Service Management Contract Job Trends in London

Service Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 159 137
Rank change year-on-year +35 -22 -16
Contract jobs citing Service Management 497 248 317
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.45% 1.84% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 1.98% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 142 193
10th Percentile £218 £266 £265
25th Percentile £400 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £592 £625
90th Percentile £793 £725 £688
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £53.45 - £21.90
25th Percentile £56.38 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £37.00
75th Percentile £76.25 - £48.00
90th Percentile £83.75 - £53.70
England median hourly rate £62.50 £20.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year +200.63% -20.04% -52.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Service Management 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 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Service Management job vacancy trend in London

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in London over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in London

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Service Management

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in London over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in London

Service Management
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 Service Management within the London region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 -4 67 £600 +20.60% 33
West London -8 14 £475 +11.76% 11
East London +4 3 £550 +11.11% 4
South London -13 3 - - 2
Service Management
England

Service Management
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 58 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (4.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.20%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.40%) Exchequer
3 2 (0.40%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.40%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) iTrent
4 1 (0.20%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.20%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (18.71%) Microsoft 365
2 91 (18.31%) Azure
3 51 (10.26%) AWS
4 46 (9.26%) Entra ID
5 34 (6.84%) OneDrive
6 33 (6.64%) SaaS
7 20 (4.02%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.01%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.61%) GCP
9 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.41%) GitHub
11 6 (1.21%) OCI
11 6 (1.21%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.01%) Datadog
12 5 (1.01%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.24%) Firewall
2 24 (4.83%) TCP/IP
3 22 (4.43%) DNS
4 21 (4.23%) VPN
5 20 (4.02%) WAN
6 16 (3.22%) DHCP
7 11 (2.21%) LAN
7 11 (2.21%) Network Security
7 11 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (2.01%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.61%) HTTP
10 6 (1.21%) 5G
11 5 (1.01%) DMZ
11 5 (1.01%) Wireless
12 4 (0.80%) 4G
12 4 (0.80%) Internet
13 3 (0.60%) SAN
13 3 (0.60%) SSL
14 2 (0.40%) Intranet
14 2 (0.40%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.21%) Power BI
2 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.80%) Metadata
4 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.40%) SQLite
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.20%) GIS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 61 (12.27%) JIRA
2 11 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.21%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.01%) Git
5 3 (0.60%) GitLab
5 3 (0.60%) ScriptRunner
General
1 196 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.93%) Finance
3 89 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (12.88%) Public Sector
5 45 (9.05%) Telecoms
6 37 (7.44%) Banking
7 22 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.02%) Legal
9 14 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.62%) Retail
11 12 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.61%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.61%) Local Government
12 8 (1.61%) Military
13 7 (1.41%) Police
14 6 (1.21%) Front Office
14 6 (1.21%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.80%) Games
15 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (13.88%) Architect
2 56 (11.27%) Consultant
3 44 (8.85%) Analyst
4 37 (7.44%) Service Manager
5 34 (6.84%) Lead
5 34 (6.84%) Senior
6 32 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (6.04%) Project Manager
8 29 (5.84%) Support Engineer
9 28 (5.63%) IT Support
10 26 (5.23%) IT Manager
11 24 (4.83%) Developer
12 21 (4.23%) IT Engineer
13 20 (4.02%) ServiceNow Developer
14 19 (3.82%) ServiceNow Architect
14 19 (3.82%) ServiceNow Consultant
15 17 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
15 17 (3.42%) ITSM Consultant
16 15 (3.02%) Business Analyst
16 15 (3.02%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.65%) REST
2 21 (4.23%) SOAP
3 11 (2.21%) HTML
4 10 (2.01%) CSS
4 10 (2.01%) Web Services
5 9 (1.81%) Terraform
6 5 (1.01%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.01%) XML
7 4 (0.80%) Ajax
7 4 (0.80%) Bootstrap
7 4 (0.80%) JSON
7 4 (0.80%) Middleware
8 2 (0.40%) EDI
8 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.40%) Mojolicious
8 2 (0.40%) Moose
8 2 (0.40%) RFC 2544
8 2 (0.40%) SPNEGO
9 1 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 75 (15.09%) Onboarding
2 63 (12.68%) CMDB
3 24 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.62%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.62%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 10 (2.01%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.21%) IoT
11 6 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.01%) NHS
12 5 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.80%) FMCG
13 4 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.80%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 90 (18.11%) Windows
2 22 (4.43%) Apple iOS
2 22 (4.43%) Windows 10
3 19 (3.82%) Mac OS
3 19 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.62%) Linux
5 8 (1.61%) Android
6 6 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (48.89%) ITSM
2 238 (47.89%) ITIL
3 176 (35.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 121 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 108 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
6 106 (21.33%) Agile
7 105 (21.13%) Service Delivery
8 75 (15.09%) Roadmaps
9 72 (14.49%) Change Management
10 66 (13.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 64 (12.88%) Customer Service
12 62 (12.47%) AI
13 59 (11.87%) DevOps
14 58 (11.67%) Decision-Making
15 56 (11.27%) Migration
16 46 (9.26%) Incident Management
16 46 (9.26%) Project Management
17 44 (8.85%) Project Delivery
17 44 (8.85%) User Experience
18 41 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.85%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.03%) JavaScript
3 21 (4.23%) Python
4 16 (3.22%) SQL
5 8 (1.61%) Bash
6 5 (1.01%) Groovy
7 2 (0.40%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.40%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.40%) COBOL
7 2 (0.40%) Korn
7 2 (0.40%) Perl
7 2 (0.40%) RPG
8 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.20%) Bicep
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 69 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 45 (9.05%) Degree
4 28 (5.63%) PMP
5 24 (4.83%) ITIL Certification
6 22 (4.43%) PMI Certification
7 16 (3.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (3.02%) A+ Certification
9 12 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.81%) CISM
11 9 (1.81%) CISSP
12 8 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.61%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.01%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.80%) MCSA
15 3 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.60%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.86%) SLA
2 24 (4.83%) QA
3 16 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.41%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.61%) PMO
6 7 (1.41%) COBIT
7 6 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.21%) GDPR
7 6 (1.21%) GRC
7 6 (1.21%) NIST
8 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.01%) NCSC
9 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.40%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 63 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.41%) vSphere
4 6 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.21%) IAG
5 5 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.20%) Squid
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (3.62%) SCCM
3 9 (1.81%) Ansible
3 9 (1.81%) WSUS
4 8 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.60%) Packer
6 3 (0.60%) Puppet
7 2 (0.40%) systemd
8 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.20%) Grafana
8 1 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) Nagios
8 1 (0.20%) QRadar
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 182 (36.62%) ServiceNow
2 135 (27.16%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.83%) VMware
4 17 (3.42%) BMC
4 17 (3.42%) Cisco
5 13 (2.62%) Apple
6 12 (2.41%) Atlassian
7 11 (2.21%) Google
7 11 (2.21%) Remedy
7 11 (2.21%) SAP
8 10 (2.01%) Oracle
8 10 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.01%) Zscaler
9 8 (1.61%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.41%) Citrix
10 7 (1.41%) IFS
10 7 (1.41%) Splunk
11 6 (1.21%) Bloomberg
11 6 (1.21%) Reuters
12 5 (1.01%) ION Trading