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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 152 148
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 -22
Contract jobs citing ITSM 380 231 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.09% 1.89% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.05% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 158 170
10th Percentile £333 £255 £207
25th Percentile £425 £401 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £713 £624 £575
90th Percentile £781 £700 £688
England median daily rate £520 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +9.47% -4.04% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile - £19.26 £17.28
25th Percentile £18.75 £20.97 £18.13
Median hourly rate £19.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +19.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £24.07 £28.15 £38.75
90th Percentile £40.61 £30.76 £61.70
England median hourly rate £26.50 £21.28 £15.17
% change year-on-year +24.53% +40.28% +4.62%

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 16,044 11,254 15,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 92.20% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,716 7,590 11,078
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £432 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 180 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £31.17 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +18.69% +11.65% -28.79%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.30 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.69% -22.79% -2.46%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -19 37 £525 +6.76% 31
West London -26 11 £400 +58.42% 2
South London -17 7 £190 -24.15% 2
East London -7 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 12 (3.16%) Confluence
2 9 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.79%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.79%) Revit
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (5.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.26%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 100 (26.32%) Azure
2 79 (20.79%) AWS
3 45 (11.84%) GCP
4 38 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (6.32%) Entra ID
5 24 (6.32%) SaaS
6 21 (5.53%) OpenShift
7 16 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 13 (3.42%) PaaS
9 12 (3.16%) IaaS
10 11 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.89%) Datadog
11 8 (2.11%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.58%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.58%) Copilot Studio
12 6 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.58%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.58%) Slack
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.53%) Firewall
2 15 (3.95%) VLAN
3 14 (3.68%) VPN
4 12 (3.16%) DNS
4 12 (3.16%) Network Security
5 10 (2.63%) DHCP
6 9 (2.37%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (2.37%) TACACS
6 9 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.11%) WAN
8 7 (1.84%) SAN
9 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.32%) Wireless
10 4 (1.05%) LAN
11 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.53%) 5G
12 2 (0.53%) Internet
12 2 (0.53%) NaaS
12 2 (0.53%) NGFW
12 2 (0.53%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.21%) Power BI
2 7 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.53%) Flink
3 2 (0.53%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.53%) MySQL
3 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.53%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (12.63%) JIRA
2 15 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.84%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.05%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (0.79%) Git
5 3 (0.79%) 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 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) GitLab
7 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 151 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.53%) Finance
3 53 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.63%) Banking
5 24 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (5.79%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.16%) Legal
10 5 (1.32%) Billing
10 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.05%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.79%) Retail
13 2 (0.53%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.53%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) International Banking
14 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 101 (26.58%) Architect
2 48 (12.63%) CyberArk Architect
3 47 (12.37%) Analyst
4 36 (9.47%) ServiceNow Architect
5 32 (8.42%) Consultant
6 29 (7.63%) Developer
7 26 (6.84%) Senior
8 19 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 19 (5.00%) ServiceNow Developer
9 18 (4.74%) Lead
10 15 (3.95%) Service Manager
11 13 (3.42%) Service Analyst
12 12 (3.16%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 12 (3.16%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.89%) Business Analyst
13 11 (2.89%) Incident Manager
13 11 (2.89%) Support Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (2.63%) Network Engineer
15 9 (2.37%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (20.79%) REST
2 67 (17.63%) SOAP
3 49 (12.89%) LDAP
4 13 (3.42%) OpenID
4 13 (3.42%) SAML
5 9 (2.37%) Web Services
6 6 (1.58%) .NET
6 6 (1.58%) HTML
7 5 (1.32%) CSS
7 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.32%) Middleware
8 4 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.79%) 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%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (20.79%) CMDB
2 49 (12.89%) Onboarding
3 40 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 39 (10.26%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (8.16%) Product Ownership
6 19 (5.00%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.11%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.05%) Replication
11 3 (0.79%) iPhone
11 3 (0.79%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.79%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.53%) BYOD
12 2 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.26%) Windows
2 12 (3.16%) Mac OS
3 9 (2.37%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.84%) Android
5 5 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (39.47%) ITIL
2 122 (32.11%) Service Management
3 95 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (22.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (18.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 63 (16.58%) Agile
7 55 (14.47%) Service Delivery
8 52 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (13.68%) Integration Patterns
8 52 (13.68%) Technical Leadership
9 51 (13.42%) DevOps
10 50 (13.16%) Change Management
10 50 (13.16%) SIEM
11 44 (11.58%) Problem Management
11 44 (11.58%) Roadmaps
12 41 (10.79%) Migration
13 40 (10.53%) Workflow
14 37 (9.74%) AI
14 37 (9.74%) Incident Management
15 35 (9.21%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (11.84%) Python
2 44 (11.58%) PowerShell
3 24 (6.32%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.42%) SQL
5 7 (1.84%) Java
6 4 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.79%) Bicep
7 3 (0.79%) Groovy
7 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript
8 2 (0.53%) ActionScript 2.0
8 2 (0.53%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) Korn
9 1 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 114 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 97 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 16 (4.21%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (3.68%) Degree
6 6 (1.58%) PMP
7 5 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.05%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.79%) CISA
9 3 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CISSP
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CCNA
11 1 (0.26%) CCNP
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (10.26%) SLA
2 25 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 24 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.47%) NIST
5 15 (3.95%) NCSC
6 10 (2.63%) QA
7 9 (2.37%) GRC
7 9 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (2.11%) GDPR
8 8 (2.11%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.05%) COBIT
9 4 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.53%) PMO
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.26%) ITGC
System Software
1 58 (15.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.79%) IAG
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.26%) Docker
6 1 (0.26%) etcd
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.74%) SCCM
3 14 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.84%) FortiGate
4 7 (1.84%) Terraform
5 5 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.79%) Ansible
6 3 (0.79%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.53%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.53%) Grafana
7 2 (0.53%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) CASB
8 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 210 (55.26%) ServiceNow
2 58 (15.26%) Microsoft
3 48 (12.63%) CyberArk
4 34 (8.95%) BeyondTrust
4 34 (8.95%) Centrify
5 22 (5.79%) Remedy
6 19 (5.00%) Splunk
7 16 (4.21%) Salesforce
7 16 (4.21%) SAP
8 15 (3.95%) Cisco
9 13 (3.42%) Dynatrace
10 11 (2.89%) VMware
11 10 (2.63%) BMC
11 10 (2.63%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.37%) AppDynamics
13 8 (2.11%) CheckPoint
14 7 (1.84%) Tenable
15 5 (1.32%) Apple
15 5 (1.32%) Fortinet
15 5 (1.32%) HP