ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in London

ServiceNow
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of ServiceNow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ServiceNow over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ServiceNow.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 69 80
Rank change year-on-year -28 +11 +68
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 432 543 544
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.05% 3.43% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 6.53% 7.80% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 298 380
10th Percentile £223 £229 £210
25th Percentile £360 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £652 £690
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £31.14 - £25.47
25th Percentile £40.11 £18.50 £36.81
Median hourly rate £57.58 £19.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +203.03% -63.81% +169.23%
75th Percentile £77.54 £19.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £88.02 - £65.63
England median hourly rate £18.82 £21.46 £20.00
% change year-on-year -12.30% +7.30% +29.03%

All Vendors
London

ServiceNow falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,620 6,959 8,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.68% 43.92% 41.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,290 4,367 5,628
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 67 112
10th Percentile £18.04 £19.37 £16.87
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.69
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £39.38
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -4.76% +53.15%
75th Percentile £41.25 £65.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.65 £93.00 £85.95
England median hourly rate £24.31 £32.50 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.20% -27.37% +69.73%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ServiceNow job vacancy trend in London

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ServiceNow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in London

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ServiceNow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ServiceNow in London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ServiceNow in London

ServiceNow
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 ServiceNow within the London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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 -5 56 £526 -1.31% 22
South London +8 18 £483 -3.45%
West London -11 7 £300 -8.40% 10
East London -6 1 - - 4
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
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 47 (10.88%) Confluence
2 33 (7.64%) SharePoint
3 18 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.31%) nginx
5 7 (1.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.93%) Apache
6 4 (0.93%) Appian
6 4 (0.93%) Camunda
6 4 (0.93%) SAS
7 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.46%) IIS
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.01%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.31%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 9 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.93%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.69%) Trello
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 33 (7.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.39%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.69%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.23%) Actimize
6 1 (0.23%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 95 (21.99%) Azure
2 79 (18.29%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (16.44%) AWS
4 35 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (6.71%) Power Platform
6 27 (6.25%) Entra ID
7 19 (4.40%) SaaS
8 16 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (3.47%) Amazon S3
9 15 (3.47%) Serverless
10 14 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.55%) Amazon ELB
12 11 (2.55%) GCP
12 11 (2.55%) GitHub
12 11 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.31%) AWS KMS
13 10 (2.31%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.56%) DNS
2 22 (5.09%) Firewall
3 21 (4.86%) VPN
4 16 (3.70%) SSL
5 12 (2.78%) SSH
6 11 (2.55%) HTTP
7 10 (2.31%) DHCP
7 10 (2.31%) FTP
7 10 (2.31%) IMAP
7 10 (2.31%) LAN
7 10 (2.31%) OpenLDAP
7 10 (2.31%) SMTP
7 10 (2.31%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.31%) WAN
8 8 (1.85%) Wireless
9 7 (1.62%) Network Security
9 7 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (1.16%) BGP
10 5 (1.16%) OSPF
10 5 (1.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.56%) Power BI
2 18 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (3.94%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.24%) Amazon Aurora
5 10 (2.31%) Tableau
6 7 (1.62%) DynamoDB
6 7 (1.62%) Oracle ODI
7 6 (1.39%) Metadata
8 5 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.93%) DB2
9 4 (0.93%) Redis
10 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.69%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.23%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.23%) Big Data
12 1 (0.23%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 96 (22.22%) JIRA
2 25 (5.79%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.09%) Git
4 10 (2.31%) Vagrant
5 6 (1.39%) GitLab
5 6 (1.39%) JUnit
6 4 (0.93%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.93%) Maven
6 4 (0.93%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.46%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.46%) Snyk
7 2 (0.46%) sqlmap
8 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.23%) QADirector
8 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
8 1 (0.23%) TestRail
8 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 162 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 104 (24.07%) Finance
3 57 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.65%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.94%) Banking
6 20 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (3.94%) Legal
7 17 (3.94%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.62%) Law
10 6 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.16%) Billing
11 5 (1.16%) Front Office
11 5 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.16%) Military
12 3 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.46%) Automotive
13 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 82 (18.98%) Architect
2 56 (12.96%) Developer
3 55 (12.73%) Analyst
4 52 (12.04%) ServiceNow Architect
5 41 (9.49%) ServiceNow Developer
6 34 (7.87%) Support Engineer
7 30 (6.94%) Consultant
8 27 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (5.56%) Senior
10 23 (5.32%) Business Analyst
10 23 (5.32%) IT Support
11 19 (4.40%) Lead
12 17 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (3.94%) IT Engineer
13 15 (3.47%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (3.47%) Project Manager
14 13 (3.01%) Desktop Support
14 13 (3.01%) IT Support Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
15 12 (2.78%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.51%) REST
2 52 (12.04%) SOAP
3 25 (5.79%) AngularJS
4 24 (5.56%) LDAP
5 23 (5.32%) Web Services
6 17 (3.94%) .NET
6 17 (3.94%) HTML
7 15 (3.47%) JSON
7 15 (3.47%) SAML
8 13 (3.01%) jQuery
9 12 (2.78%) Apache Camel
9 12 (2.78%) HTML5
9 12 (2.78%) JDBC
9 12 (2.78%) ODBC
9 12 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (2.31%) Kafka
10 10 (2.31%) React
11 7 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (1.39%) OAuth
12 6 (1.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.28%) CMDB
2 22 (5.09%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.70%) Replication
4 13 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.01%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.93%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.69%) Life Science
10 3 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.69%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.46%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 86 (19.91%) Windows
2 21 (4.86%) Linux
3 19 (4.40%) Windows 10
4 11 (2.55%) Android
4 11 (2.55%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.55%) Mac OS
4 11 (2.55%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.55%) VMS
5 10 (2.31%) Amazon Linux
6 9 (2.08%) Unix
7 5 (1.16%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.46%) zOS
9 1 (0.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (35.88%) ITSM
2 119 (27.55%) Agile
3 93 (21.53%) ITIL
4 84 (19.44%) DevOps
5 79 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (13.19%) Service Management
7 56 (12.96%) Change Management
7 56 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 55 (12.73%) Scrum
9 52 (12.04%) CI/CD
10 48 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (9.49%) Analytics
11 41 (9.49%) Customer Service
12 40 (9.26%) Configuration Management
13 38 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (7.87%) Risk Management
15 32 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
15 32 (7.41%) Roadmaps
16 30 (6.94%) Project Management
16 30 (6.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 64 (14.81%) Python
2 54 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 37 (8.56%) PowerShell
4 29 (6.71%) SQL
5 25 (5.79%) Java
6 20 (4.63%) TypeScript
7 17 (3.94%) Bash
8 14 (3.24%) Groovy
9 5 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.93%) Go
11 3 (0.69%) R
12 2 (0.46%) Bicep
12 2 (0.46%) C#
12 2 (0.46%) JCL
12 2 (0.46%) Perl
12 2 (0.46%) REXX
13 1 (0.23%) C
13 1 (0.23%) C++
13 1 (0.23%) Ruby
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (21.30%) Security Cleared
2 78 (18.06%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.19%) Degree
4 12 (2.78%) AWS Certification
5 11 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.08%) CISSP
7 8 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.39%) CCNP
8 6 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.39%) CISM
8 6 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.39%) GPEN
8 6 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.39%) OSCP
9 5 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.93%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.93%) CISA
10 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.69%) CCIE
11 3 (0.69%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.79%) QA
2 21 (4.86%) GDPR
3 17 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.70%) GRC
5 12 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.78%) NIST
6 11 (2.55%) SLA
7 9 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (1.85%) PMO
9 7 (1.62%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.62%) COBIT
10 4 (0.93%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 3 (0.69%) WCAG
12 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.46%) FIPS 140-2
13 1 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 51 (11.81%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.56%) Docker
3 10 (2.31%) DFS Replication
3 10 (2.31%) Dovecot
3 10 (2.31%) Postfix
3 10 (2.31%) Squid
4 2 (0.46%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) RACF
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (6.25%) Terraform
2 19 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (3.70%) Grafana
5 15 (3.47%) Nessus
5 15 (3.47%) SCCM
6 14 (3.24%) Prometheus
7 13 (3.01%) Ansible
8 10 (2.31%) Proxmox
9 8 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.62%) Kubernetes
10 7 (1.62%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.93%) Rancher
12 2 (0.46%) Control-M
12 2 (0.46%) Nmap
12 2 (0.46%) QRadar
13 1 (0.23%) Cisco UCCE
13 1 (0.23%) Cisco UCCX
13 1 (0.23%) HP Operations Orchestration
13 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.49%) Remedy
3 25 (5.79%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.86%) Cisco
5 20 (4.63%) Oracle
5 20 (4.63%) SAP
6 18 (4.17%) HP
7 17 (3.94%) BMC
8 14 (3.24%) Splunk
9 12 (2.78%) Ivanti
10 11 (2.55%) Apple
10 11 (2.55%) Workday
11 10 (2.31%) Jaspersoft
12 9 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (2.08%) Okta
13 8 (1.85%) Databricks
13 8 (1.85%) Tenable
14 7 (1.62%) Bloomberg
15 6 (1.39%) Qualys
15 6 (1.39%) VMware