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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 89 97
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +63
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 396 449 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.95% 2.78% 2.57%
As % of the Vendors category 6.39% 6.41% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 291 411
10th Percentile £223 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £600 £592 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 7
10th Percentile - £18.13 £26.77
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.22 £41.63
Median hourly rate £25.08 £21.59 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% -58.88% +169.23%
75th Percentile £25.68 £24.80 £65.63
90th Percentile £26.62 £50.00 £79.70
England median hourly rate £18.82 £17.00 £19.75
% change year-on-year +10.71% -13.92% +27.42%

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 6,195 7,007 8,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.12% 43.39% 40.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,009 4,543 6,289
10th Percentile £325 £313 £315
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -3.08%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 78 113
10th Percentile £16.50 £18.13 £16.88
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% -17.88% +50.00%
75th Percentile £38.75 £64.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.88 £79.13 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.25 £42.75
% change year-on-year -24.36% -22.22% +78.80%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ServiceNow as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ServiceNow 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 17 September 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
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 17 September 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 +3 51 £526 +5.10% 37
South London +3 16 £483 +1.63% 1
West London -3 13 £250 -37.50% 2
East London +3 6 £325 -39.81% 5
North London -4 1 £550 +18.28%
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (12.63%) Confluence
2 29 (7.32%) SharePoint
3 18 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.53%) nginx
5 9 (2.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.51%) IIS
6 2 (0.51%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache
7 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.53%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 10 (2.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.51%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.25%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.25%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 25 (6.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (1.01%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.51%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.25%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 73 (18.43%) Azure
2 67 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (13.89%) AWS
4 24 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 23 (5.81%) SaaS
6 21 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.29%) Entra ID
8 16 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
8 16 (4.04%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.78%) Amazon ELB
11 11 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (2.53%) AWS KMS
12 10 (2.53%) GCP
12 10 (2.53%) Route 53
13 9 (2.27%) Serverless
14 8 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.02%) PaaS
15 7 (1.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.32%) DNS
1 29 (7.32%) Firewall
2 21 (5.30%) VPN
3 16 (4.04%) SSL
4 14 (3.54%) HTTP
5 13 (3.28%) SMTP
6 12 (3.03%) SSH
7 11 (2.78%) DHCP
7 11 (2.78%) TCP/IP
8 10 (2.53%) FTP
8 10 (2.53%) IMAP
8 10 (2.53%) OpenLDAP
9 8 (2.02%) WAN
10 7 (1.77%) LAN
10 7 (1.77%) Network Security
11 5 (1.26%) BGP
11 5 (1.26%) NAS
11 5 (1.26%) OSPF
11 5 (1.26%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.05%) Power BI
2 16 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
5 7 (1.77%) Oracle ODI
5 7 (1.77%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.52%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.26%) Tableau
8 3 (0.76%) DB2
9 2 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.25%) Big Data
10 1 (0.25%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 94 (23.74%) JIRA
2 16 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.79%) Git
4 10 (2.53%) Vagrant
5 6 (1.52%) JUnit
6 5 (1.26%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.26%) Maven
7 4 (1.01%) GitLab
8 3 (0.76%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.51%) Postman
9 2 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.51%) ScriptRunner
9 2 (0.51%) Snyk
9 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.51%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.25%) Subversion
10 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 165 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 89 (22.47%) Finance
3 49 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.58%) Banking
6 22 (5.56%) Legal
7 21 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.02%) Front Office
11 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.26%) Marketing
14 4 (1.01%) Local Government
14 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.76%) Billing
15 3 (0.76%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.76%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.76%) Law
15 3 (0.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (16.92%) Developer
2 63 (15.91%) Architect
3 54 (13.64%) Analyst
4 48 (12.12%) ServiceNow Developer
5 35 (8.84%) ServiceNow Architect
6 34 (8.59%) Support Engineer
7 31 (7.83%) Senior
8 28 (7.07%) Consultant
9 23 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.04%) Business Analyst
11 15 (3.79%) Lead
12 13 (3.28%) Desktop Support
12 13 (3.28%) IT Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) AWS Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Desktop Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.03%) Support Analyst
14 11 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (2.78%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (13.64%) REST
2 41 (10.35%) SOAP
3 33 (8.33%) Web Services
4 27 (6.82%) LDAP
5 26 (6.57%) AngularJS
6 20 (5.05%) HTML
7 18 (4.55%) JSON
8 15 (3.79%) .NET
9 14 (3.54%) SAML
10 13 (3.28%) HTML5
10 13 (3.28%) jQuery
11 12 (3.03%) Apache Camel
11 12 (3.03%) JDBC
11 12 (3.03%) ODBC
11 12 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
12 10 (2.53%) React
12 10 (2.53%) RESTful
13 9 (2.27%) CSS
13 9 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (2.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.35%) CMDB
2 15 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.54%) Replication
4 13 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.01%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.76%) Life Science
9 3 (0.76%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.51%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.51%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.51%) PKI
10 2 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 73 (18.43%) Windows
2 25 (6.31%) Linux
3 17 (4.29%) Windows 10
4 11 (2.78%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.78%) VMS
5 10 (2.53%) Amazon Linux
6 7 (1.77%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.52%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.52%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.26%) Unix
9 3 (0.76%) Android
9 3 (0.76%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.51%) CentOS
10 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.51%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.51%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.29%) ITSM
2 99 (25.00%) Agile
3 94 (23.74%) ITIL
4 76 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (16.41%) Service Management
6 59 (14.90%) DevOps
7 43 (10.86%) Scrum
8 42 (10.61%) Customer Service
9 40 (10.10%) Analytics
10 39 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 34 (8.59%) Change Management
11 34 (8.59%) Risk Management
11 34 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (8.08%) CI/CD
13 31 (7.83%) Configuration Management
14 30 (7.58%) Workflow
15 28 (7.07%) Incident Response
16 27 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (6.82%) Roadmaps
16 27 (6.82%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.64%) Python
2 53 (13.38%) JavaScript
3 43 (10.86%) PowerShell
4 35 (8.84%) SQL
5 24 (6.06%) Java
6 16 (4.04%) Bash
6 16 (4.04%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.28%) Groovy
8 6 (1.52%) C#
9 4 (1.01%) Go
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) C
10 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.25%) C++
11 1 (0.25%) Perl
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (21.46%) Security Cleared
2 76 (19.19%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.87%) Degree
4 12 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 10 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.02%) CISSP
7 8 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.26%) CCNP
9 5 (1.26%) CEH
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.26%) CISM
10 4 (1.01%) CISA
10 4 (1.01%) GPEN
10 4 (1.01%) OSCP
10 4 (1.01%) SSCP
11 3 (0.76%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.04%) QA
2 14 (3.54%) GRC
2 14 (3.54%) SLA
3 13 (3.28%) GDPR
4 12 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.02%) COBIT
5 8 (2.02%) NIST
6 5 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 3 (0.76%) PMO
9 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.51%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.51%) GAAP
9 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) GxP
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (12.63%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.55%) Docker
3 10 (2.53%) DFS Replication
3 10 (2.53%) Dovecot
3 10 (2.53%) Postfix
3 10 (2.53%) Squid
4 4 (1.01%) vSphere
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.51%) XenApp
6 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
2 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (4.29%) Terraform
3 15 (3.79%) Nessus
4 13 (3.28%) Grafana
4 13 (3.28%) SCCM
5 11 (2.78%) Ansible
5 11 (2.78%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.53%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.26%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.51%) Control-M
8 2 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.51%) Nmap
8 2 (0.51%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.51%) QRadar
8 2 (0.51%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.25%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 1 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 84 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.59%) Remedy
3 27 (6.82%) Oracle
4 24 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 22 (5.56%) SAP
6 17 (4.29%) Cisco
6 17 (4.29%) Splunk
7 15 (3.79%) BMC
8 14 (3.54%) HP
9 12 (3.03%) Ivanti
10 11 (2.78%) Citrix
11 10 (2.53%) Jaspersoft
11 10 (2.53%) Workday
12 8 (2.02%) Bloomberg
12 8 (2.02%) Tenable
12 8 (2.02%) VMware
13 7 (1.77%) IBM
14 6 (1.52%) Google
14 6 (1.52%) Qualys
14 6 (1.52%) Snow