Service Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Service Management Consultant
England > London

The median Service Management Consultant daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 374 420
Rank change year-on-year -2 +46 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Consultant 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.013% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.014% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £563 £1,050
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £1,200
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -52.08% +126.42%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £1,350
90th Percentile £528 - -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £463
% change year-on-year - +24.32% +2.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,689 14,601 18,994
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.01% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 9,436 13,820
10th Percentile £335 £339 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 156 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.33 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.89 £38.00 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% -4.59% +21.62%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.92 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

Service Management Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Management Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Service Management Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Service Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Management Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Management Consultant job vacancies in London

Service Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Service Management Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Service Management Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design

Service Management Consultant Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
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