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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 151 141
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 +63
Contract jobs citing ITSM 231 273 393
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.72% 1.68% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.88% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 152 278
10th Percentile £193 £258 £212
25th Percentile £313 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £595 £575 £614
90th Percentile £710 £636 £716
England median daily rate £463 £488 £513
% change year-on-year -5.13% -4.88% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - £17.49 £17.40
25th Percentile - £18.13 £19.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.50 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +28.97% -13.29% +21.57%
75th Percentile - £60.13 £49.37
90th Percentile - £77.60 £65.50
England median hourly rate £29.60 £18.13 £16.53
% change year-on-year +63.27% +9.66% +21.03%

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 12,450 14,539 19,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.59% 89.26% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,239 9,698 14,258
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 180 225
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

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
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 18 September 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
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 18 September 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 +3 38 £500 +3.95% 29
South London 0 11 £450 +68.22%
West London -5 6 £250 +100.00% 2
East London +5 2 £630 +48.24%
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 21 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.93%) Confluence
3 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.30%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.87%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.87%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.87%) WildFly
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 27 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.87%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.43%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.43%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (17.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.73%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.87%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.87%) iTrent
5 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.43%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.21%) Azure
2 48 (20.78%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.63%) OneDrive
6 11 (4.76%) AWS
7 10 (4.33%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.03%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.03%) SaaS
9 6 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.60%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.73%) PaaS
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.30%) GCP
12 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.87%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.87%) Serverless
13 1 (0.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.06%) DNS
1 14 (6.06%) VPN
2 13 (5.63%) SSL
3 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.90%) DHCP
5 5 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (1.73%) Firewall
6 4 (1.73%) LAN
6 4 (1.73%) VoIP
6 4 (1.73%) WAN
7 3 (1.30%) NetScaler
7 3 (1.30%) Skype
7 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.30%) Wireless
8 2 (0.87%) HTTP
8 2 (0.87%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.87%) NAS
8 2 (0.87%) SAN
9 1 (0.43%) BGP
9 1 (0.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.90%) Power BI
2 5 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.30%) MySQL
4 2 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.87%) Tableau
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.43%) GIS
5 1 (0.43%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 46 (19.91%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (1.30%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.43%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) ScriptRunner
3 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 93 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.78%) Finance
3 27 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.36%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.19%) Banking
5 12 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.90%) Legal
7 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.60%) Retail
9 5 (2.16%) Local Government
9 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Back Office
11 3 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Billing
12 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.87%) Military
13 1 (0.43%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 34 (14.72%) Architect
2 33 (14.29%) Analyst
3 30 (12.99%) Developer
4 26 (11.26%) Support Engineer
5 24 (10.39%) ServiceNow Developer
6 20 (8.66%) Lead
7 19 (8.23%) ServiceNow Architect
8 16 (6.93%) Consultant
8 16 (6.93%) Support Analyst
9 15 (6.49%) Senior
10 14 (6.06%) IT Support
11 12 (5.19%) Business Analyst
12 11 (4.76%) Desktop Support
13 10 (4.33%) Desktop Engineer
13 10 (4.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 10 (4.33%) IT Engineer
13 10 (4.33%) Service Manager
14 9 (3.90%) Operational Support Analyst
14 9 (3.90%) Operations Support Analyst
14 9 (3.90%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.15%) REST
2 34 (14.72%) SOAP
3 21 (9.09%) Web Services
4 18 (7.79%) HTML
5 15 (6.49%) AngularJS
6 13 (5.63%) jQuery
6 13 (5.63%) JSON
6 13 (5.63%) SAML
7 12 (5.19%) Apache Camel
7 12 (5.19%) HTML5
7 12 (5.19%) JDBC
7 12 (5.19%) LDAP
7 12 (5.19%) ODBC
7 12 (5.19%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (3.46%) RESTful
9 7 (3.03%) .NET
10 6 (2.60%) CSS
11 5 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
12 2 (0.87%) Middleware
12 2 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.58%) CMDB
2 9 (3.90%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (2.16%) Replication
4 4 (1.73%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.73%) Low-Code
4 4 (1.73%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (0.87%) Blog
5 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.87%) iPad
5 2 (0.87%) iPhone
5 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.87%) Reference Data
5 2 (0.87%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.43%) Animation
6 1 (0.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 49 (21.21%) Windows
2 16 (6.93%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.46%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.60%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.16%) Linux
6 4 (1.73%) Android
6 4 (1.73%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.30%) VMS
8 2 (0.87%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.43%) CentOS
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.29%) ITIL
1 100 (43.29%) Service Management
2 52 (22.51%) Agile
3 50 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (19.05%) DevOps
5 37 (16.02%) Service Delivery
6 31 (13.42%) Scrum
7 30 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (12.55%) Customer Service
9 27 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (11.26%) Change Management
11 25 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.66%) Configuration Management
12 20 (8.66%) Data Protection
13 18 (7.79%) Problem Management
14 17 (7.36%) Analytics
14 17 (7.36%) Migration
14 17 (7.36%) Roadmaps
15 16 (6.93%) Requirements Gathering
15 16 (6.93%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.88%) JavaScript
2 19 (8.23%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.93%) SQL
4 9 (3.90%) Python
5 6 (2.60%) C#
6 5 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.30%) Bash
8 2 (0.87%) Bicep
8 2 (0.87%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.43%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.43%) Groovy
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) Ruby
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.02%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.66%) Degree
4 16 (6.93%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.87%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.87%) PMP
7 1 (0.43%) CCIE
7 1 (0.43%) CCNA
7 1 (0.43%) CCNP
7 1 (0.43%) CISSP
7 1 (0.43%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) MCSA
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.63%) SLA
2 11 (4.76%) QA
3 6 (2.60%) GDPR
4 5 (2.16%) COBIT
5 4 (1.73%) GRC
5 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (1.30%) NIST
7 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.43%) GxP
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.73%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.87%) KVM
6 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.46%) HP SiteScope
3 8 (3.46%) SCCM
3 8 (3.46%) SCOM
4 4 (1.73%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.30%) Terraform
6 2 (0.87%) Ansible
6 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.43%) HP Operations Orchestration
7 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.43%) Nessus
7 1 (0.43%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 116 (50.22%) ServiceNow
2 70 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 40 (17.32%) Remedy
4 17 (7.36%) BMC
5 16 (6.93%) HP
6 12 (5.19%) Ivanti
7 10 (4.33%) Splunk
8 9 (3.90%) Citrix
8 9 (3.90%) VMware
9 7 (3.03%) Salesforce
9 7 (3.03%) SAP
10 6 (2.60%) Oracle
11 5 (2.16%) Apple
11 5 (2.16%) Forcepoint
11 5 (2.16%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.16%) Workday
12 4 (1.73%) Cisco
13 3 (1.30%) Databricks
13 3 (1.30%) Guidewire
14 2 (0.87%) Globalscape