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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 152 142
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 -27
Contract jobs citing Service Management 460 248 291
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 1.83% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 1.99% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 149 195
10th Percentile £250 £260 £268
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £631
90th Percentile £774 £704 £700
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £38.02 - £21.90
25th Percentile £51.50 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £37.00
75th Percentile £73.75 - £48.00
90th Percentile £82.75 - £53.70
England median hourly rate £71.92 £20.57 £26.00
% change year-on-year +249.61% -20.88% -9.96%

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 18,004 12,485 14,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.37% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,831 8,318 10,069
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 253 197
10th Percentile £17.10 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -8 60 £593 +27.28% 26
West London -8 16 £613 +44.12% 4
East London +3 4 £550 +11.11% 6
South London -11 3 - - 5
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 53 (11.52%) SharePoint
2 23 (5.00%) Confluence
3 20 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.22%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (2.83%) MS Visio
2 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.87%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.43%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) iTrent
4 1 (0.22%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.22%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (19.57%) Azure
2 85 (18.48%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (10.00%) AWS
4 42 (9.13%) Entra ID
5 30 (6.52%) OneDrive
5 30 (6.52%) SaaS
6 15 (3.26%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.17%) GCP
8 9 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.96%) Google Workspace
9 8 (1.74%) GitHub
10 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.30%) OCI
11 5 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.09%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.09%) Serverless
12 4 (0.87%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.65%) AWS Step Functions
13 3 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (7.17%) Firewall
2 23 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 22 (4.78%) DNS
4 19 (4.13%) VPN
5 18 (3.91%) WAN
6 15 (3.26%) DHCP
7 13 (2.83%) Network Security
8 9 (1.96%) LAN
8 9 (1.96%) SD-WAN
9 8 (1.74%) HTTP
9 8 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.09%) DMZ
11 4 (0.87%) Wireless
12 3 (0.65%) 5G
12 3 (0.65%) Internet
12 3 (0.65%) SAN
12 3 (0.65%) SSL
13 2 (0.43%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.43%) Value-Added Service
13 2 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.74%) Power BI
2 5 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.43%) Metadata
3 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.43%) SQLite
4 1 (0.22%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.22%) GIS
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (12.39%) JIRA
2 12 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.30%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.09%) Git
5 4 (0.87%) ScriptRunner
6 3 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 179 (38.91%) Social Skills
2 94 (20.43%) Finance
3 83 (18.04%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (12.39%) Public Sector
5 45 (9.78%) Telecoms
6 32 (6.96%) Banking
7 20 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (3.48%) Legal
9 14 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.39%) Retail
11 10 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.17%) Local Government
12 8 (1.74%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.30%) Front Office
13 6 (1.30%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.09%) Military
14 5 (1.09%) Police
15 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (12.83%) Architect
2 57 (12.39%) Consultant
3 44 (9.57%) Analyst
4 31 (6.74%) Lead
4 31 (6.74%) Senior
5 28 (6.09%) Project Manager
6 27 (5.87%) Service Manager
7 26 (5.65%) IT Manager
7 26 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (5.22%) Developer
8 24 (5.22%) IT Support
8 24 (5.22%) Support Engineer
9 20 (4.35%) ServiceNow Developer
10 19 (4.13%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 17 (3.70%) ITSM Consultant
12 16 (3.48%) IT Engineer
13 15 (3.26%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.26%) Designer
13 15 (3.26%) Process Consultant
14 14 (3.04%) Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (9.57%) REST
2 21 (4.57%) SOAP
3 11 (2.39%) HTML
4 10 (2.17%) CSS
4 10 (2.17%) Web Services
5 5 (1.09%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.09%) Middleware
5 5 (1.09%) XML
6 4 (0.87%) Ajax
6 4 (0.87%) Bootstrap
6 4 (0.87%) JSON
7 2 (0.43%) EDI
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.43%) Mojolicious
7 2 (0.43%) Moose
7 2 (0.43%) RFC 2544
7 2 (0.43%) SPNEGO
8 1 (0.22%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.22%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.22%) Onboarding
2 61 (13.26%) CMDB
3 19 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.04%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.39%) AI Agents
7 9 (1.96%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.30%) IoT
9 6 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (0.87%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.87%) FMCG
11 4 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 84 (18.26%) Windows
2 18 (3.91%) Apple iOS
2 18 (3.91%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 17 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 15 (3.26%) Linux
5 7 (1.52%) Android
5 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (49.35%) ITIL
2 224 (48.70%) ITSM
3 158 (34.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (24.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (22.83%) Agile
6 99 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (20.87%) Service Delivery
8 75 (16.30%) Change Management
9 67 (14.57%) Roadmaps
10 66 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 59 (12.83%) DevOps
12 55 (11.96%) Customer Service
13 54 (11.74%) Migration
14 53 (11.52%) AI
15 49 (10.65%) Decision-Making
16 44 (9.57%) Problem Management
17 43 (9.35%) Project Delivery
18 42 (9.13%) Incident Management
18 42 (9.13%) Project Management
19 41 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.48%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.43%) JavaScript
3 21 (4.57%) Python
4 16 (3.48%) SQL
5 7 (1.52%) Bash
6 5 (1.09%) Groovy
7 2 (0.43%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.43%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.43%) COBOL
7 2 (0.43%) Korn
7 2 (0.43%) Perl
7 2 (0.43%) RPG
8 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
8 1 (0.22%) C
8 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.57%) Degree
4 25 (5.43%) PMP
5 24 (5.22%) ITIL Certification
6 19 (4.13%) PMI Certification
7 14 (3.04%) A+ Certification
8 12 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 11 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.96%) CISM
10 9 (1.96%) CISSP
10 9 (1.96%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.87%) MCSA
13 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.65%) CEH
13 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.65%) MBA
13 3 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.22%) SLA
2 21 (4.57%) QA
3 20 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.74%) PMO
5 7 (1.52%) COBIT
5 7 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.52%) GDPR
5 7 (1.52%) NIST
6 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.30%) GRC
6 6 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.09%) NCSC
8 4 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.43%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 59 (12.83%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.30%) IAG
4 6 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.09%) vSphere
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.22%) Squid
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (7.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.26%) SCCM
3 11 (2.39%) Terraform
4 8 (1.74%) Ansible
4 8 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.74%) WSUS
5 7 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.65%) Packer
6 3 (0.65%) Puppet
7 2 (0.43%) systemd
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) CASB
8 1 (0.22%) Grafana
8 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.22%) QRadar
8 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 161 (35.00%) ServiceNow
2 124 (26.96%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.00%) VMware
4 17 (3.70%) Cisco
5 14 (3.04%) BMC
6 13 (2.83%) Zscaler
7 12 (2.61%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.61%) SAP
8 10 (2.17%) Apple
8 10 (2.17%) Google
8 10 (2.17%) IFS
8 10 (2.17%) Oracle
8 10 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.96%) Remedy
10 7 (1.52%) Citrix
11 6 (1.30%) Bloomberg
11 6 (1.30%) Okta
11 6 (1.30%) Reuters
12 5 (1.09%) ION Trading
12 5 (1.09%) Splunk