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 13 June 2026, 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
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 88 92
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 653 379 463
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.46% 3.09% 2.62%
As % of the Vendors category 8.37% 6.82% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 238 291
10th Percentile £281 £225 £200
25th Percentile £415 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +2.45% -1.21%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £600
90th Percentile £706 £700 £699
England median daily rate £510 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 15
10th Percentile - £21.57 £15.19
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.00 £16.56
Median hourly rate £23.71 £25.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +14.44% -42.31%
75th Percentile £56.81 £31.19 £25.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £45.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.91 £18.82 £16.30
% change year-on-year +37.65% +15.46% -35.38%

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 7,802 5,554 7,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.40% 45.24% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,133 3,595 4,982
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -1.94% -0.52% -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 100 133
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.91
25th Percentile £23.42 £22.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -12.66%
75th Percentile £52.81 £44.69 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £27.21 £24.00
% change year-on-year +24.92% +13.38% -37.66%

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 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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 +1 77 £530 -3.64% 34
West London -20 17 £400 +60.00% 5
South London +5 16 £500 -4.76% 2
East London -1 7 £312 -4.00% 3
North London +2 3 £400 -27.27%
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 43 (6.58%) Confluence
2 24 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.92%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Appian
6 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.15%) Drupal
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.07%) AutoCAD
3 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.07%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.07%) Revit
4 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.31%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.15%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.15%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.15%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 138 (21.13%) Azure
2 90 (13.78%) AWS
3 71 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 70 (10.72%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (7.20%) SaaS
6 34 (5.21%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.91%) GCP
9 13 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 13 (1.99%) GitHub
10 12 (1.84%) Datadog
11 10 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
11 10 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (1.23%) AWS KMS
12 8 (1.23%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.23%) Serverless
13 7 (1.07%) IaaS
13 7 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.07%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.06%) VPN
2 16 (2.45%) Firewall
3 15 (2.30%) DNS
4 14 (2.14%) Wireless
5 12 (1.84%) DHCP
5 12 (1.84%) Network Security
6 9 (1.38%) WAN
7 7 (1.07%) SSL
8 6 (0.92%) Ethernet
8 6 (0.92%) InfiniBand
8 6 (0.92%) NetScaler
8 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.77%) VoIP
9 5 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.61%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.61%) HTTP
10 4 (0.61%) Internet
10 4 (0.61%) LAN
10 4 (0.61%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.98%) Power BI
2 14 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.84%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.38%) Metadata
5 7 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.61%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.31%) Flink
9 2 (0.31%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.31%) MS Access
9 2 (0.31%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 121 (18.53%) JIRA
2 34 (5.21%) Git
3 5 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.31%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.31%) Selenium
4 2 (0.31%) TestRail
5 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) JUnit
5 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 211 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 152 (23.28%) Finance
3 74 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (9.34%) Banking
5 45 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.58%) Telecoms
7 23 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.30%) Legal
10 13 (1.99%) Billing
11 11 (1.68%) Retail
12 10 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.77%) Military
16 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.46%) Law
17 3 (0.46%) Local Government
17 3 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 138 (21.13%) Architect
2 89 (13.63%) Analyst
3 88 (13.48%) Developer
3 88 (13.48%) ServiceNow Architect
4 77 (11.79%) ServiceNow Developer
5 41 (6.28%) IT Support
6 40 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
7 39 (5.97%) Consultant
7 39 (5.97%) Support Engineer
8 34 (5.21%) Business Analyst
9 31 (4.75%) Lead
10 30 (4.59%) Senior
11 28 (4.29%) IT Engineer
11 28 (4.29%) Project Manager
12 27 (4.13%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 26 (3.98%) IT Support Engineer
14 19 (2.91%) ServiceNow Manager
15 18 (2.76%) IT Manager
15 18 (2.76%) Service Analyst
15 18 (2.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (12.40%) REST
2 64 (9.80%) SOAP
3 17 (2.60%) HTML
4 16 (2.45%) CSS
4 16 (2.45%) JSON
5 15 (2.30%) AngularJS
6 14 (2.14%) OAuth
7 13 (1.99%) LDAP
7 13 (1.99%) Middleware
7 13 (1.99%) SAML
8 12 (1.84%) OpenID
8 12 (1.84%) SailPoint
9 11 (1.68%) Web Services
10 10 (1.53%) XML
11 9 (1.38%) .NET
11 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Graph
12 8 (1.23%) OAuth2
13 6 (0.92%) JDBC
14 5 (0.77%) J2EE
15 4 (0.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 123 (18.84%) CMDB
2 56 (8.58%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 15 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.23%) Replication
11 7 (1.07%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.77%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.61%) Clustering
14 4 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
14 4 (0.61%) FMCG
14 4 (0.61%) iPhone
14 4 (0.61%) Mainframe
15 3 (0.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 84 (12.86%) Windows
2 23 (3.52%) Linux
2 23 (3.52%) Windows 10
3 17 (2.60%) Mac OS
4 15 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.68%) Unix
6 9 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.23%) Android
8 4 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.31%) VMS
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) SUSE
10 1 (0.15%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (33.84%) ITSM
2 167 (25.57%) ITIL
3 137 (20.98%) Agile
4 119 (18.22%) Service Management
5 117 (17.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 109 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (13.78%) Change Management
9 81 (12.40%) DevOps
10 76 (11.64%) Workflow
11 70 (10.72%) Service Delivery
12 69 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 67 (10.26%) Data Modelling
14 62 (9.49%) AI
15 61 (9.34%) Migration
15 61 (9.34%) Roadmaps
16 60 (9.19%) Customer Service
17 57 (8.73%) Asset Management
18 56 (8.58%) CI/CD
19 52 (7.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.12%) SQL
2 44 (6.74%) JavaScript
3 35 (5.36%) Python
4 34 (5.21%) PowerShell
5 29 (4.44%) Java
6 22 (3.37%) C#
7 6 (0.92%) Groovy
8 4 (0.61%) Perl
9 3 (0.46%) Bicep
9 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.31%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) C++
10 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) VB
11 1 (0.15%) ABAP
11 1 (0.15%) JCL
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) REXX
11 1 (0.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 122 (18.68%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.01%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.21%) Degree
4 20 (3.06%) CISM
4 20 (3.06%) CISSP
4 20 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (2.45%) PMP
6 14 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.68%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (0.61%) APMG
13 4 (0.61%) CISA
14 3 (0.46%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.36%) SLA
2 30 (4.59%) GDPR
3 29 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 27 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.98%) GRC
6 22 (3.37%) NIST
7 20 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (2.91%) QA
9 17 (2.60%) PMO
10 9 (1.38%) COBIT
11 7 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.92%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.77%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.46%) NCSC
14 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.31%) ITGC
System Software
1 70 (10.72%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.38%) Docker
3 6 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.61%) IAG
6 2 (0.31%) RACF
6 2 (0.31%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (3.52%) Terraform
2 18 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (2.60%) Grafana
3 17 (2.60%) SCCM
4 13 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.84%) Ansible
5 12 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.07%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.92%) RSA Archer
8 5 (0.77%) Salt
9 4 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.61%) CA Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.61%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.61%) QRadar
10 3 (0.46%) CASB
10 3 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.31%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.31%) Kibana
11 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 125 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.90%) Workday
3 30 (4.59%) Splunk
4 26 (3.98%) SAP
5 25 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.52%) Oracle
7 21 (3.22%) CyberArk
8 20 (3.06%) Cisco
9 16 (2.45%) Apple
9 16 (2.45%) Remedy
10 15 (2.30%) Google
11 12 (1.84%) Qualys
12 11 (1.68%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.38%) Adobe
13 9 (1.38%) CheckPoint
13 9 (1.38%) F5
14 8 (1.23%) MuleSoft
14 8 (1.23%) VMware
14 8 (1.23%) Zscaler
15 7 (1.07%) DocuSign