intranet
10 2 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.67%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.02%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.01%) Tableau
3 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.34%) GIS
4 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 41 (13.80%) JIRA
2 6 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.67%) Git
3 2 (0.67%) TestRail
4 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.34%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 141 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.56%) Finance
3 40 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.41%) Banking
5 20 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.02%) Legal
8 6 (2.02%) Retail
8 6 (2.02%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.01%) Military
11 2 (0.67%) Automotive
11 2 (0.67%) Back Office
11 2 (0.67%) Billing
11 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.67%) Law
11 2 (0.67%) Marketing
12 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (19.87%) Architect
2 52 (17.51%) Analyst
3 36 (12.12%) CyberArk Architect
3 36 (12.12%) Developer
4 32 (10.77%) ServiceNow Developer
5 26 (8.75%) Lead
6 25 (8.42%) Consultant
7 18 (6.06%) Support Engineer
8 16 (5.39%) Business Analyst
9 15 (5.05%) Service Analyst
9 15 (5.05%) Support Analyst
10 14 (4.71%) IT Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) IT Support
11 12 (4.04%) ServiceNow Architect
12 11 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.70%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
13 10 (3.37%) Service Manager
14 9 (3.03%) Operational Support Analyst
14 9 (3.03%) Operations Analyst
14 9 (3.03%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (26.26%) REST
2 76 (25.59%) SOAP
3 38 (12.79%) LDAP
4 11 (3.70%) HTML
5 9 (3.03%) AngularJS
5 9 (3.03%) CSS
6 6 (2.02%) Web Services
7 5 (1.68%) SAML
8 3 (1.01%) JSON
8 3 (1.01%) Middleware
8 3 (1.01%) XML
9 2 (0.67%) Apache Camel
9 2 (0.67%) EDI
9 2 (0.67%) HTML5
9 2 (0.67%) JDBC
9 2 (0.67%) jQuery
9 2 (0.67%) ODBC
9 2 (0.67%) OpenID
9 2 (0.67%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.17%) CMDB
2 37 (12.46%) Enterprise Software
3 34 (11.45%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.72%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.02%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.68%) Replication
9 4 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.01%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.67%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 57 (19.19%) Windows
2 27 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 11 (3.70%) Android
3 11 (3.70%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.36%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.01%) Linux
6 3 (1.01%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (37.71%) ITIL
2 101 (34.01%) Service Management
3 90 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (23.91%) Agile
5 70 (23.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 54 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (16.50%) DevOps
8 43 (14.48%) Technical Leadership
9 42 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (14.14%) SIEM
10 39 (13.13%) Integration Patterns
11 38 (12.79%) Change Management
11 38 (12.79%) Scrum
12 37 (12.46%) Task Automation
13 36 (12.12%) Presales
14 35 (11.78%) Privileged Access Management
15 27 (9.09%) Analytics
15 27 (9.09%) Workflow
16 26 (8.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (20.88%) PowerShell
2 44 (14.81%) Python
3 40 (13.47%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.04%) SQL
5 6 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.01%) Bicep
7 2 (0.67%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.67%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.67%) Bash
7 2 (0.67%) Java
7 2 (0.67%) Perl
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) R
8 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 85 (28.62%) Security Cleared
2 76 (25.59%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.42%) Degree
4 21 (7.07%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.35%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.35%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.67%) CCNP
8 2 (0.67%) CISA
8 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.67%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.67%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.06%) SLA
2 11 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.70%) GDPR
2 11 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.70%) QA
3 7 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.02%) GRC
4 6 (2.02%) NIST
5 4 (1.35%) COBIT
5 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.01%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.34%) ITGC
7 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (27.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.67%) vSphere
4 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (6.06%) SCCM
2 17 (5.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.04%) SCOM
4 8 (2.69%) HP SiteScope
5 7 (2.36%) Terraform
6 5 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.35%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.01%) Ansible
9 2 (0.67%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.34%) vRealize
10 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (51.52%) ServiceNow
2 70 (23.57%) Microsoft
3 39 (13.13%) CyberArk
4 34 (11.45%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (11.45%) Centrify
4 34 (11.45%) Remedy
5 14 (4.71%) Splunk
6 12 (4.04%) Cisco
6 12 (4.04%) SAP
7 11 (3.70%) Apple
8 10 (3.37%) Citrix
8 10 (3.37%) HP
9 8 (2.69%) BMC
10 5 (1.68%) Dell
10 5 (1.68%) Oracle
10 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.35%) Forcepoint
11 4 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.35%) Workday
11 4 (1.35%) Zscaler