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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 109 135
Rank change year-on-year -35 +26 +51
Contract jobs citing ITSM 273 364 347
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.91% 2.33% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.60% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 203 235
10th Percentile £190 £250 £206
25th Percentile £325 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +4.38%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £673 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £31.14 £18.95 -
25th Percentile £40.11 £19.63 £68.75
Median hourly rate £57.58 £23.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.63% -67.93% +276.62%
75th Percentile £77.54 £45.44 £76.25
90th Percentile £88.02 £78.18 -
England median hourly rate £20.29 £29.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -30.05% +100.00% -

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 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

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 8 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in London over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 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 -12 43 £500 +5.26% 17
South London -8 13 £475 +66.67% 9
West London -10 4 £405 -28.32% 3
East London +1 2 £675 +35.00% 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 22 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.86%) Confluence
3 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.73%) WildFly
5 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.47%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (17.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.47%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.73%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.37%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.37%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 69 (25.27%) Azure
2 54 (19.78%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 17 (6.23%) AWS
6 16 (5.86%) OneDrive
7 13 (4.76%) SaaS
8 8 (2.93%) PaaS
9 6 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.20%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.83%) GCP
10 5 (1.83%) IaaS
11 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.73%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.73%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.59%) Firewall
2 17 (6.23%) DNS
3 16 (5.86%) DHCP
4 15 (5.49%) VPN
5 13 (4.76%) SSL
6 9 (3.30%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.56%) Wireless
8 6 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (2.20%) WAN
9 5 (1.83%) LAN
10 4 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (1.47%) IPv4
10 4 (1.47%) Network Security
11 3 (1.10%) NetScaler
11 3 (1.10%) VLAN
11 3 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.73%) Cisco Wireless
12 2 (0.73%) NAS
12 2 (0.73%) SSH
12 2 (0.73%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.83%) Power BI
2 3 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.10%) Tableau
3 1 (0.37%) GIS
3 1 (0.37%) Metadata
3 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (18.68%) JIRA
2 4 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.10%) Git
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.37%) GitLab
4 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.37%) Selenium
4 1 (0.37%) TestRail
General
1 110 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.81%) Finance
3 32 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.59%) Banking
6 8 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.20%) Legal
8 6 (2.20%) Retail
8 6 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.47%) Military
10 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.73%) Automotive
11 2 (0.73%) Back Office
11 2 (0.73%) Billing
11 2 (0.73%) Law
11 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (16.85%) Analyst
2 37 (13.55%) Architect
3 34 (12.45%) Developer
4 32 (11.72%) Lead
5 29 (10.62%) ServiceNow Developer
5 29 (10.62%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.42%) ServiceNow Architect
7 21 (7.69%) Consultant
8 17 (6.23%) Senior
9 15 (5.49%) Business Analyst
9 15 (5.49%) Service Analyst
10 14 (5.13%) IT Engineer
10 14 (5.13%) IT Support
11 13 (4.76%) Support Analyst
12 11 (4.03%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (3.66%) Desktop Support
13 10 (3.66%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
14 9 (3.30%) Field Engineer
14 9 (3.30%) Service Manager
14 9 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.22%) REST
2 46 (16.85%) SOAP
3 21 (7.69%) Web Services
4 17 (6.23%) AngularJS
4 17 (6.23%) HTML
5 13 (4.76%) jQuery
5 13 (4.76%) JSON
5 13 (4.76%) SAML
6 12 (4.40%) Apache Camel
6 12 (4.40%) HTML5
6 12 (4.40%) JDBC
6 12 (4.40%) LDAP
6 12 (4.40%) ODBC
6 12 (4.40%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.20%) .NET
7 6 (2.20%) RESTful
8 5 (1.83%) CSS
8 5 (1.83%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.73%) Bootstrap
9 2 (0.73%) React
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.15%) CMDB
2 13 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.93%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.56%) Replication
6 6 (2.20%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.73%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.73%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.73%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.73%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 65 (23.81%) Windows
2 28 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 11 (4.03%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.66%) Android
5 7 (2.56%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.20%) Linux
7 5 (1.83%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.10%) Mac OS X
8 3 (1.10%) Unix
9 1 (0.37%) CentOS
9 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (38.83%) ITIL
2 99 (36.26%) Service Management
3 73 (26.74%) Agile
4 59 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (21.25%) DevOps
6 48 (17.58%) Service Delivery
7 45 (16.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 41 (15.02%) Change Management
8 41 (15.02%) Scrum
9 39 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (10.26%) Customer Service
12 27 (9.89%) Analytics
12 27 (9.89%) Data Protection
13 25 (9.16%) Configuration Management
14 24 (8.79%) Workflow
15 22 (8.06%) Roadmaps
16 21 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
16 21 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
17 19 (6.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.95%) JavaScript
2 27 (9.89%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.76%) Python
3 13 (4.76%) SQL
4 7 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.10%) Bash
5 3 (1.10%) Bicep
6 2 (0.73%) ActionScript
6 2 (0.73%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (0.73%) C#
6 2 (0.73%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) Java
7 1 (0.37%) R
7 1 (0.37%) Ruby
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 55 (20.15%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.89%) Degree
4 20 (7.33%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.93%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.47%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.10%) CCNP
8 3 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.10%) PMP
9 2 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.73%) CCIE
9 2 (0.73%) CCNA
9 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.73%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.37%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.76%) QA
2 11 (4.03%) GDPR
3 10 (3.66%) SLA
4 8 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.56%) GRC
6 6 (2.20%) COBIT
7 5 (1.83%) NIST
8 4 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.37%) GxP
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (19.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.10%) vSphere
3 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (7.33%) SCCM
2 17 (6.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (5.49%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (4.40%) SCOM
5 8 (2.93%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (2.56%) Terraform
7 5 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.47%) Ansible
9 3 (1.10%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.37%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.37%) Nessus
11 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.37%) vRealize
11 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (56.04%) ServiceNow
2 81 (29.67%) Microsoft
3 47 (17.22%) Remedy
4 19 (6.96%) HP
5 17 (6.23%) BMC
6 13 (4.76%) Apple
7 12 (4.40%) Ivanti
7 12 (4.40%) SAP
7 12 (4.40%) Splunk
8 11 (4.03%) Cisco
9 10 (3.66%) Citrix
10 8 (2.93%) Salesforce
11 6 (2.20%) VMware
12 5 (1.83%) Databricks
12 5 (1.83%) Dell
12 5 (1.83%) Forcepoint
12 5 (1.83%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.83%) Workday
13 4 (1.47%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.47%) Oracle